Microsoft Office 365 for IT Professionals Jump Start Class - Microsoft Productivity, Email, & Collaboration in the Cloud

Microsoft Office 365 brings together cloud versions of our most trusted email, communication and collaboration software – Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and Lync Online – with our familiar Office Professional Plus desktop suite. This fast-paced, demo-rich online course features the best experts teaching the technical aspects of Office 365 for IT pros. This three-day Jump Start class is specially tailored for IT pros looking for real-world proof of how cloud-based Office 365 enables you to solve more problems from more places.

What’s a “Jump Start” Course?  Training specifically designed for experienced technologists and IT leaders whose jobs demand they know how to best leverage new, emerging Microsoft technologies. These advanced courses assume a certain level of expertise and domain knowledge, so they move quickly and cover topics in a fashion that enables teams to effectively map new skills to real-world situations.

Duration: 6 hours per session

Day One — “Office 365 Platform” May 24, 2011 | 10am-4pm PDT | Live online training – we’ll post on demand links following the event, should you prefer not to rise and shine at 2am

• Microsoft Office 365 Overview for IT Pros
•Deploying Clients for Office 365
•Administration & Automation using PowerShell
•Identity and Access Solutions
•Directory Synchronization

Day Two — “Exchange Online” May 25, 2011 | 10am-4pm PDT | Live online training

• Exchange Online Overview for IT Pros
• Exchange Online Administration
• Staged Exchange Online Migration
• Hybrid Options with Exchange Server & Exchange Online
• Exchange Online Archiving & Compliance

Day Three — “Lync & SharePoint Online” May 26, 2011 | 10am-4pm PDT | Live online training

• Lync Online Overview & Configuration for IT Pros
• SharePoint Online Overview
• SharePoint Online Administration
• SharePoint Online Extensibility & Customization
• Office 365 Deployment Overview

Register for the class here. You’ll also be able to access this course in the Microsoft Virtual Academy in June.