
I’ve had to run various Microsoft 365 security and compliance related courses over the last couple of months, and it’s amazing how quickly these technologies are evolving. This means that the exams are also being updated, so here’s an updated version of my preparation reading list based on the June 8, 2020 exam objective update.
Implement and manage identity and access (30-35%)
Secure Microsoft 365 hybrid environments
- plan Azure AD authentication options
- plan Azure AD synchronization options
- monitor and troubleshoot Azure AD Connect events
Secure Identities
- implement Azure AD group membership
- implement password management
- configure and manage identity governance
Implement authentication methods
- plan sign-on security
- implement multi-factor authentication (MFA)
- manage and monitor MFA
- plan and implement device authentication methods like Windows Hello
- configure and manage Azure AD user authentication options
Implement conditional access
- plan for compliance and conditional access policies
- configure and manage device compliance for endpoint security
- implement and manage conditional access
Implement role-based access control (RBAC)
- plan for roles
- configure roles
- audit roles
Implement Azure AD Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
- plan for Azure PIM
- implement and configure Azure PIM roles
- manage Azure PIM role assignments
Implement Azure AD Identity Protection
- implement user risk policy
- implement sign-in risk policy
- configure Identity Protection alerts
- review and respond to risk events
Implement and manage threat protection (20-25%)
Implement an enterprise hybrid threat protection solution
- plan an Azure ATP solution
- install and configure Azure ATP
- monitor and manage Azure ATP
Implement device threat protection
- plan a Microsoft Defender ATP solution
- implement Microsoft Defender ATP
- manage and monitor Microsoft Defender ATP
Implement and manage device and application protection
- plan for device and application protection
- configure and manage Windows Defender Application Guard
- configure and manage Windows Defender Application Control
- configure and manage Windows Defender Exploit Guard
- configure Secure Boot
- configure and manage Windows device encryption
- configure and manage non-Windows device encryption
- plan for securing applications data on devices
- implement application protection policies
Implement and manage Office 365 ATP
- configure Office 365 ATP
- monitor Office 365 ATP
- conduct simulated attacks using Attack Simulator
Implement Azure Sentinel for Microsoft 365
- plan and implement Azure Sentinel
- configure playbooks in Azure Sentinel
- manage and monitor Azure Sentinel
- respond to threats in Azure Sentinel
Implement and manage information protection (15-20%)
Secure data access within Office 365
- implement and manage Customer Lockbox
- configure data access in Office 365 collaboration workloads
- configure B2B sharing for external users
Manage Azure information Protection (AIP)
- plan an AIP solution
- configure Sensitivity labels and policies
- deploy the RMS connector
- manage tenant keys
- deploy the AIP client
- integrate AIP with Office 365 Services
Manage Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
- plan a DLP solution
- create and manage DLP policies
- create and manage sensitive information types
- monitor DLP reports
- manage DLP notifications
Implement and manage Microsoft Cloud App Security
- plan Cloud App Security implementation
- configure Microsoft Cloud App Security
- manage cloud app discovery
- manage entries in the Cloud app catalog
- manage apps in Cloud App Security
- manage Microsoft Cloud App Security
- configure Cloud App Security connectors and Oauth apps
- configure Cloud App Security policies and templates
- review, interpret and respond to Cloud App Security alerts, reports, dashboards and logs
Manage governance and compliance features in Microsoft 365 (25-30%)
Configure and analyze security reporting
- monitor and manage device security status using Microsoft Endpoint Manager Admin Center
- manage and monitor security reports and dashboards using Microsoft 365 Security Center
- plan for custom security reporting with Graph Security API
- use secure score dashboards to review actions and recommendations
- configure alert policies in the Security & Compliance admin center
Manage and analyze audit logs and reports
- plan for auditing and reporting
- perform audit log search
- review and interpret compliance reports and dashboards
- configure audit alert policy
Manage data governance and retention
- plan for data governance and retention
- review and interpret data governance reports and dashboards
- configure retention policies
- define data governance event types
- define data governance supervision policies
- configure Information holds
- find and recover deleted Office 365 data
- configure data archiving
- manage inactive mailboxes
Manage search and investigation
- plan for content search and eDiscovery
- search for personal data
- monitor for leaks of personal data
- delegate permissions to use search and discovery tools
- use search and investigation tools to perform content searches
- export content search results
- manage eDiscovery cases
Manage data privacy regulation compliance
- plan for regulatory compliance in Microsoft 365
- review and interpret GDPR dashboards and reports
- manage Data Subject Requests (DSRs)
- administer Compliance Manager
- review Compliance Manager reports
- create and perform Compliance Manager assessments and action items
Good luck in your exam preparation, and don’t forget to let me know if you hit any dead links. I’ve cleaned up a few already, but I’m sure there are some that will change over time.
Thank you very much , this is really very helpful
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This is amazing and has saved me a lot of time. Thank you!
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