From the course: Complete Guide to Microsoft 365 for Administrators by Microsoft Press

Microsoft 365 client fundamentals - Microsoft 365 Tutorial

From the course: Complete Guide to Microsoft 365 for Administrators by Microsoft Press

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Microsoft 365 client fundamentals

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- [Instructor] So in the last session, we touched on Microsoft 365 apps, so in this session we're gonna talk about those desktop client apps. Microsoft provide desktop client apps for both Windows operating systems and for MacOS, specifically Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Teams. There are also web app versions of these apps, which are accessible from compatible browsers, in addition to mobile apps for iOS, and iPad OS, and Android. It's probably not unrealistic to say that most organizations use desktop computers in an on-premise environment to connect to their messaging system, exchange server perhaps. As they move to the cloud, they'll connect to Exchange online, and that opens up some additional functionality for your users. Users can now use their own mobile phones, smartphones to connect to their mailboxes. So it's maybe worth examining which applications are available for connection to exchange online and from which client types. So we have Outlook for Windows, outlook for MacOS, outlook for iOS, iPadOS, and Android. And for those operating systems that don't have a direct client for Connectivity Exchange online, you can also use Outlook on the web, which is formally known as Outlook Web App. Exchange Active sync is a possibility for clients that support it. You might also have some older devices that support the post office protocol POP3, or the internet message Access Protocol IMAP4. These legacy email protocols are no longer supported by Exchange Online because they rely on basic authentication, and we'll talk about that in a moment. As mentioned in an earlier session, Microsoft provides support for Microsoft 365 apps via a web browser, so you can connect to Word, Excel, PowerPoint from a user's Microsoft 365 homepage by selecting apps, and run those apps, but you need to be using a compatible browser. for Windows, that will be Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome. For MacOS, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari, or again Google Chrome. For iOS, and iPadOS, and Android, we recommended you use the Microsoft 36`5 mobile apps. So a moment ago we touched on something called basic authentication. So by contrast, what is modern authentication? Modern authentication is based on the active directory authentication library and open authorization two standards. It enables authentication features such as multifactor authentication, smart cards, certificate based authentication, and non-Microsoft SAML identity providers. Basic authentication methods use usernames and passwords and are therefore less secure. Microsoft 365 services such as Exchange Online, support only Modern authentication, and that does raise challenges. Cloud operating systems or client side apps that use basic authentication are unlikely to be able to successfully connect to Microsoft 365 services or apps. So you are going to need to move your users to an application that does support modern authentication. Your Microsoft 365 subscription may include Intune. If that's the case, you'll be looking to manage devices, that's your user's devices, be those company owned resources, or whether they're personally owned resources. Generally speaking, corporately owned resources are enrolled into Intune to provide a better management experience. We'll talk a bit more about that in a later session. But for now, it's important to remember that only certain device types can be enrolled in Intune. For Apple, iOS, iPadOS, it must be 16.0 and newer. Devices running MacOS must be running MacOS 13 and newer. For Linux devices, Ubuntu Desktop 20.04, or 22.04 are required. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux, you must be using version eight and newer. For Android, it's 8.0 and newer, or Android Enterprise, and certain Android Open source project devices can also be enrolled. For Windows, you must be using Windows 11, and Windows 11 LTSC 2024 or newer. If you are running cloud PC's, that's Windows 365, you must be using Windows 11 cloud PC's. Finally, you can also enroll Surface Hub devices. We'll explore the whole process of Intune enrollment in a later session, and we'll discuss what you can do with Intune in a later session.

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