Resources for Admins
About admin roles
Your subscription comes with a set of admin roles that you can assign to users in your organization. Each admin role maps to common business functions and gives people in your organization permissions to do specific tasks in the admin centers. For more information, see Assign admin roles.
Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/add-users/about-admin-roles
Upcoming Microsoft 365 events
– September 26-30, 2022: Microsoft 365 EduCon & PWR EduCon, Chicago, Illinois. Click here to learn more.
– October 12-14, 2022: Microsoft Ignite. Click here to learn more.
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Consider sharing the 365 Training Portal with your Microsoft 365 IT staff, and with those responsible for Microsoft 365 training and adoption within your company/organization.
Training & resources for admins
Microsoft Docs
Latest news from the Microsoft 365 Tech Community blog
Microsoft certification
- Become Microsoft Certified (certification poster)
- Certification process overview
- Certification Support
- Microsoft 365 Certifications
- Microsoft Certifications
- Microsoft Practice Tests
- Microsoft Training and Certifications
- Prepare for an exam
- Prepare for an exam: Microsoft Exam Demo
- Training, Certification, and Program Support
Podcasts
- The Azure Podcast
- Microsoft Cloud Show – stay up to date on everything going on in the Microsoft cloud world
- Connected & Ready – a weekly conversation with business leaders
- Microsoft Mechanics – Microsoft’s official show to keep you up to date on their latest tech
- Sync Up – OneDrive podcast
- The Intrazone – SharePoint podcast
YouTube channels
- Microsoft 365
- Microsoft 365 Community
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Customer Tech Talks
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 – The latest videos about business solutions from Microsoft Dynamics
- Microsoft Ignite – Insights, strategies, and solutions that can help your business achieve more
- Microsoft Mechanics – Microsoft’s official video series for IT Pros
Noteworthy for admins
- Organizational communications: Guidance, methods, and products (Docs)
- Microsoft Teams Essentials: The Setup, Intro & Tutorial (Microsoft Mechanics YouTube video)
- Overview of the Office cloud policy service for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
- Microsoft Ignite Book of News – November 2021
- Microsoft Ignite November 2021 Roadmap Slides Summary (PowerPoint)
- Windows 365, your Cloud PC | What it is, how it works, and how to set it up (Microsoft Mechanics | YouTube)
- New updates to the SharePoint admin center in Microsoft 365
- Best practices for migrating to SharePoint and OneDrive
- Webinars: Migration tools and best practices – Microsoft Tech Community
- Microsoft Ignite Book of News – March 2021
- Our commitment to privacy in Microsoft Productivity Score – Microsoft 365 Blog
- Microsoft Virtual Hub – Deep-dive technical training for IT pros, developers, and community champions
- Show off your skills: Earn Microsoft Certifications
- Microsoft 365 Network Connectivity Testing Tools (YouTube video)
- Best practices for deploying Microsoft 365 Apps (YouTube video)
- New training resources for Microsoft Teams admins and IT Pros on MS Learn
- Now Available in Preview: Microsoft 365 Apps Admin center new inventory & monthly servicing feature
- Message Center sync to Microsoft Planner now Generally Available
- IT Admin Guide to Insights in Teams for Education
- Teams features by platform
- Microsoft Teams Rooms Setup | Step-by-Step (YouTube video)
- Information about Microsoft Teams known issues
- How to request assistance from FastTrack for Microsoft 365 (YouTube video)
- How to use the new Microsoft 365 admin center setup guides (YouTube video)
See also
- About the Microsoft 365 admin mobile app
- Add an admin (Docs)
- Administrator role permissions in Azure Active Directory
- Contact support for business products
- Deploy partner integrations into Microsoft Viva
- Free Technical Cloud Training Events
- For IT professionals: Privacy and security in Microsoft Teams
- Help Microsoft develop the future of Message center
- How to find answers and help on your own in Microsoft 365 for business (YouTube video)
- How to get the Microsoft 365 Admin mobile app (YouTube video)
- How to Use Microsoft 365 for Business (YouTube playlist)
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft 365 Adoption
- Microsoft 365 Certifications
- Microsoft 365 Community Content
- Microsoft 365 compliance documentation
- Microsoft 365 Developer Program – Get a new instant sandbox preconfigured with sample data!
- Microsoft 365 Groups
- Microsoft 365 Licensing (curated by Microsoft’s Aaron Dinnage)
- Microsoft 365 Reports in the admin center
- Microsoft 365 Service health status
- Microsoft 365 small business training
- Microsoft Blogs
- Microsoft Developer Blogs
- Microsoft FastTrack – FastTrack helps customers deploy Microsoft cloud solutions
- Microsoft IT Showcase
- Microsoft Learn
- Microsoft Office Dev Center
- Microsoft Podcasts
- Microsoft Portals – a community driven project to list all of Microsoft’s portals in one place
- Microsoft Productivity Score (Docs)
- Microsoft Q&A – the home for technical questions and answers at Microsoft
- Microsoft Security
- Microsoft Teams Certifications
- Microsoft Virtual Hub – Deep-dive technical training for IT pros, developers, and community champions
- Microsoft Workplace Insights
- Microsoft Writing Style Guide
- Mover – Fast Cloud File Migrations
- Plan, deliver, and adopt Outlook for iOS and Android in your organization
- PowerShell for Microsoft 365
- Secure remote work (best practices and guidance for security professionals)
- Stay on top of Microsoft 365 changes
- Support remote workers using Microsoft Teams
- The top 9 ways Microsoft IT is enabling remote work for its employees
- Track your message center tasks in Planner
- Use the Readiness Toolkit to assess application compatibility for Microsoft 365 Apps
- Video Hub – Technical resource hub for the latest video and Interactive Guide content
- Work smarter with Workplace Analytics (YouTube video)
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