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WEEK 1 – Identity & User Management (Microsoft Entra ID Basics)

🎯 Goal: Understand identity, users, groups, roles, and basic administration.

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Day 1 – Introduction to Microsoft 365 Admin Center

Hands-on:

• Explore Microsoft 365 Admin Center
• Check all admin portals (Entra, Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, Intune)
• View service health, reports, settings

Checklist:

• What is a tenant?
• What is a user?
• Global Admin vs. other roles

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Day 2 – Create & Manage Users

Hands-on:

• Create cloud-only users
• Assign licenses
• Set password options
• Block/unblock a user
• Restore deleted users

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Day 3 – Manage Groups

Hands-on:

• Create Microsoft 365 group
• Create Security group
• Create Distribution list
• Add/remove members
• Test group-based email

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Day 4 – Role-Based Access (RBAC)

Hands-on:

• Assign admin roles using Entra ID
• Understand Global Admin, User Admin, Teams Admin, Exchange Admin
• Try “PIM” (Privileged Identity Management) trial

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Day 5 – User Authentication & Password Management

Hands-on:

• Reset user password
• Configure MFA (via Security Defaults)
• Explore “Authentication methods” in Entra
• Enable Self-Service Password Reset

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Day 6 – User Productivity & Usage Reports

Hands-on:

• Check usage reports
• Check sign-in logs in Entra
• Identify risky sign-ins
• Learn to read audit logs

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Day 7 – Weekly Review

• Can you create/manage users confidently?
• Can you check sign-ins/logs?
• Do you understand licensing?

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WEEK 2 – Email & Collaboration (Exchange + SharePoint + OneDrive)

🎯 Goal: Learn real-world tasks an M365 Admin performs daily.

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Day 8 – Exchange Admin Center Overview

Hands-on:

• Open EAC
• Explore mailboxes, groups, contacts
• Check mailbox properties

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Day 9 – Email Flow Troubleshooting

Hands-on:

• Run message trace
• Create mail flow rule
• Block a domain
• Allow a domain
• Update mailbox permissions

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Day 10 – Shared Mailboxes

Hands-on:

• Create a shared mailbox
• Assign Send As / Send on Behalf
• Map shared mailbox in Outlook

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Day 11 – OneDrive for Business Admin

Hands-on:

• Restore deleted files
• Access a user’s OneDrive as admin
• Explore storage limits
• File sharing policies

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Day 12 – SharePoint Admin Center

Hands-on:

• Create a SharePoint site
• Manage permissions
• Configure external sharing
• Understand hub sites vs. team sites

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Day 13 – Teams Admin Center

Hands-on:

• Create a new team
• Manage policies
• Control meeting policies
• Check call logs

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Day 14 – Weekly Review

• Can you perform message trace?
• Can you manage shared mailboxes?
• Can you manage SharePoint sites?

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WEEK 3 – Security & Compliance (Identity Protection + Zero Trust)

🎯 Goal: Master core security concepts every admin must know.

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Day 15 – MFA + Security Defaults

Hands-on:

• Enable Security Defaults
• Check who has MFA enabled
• Enforce MFA for a test user

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Day 16 – Conditional Access (If P1 license available)

Hands-on:

• Create basic CA policy
  • Block legacy authentication
  • Require MFA for all users
• Test with a user

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Day 17 – Entra ID Protection

Hands-on:

• Check risky sign-ins
• Check risky users
• Explore risk policies

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Day 18 – Microsoft Secure Score

Hands-on:

• Check Secure Score
• Complete at least 5 recommended items
• Track improvements

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Day 19 – Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Hands-on:

• Create a DLP policy
• Test by sending sensitive info
• Check alerts

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Day 20 – Compliance Center Overview

Hands-on:

• Explore Content Search
• Create a retention policy
• Configure retention labels

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Day 21 – Weekly Review

• Do you understand MFA, CA, DLP?
• Can you troubleshoot blocked access?

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WEEK 4 – Intune, Automation, and Real-World Admin Skills

🎯 Goal: Device management + scripting + real admin experience.

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Day 22 – Microsoft Intune Overview

Hands-on:

• Explore Intune Admin Center
• Understand devices, apps, policies

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Day 23 – Device Enrollment

Hands-on:

• Enroll a Windows device
• Check compliance
• Check device inventory

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Day 24 – Compliance Policies

Hands-on:

• Create a compliance policy
• Block non-compliant devices
• Enable device health attestation

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Day 25 – App Deployment

Hands-on:

• Deploy a Win32 app (or MSI like Chrome)
• Check installation status

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Day 26 – PowerShell for Microsoft 365 (Beginner Level)

Hands-on:

• Connect-MsolService
• Connect-ExchangeOnline
• Get-MsolUser
• Get-Mailbox
• Export mailbox permissions

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Day 27 – Audit + Reporting

Hands-on:

• Export audit logs
• Export mailbox reports
• Export sign-in logs

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Day 28 – Backup & Recovery Basics

Hands-on:

• Recover deleted user
• Restore SharePoint deleted site
• Restore OneDrive deleted items

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Day 29 – Real-World Scenarios Practice

Hands-on:
Pick 5:

• User can’t receive email
• User unable to login
• License conflict
• Blocked by Conditional Access
• Shared mailbox permission issue
• OneDrive not syncing

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Day 30 – Final Review + Certification Plan

• Review all 4 weeks
• Prepare for MS-102: Microsoft 365 Administrator
• Create your personal lab workbook
• Post your achievement on LinkedIn

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🎉 Conclusion

This 30-Day Microsoft 365 Practice Plan is designed to take you from absolute beginner to job-ready Microsoft 365 Administrator.

If you follow this consistently, you will confidently handle:

• User & group management
• Email administration
• Teams & SharePoint
• Security & Compliance
• Intune device management
• PowerShell automation

You will have more skills than many working admins.