Glossary
Sybex provides a full glossary of terms in PDF format, allowing quick searches and easy reference to the materials in this book.
Practice Exams
In addition to the practice questions for each chapter, this book includes access to two full 75-question online practice exams. We recommend that you use them both to test your preparedness for the certification exam.
Conventions Used in This Book
This book uses certain typographic styles to help you quickly identify important information and to avoid confusion over the meaning of words such as on-screen prompts. In particular, look for the following styles:
Italicized text indicates key terms that are described at length for the first time in a chapter. (Italics are also used for emphasis.)
A monospaced font indicates fragments of code such as PowerShell cmdlets.
Underlined text indicates links to useful resources and content. As Teams functionality evolves over time, use these links to read more deeply about a subject or check on what the current behavior is.
In addition to these text conventions, which can apply to individual words or entire paragraphs, a few conventions highlight segments of text.
A note indicates information that's useful or interesting but that's somewhat peripheral to the main text. A note might be a little bit of real-world knowledge that differs from what you may see in the exam, or some information that helps put things into context from the main body of text.
References are used to give links to the relevant sections in Microsoft's documentation. Here you can dive deeper into a subject if you are interested, or you can check on what the current behavior is as the Teams service is updated and improves.
Exercises
An exercise is something that you can carry out from your own computer with your own Office 365 tenant. The steps in an exercise are there to act as a guide for how to perform a specific task, but the goal is to encourage you to go off and explore on your own, so don't be afraid to go off script and explore for yourself how things work or what happens when you change something. Being curious and exploring is one of the best ways to really learn the material. (Just don't change too much if you only have access to a live environment!)
MS-700 Objectives
The following table shows the high-level breakdown of the skills that Microsoft aims to measure with the MS-700 exam. This includes the approximate weightings toward each section. As you can see, there is a lot of emphasis placed on the core planning and configuration activities, which can account for up to half of the exam. The table also tells you which chapter will primarily cover this objective area, but some will, of course, also be covered to some degree in the other chapters. The MS-700 exam, like all Microsoft exams, evolves over time. For a more detailed list of the current objectives covered, refer to the MS-700 exam page and look for the section titled “Skills Measured,” where you can download a PDF of the current Microsoft objectives: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/ms-700.
| Objective | Percentage of Exam | Primary Chapter |
|---|---|---|
| Plan and configure a Microsoft Teams environment | 40%–50% | |
| Upgrade from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams | Chapter 2 | |
| Plan and configure network settings for Microsoft Teams | Chapter 2 | |
| Implement governance and lifecycle management for Microsoft Teams | Chapter 4 | |
| Configure and manage guest access | Chapter 3 | |
| Manage security and compliance | Chapter 4 | |
| Deploy and manage Microsoft Teams endpoints | Chapter 2 | |
| Monitor and analyze service usage | Chapter 6 | |
| Manage Chat, Calling, and Meetings | 30%–35% | |
| Manage chat and collaboration experiences | Chapter 3 | |
| Manage meeting experiences | Chapter 3 | |
| Manage phone numbers | Chapter 5 | |
| Manage Phone System | Chapter 5 | |
| Manage Teams and app policies | 20%–25% | |
| Manage a team | Chapter 3 | |
| Manage membership in a team | Chapter 4 | |
| Implement policies for Microsoft Teams apps |
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