Learning paths

Identity is the plane every other Microsoft 365 decision runs through. This path walks the concepts, the join model, and the operational patterns.

For: New Entra / M365 identity admins.

The order of operations for a Copilot rollout that lands: data readiness first, licensing, permissions, adoption, and measurement.

For: M365 admins and change managers piloting or scaling Copilot.

What each Defender product actually protects, how the XDR story ties them together, and where to hunt when something breaks.

For: Security ops teams and admins responsible for the Microsoft security stack.

Sensitivity labels, DLP, retention, records — the pieces that make information governance actually enforceable in Microsoft 365.

For: Compliance and records managers, information architects.

Enroll, secure and update Windows, macOS, Android and iOS devices with Intune. Application delivery and endpoint analytics included.

For: Modern workplace admins.

How the content stack actually works — permissions, information architecture, sharing model, and the migration story.

For: SharePoint admins, information architects, migration leads.

The operational Teams stack — meeting and messaging policies, calling and Direct Routing, Rooms, external collaboration and premium features.

For: Teams admins running the platform for the first time or hardening an inherited tenant.

The Exchange half of every M365 tenant — mail flow, hybrid, protection, archiving, and the pieces that keep messages moving correctly.

For: M365 admins with the messaging workload landing in their laps.

From the plan landscape to a defensible licensing decision — the SMB fork, the E3 vs E5 fork, Copilot, and the suites that change the maths.

For: Anyone who owns the Microsoft 365 renewal or a licensing decision.

Power Platform grows in your tenant whether you govern it or not. This path goes from what the tools are to environments, DLP, licensing, and a CoE.

For: M365 admins who just inherited Power Platform governance.

The Power BI decisions that land on the M365 admin's desk — licensing, workspaces, semantic models, row-level security, and deployment pipelines.

For: M365 admins and BI leads standing up or tidying a Power BI tenant.