Client Resources & Best Practice Guides
LiftOff has been working in the Microsoft cloud for nearly two decades. Over the years, we’ve created, assembled, and constantly update a powerful list of Microsoft 365 best practice guides. This curated list of Microsoft 365 resources was created by LiftOff to guide our clients in their journey to Microsoft 365.
Understanding Microsoft 365 Licensing and Tenants
GCC Licensing: https://liftoffonline.com/365govcompare
GCC Product Matrix: https://liftoffonline.com/modernworkplace
GCC High Product Matrix: https://liftoffonline.com/ModernWorkplaceGCCH
General Microsoft 365 Product Description (“owner’s manual”): https://liftoffonline.com/productdescription
GCC High Product Description (“owner’s manual:): https://liftoffonline.com/gcchdescription
Global Administrator Guidelines
LiftOff’s 7 Awesome Ways to Secure Your Global Admins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmjKLINOazc&t=13s
Microsoft Global Admin Best Practices: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business-premium/m365bp-protect-admin-accounts?view=o365-worldwide
Identity Security (Entra)
LiftOff Entra ID Webinar 2: https://liftoffonline.com/entrarevisited
LiftOff Entra ID Webinar (original): https://liftoffonline.com/entrapremium
Best Practices for Rolling Out MFA (LiftOff Webinar): https://liftoffonline.com/mfa
What to do When a User is Phished: https://liftoffonline.com/phished
Email Security (Defender)
An Easy and Inexpensive Way to Prevent Cyber Attacks (Defender Plan 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJL6Qu2KCAc
Defender Plan 1 Configuration: https://liftoffonline.com/atp
Boost Cyber Awareness with Attack Simulator (Defender Plan 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hfVTFBlHOU&t=19s
SPF, DKIM and DMARC Configuration: https://liftoffonline.com/dmarc
STOP Sensitive Data Leakage! How to Manage External Email Forwarding in Microsoft 365: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUrYHMWpKus&t=5s
Document Security and Compliance (Purview)
Creating a Retention Policy: https://liftoffonline.com/retention
Performing a Content Search: https://liftoffonline.com/contentsearch
Compliance Admin Center Tour (LiftOff Webinar): https://liftoffonline.com/compliance
How to Enable Auditing in Microsoft 365: https://liftoffonline.com/audit
Learn About Data Loss Prevention: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/dlp-learn-about-dlp
Learn About Sensitivity Labels: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/sensitivity-labels
Teams
How to Customize Your Teams Background: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYym8TsbJoU&t=22s
Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint Best Practices (LiftOff Webinar): https://liftoffonline.com/teamswebinar
Powershell
LiftOff’s Powershell “Greatest Hits”: https://liftoffonline.com/powershell
Connect to a Microsoft 365 Tenant with Powershell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99GXLOKJF_k&t=2s
Connecting to Microsoft Graph Powershell in the GCC High: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m32zimN86do&t=7s
General Administrator Resources
How to Properly On-Board Users in Microsoft 365: https://liftoffonline.com/onboarding
How to Properly Off-Board Users in Microsoft 365: https://liftoffonline.com/offboarding
Microsoft Office Deployment Tool: https://liftoffonline.com/odt
Microsoft 365 Password Recommendations: https://liftoffonline.com/passwordrecommendations
Microsoft 365 Exchange Limits: https://liftoffonline.com/exchangelimits
Microsoft 365 SharePoint Limits: https://liftoffonline.com/sharepointlimits
Entra Active Directory Connect: https://liftoffonline.com/dirsync
Creating a New User with Entra AD Connect: https://liftoffonline.com/dirsyncnewuser
Copilot Resources
Microsoft 365 Copilot Readiness and Adoption Guide for Public Sector: https://liftoffonline.com/CopilotGCCGuide
Microsoft Copilot Data Security and Privacy Commitments: https://liftoffonline.com//CopilotSecurity
Microsoft Copilot Scenario Library: https://liftoffonline.com/CopilotScenarios
Microsoft Copilot Prompting Guidance (download): https://liftoffonline.com/CopilotPrompting
Microsoft Copilot GCC Blog Updates: http://liftoffonline.com/CopilotGCCBlog
LiftOff Copilot Client Webinar: http://liftoffonline.com/copilotwebinar
LiftOff Copilot Slide Deck: http://liftoffonline.com/CopilotWebinarSlides
End-User Workstation/Mobile Resources
GCC and GCC High End-User Workstation Configuration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvVX2K4lFqg&t=778s
Managing Microsoft 365 Personal Archives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnzyjTfio_M
New Outlook is Bad! Stick with the Classic Version (LiftOff Blog Post): https://www.liftoffonline.com/blog/classicoutlook
How to Turn Off New Outlook: https://liftoffonline.com/newoutlook