Important
The content of this exam was updated on November 30, 2021. Please download
the skills measured document below to see what changed.
NOTE: Passing score: 700. Learn more about exam scores here.
Candidates for this exam are messaging administrators who deploy, configure,
manage, troubleshoot, and monitor recipients, compliance, threat protection, and
mail flow in hybrid and cloud enterprise environments.
Messaging administrators are responsible for managing message hygiene,
permissions, messaging infrastructure, hybrid configuration, migration,
transport, mailboxes, and client access.
Messaging administrators collaborate with other workload administrators and the
Microsoft 365 enterprise administrator to implement a secure hybrid or
cloud-only messaging topology that meets the business needs of an enterprise.
The messaging administrator should have a working knowledge of authentication
types, licensing, and integration with Microsoft 365 applications.
Part of the requirements for: Microsoft 365 Certified: Messaging Administrator
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Exam MS-203: Microsoft 365 Messaging
Languages: English
Retirement date: none
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks:
manage organizational settings and resources; plan and manage the mail transport
architecture; plan and implement a hybrid configuration and migration; and
secure the messaging environment.
Skills measured
The content of this exam was updated on November 30, 2021.
Please download the exam skills outline below to see what changed.
Manage organizational settings and resources (30-35%)
Plan and manage the mail transport architecture (20-25%)
Plan and implement a hybrid configuration and migration (15-20%)
Secure the messaging environment (25-30%)
Exam MS-203: Microsoft 365 Messaging – Skills
Measured
This exam was updated on November 30, 2021. Following the current exam
guide, we
have included a version of the exam guide with Track Changes set to “On,”
showing the
changes that were made to the exam on that date.
NOTE: Passing score: 700. Learn more about exam scores here.
Audience Profile
Candidates for this exam are Messaging Administrators who deploy, configure,
manage, troubleshoot, and monitor recipients, compliance, threat protection, and
mail flow in hybrid and cloud enterprise environments.
Messaging Administrators are responsible for managing message hygiene,
permissions, messaging infrastructure, hybrid configuration, migration,
transport, mailboxes, and client access.
Messaging Administrators collaborate with other workload administrators and the
Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator to implement a secure hybrid or
cloud-only messaging topology that meets the business needs of an enterprise.
The Messaging Administrator should have a working knowledge of authentication
types, licensing, and integration with M365 applications.
Skills Measured
NOTE: The bullets that follow each of the skills measured are intended to
illustrate how we are assessing that skill. This list is not definitive or
exhaustive.
NOTE: Most questions cover features that are General Availability (GA). The exam
may contain questions on Preview features if those features are commonly used.
Manage Organizational Settings and Resources (30-35%)
Plan and manage organizational settings
manage a Global Address List (GAL), including hierarchical address books (HAB)
manage an Offline Address Book (OAB)
manage address book policies
manage email address policies
plan and configure organization relationships and individual sharing
manage add-ins from Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Plan and manage client access
plan namespaces
configure virtual directories and URLs in a hybrid environment
configure global Outlook on the Web policies
configure Autodiscover
troubleshoot client access connectivity problems
Manage recipient resources
manage archive mailboxes
manage resource mailboxes
manage groups including distribution lists, dynamic distribution lists,
mail-enabled security groups, and Microsoft 365 groups
manage user mailboxes
manage mailbox permissions, including delegation
manage shared mailboxes, including converting to a shared mailbox
manage license for shared resources
create and manage contacts, including Mail contacts and Mail users
manage email addresses for Microsoft Teams
Plan and Manage the Mail Transport Architecture (20-25%)
Plan and configure connectors
plan connectors to route or secure mail flow
create and configure connectors to route mail
create and configure connectors to secure mail flow between organizations
create and configure conditional mail routing
configure enhanced filtering for connectors
Manage mail flow
manage mail flow rules
manage accepted and remote domains
manage hybrid mail flow
Troubleshoot mail flow
trace a message
analyze a message trace
analyze message headers
analyze Non-Deliverable Reports (NDRs)
troubleshoot by using the Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer
troubleshoot by using the Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant
troubleshoot by using transport logs and queues in a hybrid environment
Plan and Implement a Hybrid Configuration and Migration
(15-20%)
Plan and implement a hybrid environment
plan a hybrid deployment by using the Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW)manage
the Edge server role in a hybrid environment
configure Organization Configuration Transfer (OCT)
configure the environment by using the Hybrid Configuration Wizard
deploy the Exchange Hybrid Agent
manage the Exchange certificates lifecycle in a hybrid environment
Plan and implement migration
evaluate migration methods, including cutover, minimal hybrid (express
migration), cutover, cross tenant, staged, PST Imports, IMAP, Google Workspace
(formerly G-Suite), batch migration by using the Exchange admin center
configure migration endpoints in Microsoft 365
manage mailbox migration batches
troubleshoot mailbox migration
plan a public folder migration to Microsoft 365
Secure the Messaging Environment (25-30%)
Manage role-based permissions in Exchange
plan RBAC roles
manage role groups
assign user accounts to admin roles
manage user roles
Manage message hygiene
plan for message hygiene
configure and manage Anti-spam settings
configure and manage Anti-malware policies
monitor and review quarantined items
plan and configure Spam Confidence Levels (SCL)
configure and manage Safe attachments
configure and manage Safe links
configure and manage Anti-phishing
manage email user submissions
add and manage DNS records for domains
validate settings by using Configuration Analyzer
Manage compliance
configure retention labels and retention policies
configure data loss prevention (DLP) policies
configure sensitivity labels and policies
configure and analyze audit logs
manage journal rules
manage content search
manage core eDiscovery cases (not including Advanced eDiscovery)
The exam guide below shows the changes that were
implemented on November 30, 2021.
Audience Profile
Candidates for this exam are Messaging Administrators who deploy, configure,
manage, troubleshoot, and monitor recipients, compliance, threat protection, and
mail flow in hybrid and cloud enterprise environments.
Messaging Administrators are responsible for managing message hygiene,
permissions, messaging infrastructure, hybrid configuration, migration,
transport, mailboxes, and client access.
Messaging Administrators collaborate with other workload administrators and the
Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator to implement a secure hybrid or
cloud-only messaging topology that meets the business needs of an enterprise.
The Messaging Administrator should have a working knowledge of authentication
types, licensing, and integration with M365 applications.
Skills Measured
NOTE: The bullets that follow each of the skills measured are intended to
illustrate how we are assessing that skill. This list is not definitive or
exhaustive.
NOTE: Most questions cover features that are General Availability (GA). The exam
may contain questions on
Preview features if those features are commonly used.
Manage Organizational Settings and Resources (30-35%)
Plan and manage organizational settings
manage a Global Address List (GAL), including hierarchical address books (HAB)
manage an Offline Address Book (OAB)
manage address book policies
manage email address policies
plan and configure organization relationships and individual sharing
manage add-ins from Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Plan and manage client access
plan namespaces
configure virtual directories and URLs in a hybrid environment
configure global Outlook on the Web policies
configure Autodiscover
troubleshoot client access connectivity problems
Manage recipient resources
manage archive mailboxes
manage resource mailboxes
manage groups including distribution lists, dynamic distribution lists,
mail-enabled security groups, and Microsoft 365 groups
manage user mailboxes
manage mailbox permissions, including delegation
manage shared mailboxes, including converting to a shared mailbox
manage license for shared resources
create and manage contacts, including Mail contacts and Mail users
manage email addresses for Microsoft Teams
Plan and Manage the Mail Transport Architecture (20-25%)
Plan and configure connectors
plan connectors to route or secure mail flow
create and configure connectors to route mail
create and configure connectors,
including to secure mail flow between organizations
create and configure conditional mail routing
configure enhanced filtering for connectors
Manage mail flow
manage transport
mail flow rules
manage accepted and remote domains
manage hybrid mail flow
Troubleshoot mail flow
trace a message
analyze a message trace
analyze message headers
analyze Non-Deliverable Reports (NDRs)
troubleshoot by using the Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer
troubleshoot by using the Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant
troubleshoot by using transport logs and queues in a hybrid environment
Plan and Implement a Hybrid Configuration and Migration (15-20%)
Plan and implement a hybrid environment
plan a hybrid deployment by using the Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW)manage
the
Edge server role in a hybrid environment
configure Organization Configuration Transfer (OCT)
configure the environment by using the Hybrid Configuration Wizard
deploy the Exchange Hybrid Agent
manage the Exchange certificates lifecycle in a hybrid environment
Plan and implement migration
evaluate migration methods, including cutover, minimal hybrid (express
migration), cutover, cross tenant, staged, PST Imports, IMAP, Google Workspace
(formerly G-Suite), batch migration by using the Exchange admin center
configure migration endpoints in Microsoft 365
manage mailbox migration batches
troubleshoot mailbox migration
plan a public folder migration to Microsoft 365
Secure the Messaging Environment (25-30%)
Manage role-based permissions in Exchange
plan RBAC roles
manage role groups
assign user accounts to admin roles
manage user roles
Manage message hygiene
plan for message hygiene
configure and manage Anti-spam settings
configure and manage Anti-malware policies
monitor and review quarantined items
plan and configure Spam Confidence Levels (SCL)
configure and manage Safe attachments
configure and manage Safe links
configure and manage Anti-phishing
manage email user submissions
add and manage DNS records for domains
validate settings by using Configuration Analyzer
Manage compliance
configure retention labels and retention policies
configure data loss prevention (DLP) policies
configure sensitivity labels and policies
configure and analyze audit logs
manage journal rules
manage content search
manage core eDiscovery cases (not including Advanced eDiscovery)
QUESTION 1
Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same
scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet
the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution,
while others might not have a correct solution. After you answer a question in
this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions
will not appear in the review screen.
You have a Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 organization that contains 200
mailboxes.
You need to add a second email address to each mailbox. The address must have a
syntax that uses the first letter of each user’s last name, followed by the
user’s first name, and then @fabrikam.com.
Solution: You convert all the mailboxes to shared mailboxes, and then you run
the Set-Mailbox cmdlet and specify the -EmailAddressPolicyEnabled $false
parameter.
Does this meet the goal?
A. Yes
B. No
Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
Email address policies define the rules that create email addresses for
recipients in your Exchange organization.
The basic components of an email address policy are:
Email address templates: Define the email address format for the recipients (for
example
<firstname>@contoso.com or <lastname>.<firstname>@contoso.com).
Recipient filter: Specifies the recipients whose email addresses are configured
by the policy.
Priority: Specifies the order to apply the email address policies (important if
a recipient is identified by more
than one policy).
The EmailAddressPolicyEnabled parameter specifies whether to apply email address
policies to this recipient.
Valid values are:
$true: Email address policies are applied to this recipient. This is the
default value.
$false: Email address policies aren’t applied to this recipient.
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/email-addresses-and-address-books/email-address-policies/emailaddresspolicies?
view=exchserver-2019
QUESTION 2
Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same
scenario. Each question in
the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some
question sets might have
more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.
After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to
it. As a result, these
questions will not appear in the review screen.
You have a Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 organization that contains 200
mailboxes.
You need to add a second email address to each mailbox. The address must have a
syntax that uses the first
letter of each user’s last name, followed by the user’s first name, and then
@fabrikam.com.
Solution: You create an email address policy that uses the %1s%g@fabrikam.com
email address format.
Does this meet the goal?
A. Yes
B. No
Answer: B
Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/email-addresses-and-address-books/email-address-policies/emailaddresspolicies?
view=exchserver-2019
QUESTION 3
Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same
scenario. Each question in
the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some
question sets might have
more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.
After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to
it. As a result, these
questions will not appear in the review screen.
You have a Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 organization that contains 200
mailboxes.
You need to add a second email address to each mailbox. The address must have a
syntax that uses the first
letter of each user’s last name, followed by the user’s first name, and then
@fabrikam.com.
Solution: You convert all the mailboxes to shared mailboxes, and then you run
the
Set-Mailbox cmdlet and specify the -EmailAddressPolicyEnabled $true parameter.
Does this meet the goal?
A. Yes
B. No
Answer: A
Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
Email address policies define the rules that create email addresses for
recipients in your Exchange organization.
The basic components of an email address policy are:
Email address templates: Define the email address format for the recipients (for
example
<firstname>@contoso.com or <lastname>.<firstname>@contoso.com).
Recipient filter: Specifies the recipients whose email addresses are configured
by the policy.
Priority: Specifies the order to apply the email address policies (important if
a recipient is identified by more than one policy).
The EmailAddressPolicyEnabled parameter specifies whether to apply email address
policies to this recipient.
Valid values are:
$true: Email address policies are applied to this recipient. This is the default
value.
$false: Email address policies aren’t applied to this recipient.
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/email-addresses-and-address-books/email-address-policies/emailaddresspolicies?
view=exchserver-2019
QUESTION 4
You have a Microsoft 365 subscription.
Several users report today that they cannot access email from their mobile
device. They successfully
accessed their email from the same device yesterday.
You need to identify which mobile device access rule applies to the devices.
Which cmdlet should you run?
A. Get-ActiveSyncDeviceClass
B. Get-ActiveSyncOrganizationSettings
C. Get-MobileDevice
D. Get-MobileDeviceMailboxPolicy
Answer: C
Section: (none)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
The Get-MobileDevice cmdlet returns identification, configuration, and status
information for each mobile device.
Note: The Get-MobileDeviceStatistics cmdlet can also be used.
QUESTION 5
You have a Microsoft Exchange Online tenant.
All users are assigned only an Office 365 Enterprise E3 license.
You need to ensure that the users can use only Microsoft Outlook to connect to
their Microsoft 365 mailbox
when they connect from an Android device.
What should you create?
A. a conditional access policy in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
B. a data loss prevention (DLP) policy
C. an app protection policy Microsoft Endpoint Manager
D. a connection filter policy in Exchange Online Protection (EOP)
Answer: D
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