This course provides foundational knowledge on security, compliance, and identity concepts and related cloud-based Microsoft solutions. The content aligns with the SC-900 exam objectives and is designed for those looking to familiarize themselves with the fundamentals of these critical business areas within cloud computing environments.
Audience Profile:
This course is intended for business users and students who wish to understand how Microsoft security, compliance, and identity solutions work across Azure and Microsoft 365 platforms. Candidates should already be familiar with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365, and should understand how these security, compliance, and identity solutions integrate to provide comprehensive and end-to-end protection.
Job Role: Business User, Student
Preparation for Exam: SC-900
Skills You Will Gain:
- Describe basic concepts of security, compliance, and identity
- Explain the concepts and capabilities of Microsoft identity and access management solutions
- Identify the capabilities of Microsoft security solutions
- Understand the compliance management capabilities available in Microsoft
Prerequisites:
Before attending this course, students must have the following knowledge:
- General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts
- General IT knowledge or practical experience working in an IT environment
- General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365
Course Outline:
Module 1: Describe basic concepts of security, compliance, and identity
Learn about core concepts, principles, and methodologies that form the foundation of security, compliance, and identity solutions, including Zero-Trust architecture, shared responsibility models, privacy principles, and more.
Lessons:
- Describe security concepts and methodologies
- Describe Microsoft security and compliance principles
- Module summary
Module 2: Describe the concepts and capabilities of Microsoft identity and access management solutions
Learn about Azure Active Directory services and identity principals, including secure authentication methods, access management capabilities, identity protection features, and governance tools.
Lessons:
- Describe identity concepts
- Describe the basic services and identity types of Azure Active Directory
- Describe the authentication capabilities of Azure Active Directory
- Describe the access management capabilities of Azure Active Directory
- Describe the identity protection and governance capabilities of Azure Active Directory
- Module summary
Module 3: Describe the capabilities of Microsoft security solutions
Learn about security capabilities throughout Microsoft products and services. Topics include network and platform capabilities of Azure, Azure security management features, and Azure Sentinel. You will also explore threat protection capabilities using Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft 365 security management, and endpoint protection with Intune.
Lessons:
- Describe the basic security capabilities in Azure
- Describe the security management capabilities of Azure
- Describe the security capabilities of Azure Sentinel
- Describe the threat protection capabilities of Microsoft 365
- Describe the security management capabilities of Microsoft 365
- Describe endpoint security with Microsoft Intune
- Module summary
Module 4: Describe the capabilities of Microsoft compliance solutions
Learn about compliance solutions available in Microsoft products. Topics include the Compliance Center, information protection and governance capabilities in Microsoft 365, insider risk management, audit tools, and eDiscovery solutions. You will also learn about Azure resources governance capabilities for managing compliance across cloud infrastructure.
Lessons:
- Describe the compliance management capabilities in Microsoft
- Describe the information protection and governance capabilities of Microsoft 365
- Describe the insider risk capabilities in Microsoft 365
- Describe the eDiscovery capabilities of Microsoft 365
- Describe the audit capabilities of Microsoft 365
- Describe the resource governance capabilities in Azure
- Module summary
