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MS-700 syllabus, skills measured, and exam topics

The MS-700 exam measures Configure and manage a Teams environment, Manage teams, channels, chats, and apps, and Manage meetings and calling. Use this page to review the current official syllabus, major domains, and source links before exam day.

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Skills measured by domain

Use the weighting table to decide where to spend the most study time.

Domain Weight
Configure and manage a Teams environment 40–45%
Manage teams, channels, chats, and apps 20–25%
Manage meetings and calling 15–20%
Monitor, report on, and troubleshoot Teams 15–20%

Detailed outline

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Configure and manage a Teams environment (40–45%)

  • Calculate network bandwidth capacity for Teams voice, video, meetings, and events
  • Analyze network impact by using Network planner
  • Specify network ports and protocols used by Teams
  • Assess network readiness and connectivity by using the Microsoft Teams Network Assessment Tool and Microsoft 365 network connectivity test tool
  • Identify licensing requirements for security and compliance features
  • Specify security and compliance alert policies for Teams
  • Choose appropriate Teams administrator roles
  • Plan and configure threat policies in Microsoft Defender for Office 365
  • Specify retention policies
  • Specify sensitivity labels and publishing policies, including for Teams meetings
  • Specify Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies
  • Specify Microsoft Entra Conditional Access policies for Teams

Manage teams, channels, chats, and apps (20–25%)

  • Plan for a Teams rollout by using Advisor for Teams
  • Create a team by using the Microsoft Teams admin center, Teams client, the Teams PowerShell module, or Microsoft Graph
  • Create a team from an existing Microsoft 365 group, SharePoint site, or team
  • Create a team from a template
  • Create and manage templates and template policies for teams
  • Manage the membership and roles for a team
  • Manage a team in the Microsoft Teams admin center
  • Manage Teams environment settings
  • Configure privacy and sensitivity settings for a team
  • Create and manage frontline teams and experiences
  • Recommend channel types, including standard, private, and shared
  • Add, edit, and remove channels

Manage meetings and calling (15–20%)

  • Recommend meeting types based on business requirements, including Appointments with Microsoft Teams, webinars, Teams town halls, and meetings
  • Configure meeting settings, including for Microsoft 365 Copilot
  • Create and manage meeting templates and template policies
  • Create and manage meeting policies
  • Create and manage meeting customization policies
  • Create and manage event settings and policies
  • Configure and manage Teams webinars
  • Configure and manage Teams town halls
  • Provision and manage phone numbers for users, services, and conferencing bridges
  • Assign, change, or remove a phone number for a user or a resource account
  • Manage voice settings and policies for users
  • Create and manage voicemail policies

Monitor, report on, and troubleshoot Teams (15–20%)

  • Monitor and report on voice and meeting quality
  • Configure alert rules
  • Report on Teams usage, including team activity, app usage, active users, per-meeting metrics, and storage usage
  • Monitor and report on the creation and deletion of teams
  • Monitor and report on guest access
  • Monitor the Microsoft 365 network connectivity test tool
  • Manage feedback, including policies
  • Collect client-side logs
  • Clear the Teams client cache
  • Troubleshoot issues by using self-help diagnostics for Teams
  • Troubleshoot Teams client installation and update issues
  • Troubleshoot Teams client health and issues in the Microsoft Teams admin center

Purpose of this document

  • This study guide should help you understand what to expect on the exam and includes a summary of the topics the exam might cover and links to additional resources. The information and materials in this document should help you focus your studies as you prepare for the exam.
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  • Most questions cover features that are general availability (GA). The exam may contain questions on Preview features if those features are commonly used.

Audience profile

  • As a Microsoft Teams administrator, you plan, implement, manage, and maintain internal and external collaboration and communication solutions using Teams.
  • You’re responsible for configuring and managing teams, channels, chat, apps, events, and calling.
  • You collaborate with owners of other areas, including:
  • Identity
  • Licensing
  • Information management
  • User adoption
  • Security
  • Compliance
  • Devices
  • Networking
  • As a candidate for this exam, you should have a working knowledge of how Teams integrates into Microsoft 365 services.