M365 Security: MS-500 - Microsoft 365 Security Administration

About this course 

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.

 Audience profile 

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.

At course completion 

You will be able to:

• 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.

Course Outline

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
• Identity Management

 Lab: Initialize your lab

• Set up your Microsoft 365 tenant

 Lab: Configure Privileged Identity Management

• Discover and Manage Azure Resources
• Assign Directory Roles
• Activate and Deactivate PIM Roles
• Directory Roles (General)
• PIM Resource Workflows
• View audit history for Azure AD roles in PIM

Module 2:Identity Synchronization and Protection

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

 Lab: Implement Identity Synchronization

• Set up your organization for identity synchronization

Module 3:Access Management

• Conditional access
• Manage device access
• Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Solutions for external access

 Lab: Use Conditional Access to enable MFA

• MFA Authentication Pilot (require MFA for specific apps)
• MFA Conditional Access (complete an MFA roll out)

Module 4:Security in Microsoft 365

• Threat vectors and data breaches
• Security strategy and principles
• Security solutions for Microsoft 365
• Secure Score

 Lab: Use Microsoft Secure Score

• Improve your secure score in the Microsoft 365 Security Center

Module 5:Threat Protection

• Exchange Online Protection (EOP)
• Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection
• Manage Safe Attachments
• Manage Safe Links
• Azure Advanced Threat Protection
• Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection

 Lab: Manage Microsoft 365 Security Services

• Implement ATP Policies

Module 6:Threat Management

• 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

Module 7: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

 Lab: Configure Azure AD for Intune

• Enable Device Management
• Configure Azure AD for Intune
• Create Intune Policies

Module 9:Information Protection

• Information protection concepts
• Sensitivity labels
• Azure Information Protection (AIP)
• Windows Information Protection (WIP)

 Lab: Implement Azure Information Protection and Windows Information Protection

• Implement Azure Information Protection
• Implement Windows Information Protection

Module 10:Rights Management and Encryption

• 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

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

 Lab: Implement Data Loss Prevention policies

• Manage DLP Policies
• Test MRM and DLP Policies

Module 12:Archiving and Retention

• 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: Compliance and Retention

• Initialize Compliance
• Configure retention tags and policies

Module 13:Content Search and Investigation

• Content Search
• Audit Log Investigations
• Advanced eDiscovery

 Lab: Manage Search and Investigation

• Investigate your Microsoft 365 Data
• Conduct a Data Subject Request

Module 14:Compliance in Microsoft 365

• Compliance center
• Compliance center solutions
• Building ethical walls in Exchange Online

• 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