MS-900 flashcards
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- Microsoft 365
- Subscription bundle that combines Office applications with cloud services such as Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Teams, plus device and identity management on higher plans.
- Office 365
- Cloud productivity subscription containing Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams, and Office apps, but without Windows licensing or advanced device management.
- Microsoft Teams
- Collaboration hub built on channels, chat, meetings, calling, and integrated apps; included in all Microsoft 365 and Office 365 enterprise suites.
- SharePoint Online
- Cloud service for intranet sites, document libraries, lists, and team content, providing versioning, permissions, and shared storage across an organization.
- OneDrive for Business
- Per-user cloud storage for files and folders that syncs to devices and can be shared internally or externally; quota is typically 1 TB or more.
- Exchange Online
- Hosted email service providing mailboxes, shared mailboxes, calendars, and mail filtering; mailbox size is 50 GB in most plans and 100 GB in E3/E5.
- Windows 365
- Service that streams a personalized, cloud-hosted Windows desktop to any device, licensed per user rather than per physical device.
- Microsoft Viva
- Employee experience platform with modules for communities, learning, knowledge, goals, and insights, surfaced primarily inside Microsoft Teams.
- Power Platform
- Suite of low-code and analytics services: Power Apps for apps, Power Automate for workflows, Power BI for reporting, Power Pages for sites, and Copilot Studio.
- Microsoft 365 Apps
- The locally installed Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook applications delivered by subscription, installable on up to five PCs or Macs per user.
- Microsoft 365 Copilot
- AI assistant grounded in tenant content through Microsoft Graph, embedded in Word, Outlook, Teams, and other apps; requires a per-user add-on license.
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Cloud identity and access service that authenticates users and devices and delivers single sign-on, MFA, Conditional Access, and group management for Microsoft 365.
- Conditional Access
- Policy engine that allows or blocks access using signals such as user, group, device compliance, location, app, and risk; requires Entra ID P1.
- Multifactor authentication
- Sign-in method requiring two or more verification factors, such as password plus authenticator app; enabled tenant-wide by security defaults in plans without Entra ID P1.
- Defender for Office 365
- Email and collaboration protection service offering Safe Links, Safe Attachments, and anti-phishing; Plan 1 is in E3, Plan 2 in E5 adds investigation and simulation.
- Microsoft Intune
- Cloud service for mobile device management and mobile application management, enforcing device configuration, compliance policies, and app protection without enrollment.
- Sensitivity labels
- Microsoft Purview labels that classify content and can apply encryption, headers, footers, or watermarks; the label travels with the file.
- Data Loss Prevention
- Purview policies that detect sensitive information types in email, files, and chats and then block, warn, or audit the user action.
- Retention policy
- Rule that keeps or deletes content at a location such as a mailbox or site for a set period; item-level equivalents are retention labels.
- eDiscovery
- Process to identify, preserve, collect, and export content for legal matters; Premium adds custodians, review sets, and near-duplicate detection and needs E5.
- Zero Trust
- Security model built on verifying explicitly, granting least-privilege access, and assuming breach, so no user or device is trusted based on network location alone.
- Microsoft Secure Score
- Numeric measurement of a tenant's security configuration shown in the Microsoft Defender portal, paired with prioritized recommended improvement actions.
- Microsoft 365 Business Premium
- Plan for organizations with up to 300 users, bundling Office apps, Exchange Online, Teams, Intune, Defender for Business, and Entra ID P1.
- Microsoft 365 E3
- Enterprise plan with Office apps, Exchange Online, Teams, Windows Enterprise E3, Entra ID P1, Intune, and core compliance including eDiscovery Standard.
- Microsoft 365 E5
- Top enterprise plan adding Entra ID P2, Defender for Office 365 P2, Defender for Identity and Cloud Apps, eDiscovery Premium, Insider Risk Management, Power BI Pro, and Phone System.
- Microsoft 365 F3
- Frontline worker plan with web and mobile Office apps, Teams, a 2 GB mailbox, and limited Windows and Intune capabilities for shared devices.
- Microsoft 365 A3
- Education plan for faculty and students including Office apps, Teams, Intune for Education, and core security and compliance capabilities.
- Cloud Solution Provider
- Partner program in which a Microsoft partner resells subscriptions, manages billing, and provides first-line support to the customer.
- FastTrack
- Included Microsoft benefit for eligible subscriptions, generally 150 or more seats, offering remote onboarding, migration, and adoption guidance at no extra cost.
- Service health dashboard
- Area of the Microsoft 365 admin center showing current service incidents, advisories, and planned maintenance affecting the tenant.
- Severity A incident
- Highest Microsoft support severity, used for critical situations such as a production service outage that blocks business operations for many users.
- Add-on license
- Optional per-user subscription purchased on top of a base plan to unlock a capability, such as Microsoft 365 Copilot, Entra ID P2, or Defender for Endpoint P2.