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Microsoft 365 Security Course

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Training process

Training needs analysis

If you have specific requirements regarding the training programme, we will carry out a training needs analysis for you. This will guide us on which aspects of the programme should receive greater emphasis, so that the training programme meets your specific needs.

What will you gain?

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Secure cloud identity - You will learn how to plan and protect identity in Microsoft 365, reduce account takeover risk, set up directory sync correctly, and strengthen authentication across your environment.

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Stronger threat protection - You will see how to use Microsoft Defender and EOP to detect phishing, malicious email, and endpoint threats faster, while improving your ability to contain incidents effectively.

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Better user administration - You will practice assigning roles, protecting privileged accounts, managing passwords, and controlling device access, so you can streamline administration and reduce configuration errors.

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Control over mobile devices - You will learn practical MDM and MAM use cases to deploy devices securely, enforce data protection policies, and separate corporate resources from private data on mobile devices.

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Protection for sensitive data - You will work with retention, archiving, IRM, S-MIME, and message encryption, so you can better safeguard documents and communication that contain confidential business information.

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Faster incident response - You will understand how to use the security dashboard, threat analytics, audit logs, and Azure Sentinel to investigate incidents more quickly and choose more effective response actions.

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Leak prevention in practice - You will learn how to create and fine-tune DLP policies that help you protect documents, messages, and business data from accidental exposure or unauthorized sharing.

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More confident compliance work - You will explore compliance tools, eDiscovery, content search, and insider risk features, helping you prepare your organization better for audits and internal investigations.

Training programme

1. Best practices for managing users and groups in Microsoft 365

  • user accounts and roles,
  • password management,
  • application management,
  • identity management,
  • device access management,
  • privileged identity management.

2. Introduction to identity management mechanisms in Microsoft 365

  • Zero Trust model,
  • planning identity and authentication solutions,
  • identity synchronization and protection:
    • directory synchronization planning,
    • configuration and management of synchronized identities,
    • identity protection in Azure AD.

3. Comprehensive overview of features and tools increasing security on the Microsoft 365 platform

  • threat vectors and data breaches,
  • security strategy and policies,
  • Microsoft security solutions:
    • Microsoft Defender for Office 365,
    • Microsoft Defender for Identity,
    • Microsoft Defender for Endpoints,
  • Security score.

4. Microsoft 365 Defender features and tools for protection against advanced threats

  • Exchange Online Protection (EOP),
  • threat management,
  • threat investigation and response,
  • security dashboard,
  • Azure Sentinel,
  • advanced threat analytics.

5. Discussion of data protection mechanisms in cloud applications

  • implementing security measures for applications in the cloud,
  • using information about security of applications in the cloud.

6. Mobile applications and devices

  • mobile application management (MAM),
  • mobile device management (MDM),
  • deployment of the mobile devices service,
  • device enrollment in Mobile Device Management.

7. Protection and information management – tools for protecting sensitive information

  • concepts of information protection,
  • documentation management,
  • archiving in Microsoft 365,
  • retention in Microsoft 365,
  • in-place records management in SharePoint,
  • information rights management (IRM),
  • secure/multipurpose internet mail extensions (S-MIME),
  • Office 365 message encryption.

8. Data loss prevention – protecting data from leakage

  • basics of data loss prevention,
  • create a DLP policy,
  • customize DLP policies,
  • create DLP policies to protect documents,
  • policy tips.

9. Compliance management – audits, compliance reporting and risk management in the field of data protection

  • compliance center,
  • internal risk management,
    • internal risk,
    • privileged access,
    • information barriers,
  • building ethical walls in Exchange Online.

10. Discover and respond

  • content search,
  • investigation audit log,
  • Advanced eDiscovery.

What are the prerequisites for participating in the training?

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Microsoft 365 basics - You should be comfortable navigating Microsoft 365 services and understand the purpose of components such as Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, and Entra ID.

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User administration basics - You should know the core concepts of accounts, groups, roles, and permissions so you can quickly follow topics related to access control and identity management.

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Core IT security concepts - You should understand concepts such as authentication, authorization, phishing, malware, password policy, and encryption, because they will be expanded during training.

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Hands-on admin experience - It is helpful if you have experience working with admin portals and basic cloud service configuration, as this will make the practical exercises easier to complete.