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Microsoft 074-324 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Administering Office 365 for Small Businesses |
| Exam Number: | 74-324 |
| Exam Format: | Multiple Choice, Scenario-based Questions, Case Study |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Retired (no longer offered) |
| Related Certifications: | Microsoft Office 365 Certification Microsoft Specialist: Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements |
| Real Exam Qty: | 40 - 60 |
| Exam Price: | Varies by region (historically around USD 100 - 150) |
| Passing Score: | 700 / 1000 |
| Exam Duration: | 60 - 90 |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored or authorized testing center (historical delivery method; exam is now retired) |
| Pre Condition: | Basic understanding of IT administration and cloud services is recommended. |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/retired-certifications |
Microsoft 074-324 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Objectives |
|---|---|
| Service Health and Troubleshooting | - Monitoring service health in Office 365 - Diagnosing and resolving service issues |
| User and Identity Management | - Directory synchronization and Azure Active Directory basics - Managing users and groups in Office 365 |
| Office 365 Tenant and Subscription Management | - Subscription and licensing management - Creating and managing Office 365 tenants |
| Office 365 Security and Compliance | - Threat protection and monitoring - Security policies and compliance management |
| SharePoint Online and Collaboration Services | - Permissions and sharing settings - Site collection management |
| Exchange Online Administration | - Mail flow and troubleshooting - Mailbox configuration and management - Email security and protection |
Your Questions About the Microsoft Administering Office 365 for Small Businesses Exam, Answered
The 074-324 exam is the required test for earning the Microsoft Administering Office 365 for Small Businesses certification from Microsoft. It assesses your command of the official exam objectives through scenario-based and knowledge questions, and the resulting credential is widely recognized by employers. Its reputation for difficulty is real but manageable — candidates who practice consistently with quality materials routinely walk in well prepared.
The official outline for the 074-324 exam highlights these domains:
- User and Identity Management ()
- Exchange Online Administration ()
- Office 365 Security and Compliance ()
Seeing the topics laid out this way often shrinks the exam's intimidation factor — each domain is a finite, learnable block, and the Microsoft Administering Office 365 for Small Businesses practice questions at RealVCE follow the same structure.
Basic understanding of IT administration and cloud services is recommended.
The 074-324 exam is demanding, but its difficulty is specific, not mysterious: unfamiliar question formats, time pressure, and a few heavily weighted domains. All three respond to the same remedy — repeated, timed exposure to exam-style questions. That is what the Microsoft Administering Office 365 for Small Businesses practice materials at RealVCE provide, and the free demo lets you measure the real difficulty yourself before committing, which is usually the moment the fear starts shrinking.
The 074-324 exam consists of 40 - 60 questions with a time allowance of 60 - 90 minutes. Practicing full sets under a similar time cap is the most direct way to make sure pacing never costs you points on exam day.
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The passing score is 700 / 1000 and the exam fee is Varies by region (historically around USD 100 - 150). Knowing both numbers early helps you plan: aim to be consistently above the passing mark in timed practice sessions before you spend the fee on a booking.
Microsoft Administering Office 365 for Small Businesses Sample Questions:
You need to generate a list of all Office 365 users who have NOT accessed their mailboxes during the past 90 days. Which Windows PowerShell cmdlet should you run?
- A. Get-RemovedMailbox
- B. Get-Recipient
- C. Get-MailContact
- D. Get-RoIeGroupMember
- E. Get MsolU
- F. Get-Group
- G. Get-User
- H. Get-LogonStatistics
- I. Get-ManagementRoleAssignment
- J. Get-MsolContact
- K. Get-Mailbox
- L. Get-MailboxStatistics
Correct Answer: L 🗳️
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Your company has an Office 365 subscription. You create a retention policy that contains several retention tags. A user has a client computer that runs Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. You install Microsoft Outlook 2010 on the user's computer. The new retention tags are unavailable to the user from Outlook 2010. You verify that other users can use the new retention tags. You need to ensure that the new retention tags are available to the user from Outlook 2010. What should you do?
- A. Run the Set-Mailbox Windows PowerShell cmdlet.
- B. Force directory synchronization.
- C. Repair the user's Outlook profile.
- D. Modify the retention policy tags.
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
Your company has an Office 365 subscription. All user mailboxes are hosted on Microsoft Exchange Online. You need to assign the minimum permissions necessary to ensure that an Office 365 administrator can configure federation for Microsoft Lync Online. To which role or role group should you assign the administrator?
- A. Recipient Management
- B. User management administrator
- C. Help Desk
- D. Billing administrator
- E. Organization Management
- F. Service administrator
- G. Global administrator
- H. Password administrator
Correct Answer: G 🗳️
Your company has an intranet site that is hosted on Microsoft SharePoint Online. The site is currently
displaying documents and list items in the incorrect time zone (UTC -08:00). You need to ensure that the
site displays content in the Eastern Time zone (UTC -05:00).
What should you do?
- A. In the SharePoint Online Administration Center, modify the time zone of the site collection.
- B. Activate the SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection features.
- C. Modify the regional settings of the intranet site.
- D. Modify the language settings of the intranet site.
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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You need to determine whether someone other than the mailbox owner most recently accessed a specific Office 365 user's mailbox. What should you do?
- A. Run the Get-MailboxStatistics Windows PowerShell cmdlet.
- B. Run the Audit-MailboxLog Windows PowerShell cmdlet.
- C. Run the Search-AdminAuditLog Windows PowerShell cmdlet.
- D. In the Microsoft Exchange Control Panel, run a non-owner mailbox access report.
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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