MS-700 received a minor update this month, with changes being made to the Create and manage teams section, including the addition of MS Graph as a management option, and the inclusion of frontline teams and experiences.

If you are already spending quite a bit of time in Teams administration, this is probably going to be a pretty easy exam for you, provided you are comfortable with other services that Teams integrates. The things that are potentially more important for you to focus on are the Entra ID related questions, including Access Reviews and group management for example, that may be the responsibility of an identity team in some organisations. Purview exposure is also needed, with DLP and Insider Risk included, amongst others. Make sure you are focusing on the Teams features you aren’t using yet, as any of the policies and settings you are already exposed to should be straight forward in the exam.

If you are more of a Microsoft 365 generalist and understand the external collaboration requirements, as well as the integration with other Microsoft 365 services, the important things to focus include understanding settings versus policies, as well as making sure you understand the different calling components, including queues, call analytics etc

What about PowerShell? There are some PowerShell questions in this exam, but not enough to cause any real issues if you are admin center leaning rather than scripting, but you should probably make sure you are somewhat comfortable with things that can be scripted that can’t be performed in a portal. You definitely don’t need to be PowerShell expert, but understanding syntax basics will go a long way. Access to Microsoft Learn during the exam also means you don’t have to focus as much on trying to memorise PowerShell cmdlets.

Configure and manage a Teams environment (40–45%)

Plan and configure network settings for Teams

Manage security and compliance settings for Teams

Plan and implement governance for Teams

Configure and manage external collaboration

Manage Teams clients and devices

Plan and configure Teams for VDI

Manage teams, channels, chats, and apps (20–25%)

Create and manage teams

Manage channels and chats

Manage apps for Teams

Manage meetings and calling (15–20%)

Manage meetings and events

Manage phone numbers and services for Teams Phone

Monitor, report on, and troubleshoot Teams (15–20%)

Monitor and report on Teams

Troubleshoot audio, video, and client issues