General Overview

Active Directory plays a pivotal role in Windows Azure/Window Server network architecture as a directory service, so a thorough knowledge of Active Directory is essential for IT professionals working in a Windows environment.

Developed originally for Microsoft’s Windows domain network and now part of Azure, Active Directory is a set of processes and services including storing user accounts and passwords in one protected location to improve an organization’s security. Active Directory is an umbrella title for a broad range of directory-based identity-related services.

Course Overview
This course provides foundational level knowledge on security, compliance, and identity concepts and related cloud-based Microsoft solutions.

Audience profile
The audience for this course is looking to familiarize themselves with the fundamentals of security, compliance, and identity (SCI) across cloud-based and related Microsoft services. The content for this course aligns to the SC-900 exam objective domain. Candidates should be familiar with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 and understand how Microsoft security, compliance, and identity solutions can span across these solution areas to provide a holistic and end-to-end solution.

Preparation for exam: This class prepares an attendee for the Microsoft Exam SC-900: Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals.

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
• Describe basic concepts of security, compliance, and identity.
• Describe Azure AD Essentials
• Describe the concepts and capabilities of Microsoft identity and access management solutions.
• Describe the capabilities of Microsoft security solutions.
• Describe the compliance management capabilities in Microsoft.
• Describe Azure Policy.
• Describe Azure Blueprints.
• Describe Microsoft Purview.

Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
• General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.
• General IT knowledge or any general 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 are foundational to security, compliance, and identity solutions, including Zero-Trust, shared responsibility, our 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 AD services and identity principals, secure authentication, access management capabilities, as well as identity protection and governance.
Lessons
• Describe identity concepts
• Describe the basic services and identity types of Azure AD
• Describe the authentication capabilities of Azure AD
• Describe the access management capabilities of Azure AD
• Describe the identity protection and governance capabilities of Azure AD
• Module summary

Module 3: Describe the capabilities of Microsoft security solutions.
Learn about security capabilities in Microsoft. Topics covered will include network and platform capabilities of Azure, Azure security management, and Sentinel. You’ll learn about threat protection with Microsoft 365 Defender and Microsoft 365 security management, and you’ll explore 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 in Microsoft. Topics covered will include Compliance center, Information protection and governance in Microsoft 365, Insider Risk, audit, and eDiscovery solutions. Also covered are Azure resources governance capabilities.
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