MS-500 Microsoft 365 Security Administrator

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.

Module 1: User and Group Management
This module explains how to manage user accounts and groups in Microsoft 365. It introduces you to Privileged Identity Management in Azure AD as well as Identity Protection. The module sets the foundation for the remainder of the course.
Lessons

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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create and manage user accounts.
Describe and use Microsoft 365 admin roles.
Plan for password policies and authentication.
Describe the concepts of Zero Trust security
Implement multi-factor authentication in Office 365.

Module 2: Identity Synchronization and Protection
This module explains concepts related to synchronizing identities for Microsoft 365. Specifically, it focuses on Azure AD Connect and managing directory synchronization to ensure the right people are connecting to your Microsoft 365 system.
Lessons

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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe authentication options for Microsoft 365.
Explain directory synchronization.
Plan directory synchronization.
Describe and use Azure AD Connect.
Configure Azure AD Connect Prerequisites.
Manage users and groups with directory synchronization.
Describe Active Directory federation.
Enable Azure Identity Protection

Module 3: Access Management
This module explains conditional access for Microsoft 365 and how it can be used to control access to resources in your organization. The module also explains Role Based Access Control (RBAC) and solutions for external access.
Lessons

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)

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the concept of conditional access.
Describe and use conditional access policies.
Plan for device compliance.
Configure conditional users and groups.
Configure role based access control

Module 4: Security in Microsoft 365
This module explains the various cyber-attack threats that exist. It then introduces you to the Microsoft solutions used to mitigate those threats. The module finishes with an explanation of Microsoft Secure Score and how it can be used to evaluate and report your organizations security posture.
Lessons

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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe several techniques attackers use to compromise user accounts through email.
Describe techniques attackers use to gain control over resources.
List the types of threats that can be avoided by using Exhange Online Protection and Office 365 ATP.
Describe the benefits of Secure Score and what kind of services can be analyzed.
Describe how to use Secure Score to identify gaps in your current Microsoft 365 security posture.

Module 5: Threat Protection
This module explains the various threat protection technologies and services available for Microsoft 365. The module covers message protection through Exchange Online Protection, Azure Advanced Threat Protection and Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection
Lessons

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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the anti-malware pipeline as email is analyzed by Exchange Online Protection.
Describe how Safe Attachments is used to block zero-day malware in email attachments and documents.
Describe how Safe Links protect users from malicious URLs embedded in email and documents that point
Configure Azure Advanced Threat Protection.
Configure Windows Defender ATP.

Module 6: Threat Management
This module explains Microsoft Threat Management which provides you with the tools to evaluate and address cyber threats and formulate responses. You will learn how to use the Security dashboard and Azure Sentinel for Microsoft 365. The module also explains and configures Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics.
Lessons

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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe how Threat Explorer can be used to investigate threats and help to protect your tenant.
Describe how the Security Dashboard gives C-level executives insight into top risks and trends.
Describe what Advanced Thread Analytics (ATA) is and what requirements are needed to deploy it.
Configure Advanced Threat Analytics.
Use the attack simulator in Microsoft 365.
Describe how Azure Sentinel can used for Microsoft 365.

Module 7: Cloud Application Security
This module focuses on cloud application security in Microsoft 365. The module will explain cloud discovery, app connectors, policies, and alerts. You will learn how these features work to secure you cloud applications.
Lessons

Deploy Cloud Application Security
Use cloud application security information

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe Cloud App Security.
Explain how to deploy Cloud App Security.
Control your Cloud Apps with Policies.
Use the Cloud App Catalog.
Use the Cloud Discovery dashboard.
Manage cloud app permissions.

Module 8: Mobility
This module focuses on securing mobile devices and applications. You will learn about Mobile Device Management and how it works with Microsoft Intune. You will also learn about how Intune and Azure AD can be used to secure mobile applications.
Lessons

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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe mobile application considerations.
Use Intune to manage mobile applications.
Manage devices with MDM.
Configure Domains for MDM.
Manage Device Security Policies.
Enroll devices to MDM.
Configure a Device Enrollment Manager Role.

Module 9: Information Protection
This module focuses on data loss prevention in Microsoft 365. You will learn about how to create policies, edit rules, and customize user notifications to protect your data.
Lessons

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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Configure labels and policies for Azure Information Protection.
Configure the advance AIP service settings for Rights Management Services (RMS) templates.
Plan a deployment of Windows Information Protection policies.

Module 10: Rights Management and Encryption
This module explains information rights management in Exchange and SharePoint. The module also describes encryption technologies used to secure messages.
Lessons

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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the various Microsoft 365 Encryption Options.
Describe the use of S/MIME.
Describe and enable Office 365 Message Encryption.

Module 11: Data Loss Prevention
This module focuses on data loss prevention in Microsoft 365. You will learn about how to create policies, edit rules, and customize user notifications to protect your data.
Lessons

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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe Data Loss Prevention (DLP).
Use policy templates to implement DLP policies for commonly used information.
Configure the correct rules for protecting content.
Describe how to modify existing rules of DLP policies.
Configure the user override option to a DLP rule.
Explain how SharePoint Online creates crawled properties from documents.

Module 12: Archiving and Retention
This module explains concepts related to retention and archiving of data for Microsoft 365 including Exchange and SharePoint.
Lessons

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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the difference between In-Place Archive and Records Management.
Explain how data is archived in Exchange.
Explain how a retention policy functions.
Create a retention policy.
Enable and disable in-place archiving.
Create useful retention tags.

Module 13: Content Search and Investigation
This module focuses on content search and investigations. The module covers how to use eDiscovery to conduct advanced investigations of Microsoft 365 data. It also covers audit logs and discusses GDPR data subject requests.
Lessons

Content Search
Audit Log Investigations
Advanced eDiscovery

Lab : Manage Search and Investigation

Investigate your Microsoft 365 Data
Conduct a Data Subject Request

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe how to use content search.
Design a content search.
Configure search permission filtering.
Configure Audit Policies.
Enter criteria for searching the audit log.
Describe advanced eDiscovery in Microsoft 365.
View the advanced eDiscovery event log.

Module 14: Compliance in Microsoft 365
This module focuses on data governance in Microsoft 365. The module will introduce you to Compliance Manager and discuss Global Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)
.Lessons

Compliance center
Compliance center solutions
Building ethical walls in Exchange Online

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe what you need to consider for GDPR.
Describe what an ethical wall in Exchange is and how it works.
Explain compliance score.
Explain and use insider risk management