SC-200: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst

For security professionals, SOC analysts, or administrators with an emphasis on security, this course is a great place to get started with a hands-on experience of Microsoft products and to deepen your previous knowledge. 

This course prepares you for the certification exam SC-200: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst to obtain the Security Operations Analyst Associate certificate.

The course consists of eight modules, about half of which deal with terminals, Office products, e-mail, and identity protection, and the other half with Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft’s SIEM solution. Alongside Sentinel, the integration of systems is also discussed so that you learn how to get the most out of your products in terms of both efficiency and cost.

Basic understanding of Microsoft 365

Fundamental understanding of Microsoft security, compliance, and identity products

Intermediate understanding of Windows 10

Familiarity with Azure services, specifically Azure SQL Database and Azure Storage

Familiarity with Azure virtual machines and virtual networking

Basic understanding of scripting concepts.

An advantage to know the basics of log management and the KQL language.

Module 01 – Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 

• Protect against threats with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint 

• Deploy the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment 
• Implement Windows 10 security enhancements 
• Manage alerts and incidents 
• Perform device investigations 
• Perform actions on a device 

• Perform evidence and entities investigations 
• Configure and manage automation 
• Configure for alerts and detections 
• Utilize Threat and Vulnerability Management 

Module 02 – Mitigate threats using Microsoft 365 Defender 

• Introduction to threat protection with Microsoft 365 
• Mitigate incidents using Microsoft 365 Defender 
• Protect your identities with Azure AD Identity Protection 
• Remediate risks with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 

• Safeguard your environment with Microsoft Defender for Identity 
• Microsoft Cloud App Security 
• Respond to data loss prevention alerts 
• Manage insider risk in Microsoft 365 

Module 03 – Mitigate threats using Azure Defender 

• Plan for cloud workload protections using Azure Defender 
• Explain cloud workload protections in Azure Defender 
• Connect Azure assets to Azure Defender 
• Connect non-Azure resources to Azure Defender 

• Remediate security alerts using Azure Defender 

Module 04 – Create queries for Azure Sentinel using Kusto Query Language (KQL) 

• Construct KQL statements for Azure Sentinel 
• Analyze query results using KQL 

• Build multi-table statements using KQL 
• Work with string data using KQL statements 

Module 05 – Configure your Microsoft Sentinel environment  

• Introduction to Microsoft Sentinel 

• Create and manage Microsoft Sentinel workspaces 
• Query logs in Microsoft Sentinel 
• Use watchlists in Microsoft Sentinel 
• Utilize threat intelligence in Microsoft Sentinel 

Module 06 – Connect logs to Microsoft Sentinel 

• Connect data to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors 
• Connect Microsoft services to Microsoft Sentinel 
• Connect Microsoft 365 Defender to Microsoft Sentinel 
• Connect Windows hosts to Microsoft Sentinel 

• Connect Common Event Format logs to Microsoft Sentinel 
• Connect syslog data sources to Microsoft Sentinel 
• Connect threat indicators to Microsoft Sentinel 

Module 07 – Create detections and perform investigations using Microsoft Sentinel 

• Threat detection with Microsoft Sentinel analytics 
• Threat response with Microsoft Sentinel playbooks 
• Security incident management in Microsoft Sentinel 
• Use entity behaviour analytics in Microsoft Sentinel 
• Query, visualize, and monitor data in Microsoft Sentinel 

Module 08 – Perform threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel 

• Threat hunting with Microsoft Sentinel 
• Hunt for threats using notebooks in Microsoft Sentinel