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Microsoft Healthcare IT Support Specialist Professional Certificate

Microsoft

Microsoft Healthcare IT Support Specialist Professional Certificate

Start Your Healthcare IT Support Career.

Gain Microsoft 365, Azure, and healthcare IT support skills for clinical roles.

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Instructor: Microsoft

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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Resolve everyday Microsoft 365 and Azure support issues for healthcare staff following documented procedures.

  • Apply HIPAA-aligned handling of protected health information during IT support work.

  • Provision, secure, and troubleshoot user accounts, mailboxes, and endpoints in clinical setups using Microsoft Intune and enterprise directory tools.

  • Provide front-line support for Epic Hyperspace client-side workflows and Microsoft-integrated healthcare technology endpoints.

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Professional Certificate - 8 course series

Help Desk & Support

Help Desk & Support

Course 1, 9 hours

What you'll learn

  • Differentiate break-fix incidents, service requests, and maintenance in Microsoft healthcare environments.

  • Navigate ticket lifecycles and align documentation with clinical-priority SLAs.

  • Triage a live ITSM queue and categorize incidents accurately (hardware, software, network access).

  • Execute warm-transfer escalations to specialized clinical application and network teams.

Microsoft 365 Platform Support

Microsoft 365 Platform Support

Course 2, 7 hours

What you'll learn

  • Complete the user account lifecycle in Microsoft identity systems under approved workflows.

  • Verify Microsoft 365 account attributes required for downstream access.

  • Maintain traceable records of account changes in ITSM tools for healthcare compliance.

  • Resolve common Outlook profile, mailbox, calendar, and connectivity issues once identity fundamentals are confirmed.

Microsoft Core and Cloud Management

Microsoft Core and Cloud Management

Course 3, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Provision and troubleshoot Microsoft 365 users, mailboxes, and devices for clinical staff using the admin center.

  • Navigate Microsoft Entra ID to verify account status, check group memberships, and process routine password resets from pre-approved checklists.

  • Apply shared responsibility and cloud service-model thinking to Microsoft 365 and Azure-supported healthcare workflows.

Advanced Tools & Communication in Healthcare Support

Advanced Tools & Communication in Healthcare Support

Course 4, 21 minutes

What you'll learn

  • Apply durable prompting frameworks with Microsoft Copilot to draft troubleshooting guides, summarize tickets, and retrieve help content.

  • Trace incidents across Microsoft identity, messaging, file access, and clinical system dependencies to support accurate triage.

  • Create end-user guidance for Microsoft 365 healthcare tasks, including Epic-adjacent workflows like secure sign-in and provider group navigation.

  • Coach healthcare staff through Microsoft 365 workflows using clear, non-technical language without disrupting patient-facing tasks.

Cloud Security and Data Privacy

Cloud Security and Data Privacy

Course 5, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Apply first-line containment steps for phishing and unauthorized-access incidents in Microsoft 365 and Azure environments.

  • Verify baseline Microsoft cloud security controls, including MFA status and conditional access settings, on healthcare support accounts.

  • Apply secure file-sharing and permission practices to protect healthcare data across Microsoft 365 workflows.

  • Follow documented HIPAA SOPs when handling protected health information and escalate anything outside guardrails to the Compliance Officer.

Healthcare Systems and Applications Support

Healthcare Systems and Applications Support

Course 6, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Provide front-line support for common Epic Hyperspace client-side errors, escalating issues beyond client symptoms to the Epic Analyst team.

  • Validate user access and record availability in Epic-based health information systems using Microsoft admin tools.

  • Follow established checklists to verify hardware and connectivity readiness for EHR-connected workstations and telehealth endpoints.

  • Diagnose common telehealth failure points across user devices, local connectivity, and Microsoft Teams configuration for virtual visits.

What you'll learn

  • Build a target-role list and 3-week sourcing plan using healthcare channels and specialized job boards for four entry-level roles.

  • Position MD-102 as your highest-value certification, with MS-900 and AZ-900 as secondary options, and draft an exam-prep timeline.

  • Write a resume section for healthcare IT support hiring managers, with Microsoft-in-healthcare exposure, EHR context, and HIPAA discipline.

  • Draft a Capstone portfolio brief and answer a behavioral interview question using the STAR method, with concrete healthcare IT framing.

What you'll learn

  • Work an identity provisioning ticket end-to-end, including a clinician's Microsoft 365 account, Intune profile, Epic groups, and documentation.

  • Respond to an urgent data-privacy incident, containing exposure, applying PHI redaction, and executing a formal warm-transfer to Compliance.

  • Deliver an end-user AI enablement solution with a durable Copilot prompt framework, privacy guardrails, and structure-not-output coaching notes.

  • Produce a Help Desk Resolution Portfolio with three integrated Tier 1 resolutions for a hiring manager's under-10-minute evaluation.

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