MS-721 Microsoft 365 Certified:
Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer Associate

Demonstrate skills to configure, deploy, monitor, and manage Microsoft Teams Phone, meetings, and certified devices.

At a glance

Level

Intermediate

Product

Microsoft 365

Role

Administrator

Renewel Frequency

12 Months

Overview

As a candidate for this certification, you’re responsible for planning, deploying, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting:

  • Microsoft Teams Phone
  • Meetings
  • Personal and shared space devices, including Teams Rooms and Microsoft Surface Hub

As a collaboration communications systems engineer, you have a fundamental understanding of networking, telecommunications, audio/visual and meeting room technologies, and identity and access management. You’re proficient in managing and monitoring Teams Phone, meetings, and certified devices by using:

  • Microsoft Teams admin center
  • PowerShell
  • Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro Management portal
  • Microsoft Call Quality Dashboard

You deploy and configure Teams Phone with Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) connectivity through:

  • Teams Calling Plans
  • Operator Connect
  • Teams Phone Mobile
  • Direct Routing

    You work with:

    • Teams administrators
    • Microsoft identity and access administrators
    • Microsoft 365 administrators
    • Owners of other workloads, including facilities managers, network engineers, security engineers, device manufacturers, telephony providers, and Microsoft Certified solution providers
    Skills measured
    • Plan and design collaboration communications systems
    • Configure and manage Teams meetings, webinars, and town halls
    • Configure and manage Teams Phone
    • Configure and manage Teams Rooms and devices