Series: 30 Days of Microsoft 365 Admin 🎯 Day-5 Objective After learning identity security fundamentals (Day-4), today we will: 1️⃣ What is Conditional Access (Quick Recap) Conditional Access evaluates: It enforces Zero Trust: Never trust, always verify 2️⃣ Prerequisites (Before You Start) ✔ Entra ID P1 or P2 license✔ At least one test user✔ Admin… Read More »
Series: 30 Days of Microsoft 365 AdminAuthor: Jaspreet Singh 🎯 Day-4 Objective After creating users and assigning roles (Day-3), today’s goal is to: 1️⃣ Password Policies & Sign-In Protection 🔧 Admin Steps 🔍 What to Review 🧠 Admin Reality These settings silently protect tenants from: 2️⃣ Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) – Hands-On 🔧 Enable MFA for… Read More »
(Beginner to Admin-Level Practical Guide) 🎯 Objective of Day-3 The goal of Day-3 is to understand how Microsoft 365 licensing works, how licenses are assigned, removed, and managed, and how admins control service access for users. License management directly impacts: This is a daily responsibility of an M365 Administrator. 🔹 Prerequisites 1️⃣ Understanding Microsoft 365… Read More »
This section provides practical admin steps for each Day-2 topic, exactly as performed in real Microsoft 365 environments. 1️⃣ Entra ID (Azure AD) – Tenant & Identity Basics (Admin View) Steps to Access Entra ID Admin Understanding 2️⃣ Create Users in Microsoft 365 (Hands-On) Steps to Create a User Reset User Password 📌 Real admin… Read More »
🎯 Goal of Day-1 Set up a new Microsoft 365 tenant securely and professionally, just like a real IT/M365 administrator would do on Day-1 in an organization. 🧱 DAY-1 TASK BREAKDOWN (Industry-Style) 1️⃣ Access Microsoft 365 Admin Center Steps Real-World Tip First login should always be done using Global Admin, but daily work should use… Read More »
WEEK 1 – Identity & User Management (Microsoft Entra ID Basics) 🎯 Goal: Understand identity, users, groups, roles, and basic administration. Day 1 – Introduction to Microsoft 365 Admin Center Hands-on: Checklist: Day 2 – Create & Manage Users Hands-on: Day 3 – Manage Groups Hands-on: Day 4 – Role-Based Access (RBAC) Hands-on: Day 5… Read More »
🟦 STAGE 1 — Fundamentals (Beginner) Goal: Understand the basics of M365 & core admin concepts. 1️⃣ Learn the Basics of Microsoft 365 Study topics: 2️⃣ Learn the Microsoft 365 Admin Center (Portal Basics) Explore all sections: Practice:✔ Create a user✔ Assign a license✔ Reset password✔ Add alternate email✔ Create a Microsoft 365 Group✔ Create… Read More »
🌐 1. Microsoft 365 Admin Center (M365 Admin Portal) 🔗 https://admin.microsoft.com Purpose: This is the main management portal for Microsoft 365 services. What you manage here: Best for: IT admins managing general day-to-day tasks. 🟦 2. Microsoft Entra Admin Center (Formerly Azure AD Admin Center) 🔗 https://entra.microsoft.com Purpose: Used to manage identity, security, authentication, and… Read More »
This project demonstrates a self-healing infrastructure setup using Prometheus, Blackbox Exporter, Alertmanager, a custom monitoring service, and Ansible. It continuously monitors a service container, triggers alerts when the service goes down, and automatically restarts the service via Ansible playbooks. ⚙️ Architecture Blackbox Exporter → Prometheus → Alertmanager → Monitor (amtool + jq) → Ansible Runner… Read More »
📌 Project Overview This project demonstrates: 📂 Branch Structure We are using three branches: Branch Name Purpose Project Content main Stable production-ready code. Contains the final tested project that provisions an Nginx container via Terraform. dev Development environment for ongoing work. Same core functionality as main but used for testing new changes before merging. feature-add-index… Read More »