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Troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange Online

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Exam Name Troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange Online
Exam Code MS-220
Official Information https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/ms-220
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Microsoft MS-220 Exam Topics :

Section Weight Objectives
Troubleshoot mail flow issues 20–25% Troubleshoot Exchange Online mail flow issues
  •  review and interpret message headers
  •  review and interpret message trace results and policies associated with those results
  •  determine whether a transport rule or conditional routing rule is affecting mail flow
  •  identify rules that are evaluated and policies that are applied when sending or receiving email
  •  troubleshoot issues where users cannot send or receive email and no NDR is generated or displayed
  •  troubleshoot issues where mail destined for one tenant is incorrectly routed to another tenant
  •  troubleshoot delivery delays
Troubleshoot mail flow issues with external systems
  •  read and analyze SMTP protocol logs for hybrid deployments and third-party systems
  •  troubleshoot issues related to mail flow for hybrid deployments
  •  troubleshoot DNS-related mail flow issues
  •  troubleshoot SMTP relay issues
  •  troubleshoot SMTP certificate issues
Troubleshoot other mail flow issues
  •  identify types of NDRs and interpret NDR data
  •  determine which active rules impact email attachments
  •  determine which rules are triggered when an email arrives at a user’s inbox
  •  troubleshoot issues related to blocked attachment types
  •  troubleshoot issues with corrupted inbox rules
Troubleshoot issues reported by Microsoft Defender for Office 365
  •  determine why an email is marked as spam
  •  determine why messages are being quarantined
  •  determine whether the sender SPF DMARC and DKIM records are valid
  •  troubleshoot spam filter policies
  •  troubleshoot messages that are categorized as false positive or false negative
Troubleshoot compliance and retention issues 25–30% Troubleshoot compliance issues
  •  identify roles required to perform eDiscovery actions
  •  describe Compliance center retention policies
  •  troubleshoot eDiscovery issues
  •  determine what types of holds are associated with an item
  •  troubleshoot in-place and eDiscovery holds
  •  search for and delete email messages in an organization
  •  determine how to clear or purge recoverable item folders
Troubleshoot retention issues
  •  describe retention tag types and actions
  •  describe the process for calculating item retention age
  •  troubleshoot issues creating and applying retention policies
  •  review and interpret Messaging Records Management (MRM) mailbox diagnostics logs
  •  interpret message properties used by message records management (MRM)
Troubleshoot Office Message Encryption (OME) and S/Mime issues
  •  troubleshoot issues with messages that are not encrypted or decrypted as expected
  •  troubleshoot issues where external users cannot decrypt messages but internal users can decrypt messages
  •  troubleshoot issues reading, replying to, or forwarding protected messages from Microsoft 365 on mobile devices
  •  troubleshoot mail flow rules
  •  troubleshoot revocation issues for encrypted emails
  •  troubleshoot S/Mime issues
Troubleshoot mailbox auditing Issues
  •  troubleshoot issues searching audit logs
  •  troubleshoot user actions (for example user reports an item is deleted but they say they did not delete)
  •  troubleshoot bulk actions including email creation, moves, modifications, and deletion
  •  track non-owner actions
  •  troubleshoot audit log retention period issues
  •  troubleshoot auditing not working
Troubleshoot journaling
  •  troubleshoot duplicate journal entries
  •  troubleshoot mail not being journaled
  •  troubleshoot journal OME decryption issues
Troubleshoot mail client issues 20–25% Troubleshoot connectivity and authentication issues
  •  describe how to obtain Outlook client configuration information
  •  troubleshoot Exchange authentication policies
  •  troubleshoot client access rules
  •  troubleshoot issues with modern authentication
  •  troubleshoot Outlook on the Web (OWA) sign in issues
  •  troubleshoot auto-discover issues
  •  outlook client cannot connect to Exchange Online mailbox
  •  troubleshoot Outlook continuously asking for Exchange Online password
Troubleshoot calendaring Issues
  •  review and analyze mailbox and calendar diagnostic logs
  •  troubleshoot broken manager/delegation issues
  •  troubleshoot Resource Booking Assistant issues
Troubleshoot calendar sharing issues
  •  troubleshoot permissions issues related to calendar sharing
  •  troubleshoot issues publishing and accessing calendars shared with external users
  •  determine why content for a published calendar is not up to date
Troubleshoot issues with mobile devices
  •  identify mobile device access states and what the states indicate
  •  review mobile devices statistics to confirm the reason for a block
  •  review the Allow Blocked Quarantine (ABQ) list to identify blocked or quarantined devices
  •  troubleshoot Exchange device access rules
  •  review and interpret ActiveSync logs to troubleshoot Outlook Sync EAS connection issues
  •  troubleshoot connectivity issues with native ActiveSync
Troubleshoot Exchange Online configuration issues 15–20% Troubleshoot provisioning issues
  •  interpret and troubleshoot validation errors encountered during object provisioning
  •  determine when to restore or recover an inactive mailbox
  •  troubleshoot issues managing resource mailboxes
  •  troubleshoot issues purging deleted users
Troubleshoot recipient issues
  •  troubleshoot automatic email forwarding
  •  troubleshoot matching issues with Azure AD
  •  troubleshoot distribution list membership issues (including dynamic distribution groups)
  •  troubleshoot issues with archive mailboxes including auto-expanding archive mailboxes
Troubleshoot org-wide settings
  •  troubleshoot domain setup and configuration issues
  •  troubleshoot address book policies
  •  troubleshoot address lists
  •  troubleshoot allowed file types
  •  troubleshoot mailbox plans
  •  troubleshoot Client-Access Services (CAS) mailbox plans
Troubleshoot public folder Issues
  •  troubleshoot Exchange Online access to public folders
  •  troubleshoot mail-enabled public folders
  •  troubleshoot issues sending email to public folders
  •  troubleshoot hybrid access to public folders
  •  troubleshoot load-balancing issues for public folders
Troubleshoot hybrid and migration issues 10–15% Troubleshoot hybrid configuration issues
  •  troubleshoot Hybrid Configuration Wizard issues
  •  troubleshoot hybrid mail flow issues
  •  troubleshoot free/busy issues for hybrid deployments
  •  troubleshoot issues synchronizing remote recipient attributes with Exchange Online
Troubleshoot migration issues
  •  troubleshoot endpoint creation issues
  •  review migration users and move requests
  •  troubleshoot slow migrations
  •  troubleshoot Data Consistency Score (DCS) issues
  •  troubleshoot failed migrations
  •  troubleshoot public folder migration issues

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