In this course you will learn how to secure user access to your organization’s Microsoft 365 resources using the security & compliance features of Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Purview as they pertain to Microsoft 365. This includes user password protection, multi-factor authentication, Identity Protection, Microsoft Entra Connect, and conditional access in Microsoft 365. You will also learn about threat protection technologies that help protect your Microsoft 365 environment. Specifically, you will learn about threat vectors and Microsoft’s security solutions to mitigate threats. You will learn about Secure Score, Exchange Online protection, Microsoft 365 Defender, and threat management. In the course you will learn about information protection technologies from Microsoft Purview. The course discusses information rights managed content, message encryption, as well as labels, policies and rules that support data loss prevention and information protection. Lastly, you will learn about archiving and retention in Microsoft 365 as well as data governance and how to conduct content searches and investigations. This course covers data retention policies and tags, in-place records management for SharePoint, email retention, and how to conduct content searches that support eDiscovery investigations.
This course is an alternative to the SC-200 and SC-400 courses and at appropriate level for Microsoft 365 administrators. This course sits at level 200 to 300, the Security Administrator course covers the full range of security, compliance, privacy and trust features. Microsoft 365 Administrators will find this course aligned to their day to day requirements. Specialist security and compliance administrators should continue to target SC-200 and SC-400 courses.
The Microsoft 365 Security administrator collaborates with the Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator, business stakeholders and other workload administrators to plan and implement security strategies and to ensures that the solutions comply with the policies and regulations of the organization. This role proactively secures Microsoft 365 enterprise environments. Responsibilities include responding to threats, implementing, managing and monitoring security and compliance solutions for the Microsoft 365 environment. They respond to incidents, investigations and enforcement of data governance. The Microsoft 365 Security administrator is familiar with Microsoft 365 workloads and hybrid environments. This role has strong skills and experience with identity protection, information protection, threat protection, security management and data governance.
Module 1: User and Group Management
This module explains how to manage user accounts and groups in Microsoft 365. The module sets the foundation for the remainder of the course.
Lessons
Lab : Initialize your tenant – users and groups
Lab : Password management
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 2: Identity Synchronization and Protection
This module explains concepts related to synchronizing identities for Microsoft 365. Specifically, it focuses on Microsoft Entra Connect and managing directory synchronization to ensure the right people are connecting to your Microsoft 365 system.
Lessons
Lab : Implement Identity Synchronization
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 3: Identity and Access Management
This module explains conditional access for Microsoft 365 and how it can be used to control access to resources in your organization. The module also explains Role Based Access Control (RBAC) and solutions for external access. We discuss identity governance as a concept and its components.
Lessons
Lab : Use Conditional Access to enable MFA
Lab : Configure Privileged Identity Management
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 4: Security in Microsoft 365
This module explains the various cyber-attack threats that exist. It then introduces you to the Microsoft solutions used to mitigate those threats. The module finishes with an explanation of Microsoft Secure Score and how it can be used to evaluate and report your organizations security posture.
Lessons
Lab : Use Microsoft Secure Score
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 5: Threat Protection
This module explains the various threat protection technologies and services available for Microsoft 365. The module covers message protection through Exchange Online Protection, Microsoft Defender for Identity and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
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Lab : Manage Microsoft 365 Security Services
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 6: Threat Management
This module explains Microsoft Threat Management which provides you with the tools to evaluate and address cyber threats and formulate responses. You will learn how to use the Security dashboard and Microsoft Sentinel for Microsoft 365.
Lessons
Lab : Using Attack Simulator
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 7: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
This module focuses on cloud application security in Microsoft 365. The module will explain cloud discovery, app connectors, policies, and alerts. You will learn how these features work to secure you cloud applications.
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After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 8: Mobility
This module explains mobile application and device management.
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After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 9: Microsoft Purview Compliance portal
This module explains the Microsoft Purview Compliance portal.
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After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 10: Information Protection and Governance
This module focuses on data loss prevention in Microsoft 365. You will learn about how to create policies, edit rules, and customize user notifications to protect your data.
Lessons
Lab : Archiving and Retention
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 11: Microsoft 365 Encryption
This module explains information rights management in Exchange and SharePoint. The module also describes encryption technologies used to secure messages.
Lessons
Lab : Configure Purview Message Encryption
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 12: Insider Risk Management
This module focuses on insider risk related functionality within Microsoft 365. It covers not only Insider Risk Management in the compliance center but also information barriers and privileged access management as well.
Lessons
Lab : Privileged Access Management
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 13: Discover and Respond
This module focuses on content search and investigations. The module covers how to use eDiscovery to conduct advanced investigations of Microsoft 365 data. It also covers audit logs and discusses data subject requests.
Lessons
Lab : Manage Search and Investigation
After completing this module, students will be able to: