MS-500: Microsoft 365 Security Administration

The course is intended for people who maintain the Microsoft 365 environment or are planning to implement the environments, who want knowledge and experience in configuring and maintaining the information security features of the Microsoft 365 environment. The course also prepares the participant for Microsoft’s certification test Microsoft 365 Security Administration.

This course prepares you for the certification Exam MS-500: Microsoft 365 Security Administration to become a Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate

The course participant should know the basic features of the Microsoft 365 environment, their management and the functionalities used for management. In addition, the participant should be familiar with the basic features of Azure AD and on-premises Active Directory.

Module 1: User and Group Management

• Identity and Access Management concepts
• The Zero Trust model
• Plan your identity and authentication solution
• User accounts and roles
• Password Management

Module 2: Identity Synchronization and Protection

• Plan directory synchronization
• Configure and manage synchronized identities
• Azure AD Identity Protection

Module 3: Identity and Access Management

• Application Management
• Identity Governance
• Manage device access
• Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Solutions for external access
• Privileged Identity Management

Module 4: Security in Microsoft 365

• Threat vectors and data breaches
• Security strategy and principles
• Microsoft security solutions
• Secure Score

Module 5: Threat Protection

• Exchange Online Protection (EOP)
• Microsoft Defender for Office 365
• Manage Safe Attachments
• Manage Safe Links
• Microsoft Defender for Identity
• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Module 6: Threat Management

• Security dashboard
• Threat investigation and response
• Azure Sentinel
• Advanced Threat Analytics

Module 7: Microsoft Cloud Application Security

• Deploy Cloud Application Security
• Use cloud application security information

Module 8: Mobility

• Mobile Application Management (MAM)
• Mobile Device Management (MDM)
• Deploy mobile device services
• Enroll devices to Mobile Device Management

Module 9: Information Protection and Governance

• 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

Module 10: Rights Management and Encryption

• Information Rights Management (IRM)
• Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (S-MIME)
• Office 365 Message Encryption

Module 11: Data Loss Prevention

• Data loss prevention fundamentals
• Create a DLP policy
• Customize a DLP policy
• Create a DLP policy to protect documents
• Policy tips

Module 12: Compliance Management

• Compliance center

Module 13: Insider Risk Management

• Insider Risk
• Privileged Access
• Information barriers
• Building ethical walls in Exchange Online

Module 14: Discover and Respond

• Content Search
• Audit Log Investigations
• Advanced eDiscovery