1 00:00:04,423 --> 00:00:05,254 Let's start by doing an introduction to 2 00:00:05,254 --> 00:00:08,011 SharePoint Online administration. First of 3 00:00:08,011 --> 00:00:12,230 all, what are the responsibilities of a 4 00:00:12,230 --> 00:00:15,099 SharePoint Online administrator? At a high 5 00:00:15,099 --> 00:00:16,317 level, the SharePoint Online administrator 6 00:00:16,317 --> 00:00:19,872 is responsible for all of the aspects of 7 00:00:19,872 --> 00:00:22,471 the SharePoint Online service including 8 00:00:22,471 --> 00:00:26,118 maintenance and configuration on sites, 9 00:00:26,118 --> 00:00:29,040 user profiles, taxonomies, and 10 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,728 integrations. The SharePoint Online 11 00:00:31,728 --> 00:00:34,706 administrator is also responsible about 12 00:00:34,706 --> 00:00:38,804 the user adoption and change management in 13 00:00:38,804 --> 00:00:41,643 SharePoint Online. With the cloud and 14 00:00:41,643 --> 00:00:43,960 changes coming in weekly, the SharePoint 15 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:46,427 Online administrator must make sure that 16 00:00:46,427 --> 00:00:49,136 those are communicated to users. The 17 00:00:49,136 --> 00:00:51,890 SharePoint Online admin is also 18 00:00:51,890 --> 00:00:55,961 responsible for the governance around the 19 00:00:55,961 --> 00:00:57,823 SharePoint Online service, so making sure 20 00:00:57,823 --> 00:01:00,756 there is no sprawl of sites, that everyone 21 00:01:00,756 --> 00:01:03,102 uses SharePoint as the company intends 22 00:01:03,102 --> 00:01:07,458 users to do, and finally, security and 23 00:01:07,458 --> 00:01:10,479 external sharing. Since SharePoint is the 24 00:01:10,479 --> 00:01:13,542 file storage solution in Office 365, there 25 00:01:13,542 --> 00:01:16,119 can be a lot of company‑sensitive 26 00:01:16,119 --> 00:01:17,893 information in there, and a SharePoint 27 00:01:17,893 --> 00:01:20,365 admin needs to make sure that all of the 28 00:01:20,365 --> 00:01:23,478 security aspects are in place for that 29 00:01:23,478 --> 00:01:26,466 information to stay secure. It's also 30 00:01:26,466 --> 00:01:28,601 important to remember that, like I said 31 00:01:28,601 --> 00:01:30,791 before, SharePoint Online is the file 32 00:01:30,791 --> 00:01:34,232 storage solution for other Office 365 33 00:01:34,232 --> 00:01:37,088 services, so you'll probably often have to 34 00:01:37,088 --> 00:01:40,109 interact with the Teams and Yammer 35 00:01:40,109 --> 00:01:42,392 administrators, for example, as files from 36 00:01:42,392 --> 00:01:44,981 those applications are stored in 37 00:01:44,981 --> 00:01:48,282 SharePoint on the back end. Usually, but 38 00:01:48,282 --> 00:01:51,287 not always the case, the SharePoint Online 39 00:01:51,287 --> 00:01:53,481 administrator is also the one responsible 40 00:01:53,481 --> 00:01:56,542 for OneDrive for Business, especially 41 00:01:56,542 --> 00:01:59,225 because historically, OneDrive for 42 00:01:59,225 --> 00:02:01,669 Business has always been a part of 43 00:02:01,669 --> 00:02:03,772 SharePoint. Even if they're separate 44 00:02:03,772 --> 00:02:06,430 nowadays, separate admin centers and 45 00:02:06,430 --> 00:02:09,613 everything, usually a person manages both 46 00:02:09,613 --> 00:02:12,544 of those. So what are the tools that we 47 00:02:12,544 --> 00:02:15,468 will use to administer SharePoint Online? 48 00:02:15,468 --> 00:02:17,911 At a high level, we have the SharePoint 49 00:02:17,911 --> 00:02:20,570 Online admin center, as well as 50 00:02:20,570 --> 00:02:22,915 PowerShell. It's really important for you 51 00:02:22,915 --> 00:02:26,315 to know that it's not one or the other. 52 00:02:26,315 --> 00:02:29,190 It's really both of them together. And as 53 00:02:29,190 --> 00:02:30,948 a SharePoint Online administrator, there 54 00:02:30,948 --> 00:02:33,862 are some things that can only be done in 55 00:02:33,862 --> 00:02:35,753 the admin center, while there are certain 56 00:02:35,753 --> 00:02:38,027 things that can only be done via 57 00:02:38,027 --> 00:02:40,861 PowerShell, and we'll go deeper into both 58 00:02:40,861 --> 00:02:44,617 of those in this module. As for the 59 00:02:44,617 --> 00:02:47,605 requirements, the minimum role that you 60 00:02:47,605 --> 00:02:50,614 need is the SharePoint admin role in 61 00:02:50,614 --> 00:02:52,532 Office 365, or you can, of course, be a 62 00:02:52,532 --> 00:02:55,017 global admin, but SharePoint admin would 63 00:02:55,017 --> 00:02:58,011 be the minimum. When you assign somebody 64 00:02:58,011 --> 00:03:00,593 the SharePoint admin role, you might also 65 00:03:00,593 --> 00:03:03,136 want to assign them the service 66 00:03:03,136 --> 00:03:06,296 administrator role. This way, they can see 67 00:03:06,296 --> 00:03:09,767 the important information in the Microsoft 68 00:03:09,767 --> 00:03:12,207 365 admin center, such as the health of 69 00:03:12,207 --> 00:03:19,000 SharePoint Online, message center, and release notifications.