Planning and Configuring a Messaging Platform (MS-200) 

About Planning and Configuring a Messaging Platform MS-200 Certification

Candidates for MS-200 exam are Messaging Administrators who deploy, configure, manage, troubleshoot, and monitor recipients, permissions, mail protection, mail flow, and public folders in both on-premises and cloud enterprise environments. Messaging Administrators are responsible for managing hygiene, messaging infrastructure, hybrid configuration, migration, disaster recovery, high availability, and client access.

Also, Messaging Administrators collaborate with the Security Administrator and Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator to implement a secure hybrid topology that meets the business needs of a modern organization.

Who should take the exam?

This exam is for Messaging Administrator who has a working knowledge of authentication types, licensing, and integration with Microsoft 365 applications.

Course Outline

The Planning and Configuring a Messaging Platform (MS-200) Exam covers the following topics - 

1. Manage modern messaging infrastructure (45-50%)

1.1 Manage databases

• Plan mailbox database requirements

• Create mailbox databases

• Configure mailbox databases

• Troubleshoot mailbox databases

1.2 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

1.3 Manage and implement client access

• Plan namespaces

• Plan high availability for client access

• Configure virtual directories and URLs

• Configure client access policies

• Configure client access rules

• Configure Autodiscover for Exchange

• Troubleshoot client access connectivity problems

• Manage Exchange certificates lifecycle

1.4 Manage disaster recovery

• Plan backup and recovery strategy

• Implement and perform backups

• Restore servers, databases, and mailboxes

1.5 Manage messaging infrastructure lifecycle

• Plan Exchange Server installation

• Prepare Active Directory (AD) for Exchange

• Install and update Exchange services

2. Manage mail flow topology (35-40%)

2.1 Plan the transport pipeline

• Plan transport architecture

• Design for multi-site mail flow

• Plan a high availability mail flow solution

2.2 Manage connectors

• Plan connectors

• Create Send and Receive connectors

• Configure connectors

2.3 Manage mail flow

• Manage transport rules

• Manage domains

• Manage hybrid mail flow

• Implement a multi-site mail flow

2.4 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

3. Manage recipients and devices (15-20%)

3.1 Manage recipient resources

• Manage archive mailboxes

• Manage resource mailboxes

• Manage distribution and security groups

• Manage mailboxes

• Manage mailbox permissions

• Configure mailbox policies

• Manage shared mailboxes

• Evaluate license options

3.2 Manage mobile devices

• Configure mobile device mailbox policies

• Configure and manage Outlook mobile

• Manage mobile device access

Exam Pattern 

• Exam Name: Planning and Configuring a Messaging Platform
• Exam Code: MS-200
• Number of Questions: 40-60
• Length of Time:  120 Minutes
• Registration Fee: $165.00
• Passing Score: 700 (on a scale of 1-1000)
• Exam Language English

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