About This Study Plan
This 7-day study plan breaks the MS-700 (Teams Administrator Associate) exam preparation into 7 focused study sessions with a total of 28 actionable tasks. The plan covers all 4 exam domains — Configure and manage a Teams environment, Manage teams, channels, chats, and apps, Manage meetings and calling, Monitor, report on, and troubleshoot Teams — ensuring complete coverage of the exam blueprint. Intensive 7-day review for the Managing Microsoft Teams (MS-700) exam covering Teams administration, collaboration, meetings, calling, and troubleshooting.
Prerequisites
- Teams admin center experience
- 4–6 hours per day
Study Schedule
- Teams admin center: policies, settings, and governance
- Teams upgrade from Skype for Business: modes and coexistence
- Network planning: bandwidth, QoS, and network assessment
- Guest access and external access configuration
- Team creation: public, private, org-wide, and templates
- Channel types: standard, private, and shared channels
- Messaging policies: chat, formatting, and priority notifications
- Teams apps: permission and setup policies, custom apps
- Meeting policies: lobby, recording, transcription, and watermarks
- Audio conferencing: dial-in, toll/toll-free, and defaults
- Live events and Town halls: setup and permissions
- Meeting room configuration and Teams Rooms devices
- Teams Phone: Calling Plans vs Direct Routing vs Operator Connect
- Auto attendants: call flow, business hours, and nesting
- Call queues: distribution, overflow, and timeout routing
- Emergency calling: dynamic locations, policies, and compliance
- Call Quality Dashboard (CQD): building and subnet data
- Real-time analytics and call analytics per-user
- Teams admin activity log and audit logs
- Network troubleshooting: packet loss, jitter, and latency
- Take a full timed practice exam
- Review all incorrect answers
- Focus on calling architecture and meeting policies
- Review guest access and compliance scenarios
- Phone system architecture comparison
- Meeting policy settings reference
- Call flow design patterns
- Rest before exam
Study Tips
Phone System architecture (Calling Plans vs Direct Routing vs Operator Connect) is heavily tested.
Know meeting policy settings in detail — especially recording, lobby, and external participants.
Understand CQD dimensions and how to identify call quality issues.
Recommended Microsoft 365 Study Resources
Supplement this study plan with Microsoft Learn's free MS-700 learning path, which provides interactive modules and sandboxed Microsoft 365 environments. The Microsoft Virtual Training Days programme also offers free instructor-led sessions with a 50% exam discount voucher upon completion.
Ready to Practice?
Put your study plan into action with Teams Administrator Associate practice questions.