Microsoft 365 Security Administration (MS-500T00-A)

Students will gain knowledge about Secure Score, Exchange Online protection, Azure Advanced Threat Protection, Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection, and threat management. In the course they will learn about information protection technologies that help secure your Microsoft 365 environment. 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, students 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.

to teach how to secure user access to your organization’s resources. The course covers user password protection, multi-factor authentication, how to enable Azure Identity Protection, how to setup and use Azure AD Connect, and introduces you to conditional access in Microsoft 365.

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. It introduces you to the Zero Trust concept as well as authentication. The module sets the foundation for the remainder of the course. Module 2: Identity Synchronization and Protection This module explains concepts related to synchronizing identities for Microsoft 365. Specifically, it focuses on Azure AD Connect and managing directory synchronization to ensure the right people are connecting to your Microsoft 365 system. 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. 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. 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. 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 Azure Sentinel for Microsoft 365. Module 7: Microsoft Cloud Application Security 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. Module 8: Mobility This module focuses on securing mobile devices and applications. You will learn about Mobile Device Management and how it works with Microsoft Intune. You will also learn about how Intune and Azure AD can be used to secure mobile applications. Module 9: 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. Module 10: Rights Management and Encryption This module explains information rights management in Exchange and SharePoint. The module also describes encryption technologies used to secure messages. Module 11: Data Loss Prevention 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. Module 12: Compliance Management This module explains the Compliance center in Microsoft 365. It discusses the components of compliance score. Module 13: 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. Module 14: 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 GDPR data subject requests.

Administer user and group access in Microsoft 365. Explain and manage Azure Identity Protection. Plan and implement Azure AD Connect. Manage synchronized user identities. Explain and use conditional access. Describe cyber-attack threat vectors. Explain security solutions for Microsoft 365. Use Microsoft Secure Score to evaluate and improve your security posture. Configure various advanced threat protection services for Microsoft 365. Plan for and deploy secure mobile devices. Implement information rights management. Secure messages in Office 365. Configure Data Loss Prevention policies. Deploy and manage Cloud App Security. Implement Windows information protection for devices. Plan and deploy a data archiving and retention system. Create and manage an eDiscovery investigation. Manage GDPR data subject requests. Explain and use sensitivity labels.

Learners should start this course already having the following skills: Basic conceptual understanding of Microsoft Azure. Experience with Windows 10 devices. Experience with Office 365. Basic understanding of authorization and authentication. Basic understanding of computer networks. Working knowledge of managing mobile devices.

More detailed information about the training: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/courses/ms-500t00 The training price also includes: study materials; a trainer's consultation on the topics learned, by e-mail after the training; certificate. As an added value, we offer: free parking; lunch; hot drinks with cookies; fresh fruits.