Microsoft Security Engineer Training - United Kingdom

Microsoft Security Operations Analyst SC200 Course Outline

Within this Microsoft training course, you will learn the following modules:

Module 1: Mitigate threats using Microsoft 365 Defender

Analyze threat data across domains and rapidly remediate threats with built-in orchestration and automation in Microsoft 365 Defender. Learn about cybersecurity threats and how the new threat protection tools from Microsoft protect your organization’s users, devices, and data. Use the advanced detection and remediation of identity-based threats to protect your Azure Active Directory identities and applications from compromise.

Lessons

• Introduction to Microsoft 365 threat protection
• Mitigate incidents using Microsoft 365 Defender
• Protect your identities with Azure AD Identity Protection
• Remediate risks with Microsoft Defender for Office 365
• Safeguard your environment with Microsoft Defender for Identity
• Secure your cloud apps and services with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
• Respond to data loss prevention alerts using Microsoft 365
• Manage insider risk in Microsoft 365

Lab: Mitigate threats using Microsoft 365 Defender

• Explore Microsoft 365 Defender

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Explain how the threat landscape is evolving
• Manage incidents in Microsoft 365 Defender
• Conduct advanced hunting in Microsoft 365 Defender
• Investigate alerts in Microsoft 365 Defender
• Describe the investigation and remediation features of Azure Active Directory Identity Protection
• Explain how Cloud Discovery helps you see what's going on in your organization

Module 2: Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Implement the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint platform to detect, investigate, and respond to advanced threats. Learn how Microsoft Defender for Endpoint can help your organization stay secure. Learn how to deploy the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment, including onboarding devices and configuring security. Learn how to investigate incidents and alerts using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. Perform advanced hunting and consult with threat experts. You will also learn how to configure automation in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint by managing environmental settings. Lastly, you will learn about your environment's weaknesses by using Threat and Vulnerability Management in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.

Lessons

• Protect against threats with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Deploy the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment
• Implement Windows security enhancements with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Perform device investigations in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Perform actions on a device using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Perform evidence and entities investigations using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Configure and manage automation using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Configure for alerts and detections in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Utilize Vulnerability Management in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Lab: Deploy Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Initialize Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Onboard a Device
• Configure Roles
• Configure Device Groups

Lab: Mitigate Attacks with Micrsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Simulated Attacks

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Define the capabilities of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Configure Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment settings
• Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules on Windows devices
• Describe device forensics information collected by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Conduct forensics data collection using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Investigate user accounts in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Manage automation settings in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Manage indicators in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Describe Threat and Vulnerability Management in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Module 3: Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Use Microsoft Defender for Cloud, for Azure, hybrid cloud, and on-premises workload protection and security. Learn the purpose of Microsoft Defender for Cloud and how to enable it. You will also learn about the protections and detections provided by Microsoft Defender for Cloud for each cloud workload. Learn how you can add Microsoft Defender for Cloud capabilities to your hybrid environment.

Lessons

• Plan for cloud workload protections using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Connect Azure assets to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Connect non-Azure resources to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Manage your cloud security posture management
• Explain cloud workload protections in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Remediate security alerts using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Lab: Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

• Enable Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Mitigate Attacks with Microsoft Defender for Cloud

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud features
• Explain which workloads are protected by Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Explain how Microsoft Defender for Cloud protections function
• Configure auto-provisioning in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Describe manual provisioning in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Connect non-Azure machines to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Describe alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Remediate alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Automate responses in Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Module 4: Create queries for Microsoft Sentinel using Kusto Query Language (KQL)

Write Kusto Query Language (KQL) statements to query log data to perform detections, analysis, and reporting in Microsoft Sentinel. This module will focus on the most used operators. The example KQL statements will showcase security related table queries. KQL is the query language used to perform analysis on data to create analytics, workbooks, and perform hunting in Microsoft Sentinel. Learn how basic KQL statement structure provides the foundation to build more complex statements. Learn how to summarize and visualize data with a KQL statement provides the foundation to build detections in Microsoft Sentinel. Learn how to use the Kusto Query Language (KQL) to manipulate string data ingested from log sources.

Lessons

Construct KQL statements for Microsoft Sentinel

• Analyze query results using KQL
• Build multi-table statements using KQL
• Work with data in Microsoft Sentinel using Kusto Query Language

Lab: Create queries for Microsoft Sentinel using Kusto Query Language (KQL)

• Create queries for Microsoft Sentinel using Kusto Query Language (KQL)

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Construct KQL statements
• Search log files for security events using KQL
• Filter searches based on event time, severity, domain, and other relevant data using KQL
• Summarize data using KQL statements
• Render visualizations using KQL statements
• Extract data from unstructured string fields using KQL
• Extract data from structured string data using KQL
• Create Functions using KQL

Module 5: Configure your Microsoft Sentinel environment

Get started with Microsoft Sentinel by properly configuring the Microsoft Sentinel workspace. Traditional security information and event management (SIEM) systems typically take a long time to set up and configure. They're also not necessarily designed with cloud workloads in mind. Microsoft Sentinel enables you to start getting valuable security insights from your cloud and on-premises data quickly. This module helps you get started. Learn about the architecture of Microsoft Sentinel workspaces to ensure you configure your system to meet your organization's security operations requirements. As a Security Operations Analyst, you must understand the tables, fields, and data ingested in your workspace. Learn how to query the most used data tables in Microsoft Sentinel.

Lessons

• Introduction to Microsoft Sentinel
• Create and manage Microsoft Sentinel workspaces
• Query logs in Microsoft Sentinel
• Use watchlists in Microsoft Sentinel
• Utilize threat intelligence in Microsoft Sentinel

Lab: Configure your Microsoft Sentinel environment

• Configure your Microsoft Sentinel environment

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Identify the various components and functionality of Microsoft Sentinel.
• Identify use cases where Microsoft Sentinel would be a good solution.
• Describe Microsoft Sentinel workspace architecture
• Install Microsoft Sentinel workspace
• Manage an Microsoft Sentinel workspace
• Create a watchlist in Microsoft Sentinel
• Use KQL to access the watchlist in Microsoft Sentinel
• Manage threat indicators in Microsoft Sentinel
• Use KQL to access threat indicators in Microsoft Sentinel

Module 6: Connect logs to Microsoft Sentinel

Connect data at cloud scale across all users, devices, applications, and infrastructure, both on-premises and in multiple clouds to Microsoft Sentinel. The primary approach to connect log data is using the Microsoft Sentinel provided data connectors. This module provides an overview of the available data connectors. You will get to learn about the configuration options and data provided by Microsoft Sentinel connectors for Microsoft 365 Defender.

Lessons

• Connect data to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors
• Connect Microsoft services to Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect Microsoft 365 Defender to Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect Windows hosts to Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect Common Event Format logs to Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect syslog data sources to Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect threat indicators to Microsoft Sentinel

Lab: Connect logs to Microsoft Sentinel

• Connect data to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors
• Connect Windows devices to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors
• Connect Linux hosts to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors
• Connect Threat intelligence to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Explain the use of data connectors in Microsoft Sentinel
• Explain the Common Event Format and Syslog connector differences in Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect Microsoft service connectors
• Explain how connectors auto-create incidents in Microsoft Sentinel
• Activate the Microsoft 365 Defender connector in Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect Azure Windows Virtual Machines to Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect non-Azure Windows hosts to Microsoft Sentinel
• Configure Log Analytics agent to collect Sysmon events
• Explain the Common Event Format connector deployment options in Microsoft Sentinel
• Configure the TAXII connector in Microsoft Sentinel
• View threat indicators in Microsoft Sentinel

Module 7: Create detections and perform investigations using Microsoft Sentinel

Detect previously uncovered threats and rapidly remediate threats with built-in orchestration and automation in Microsoft Sentinel. You will learn how to create Microsoft Sentinel playbooks to respond to security threats. You'll investigate Microsoft Sentinel incident management, learn about Microsoft Sentinel events and entities, and discover ways to resolve incidents. You will also learn how to query, visualize, and monitor data in Microsoft Sentinel.

Lessons

• Threat detection with Microsoft Sentinel analytics
• Automation in Microsoft Sentinel
• Threat response with Microsoft Sentinel playbooks
• Security incident management in Microsoft Sentinel
• Identify threats with Entity behavior analytics in Microsoft Sentinel
• Data normalization in Microsoft Sentinel
• Query, visualize, and monitor data in Microsoft Sentinel
• Manage content in Microsoft Sentinel

Lab: Create detections and perform investigations using Microsoft Sentinel

• Modify a Microsoft Security rule
• Create a Playbook
• Create a Scheduled Query
• Understand Detection Modeling
• Conduct attacks
• Create detections
• Investigate incidents
• Create workbooks

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Explain the importance of Microsoft Sentinel analytics.
• Create rules from templates.
• Manage rules with modifications.
• Explain Microsoft Sentinel SOAR capabilities.
• Create a playbook to automate an incident response.
• Investigate and manage incident resolution.
• Explain User and Entity Behavior Analytics in Microsoft Sentinel
• Explore entities in Microsoft Sentinel
• Visualize security data using Microsoft Sentinel workbooks.

Module 8: Perform threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel

In this module, you'll learn to proactively identify threat behaviors by using Microsoft Sentinel queries. You'll also learn to use bookmarks and livestream to hunt threats. You will also learn how to use notebooks in Microsoft Sentinel for advanced hunting.

Lessons

• Explain threat hunting concepts in Microsoft Sentinel
• Threat hunting with Microsoft Sentinel
• Use Search jobs in Microsoft Sentinel
• Hunt for threats using notebooks in Microsoft Sentinel

Lab: Threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel

• Perform threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel
• Threat hunting using notebooks with Microsoft Sentinel

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe threat hunting concepts for use with Microsoft Sentinel
• Define a threat hunting hypothesis for use in Microsoft Sentinel
• Use queries to hunt for threats.
• Observe threats over time with livestream.
• Explore API libraries for advanced threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel
• Create and use notebooks in Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator SC300 Course Outline

Module 1: Implement an Identity Management Solution

• Implement Initial Configuration of Azure AD
• Create, Configure, and Manage Identities
• Implement and Manage External Identities
• Implement and Manage Hybrid Identity

Lab:

• Manage User Roles
• Setting Tenant-Wide Properties
• Assign Licenses to Users
• Restore or Remove Deleted Users
• Add Groups in Azure AD
• Change Group License Assignments
• Change User License Assignments
• Configure External Collaboration
• Add Guest Users to the Directory
• Explore Dynamic Groups

Module 2: Implement an Authentication and Access Management Solution

• Secure Azure AD User with MFA
• Manage User Authentication
• Plan, Implement and Administer Conditional Access
• Manage Azure AD Identity Protection

Lab:

• Configure Azure AD MFA Authentication Registration Policy
• Enable Sign-In Risk Policy
• Manage Azure AD Smart Lockout Values
• Configure Authentication Session Controls
• Implement Conditional Access Policies, Roles, and Assignments
• Work with Security Defaults
• Configure and Deploy Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR)
• Enable Azure AD MFA

Module 3: Implement Access Management for Apps

• Plan and Design the Integration of Enterprise for SSO
• Implement and Monitor the Integration of Enterprise Apps for SSO
• Implement App Registration

Lab:

• Implement Access Management for Apps
• Create a Custom Role to Management App Registration
• Register an Application
• Grant Tenant-Wide Admin Consent to an Application
• Add App Roles to Applications and Receive Tokens

Module 4: Plan and Implement an Identity Governance Strategy

• Plan and Implement Entitlement Management
• Plan, Implement and Manage Access Reviews
• Plan and Implement Privileged Access
• Monitor and Maintain Azure AD

Lab:

• Configure PIM for Azure AD Roles
• Assign Azure AD Role in PIM
• Assign Azure Resource Roles in PIM
• Connect Data from Azure AD to Azure Sentinel
• Create Access Reviews for Groups and Apps
• Manage the Lifecycle of External Users with Azure AD Identity Governance
• Add Terms of Use Acceptance Report
• Create and Manage a Resource Catalogue with Azure AD Entitlement

Microsoft Information Protection Administrator SC400​ Course Outline

Module 1: Implement Information Protection in Microsoft 365

• Introduction to Information Protection and Governance in Microsoft 365
• Classify Data for Protection and Governance
• Create and Manage Sensitive Information Types
• Describe Microsoft 365 Encryption
• Deploy Message Encryption in Office 365
• Configure Sensitivity Labels
• Apply and Manage Sensitivity Labels

Lab: Implement Information Protection

• Assign Permissions for Compliance
• Manage Office 365 Message Encryption
• Manage Sensitive Information Types
• Manage Trainable Classifiers
• Manage Sensitivity Labels

Module 2: Implement Data Loss Prevention in Microsoft 365

Lessons

• Prevent Data Loss in Microsoft 365
• Implement Endpoint Data Loss Prevention
• Configure DLP Policies for Microsoft Cloud App Security and Power Platform
• Manage DLP Policies and Reports in Microsoft 365

Lab: Implement Data Loss Prevention

• Manage DLP Policies
• Manage Endpoint DLP
• Test DLP Policies
• Manage DLP Reports

Module 3: Implement Information Governance in Microsoft 365

Lessons

• Govern Information in Microsoft 365
• Manage Data Retention in Microsoft 365 Workloads
• Manage Records in Microsoft 365

Lab: Implement Information Governance

• Configure Retention Labels
• Implement Retention Labels
• Configure Service-Based Retention
• Use eDiscovery for Recovery
• Configure Records Management

Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals SC900 Course Outline

Within this Microsoft training course, you will learn the following modules:

Module 1: Describe the concepts of security, compliance, and identity.

Learn about core concepts that are foundational to security, compliance, and identity solutions, including shared responsibility, Zero Trust, data residency, the role of identity providers, and more.

Lessons

• Describe security and compliance concepts
• Describe identity concepts

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe security and compliance concepts.
• Describe identity concepts.

Module 2: Describe the capabilities of Microsoft Azure Active Directory, part of Microsoft Entra

Azure Active Directory is the tool for identity and access management in the Microsoft Cloud. Learn about Azure AD services and identity principals, secure authentication, access management capabilities, as well as identity protection and governance.

Lessons

• 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

Lab: Explore Azure Active Directory

Lab: Explore Azure AD Authentication with self-service password reset

Lab: Explore access management in Azure AD with Conditional Access

Lab: Explore identity governance in Azure AD with Privileged Identity Management

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• 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 3: Describe the capabilities of Microsoft security solutions

Learn about Microsoft’s security solutions. Topics covered include network and platform capabilities of Azure, Azure security management with Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and Microsoft Sentinel. You’ll learn about threat protection with Microsoft 365 Defender.

Lessons

• Describe the basic security capabilities in Azure
• Describe the security management capabilities of Azure
• Describe the security capabilities of Microsoft Sentinel
• Describe the threat protection capabilities of Microsoft 365 Defender

Lab: Explore Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Lab: Explore Microsoft Sentinel

Lab: Explore Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Lab: Explore Azure Network Security Groups (NSGs)

Lab: Explore the Microsoft 365 Defender portal

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the basic security capabilities in Azure.
• Describe the security management capabilities of Azure.
• Describe the security capabilities of Microsoft Sentinel.
• Describe the threat protection capabilities of Microsoft 365 Defender.

Module 4: Describe the capabilities of Microsoft compliance solutions

Learn about Microsoft’s Service Trust Portal and privacy at Microsoft. You’ll learn about Microsoft Purview, a comprehensive set of solutions that help you govern, protect, and manage your entire data estate. You’ll also learn about Azure resource governance capabilities.

Lessons

• Describe the Service Trust Portal and privacy at Microsoft
• Describe the compliance management capabilities of Microsoft Purview
• Describe information protection and data lifecycle management in Microsoft Purview
• Describe the insider risk capabilities in Microsoft Purview
• Describe the eDiscovery and audit capabilities of Microsoft Purview
• Describe the resource governance capabilities in Azure

Lab: Explore the Core eDiscovery workflow

Lab: Explore Azure Policy

Lab: Explore the Service Trust Portal

Lab: Explore the Microsoft Purview compliance portal & Compliance Manager

Lab: Explore sensitivity labels in Microsoft Purview

Lab: Explore insider risk management in Microsoft Purview

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the Service Trust Portal and privacy at Microsoft.
• Describe the compliance management capabilities of Microsoft Purview.
• Describe information protection and data lifecycle management in Microsoft Purview.
• Describe the insider risk capabilities in Microsoft Purview.
• Describe the eDiscovery and audit capabilities of Microsoft Purview.
• Describe the resource governance capabilities in Azure

Microsoft Security Workshop: Implementing PowerShell Security Best Practices 40555A Training Course Outline

Module 1: PowerShell Fundamentals

• Overview of Windows PowerShell
• PowerShell Editions and Versions
• Running PowerShell

Module 2: PowerShell Operational Security

• Managing Local Script Execution
• Managing Remote Execution Capabilities of Windows PowerShell
• Managing Remote Execution Capabilities of PowerShell Core
• Language Mode

Module 3: Implementing PowerShell-based Security

• Windows PowerShell DSC
• Just Enough Administration (JEA)
• Windows PowerShell Auditing and Logging

Module 4: Windows PowerShell-based Exploits and their Mitigation

• Windows PowerShell-Based Attacks
• Windows PowerShell-Based Security Tools
• Summary of Windows PowerShell Security-Related Technologies

Lab: Implementing Windows PowerShell Security

• Implement Windows PowerShell Logging by Using DSC
• Carry Out a Windows PowerShell-Based Exploit
• Implement Just Enough Administration