Microsoft 365 The Absolute Beginner's Guide for Admins

[@mustafanyaz1546]

The best video on the internet that explains MS-365

[@hemek]

Really helpful to get a refresher on what is available in MS365 without having access to it. Found this really useful to kick the old noodle into gear about what you can do in the different admin centres

[@joshuaokonta6888]

Thanks so much Andy! I really wish I met you years back on KZbin, it would have made a lot of difference in my journey as a MS Cloud admin. Kindly make more videos on MS 365 from this beginners' stage to advance, if that works for you Once again, thank you for sharing your immense knowledge with us!

[@ilkeryetistirici7512]

I started my Cloud engineering career and trying to improve myself on Microsoft systems and I can sincerely say that it's been such a great video to learn the concept of the 365 admin portal. Also very beneficial to learn the concept of the tools as well. Congrats. I'm looking forward to watch the next videos.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Awesome thanks so much😊

[@andyturner4225]

As a recent absolute beginner, finding my way around the portals wasn't too much of an issue. However, trying to decipher which licenses were required so that I could predict costs and work up a budget was far more frustrating. It's all very easy when you already have lots of licenses available.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Hi Andy I completely agree. Licensing can be a nightmare. One great website is M365maps.com check it out.

[@memegodazkaban1358]

Got a assigment to work with M365 from work as part of education, and i feel this video is amazing and helped explain a lot.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Awesome thanks

[@fytubevw]

Loved the description of 3 distinct eras; from IT's "industrial revolution", to mobile, and now cloud. Next steps is also coming. I see something along this; devices will not disappear, but they will morph into more embedded forms. Also fixed ambient IT will be more prevalent, in buildings etc. The fourth era will definitely be interesting to see.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Absolutely, and it’s very exciting. Thanks for that, I really appreciate it, Andy

[@FrancoisHeunis-h9y]

Hi Andy, I just love your KZbin channels. Thanks so much for putting in so much effort and your personal time making all of this available to individuals such as myself. Your content is always top notch and super, super useful and accurate.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Thanks so much to appreciate that👍😊

[@philp7844]

Great content as always, thank you. I'd love to see your thoughts on best practices and considerations around securing M365, ie: an Ultimate Guid to Securing an M365 Environment. For me, the out of the box M365 sharing/collaboration settings are too relaxed and many new customers don't realise what standard users can do by default (ie: create Teams, Sharepoint sites, invite guests, share data externally, etc etc) until its too late. They then have the headache of undoing all this and adjusting global settings in a live environment.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Great suggestion I'll see what I can do :-)

[@sateeshm2397]

Glad I came across your channel. You made it sound very simple. Thank you!

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

My pleasure thanks

[@patrick__007]

As always great job! Perhaps touching Azure Enterprise/Registred apps, applying SSO etc. an idea for future content? I am aware this is more Azure.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Hi Patrick. Yes that would be for Azure. Let's see how this one does first :-)

[@arifulislamleeton]

Ok thanks you so much

[@iscariotproject]

oh thank you for this video it opened my old eyes to o365 and why its so big...so many things klicking in place...you break it down in a human way you can absorb.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Thanks for the nice comments and I’m delighted to have you on board 👍😊

[@GeekGurusByteMaters]

I´m in carrer transition (Operational Team from BR to System Manager on USA). This video makes me deep dive on the M365 Cloud Concept. Thanks a lot!

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Best of luck!

[@despiertateymotivate]

wow, and I thought M365 was only Office apps and teams...thanks for this valuable lesson, surely I will keep carry on learning from you! Thanks for sharing this and taking the time to produce this content!

[@Cabio325]

Hey Andy! Fantastic video my friend!!!! Well explained and in a logical order. I have learned a lot. Will dig KZbin for more of your videos 🙂!!!

[@ChristopherNealBUSHIDO49ERS]

This. Was. AWESOME!!!!! Thank you so much for this, Mr. Malone! ❣

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You’re very welcome thanks so much

[@SwarupOvoFarm]

Hey Andy,Thanks for the videos. We are new to MS 365 . I learnt many things from your video

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You’re very welcome and m delighted to hear that👍😊

[@laychinglim3680]

The best MCT I have ever met! Thank you for making the video interesting and easy to understand

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Aw thanks so much :-)

[@gim2128]

Thank you for the very good tutorial. but All the sections & admin centers you promised to make a separate video on can not be found on your channel. can you please create a card for the video section in this video or you put the video link of each section in this video description if the videos are ready? hope to hear from you soonest. Thanks

[@christopherramos8263]

Great video and you explain it in plain English, well done

[@7azblast7]

You are a Life Saver!!! True professional. Thank you.

[@GaryWilliams-p8n]

Absolutely amazing, so much to absorb. Andy you are total Microsoft Rock Star!!

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Thanks very much Gary👍😊

[@donaldraickett2977]

Thank you for your excellent presentation. This was very helpful.

[@howardbonds5106]

OMG! This is the best study Material ever! Thank you so much! Bless you sir!

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You're very welcome!

[@stevieboi61]

last i used was win xp!? start learning win 11 yesterday. lol. very helpful thankyou

[@tourism44]

Great work sir. Do u provide training sessions sir Thanks

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Yes I do provide onsite training.

[@gustavonunesferreiradasilv4278]

Thank you friend! You are so good in explain complex things in a easy way

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Thank you 🤗👍

[@vanamnagesh-jk8gf]

Splendid presentation,Andy.

[@bodmas3000]

Thank you so much I enjoy the explanation of m365 uses and functions

[@robbiggs2633]

Absolutely brilliant content. Thank you for the video, it's very helpful 😊

[@jamilbarbhuiya60]

Thank you sir, It was Greate for beginner's

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You are most welcome

[@hakimehsan6910]

It was absolutely amazing. Enjoyed it.

[@stevet5629]

Thanks Andy, excellent topic and presentation

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You’re very welcome, and thank you for the comment 👍

[@eugin4819]

Thanks for your most important contents. I just wanted to ask that, do you have any video related to MD 101 & 102?

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Absolutely, if you look in my in tune playlist, you’ll see them there

[@imreallith129]

Thank you very much Esteemed Sir Andy.

[@juzettejimenez5036]

Great explanation! I enjoyed your video

[@motunrayomodupeotolorin4954]

Very educative video. Thanks Andrew

[@angelmanuel6826]

awesome, just getting to know MS 365 we going to migrate to it.

[@RM-ss5rj]

Amazing content!!! So useful. Thank you for your great work Andy!

[@jamestholmes1764]

I found your video very helpful. Thank you so much!

[@harryjeganathan5276]

Excellent video. Thank you very much.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You are welcome!

[@Lucareztiger]

Thanks so much for your content. useful as always. I got a question, is there any way to add a cloud-only(AAD) user to an Active Directory distribution list or group?

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Just add the users email address to the distribution list.

[@Lucareztiger]

@@AndyMaloneMVP Thanks for paying attention to your community, maybe I explained myself not that clear... I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I cannot add an Azure Active Directory (Clound only) user as a member of a distribution list on premises(AD), I'm using Azure AD sync. Once again, thanks for the useful content you share with us.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

@@Lucareztiger Hmmm okay.. Firstly you won't be able to add them in directly into Exchange as they are external to your organisation. I would export a list of users in Azure to a CSV file. Then you could import them as contacts into Exchange on-prem. Other things to check inc transport rules and filters to ensure nothing is blocked. As I said the best place to post questions like this is the Microsoft tech Community as they will have MVPs who specialise in this area. I wish you good lucj :-) Andy

[@colinsmith9288]

Thank you the great video and "Making it so" understandable.

[@ahirnimesh09]

more videos require like this❤️

[@longbow714]

Great Video Andy! Thanks!

[@TELE-gx2sh]

Thank you for sharing this! ❤

[@germanthoughts6920]

thank you so much for the detailed explanation

[@S80Retroboy80s]

Thank you! This is very helpful!

[@fredericb4890]

Great Presentation many thanks for the super good job done 😀

[@onildomagalhaes3892]

Thanks so much Andy. This was very helpfull

[@dpactootle2522]

Great professor, thanks.

[@seesaw3675]

Excellent video👍👍

[@paulligatto8476]

Solid introduction.

[@tinabrandao6625]

Thanks a lot for this wonderful presentation! It helped me a lot! Great job, you’re the best..😊

[@planesofpaper]

Thanks from New Zealand.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You’re very welcome 👍

[@sridharkadhisheshaiah9147]

Thank you so much . Such a Good Video with important Information

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You are most welcome

[@DaleRossNET]

Lets see what I can learn today!

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

We never stop learning my friend 👋👍

[@DaleRossNET]

@@AndyMaloneMVP True

[@soodshubham7671]

Great content as always, thank you🙂

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Much appreciated!👍

[@1eyedjacksRwild]

Thanks that was very informative.

[@bluhazy]

Awesome Content as always!

[@kawaiihikari0]

thank you for the refresh!!!

[@joydavid4412]

Very informative - thanks Andy !

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You’re very welcome thank you

[@caiobarba]

Splendid video! Thanks!

[@animeshmishra7983]

Thanks for Sharing

[@johnwinder2462]

Hi, great videos on apps I didn't know existed. I just bought a new laptop and migrating everything over. I have been paying for a family 365 account for years and only using it for my outlook, so wasted a lot of money. Im trying to search and figure out what plan I should be on and expected a simple side by side comparison chart on the Microsoft site but could not find anything, then I called and wasted an hour, eventually the representative found a page that was not easily forwarded and is going to try and write out long hand the difference between the family account and the business account. She said she can only help with the business account, the family is a different department. Why so hard? So my question here, can you do a video explaining / comparing plans? Or maybe just a link to a page that shows the up to date Apps available? Also copilot is a subscription, but is on the Edge/Bing homepage. Is it the same Copilot? Thanks.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

a great soite to compare plans is M365maps.com

[@bigsupport_tv]

You explain vey well thank you

[@kaymoney526]

awesome!!.....thank you Andy

[@sudhashahi7263]

Thank you for awesome content Andy

[@ed_731]

Thanks for the great content.

[@microsoftsarker]

This is a wonderful video

[@MaxFomin-g8b]

Content of this video should be at the beginning of the MS-102 Learn path....

[@tball84]

going mobile has ruined us.

[@murefualexis7840]

Thank you for the video

[@theit-unicorn1873]

Great video!

[@sunahor007]

Another Fantastic Video!!!

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rolpil9182]

Thank you for the content

[@EF-bk4vf]

Thank you.

[@gabrielremilekun4619]

Thanks Andy

[@ConnieKruse-t4d]

I am new to Microsoft 365 Business Standard. Do I need a 3rd party backup such as Carbonite Cloud or not? Do you have a video about this?

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Yes, I have done a video on Microsoft 365 back up. However, it’s only currently available on a trial basis and it’s costs pretty much double the price of other vendors. So my advice at this stage is to 3rd parties for example Veam software.

[@Red1Wollip]

I have just installed Microsoft 365 Business Premium . I am using it for myself as my business grows I will add users. Do you have any advice for a single user to start out?

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Absolutely look at my Identity playlist.

[@hashmihamed8669]

Thank you Sir

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You’re very welcome 😊

[@billsheridan7436]

Hello great video. I have 2 questions. I took over a small office running office 365. They currently get their drive mappings on their desktops manually connected. Is their a group police I can create too make mapping easier and contingent on the group(s) they belong too? The second is re-enabling the usb drive on certain devices? Thank you in advance

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Sure there must be. I would post this question on the Microsoft tech community. I think you’d get a quicker response. The best of luck.

[@mohamedabdulahi2949]

Hello Andy! Will this help me get an IT support job ?

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

All knowledge will help

[@DaniyalFaizBBE-]

Hi Andy, do you have any video related to migration to Microsoft 365?

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

not specifically but great idea though :-)

[@DaniyalFaizBBE-]

Would be great to have your insights on this :) @@AndyMaloneMVP

[@DaniyalFaizBBE-]

@@AndyMaloneMVP I am in dire need of it, please make a video on it at your earliest convivence, thank you!

[@marcw.5492]

I cant get my New 365 products to become the defaults ! whaaa? Where is this stuff installed ? It appears to be this new folder feature that is Locked ? same as MSFS. No wonder MS is becoming obsolete or just unendingly frustrating. But I do appreciate the video !

[@jcruizer2309]

Thank you

[@jobs4adamsutube]

Thanks a lot.

[@philipnoranha8621]

Thankyou!!!

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You're welcome!

[@mikeronga1461]

If you're having a problem sleeping just ; listen to thisguy

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Well you're tuning in so thart must be a good thing I hope.

[@abuh.dahdah]

If you don't have any coding/programming skills and experience, can you become a Microsoft 365 Administrator?

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Of course you don’t need to be a developer to be a Microsoft 365 admin or an IT admin for that matter. learn.microsoft.com and probably start with something like MS 900 or a Z 900 or SC 900 These are the basic starter courses for Microsoft 365, Azure and security tracks. You don’t need to do them all just select the track that you think will be most interesting for you. All the training material is online and when you’re ready to go you can book an exam. Good luck and all the best.

[@abuh.dahdah]

@@AndyMaloneMVP great, actually I already have SC900 and AZ900 but my current work and job experiences is focused on Identity and Access Mgmt Administrator.. I'm currently doing a self learning by watching your videos (great help and thank you by the way).. sadly here in my country (the philippines) they are hiring Microsoft 365 Admin with PowerShell automation experience that's why I asked your opinion about this 😭 Also after viewing your videos for me an IAM admin that focuses on Azure A.D. is similar to a MS365 Admin.

[@goruby2]

Thanks

[@harrylumsdon6773]

Thank you!!!

[@AhsanAli-ib4uz]

Amazing video Andy but you video seems to be blocking alot of test in bottom right corner

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Only during the slide presentations. The segments were recorded in PowerPoint and unfortunately I could not change the format, my apologies. However, all the demos were nice and clear I hope. Thanks again.

[@100flattop]

Regarding making an 0365 Public/Private - what exactly does that mean? Does Public mean that users with a different O365 tenant can join your 0365 group?

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Public essentially means that anyone in your company can browse a public group and access resources, whereas private groups can only be accessed by specifically assigned members

[@lifeslooker]

what happens when you create the group and want to send email on behalf of that group?

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Change the sound on behalf of settings to include the group

[@lifeslooker]

@@AndyMaloneMVP change the sound? or send? I'm talking about in M365, the online version....is there an option to "send on behalf of" here? or do you have to be looking at the newly created group/ be in it and be admin to be able to send it?

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

@@lifeslooker my apologies, I often dictate my responses, and sometimes Siri gets them wrong 😊 I meant to say change the on behalf of settings to include the name of the group. Beyond that I would go to support.microsoft.com for product support. Thanks again 👍

[@pronabmajumder5437]

Great!

[@himanshudohare8695]

I have taken Microsoft 365 personal subscription. But during my free trial period I don't see any group's dialog launcher in word application.Will it be available after my free trial period is over?

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

This is a business only feature.

[@CraigChurgin]

great

[@lifeslooker]

is this 5 PCs per user? isn't a staged migration and cutover, sometimes used for 000s of users? why when creating the group, isn't it registered using a proper domain? Is this because you need to purchase one OR belong to a registered corp domain?

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Yes, five PCs or Macs plus up to 10, mobile devices per user

[@nikola.khalil]

Hello, is it possible to create my own domain in office 365 and create emails for my employee's ?! just like workspace, do we pay for each additional user(employee) need help asap

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Absolutley you can do it in the setting page in the Microsoft 365 Admin centre :-) Here are the instructions. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/setup/add-domain?view=o365-worldwide