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Microsoft 365 Security Administration
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Exam Number : MS-500
Exam Name : Microsoft 365 Security Administration
In this course you will learn 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. You will 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, Azure Advanced Threat Protection, Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection, and threat management. In the course you 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, 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.
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.
Course outline
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.
Lessons
Identity and Access Management concepts
The Zero Trust model
Plan your identity and authentication solution
User accounts and roles
Password Management
Lab : Initialize your tenant - users and groups
Set up your Microsoft 365 tenant
Manage users and groups
Lab : Password management
Configure Self-service password reset (SSPR) for user accounts in Azure AD
Deploy Azure AD Smart Lockout
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Create and manage user accounts.
Describe and use Microsoft 365 admin roles.
Plan for password policies and authentication.
Describe the concepts of Zero Trust security.
Explain the Zero Trust model.
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.
Lessons
Plan directory synchronization
Configure and manage synchronized identities
Azure AD Identity Protection
Lab : Implement Identity Synchronization
Set up your organization for identity synchronization
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Explain directory synchronization.
Plan directory synchronization.
Describe and use Azure AD Connect.
Configure Azure AD Connect Prerequisites.
Manage users and groups with directory synchronization.
Describe Active Directory federation.
Enable Azure Identity Protection
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
Application Management
Identity Governance
Manage device access
Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
Solutions for external access
Privileged Identity Management
Lab : Use Conditional Access to enable MFA
MFA Authentication Pilot (require MFA for specific apps)
MFA Conditional Access (complete an MFA roll out)
Lab : Configure Privileged Identity Management
Manage Azure resources
Assign directory roles
Activate and deactivate PIM roles
Directory roles
PIM resource workflows
View audit history for Azure AD roles in PIM
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe the concept of conditional access.
Describe and use conditional access policies.
Plan for device compliance.
Configure conditional users and groups.
Configure role based access control
Describe the concepts of identity governance
Configure and use Privileged Identity Management
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
Threat vectors and data breaches
Security strategy and principles
Microsoft security solutions
Secure Score
Lab : Use Microsoft Secure Score
Improve your secure score in the Microsoft 365 Security Center
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe several techniques attackers use to compromise user accounts through email.
Describe techniques attackers use to gain control over resources.
List the types of threats that can be avoided by using EOP and Microsoft Defender for Office 365.
Describe the benefits of Secure Score and what kind of services can be analyzed.
Describe how to use Secure Score to identify gaps in your current Microsoft 365 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.
Lessons
Exchange Online Protection (EOP)
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Manage Safe Attachments
Manage Safe Links
Microsoft Defender for Identity
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Lab : Manage Microsoft 365 Security Services
Implement Microsoft Defender Policies
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe the anti-malware pipeline as email is analyzed by Exchange Online Protection.
Describe how Safe Attachments is used to block zero-day malware in email attachments and documents.
Describe how Safe Links protect users from malicious URLs embedded in email and documents that point
Configure Microsoft Defender for Identity.
Configure 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.
Lessons
Security dashboard
Threat investigation and response
Azure Sentinel
Advanced Threat Analytics
Lab : Using Attack Simulator
Conduct a simulated Spear phishing attack
Conduct simulated password attacks
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe how Threat Explorer can be used to investigate threats and help to protect your tenant.
Describe how the Security Dashboard gives C-level executives insight into top risks and trends.
Describe what Advanced Thread Analytics (ATA) is and what requirements are needed to deploy it.
Configure Advanced Threat Analytics.
Use the attack simulator in Microsoft 365.
Describe how Azure Sentinel can used 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.
Lessons
Deploy Cloud Application Security
Use cloud application security information
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe Cloud App Security.
Explain how to deploy Cloud App Security.
Control your Cloud Apps with Policies.
Use the Cloud App Catalog.
Use the Cloud Discovery dashboard.
Manage cloud app permissions.
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.
Lessons
Mobile Application Management (MAM)
Mobile Device Management (MDM)
Deploy mobile device services
Enroll devices to Mobile Device Management
Lab : Device Management
Enable Device Management
Configure Azure AD for Intune
Create compliance and conditional access policies
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe mobile application considerations.
Manage devices with MDM.
Configure Domains for MDM.
Manage Device Security Policies.
Enroll devices to MDM.
Configure a Device Enrollment Manager Role.
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.
Lessons
Information protection concepts
Governance and Records Management
Sensitivity labels
Archiving in Microsoft 365
Retention in Microsoft 365
Retention policies in the Microsoft 365 Compliance Center
Archiving and retention in Exchange
In-place records management in SharePoint
Lab : Archiving and Retention
Initialize compliance
Configure retention tags and policies
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Configure sensitivity labels.
Configure archiving and retention in Microsoft 365.
Plan and configure Records Management
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.
Lessons
Information Rights Management (IRM)
Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (S-MIME)
Office 365 Message Encryption
Lab : Configure Office 365 Message Encryption
Configure Office 365 Message Encryption
Validate Information Rights Management
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe the various Microsoft 365 Encryption Options.
Describe the use of S/MIME.
Describe and enable Office 365 Message Encryption.
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.
Lessons
Data loss prevention fundamentals
Create a DLP policy
Customize a DLP policy
Create a DLP policy to protect documents
Policy tips
Lab : Implement Data Loss Prevention policies
Manage DLP Policies
Test MRM and DLP Policies
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe Data Loss Prevention (DLP).
Use policy templates to implement DLP policies for commonly used information.
Configure the correct rules for protecting content.
Describe how to modify existing rules of DLP policies.
Configure the user override option to a DLP rule.
Explain how SharePoint Online creates crawled properties from documents.
Module 12: Compliance Management
This module explains the Compliance center in Microsoft 365. It discusses the components of compliance score.
Lessons
Compliance center
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe how to use compliance score to make organizational decisions.
Describe how assessments are used to determine 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.
Lessons
Insider Risk
Privileged Access
Information barriers
Building ethical walls in Exchange Online
Lab : Privileged Access Management
Set up privileged access management and process a request
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Explain and configure Insider Risk Management in Microsoft 365.
Configure and approve privileged access requests for global administrators.
Configure and use information barriers to conform to organizational regulations.
Build ethical walls in Exchange Online
Configure Customer Lockbox
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.
Lessons
Content Search
Audit Log Investigations
Advanced eDiscovery
Lab : Manage Search and Investigation
Investigate your Microsoft 365 Data
Conduct a Data Subject Request
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Conduct content searches in Microsoft 365
Perform and audit log investigation.
Configure Microsoft 365 for audit logging.
Use Advanced eDiscovery