
Earlier this week a major update for SC-900 went live. While very little has been added to the exam content, it’s what has been removed that is more important. Without covering all of the changes in detail, the summary is that the Describe endpoint security with Intune, and Describe the eDiscovery and audit capabilities of Microsoft 365 sections have been removed, and sections including Describe insider risk capabilities in Microsoft 365 have been simplified. There are other changes distributed amongst the objectives, but these are big changes.
If you work across Azure and Microsoft 365 security and compliance capabilities, this should be a pretty straight forward exam for you. If you only focus on the security and compliance capabilities of one of them, just make sure you focus your preparation on the areas that you are least familiar with.
Describe the Concepts of Security, Compliance, and Identity (10-15%)
Describe security and compliance concepts
- describe the shared responsibility model
- define defense in depth
- describe the Zero-Trust methodology
- describe encryption and hashing
- describe compliance concepts
Describe identity concepts
- define identity as the primary security perimeter
- define authentication
- define authorization
- describe what identity providers are
- describe what Azure Active Directory is
- describe the concept of Federation
Describe the capabilities of Microsoft Identity and Access Management Solutions (25-30%)
Describe the basic identity services and identity types of Azure AD
- describe Azure Active Directory (AD)
- describe Azure AD identity types (users, devices, groups, service principals/applications)
- describe what hybrid identity is
- describe the different external identity types (Guest Users)
Describe the authentication capabilities of Azure AD
- describe the different authentication methods available in Azure AD
- describe Multi-factor Authentication
- describe self-service password reset
- describe password protection and management capabilities available in Azure AD
Describe access management capabilities of Azure AD
- describe what conditional access is
- describe the benefits of Azure AD roles
- describe the benefits of Azure AD role-based access control
Describe the identity protection & governance capabilities of Azure AD
- describe what identity governance in Azure AD
- describe entitlement management and access reviews
- describe the capabilities of PIM
- describe Azure AD Identity Protection
Describe the capabilities of Microsoft Security Solutions (25-30%)
Describe basic security capabilities in Azure
- describe Azure DDoS protection
- describe Azure Firewall
- describe Web Application Firewall
- describe Network Segmentation with Azure VNet
- describe Azure Network Security groups
- describe Azure Bastion and JIT Access
- describe ways Azure encrypts data
Describe security management capabilities of Azure
- describe Cloud security posture management (CSPM)
- describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- describe enhanced security features of Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- describe security baselines for Azure
Describe security capabilities of Microsoft Sentinel
- define the concepts of SIEM, SOAR, XDR
- describe how Microsoft Sentinel to provides integrated threat protection
Describe threat protection with Microsoft 365 Defender
- describe Microsoft 365 Defender services
- describe Microsoft Defender for Office 365
- describe Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
- describe Microsoft Defender for Identity
- describe the Microsoft 365 Defender portal
Describe the Capabilities of Microsoft Compliance Solutions (25-30%)
Describe the compliance management capabilities of Microsoft
- describe the offerings of the service trust portal
- describe Microsoft’s privacy principles
Describe the compliance management capabilities of Microsoft 365
- describe the compliance center
- describe compliance manager
- describe use and benefits of compliance score
Describe information protection and governance capabilities of Microsoft 365
- describe data classification capabilities
- describe the value of content and activity explorer
- describe sensitivity labels
- describe Data Loss Prevention
- describe Records Management
- describe Retention Polices and Retention Labels
Describe insider risk capabilities in Microsoft 365
- describe Insider risk management
- describe communication compliance
- describe information barriers
Describe resource governance capabilities in Azure
- describe Azure Blueprint
- define Azure Policy
- describe Azure Purview
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