Microsoft 365 Fundamentals: Real Skills and Hands-On Sims (Udemy.com)
Learn the foundational fundamentals of administering Microsoft 365 with lecture and hands on simulations available 24/7
Created by: John Christopher
Last updated October 2026
What you will learn
- Learn the concepts and perform hands on activities needed for Microsoft 365 management!
- Gain a tremendous amount of knowledge involving Microsoft 365 and Azure Services
- Get loads of hands on experience with Microsoft 365 and Entra ID
- Utilize hands on simulations that can be access anytime, anywhere!
How it compares
Against the other 848 rated Udemy courses in IT Certifications on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 63% of them
- Reviews8,721#51 of 849 by number of reviews
- Length9.5 hourslonger than 54% of them
- Last updatedOctober 2026more recently than 98% of them
Course Description
We really hope you'll agree, this training is way more then the average course on Udemy!
This course is based around the original MS-900 course but continues to get updated even though MS-900 has retired.
Have access to the following:
Training from an instructor of over 25 years who has trained thousands of people and also a Microsoft Certified Trainer
Lecture that explains the concepts in an easy to learn method for someone that is just starting out with this material
Instructor led hands on and simulations to practice that can be followed even if you have little to no experience
TOPICS COVERED INCLUDING HANDS ON LECTURE AND PRACTICE TUTORIALS:
Introduction
Welcome to the course
Understanding the Microsoft Environment
A Foundation of Active Directory Domains
A Foundation of RAS, DMZ, and Virtualization
A Foundation of the Microsoft Cloud Services
Questions for John Christopher
Order of concepts covered in the course
IMPORTANT Using Assignments in the course
The First Concept of Microsoft's Cloud Services
Creating a trial Microsoft 365/Azure Account
Describe the different types of cloud services available
Understanding Microsoft’s IaaS, PaaS, and SAAS offerings
Differences between Office 365 and Microsoft 365
Describe the benefits of and considerations for using cloud, hybrid, or on-premises services
Understanding public, private, and hybrid cloud models
Compare costs and advantages of cloud, hybrid, and on-premises services
Concepts of hybrid work and flexible work
Describe productivity solutions of Microsoft 365
Core productivity capabilities of Microsoft Outlook, Exchange, and OneDrive
Core uses of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote
Understanding uses of Microsoft Project, Planner, Bookings, Forms, Lists, and To Do
Describe collaboration solutions of Microsoft 365
Exchange, Outlook, Engage (formally Yammer), SharePoint, OneDrive, & Stream
Concepts of collaboration benefits and capabilities of Microsoft Teams
Concepts of collaboration benefits and capabilities of Teams Phone
Understanding the Microsoft Viva apps
Describe endpoint modernization, management concepts, & deployment options
Endpoint management capabilities of Microsoft 365 using Intune
Visualizing AutoPilot, co-management with Configuration Manager & tenant attach
Compare the differences between Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop
Understanding Windows-as-a-Service (WaaS) including deployment rings
Identify deployment and update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps
Describe analytics capabilities of Microsoft 365
Capabilities of Viva Insights
Capabilities of the Microsoft 365 Admin center and Microsoft 365 user portal
Reports available in the Microsoft 365 Admin center and other admin centers
Describe Zero Trust security principles for Microsoft 365
Understanding the Zero Trust Model
Principles of Microsoft Granular Delegated Admin Privileges (GDAP)
Describe identity and access management solutions of Microsoft 365
User management capabilities using Microsoft 365 & Azure AD part of Microsoft Entra
Guest management capabilities Azure AD part of Microsoft Entra
Group management capabilities using Microsoft 365 & Azure AD part of Microsoft Entra
Understanding Roles in Microsoft 365 and Azure AD
Access management with roles in Microsoft 365 and Azure AD
Understanding multi-factor authentication (MFA)
Implementing multi-factor authentication (MFA)
Implementing self-service password reset (SSPR)
Understanding Conditional Access policies
Implement and manage Conditional Access policies
Describe threat protection solutions of Microsoft 365
Concepts of Microsoft 365 Defender
Understanding Defender for Endpoint
Understanding Defender for Office 365
Reviewing threats identified in Defender for Office 365
Understanding Defender for Cloud Apps
Understanding the capabilities and benefits of Microsoft Sentinel
Describe trust, privacy, risk, and compliance solutions of Microsoft 365
Concepts Microsoft Purview risk, compliance solutions and Microsoft Priva
Role based management in Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Purview
Understanding sensitivity labels
Insider risk management by using sensitivity labels in Microsoft Purview
Understanding Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Insider risk management using Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Concepts of eDiscovery in Microsoft Purview
Implementing eDiscovery in Microsoft Purview
Capabilities and benefits of Microsoft Priva
Identify Microsoft 365 pricing and billing management options
Understanding the pricing models for Microsoft cloud services
Available billing and bill management options for Microsoft 365
Identify licensing options available in Microsoft 365
License management for Microsoft 365 services
Differences between base licensing and add-on licensing
Identify support options for Microsoft 365 services
Viewing service health status by using the Microsoft 365 admin portal
Understanding service level agreements (SLAs) including service credits
Configuring notifications in service health
Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
8,721 Reviews
John Christopher
John Christopher is a Technical Instructor that has been in the business for 25 years. His first experience with information technology occurred in the early 90s when he ran an MS-DOS based BBS(Bulletin Board System) as a System Operator. In the late 90s, after working with Windows NT 3.50 performing backups for Regal Group, he decided to get Windows NT Microsoft Certified.
In 1998 he got his first Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Microsoft Certified Trainer certification. Shortly after getting certified, he began working as a Junior Administrator and Instructor for Knowledge Alliance. From there John was able to become one of the first people in the world to gain an MCSE for the Windows 2000 operating system and he began teaching full time for a company called Productivity Point International. At Productivity Point, John got Citrix Metaframe certified and began teaching Citrix along with Microsoft classes. Productivity Point began experiencing financial troubles and John moved on to work with another training company in 2001
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Reviews
By Valentín Matus on 9/2/2026
I use the subtitles in Spanish because my English is not very good yet, and my problem is that the instructor’s way of speaking is not very clear or concise to me. He makes many pauses and often uses filler phrases like “you know” or “um,” which interrupt the subtitles and make them harder to follow. It feels like he doesn’t express himself as an instructor with the amount of experience he claims to have. I haven’t had this issue with other instructors. This is just my personal opinion, and many people probably didn’t notice it or weren’t affected by it. Leaving that aside, I did learn quite a lot about Microsoft services, and overall the course is good.
By yarden hazan on 8/26/2026
Good course overall the presentor explains alot. alot of examples and content. id like if it was more focused on target and less general speaking.
By Veersenparshuram Gaikwad on 4/15/2026
All content is good only Simulation last step is getting stucked which not allowing us to move next part or lesson hence skipping the assignments. Although the way I am completing on the lab in same time. Thank you.
By Robert Garrett on 3/24/2026
Really enjoyed the course and will certainly be looking at other courses that are available. Simulations are a great idea. Would be good to see the additional of more in depth sims / labs.
By Zwelakhe Yende on 3/22/2026
It fully guided me through what I needed to know for the exam the hands labs are also very helpful especially if you're building up some hands on understanding
By Sundaram G on 3/22/2026
Excellent! But could have been interactive when teaching about Microsoft Defender I personally felt it was too much info from a slide for too long! Nevertheless, It's a very good course. Well Planned! Looking forward to do other courses from your website!
By Daryn Avila on 3/12/2026
he cares and is very knowledgable. lays everything out smoothly and makes it easy to understand. Im in sales and wanted to upgrade my technical knowledge and this exceeded expectations
By Christopher Eaton on 3/1/2026
This has been a good course. It went into all the basics needed for the exam but also went into a lot practical details for real work scenarios. The simulations are particular useful as they give a real feel to the 365 admin console without having a active subscription.
By Christian NICOLLE on 2/26/2026
Very nice experience and amazing approach helping students to pass their own Fundamentals Certifications. Strongly recommended! Many thanks for you work
By Curtis Fourie on 1/28/2026
this course has been very good for me, as someone who is new to the whole IT and Microsoft scene the lectures were very clear and easy to understand. The simulations were very easy to follow.
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