MS-200: Planning and Configuring a Messaging Platform
MS-200: Planning and Configuring a Messaging Platform are part of the requirements for the Microsoft 365 Messaging Administrator Associate
Exam requirements
The official exam document are published here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-ms-200.aspx
Exam preparation
This exam preparation is the for the old 70-345: Designing and Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 and not the updated MS-200 exam.
https://channel9.msdn.com/events/Ignite/2016/BRK3254
Books covering the exam
No Books covering the exam added yet.
Video training for the exam
Pluralsight
This course on Pluralsight is for the old 70-345: Designing and Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016, but covers a lot of the exam objectives in the MS-200 exam:
- 70-345: Designing and Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016
https://www.pluralsight.com/paths/designing-and-deploying-microsoft-exchange-server-2016-70-345
Channel 9
- Understand the Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Architecture
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2016/BRK3221 - Deploy Microsoft Exchange Server 2016
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2016/BRK3220 - Dive deep into Microsoft Exchange Server High Availability
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2016/BRK4032 - Investigate tools and techniques for Exchange Performance Troubleshooting
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2016/BRK3007
Online training
OpenEdx (free)
- Understanding the Modern Messaging Infrastructure
https://openedx.microsoft.com/courses/course-v1:Microsoft+MS-200.1+2019_T1/about - Managing Client Access and Mail Flow
https://openedx.microsoft.com/courses/course-v1:Microsoft+MS-200.2+2019_T1/about - Managing Messaging High Availability and Disaster Recovery
https://openedx.microsoft.com/courses/course-v1:Microsoft+MS-200.3+2019_T1/about
Instructor-led training
Microsoft Learning Partner
- Course MS-200T01-A: Understanding the Modern Messaging Infrastructure
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/courses/ms-200t01 - Course MS-200T02-A: Managing Client Access and Mail Flow
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/courses/ms-200t02 - Course MS-200T03-A: Managing Messaging High Availability and Disaster Recovery
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/courses/ms-200t03
Exam Objectives
Manage Modern Messaging Infrastructure (45-50%)
- Manage databases
- Plan mailbox database requirements,
- Create mailbox databases
- Configure mailbox databases
- Troubleshoot mailbox databases
- Manage Database Availability Groups (DAGs)
- Plan DAG settings and members
- Create a DAG
- Manage DAG members
- Deploy and manage site resilience
- Test a database and datacenter failover scenario
- Troubleshoot DAG problems
- Evaluate Exchange services health
- Manage and implement client access
- Plan namespaces
- Plan high availability for client access
- Configure virtual directories and URLs
- Configure client access policies
- Configure global Outlook Web App (OWA) policies
- Configure Autodiscover for Exchange
- Troubleshoot client access connectivity problems
- Manage Exchange certificates lifecycle
- Manage disaster recovery
- Plan backup and recovery strategy
- Implement and perform backups
- Restore servers, databases, and mailboxes
- Manage messaging infrastructure lifecycle
- Plan Exchange Server installation
- Prepare Active Directory (AD) for Exchange
- Install and update Exchange services
Manage Mail Flow Topology (35-40%)
- Plan the Transport Pipeline
- Plan transport architecture
- Design for multi-site mail flow
- Plan a high availability mail flow solution
- Manage Connectors
- Plan connectors
- Create Send and Receive connectors
- Configure connectors
- Manage Mail Flow
- Manage transport rules
- Manage domains
- Implement a multi-site mail flow
- Troubleshoot mail flow problems
- Validate inbound and outbound mail flow
- Examine message trace
- Configure message tracking
- Analyze message headers with the remote connectivity analyzer
- Handle Non-Deliverable Reports (NDRs)
- Investigate transport logs
- Monitor mail flow
Manage Recipients and Devices (15-20%)
- Manage recipient resources
- Manage archive mailboxes
- Manage resource mailboxes
- Manage groups
- Manage mailboxes
- Manage mailbox permissions
- Configure mailbox policies
- Manage shared mailboxes
- Evaluate license options
- Manage mobile devices
- Configure mobile device mailbox policies
- Manage mobile device access
