Aaron Guilmette - Microsoft 365 Certified Fundamentals MS-900 Exam Guide: Understand the Microsoft 365 platform from concept to execution and pass the MS-900 exam with confidence, 2nd Edition

Understand the Microsoft 365 platform from concept to execution and pass the MS-900 exam with confidence

Aaron Guilmette

Yura Lee

Marcos Zanre

BIRMINGHAMMUMBAI

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To the doctors, nurses, public health officials, and first responders who are protecting us from COVID-19.

Aaron Guilmette is a senior program manager at Microsoft, providing architectural guidance as well as taking specifications from customers and giving them to engineers. He primarily focuses on collaborative and automation technologies, including Microsoft Exchange and Teams, Power Automate, and scripting solutions.

He has been involved with technology since 1998, working with customers that span the government, education, and commercial sectors. Aaron has also worked on certification exams and instructional design.

Aaron lives in Detroit, Michigan, with his five kids. When he's not busy solving technical problems, writing, or running his kids to events, he's trying to decide whether to make pizza or tacos.

I'd like to thank my girlfriend, Christine, who has now suffered through my authoring of eight books. She's ready for a vacation. I'd also like to thank my children because they'd be upset if I didn't.

I wish to thank the team at Packt for another great opportunity to help the Microsoft technical community.

Finally, I want to thank Microsoft for continuing to develop products that empower all of us to do more, even if it means occasionally taking tests.

Yura Lee is a technical specialist at Microsoft, focusing on all things associated with the modern workplace. She has a Microsoft 365 and Azure consulting background. Today, she focuses on helping state and local governments realize the potential of Microsoft 365 from a collaboration, productivity, and security perspective, while practicing growth and challenging mindset skills.

Yura lives in New Jersey with her husband.

I want to thank my wonderful husband, Chris, for giving me the space and support I've needed to write this book, even while the COVID-19 global pandemic was raging around us. I'd also like to thank Aaron, Marcos, and the team at Packt for granting me the opportunity and time to complete this journey. The whole Packt editing team has helped this first-time book author immensely, but I'd like to give special thanks to Romy Dias, who edited most of my work.

Marcos Zanre is a senior program manager at Microsoft, working with Brazilian customerson how to improve Microsoft Teams features and services and enable, along with partners,business transformational scenarios through Teams as a platform and Azure services. Marcos has more than 10 years of IT experience and an extensive background in Microsoft 365 and Office 365 services.

Marcos lives in So Paulo, Brazil, with his wife.

I wish to thank my wonderful wife, Carolina, for giving me the space and support I've needed to write this book, even while the COVID-19 global pandemic was raging around us. I'd also like to thank Aaron and Yura for another opportunity to work and learn together, and the whole Packt editing team, which has helped this first-time book author immensely, but I'd like to give special thanks to Romy Dias, who edited most of my work.

Sara Jardim Barbosa is a Microsoft 365 evangelist and MCSE, MCP, and MVP Reconnect certified. She is currently working as a service engineer at Microsoft and has over 7 years of Microsoft 365 experience. In 2012, she was awarded the title of Microsoft MVP for her contributions to the Brazilian community for BPOS, Office 365, and SharePoint, and now she is MVP Reconnect certified. Her Twitter handle is @SaraBarbosa.

Mark Deakin started at Microsoft in 2001, shortly after the launch of Windows XP, when "the cloud" was in the sky and not a hyperscale data center. He has undertaken several roles at Microsoft, including support, consulting, evangelism, and product marketing, to name but a few. He has a genuine interest in technology and, at various times, has felt very blessed for being paid to indulge his hobby.

I would like to thank my wife, Ilona, for her love and patience over the last decade, and my kids for the next 50 years. I don't come with an "exam guide," unfortunately, but I consider you all to be certified to "expert" level in putting up with my highs and lows. I am eternally grateful.