Microsoft Compliance Solutions Capabilities

Overview

Welcome to Microsoft Compliance, Privacy & Risk Management, a comprehensive course designed for compliance managers, IT auditors, and security professionals who want to master Microsoft’s compliance and governance ecosystem. This course begins with an introduction to Microsoft’s Service Trust Portal, privacy principles, and Microsoft Priva for managing privacy risks and data subject requests. You’ll then explore Microsoft Purview’s compliance capabilities, including Compliance Manager and Compliance Score. The course dives deeper into Purview’s data classification, sensitivity labels, retention policies, and unified data governance solutions. Finally, you’ll learn to manage insider risks, conduct eDiscovery investigations, and leverage audit capabilities for compliance and forensic analysis. By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to implement Microsoft Purview solutions that protect sensitive data, manage compliance requirements, and mitigate organizational risk. This course delivers 6–7 hours of expert-led content structured into three modules, each with video lessons, demos, and knowledge checks. Who Should Take This Course? Compliance Managers and GRC Professionals IT Security and Risk Management Teams Microsoft 365 Administrators Professionals preparing for SC-400 or seeking hands-on Purview experience Course Modules: Module 1: Microsoft Compliance & Privacy Management Essentials Module 2: Microsoft Purview: Information Protection, Governance & Risk Management

Syllabus

Microsoft Compliance & Privacy Management Essentials

Week 1 Overview – Azure Security Foundations: Networking, Key Vault & Defender Welcome to Week 1 of this course! We’ll begin with the essential building blocks for securing Azure workloads. You’ll explore Azure networking security, including Azure DDoS Protection, Azure Bastion, and Azure Firewall, to understand how to defend your resources at the network edge. Next, we’ll dive into network segmentation using Azure Virtual Networks, and configure Network Security Groups (NSG) and Application Security Groups (ASG) with hands-on demos. You’ll also explore Azure Key Vault and see how to secure application secrets and configuration data using App Configuration and Key Vault demos. By end for the week, we’ll introduce Microsoft Defender for Cloud, its Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) capabilities, and workload protection features to help you proactively strengthen your cloud security posture.

Microsoft Purview: Information Protection, Governance & Risk Management

In Week 2, we’ll focus on Microsoft Sentinel and its role as a cloud-native SIEM and SOAR solution. You’ll learn how to plan and deploy workspaces, align Sentinel implementation with Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) security design phases, and understand the role of SIEM in modern security operations. We’ll then explore Sentinel’s automation capabilities with SOAR, threat detection, and mitigation features. By the end of this week, we’ll dive into threat hunting, reviewing sample KQL queries and walking through a hands-on demo to see how to proactively hunt for threats in your environment.