What's changed: Created MS-700 Chapter 1 (domain: Configure and manage a Teams environment): network planning (bandwidth capacity, Network planner, ports/protocols UDP, Network Assessment Tool, connectivity test tool), governance/lifecycle (update policies, policy packages, policy assignment, M365 group creation/expiration/naming policy, archive/delete/restore, Access reviews, PowerShell/Graph), and security/compliance (Teams admin roles, alert policies, Defender for Office 365 threat policies, retention, sensitivity labels, Purview DLP, Conditional Access, Information Barriers, Communication Compliance, Insider Risk Management).
1.1Plan network settings
Understand bandwidth capacity for Teams voice/video/meetings, impact analysis with Network planner, network ports/protocols, and readiness via the Microsoft Teams Network Assessment Tool and Microsoft 365 network connectivity test tool.
Teams real-time communication depends on network quality. Before rollout, plan capacity and assess the path and readiness.
1.1.1Capacity planning and Network planner
Estimate bandwidth capacity for voice/video/meetings/events from user counts and concurrency. Network planner is a planning tool that models required bandwidth and impact in advance from sites, personas, and network sites. Allow the ports and protocols Teams uses (prefer UDP) so media takes the optimal path.
1.1.2Readiness assessment tools
The Microsoft Teams Network Assessment Tool sends real media traffic to measure packet loss, latency, and jitter, evaluating whether the network suits Teams. The Microsoft 365 network connectivity test tool tests connectivity (optimal egress, path) from a location to Microsoft 365. Distinguish Network planner (advance planning/modeling) from the assessment tools (actual measurement).
Cues: "model required bandwidth in advance from sites/personas" = Network planner. "send real media and measure packet loss/latency/jitter" = Microsoft Teams Network Assessment Tool. "test connectivity from a site to Microsoft 365" = Microsoft 365 network connectivity test tool. Prefer UDP for media.
Watch the mix-ups: (1) Network planner (advance planning/capacity model) vs Network Assessment Tool (actual measurement). (2) The connectivity test tool (connectivity/egress) differs from measuring media quality. (3) Allowing ports/protocols (prefer UDP) is firewall config, separate from assessment tools.
1.1.3Section summary
- Network planner models required bandwidth in advance from sites/personas
- The Network Assessment Tool measures packet loss/latency/jitter with real media
- The connectivity test tool tests connectivity to Microsoft 365; prefer UDP for media
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Quick check
(just a quick review)Q1. Before rolling out Teams at a new site, you want to model required bandwidth and impact in advance from personas and site info. Best?
Q2. You want to send real traffic to measure packet loss and latency to verify the network suits Teams real-time media. Best?
Q3. You want to test the connection path (optimal egress, connectivity) from each location to Microsoft 365. Best?
Q4. To ensure Teams media (voice/video) takes the optimal path, which transport should you prioritize allowing?
Q5. What correctly distinguishes Network planner from the Network Assessment Tool?