This is an exam study guide to help you prepare for Microsoft exam MS-301: Deploying SharePoint Server Hybrid.
This is one of the exams required to obtain your Microsoft 365 Certified: Teamwork Administrator Associate certification.
For each objective listed, you can find reference material online to help you prepare for the exam.
Configure and Manage SharePoint On-Premises (55-60%)
Plan a SharePoint farm
May include but is not limited to: Select and configure a farm topology, design for high availability, plan for disaster recovery, plan and configure backup and restore, plan for Information Rights Management, plan localization and language packs
Topology
- Install SharePoint Servers 2016 or 2019 across multiple servers
- Install SharePoint Servers 2016 or 2019 on one server
Design for High Availability and Disaster Recovery
- High availability and disaster recovery concepts in SharePoint Server
- Create a high availability architecture and strategy for SharePoint Server
- Choose a disaster recovery strategy for SharePoint Server
- Supported high availability and disaster recovery options for SharePoint databases
Plan for Backup and Restore
Plan for Information Rights Management
- Plan Information Rights Management (SharePoint Server 2010)
- Apply Information Rights Management to a list or library
Localization and Language Packs
Manage and maintain a SharePoint farm
May include but is not limited to: Configure and maintain core infrastructure to support a SharePoint deployment, deploy and configure service and web applications, configure profile synchronization, monitor farm Health Analyzer reports and resolve issues, monitor storage usage for SharePoint, update SharePoint Server and validate the installation, manage SharePoint workflows, configure content type hub, select an upgrade path for version to version upgrades in on-premises SharePoint deployments
Configure and Maintain Core Infrastructure
- Managing a MinRole Server Farm in SharePoint Servers 2016 and 2019
- SQL Server and storage (SharePoint Server)
- Overview of SQL Server in SharePoint Server 2016 and 2019 environments
- Configure SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups for SharePoint Server
- Manage the Distributed Cache service in SharePoint Server
- Plan service deployment in SharePoint Server
Deploy and Configure Service and Web Applications
Configure Profile Synchronization
- User profiles and identities
- Microsoft Identity Manager in SharePoint Servers 2016 and 2019
- Administer the User Profile service in SharePoint Server
Monitor Farm Health Analyzer Reports and Resolve Issues
Update SharePoint Server and Validate the Installation
- Deploy software updates for SharePoint Server 2016
- Troubleshoot site collection upgrade issues in SharePoint Server 2016
Manage SharePoint Workflows
Configure Content Type Hub
Select an Upgrade Path For Version to Version Upgrade In On-Premises SharePoint Deployments
Implement authentication
May include but is not limited to: Select and implement an authentication method, configure authentication, monitor and maintain authentication
- Authentication overview for SharePoint Server
- Plan for user authentication methods in SharePoint Server
- Create claims-based web applications in SharePoint Server
- Plan for app authentication in SharePoint Server
Manage site collections
May include but is not limited to: Plan and configure the site collection architecture, create, update, and remove content types, reorganize sites based on changes in business needs, deploy customizations, update site designs and branding, create and update master pages and page layouts, activate or deactivate site collection features
Plan and Configure the Site Collection Architecture
Create, Update, and Remove Content Types
- Introduction to Content Types and Content Type Publishing
- Use content types to manage content consistently on a site
- Documents and libraries in SharePoint: Content Types
- Add a content type to a list or library
Reorganize Sites Based on Changes in Business Needs
I truly have no idea what this objective is getting at! *sigh* In classic sites there IS not good way to reorganize the sites; you can just reorganize the navigation to make it LOOK like the sites have moved, or use third party tools to actually move sites around. In SharePoint Online you can use hub sites to “glue” sites together, but I don’t think that’s what this bullet is talking about.
Deploy Customizations
Update Site Designs and Branding
Create and Update Master Pages and Page Layouts
- Introduction to SharePoint master pages
- Customize a master page to brand your site
- Create a page layout in SharePoint
- Master pages, the Master Page Gallery, and page layouts in SharePoint
Activate or Deactivate Site Collection Features
Plan and Configure Business Connectivity Services (BCS) and Secure Store
May include but is not limited to: Create BCS data sources and configure BCS permissions, create external content types, plan and configure connections to external data stores, configure Secure Store target applications, configure external lists
- Overview of Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint Server
- Deploy a Business Connectivity Services hybrid solution in SharePoint
Plan and configure Managed Metadata
May include but is not limited to: Plan taxonomy and folksonomy, plan and create the term store structure, plan and configure term store security, maintain the term store
- Plan for managed metadata in SharePoint Server
- Introduction to managed metadata
- Assign roles and permissions to manage term sets
- Overview of managed navigation in SharePoint Server
Manage search
May include but is not limited to: Configure and manage the search schema, configure and manage search queries, configure and manage search crawls, configure and manage the search topology, configure and manage the search result type
- Overview of search in SharePoint Online
- Create and configure a Search service application in SharePoint Server
- Administer search in SharePoint Server
- Manage the search schema in SharePoint Server
- Manage crawling in SharePoint Server
- Manage the search topology in SharePoint Server
- Manage search relevance in SharePoint Server
Configure and Manage Hybrid Scenarios (30-35%)
Plan a hybrid configuration and topology
May include but is not limited to: Evaluate available hybrid scenarios, identify core services interdependencies and prerequisites for hybrid deployments, determine which workloads will remain on-premises, which will migrate, and how they will connect
Implement hybrid teamwork artifacts
May include but is not limited to: Plan, configure, and monitor hybrid SharePoint taxonomies and hybrid content types, plan and configure hybrid OneDrive for Business, plan for and add custom tiles to the hybrid app launcher, configure document rendering for Web Apps
Plan, Configure, and Monitor Hybrid SharePoint Taxonomies and Hybrid Content Types
- Plan hybrid SharePoint taxonomy and hybrid content types
- Configure hybrid SharePoint taxonomy and hybrid content types
Plan and Configure Hybrid OneDrive for Business
- Plan hybrid OneDrive for Business
- Configure hybrid OneDrive for Business
- Configure hybrid OneDrive for Business – roadmap
Plan For and Add Custom Tile To the Hybrid App Launcher
Configure Document Rendering For Web Apps
Implement a hybrid Search Service application
May include but is not limited to: Evaluate available hybrid search scenarios, plan the implementation for Hybrid Search, configure the hybrid Search Service application, transition to a hybrid Search Service application, manage the hybrid Search Service application
- SharePoint hybrid sites and search
- Plan cloud hybrid search for SharePoint
- Configure cloud hybrid search – roadmap
- Configure hybrid federated search from SharePoint Server to SharePoint Online – roadmap
- Configure hybrid federated search from SharePoint Online to SharePoint Server – roadmap
- Plan hybrid federated search for SharePoint Server
- Show results from Office 365 in on-premises SharePoint with cloud hybrid search
- Display hybrid federated search results in SharePoint Server
- Display hybrid federated search results in SharePoint Online
Implement a data gateway
May include but is not limited to: Plan the implementation of on-premises data gateway, install and configure an on-premises data gateway, manage an on-premises data gateway
- Connecting to on-premises data sources with On-premises Data Gateway
- Install and configure an on-premises data gateway
Migrate to SharePoint Online (5-10%)
Migrate Data and Content
May include but is not limited to: Identify and resolve blocking issues that prevent migration, determine course of action for data and content that cannot be migrated, prepare data for migration, recommend tools and strategies to migrate data
- Migrate to SharePoint Online and OneDrive
- Overview of the SharePoint Migration Assessment Tool
- Overview of the SharePoint Migration Tool
- SharePoint Migration Identity Mapping Tool
PowerShell
For each of the topics listed above, it’s helpful to know the associated PowerShell commands for SharePoint. While there’s not enough space for me to enumerate every PowerShell command here, it’s helpful to get generally familiar with the command object for SharePoint Server and SharePoint Online. (Note that since PnP cmdlets are open source, they’re not really included in the exam, although they’re extremely helpful to know about in real life!)