Crash Course to pass the M365 MS-500 Security Admin Course

Explore hybrid cloud identities across Azure AD and on-prem AD, compare authentication options - hash synchronization with single sign-on, pass-through, and AD FS federation - disaster recovery and credential reports.

Explore securing user accounts with dynamic groups and self-service management, and conduct regular access reviews in Azure AD, covering dynamic user/device queries, group ownership, password reset, and licensing notes.

Learn how to implement authentication methods across cloud and on-prem identities, including MFA, conditional access, risk monitoring, and device registration in Azure AD and hybrid setups.

Create conditional access policies that grant or block access to cloud and on-prem apps based on user or device criteria, while understanding licensing and grant controls.

Master role-based access control in Azure AD by assigning administrative roles, creating dynamic groups, and applying role assignments with scope on resource groups.

Learn how to implement Azure AD privileged identity management (PIM) for just-in-time access and security and compliance. Manage activation, approvals, audits, and role eligibility for global and security administrators.

Explore Azure AD identity protection roles and risk events, including sign-in and user risk policies, and configure actions such as block, allow, or password change.

Implement an enterprise hybrid threat protection solution by deploying cloud-based advanced threat protection integrated with on-premise Active Directory domain controllers to detect compromised identities.

Learn to implement device threat protection with Windows Defender ATP, configure endpoint sensors and cloud integration, enroll devices via Intune, set automated remediation, and monitor with Defender Security Center.

Explore device and application protection in Microsoft Intune, distinguishing mobile device management from mobile application management, and review Windows Defender services, WIP, enlightened vs unenlightened apps, and enrollment-based policies.

implement and manage office 365 atp policies in the microsoft 365 admin center, covering anti phishing, spoofing controls, safe attachments, safe links, anti spam, anti malware, and policy creation.

Explore office 365 threat protection and ATP basics, including safe attachments, dashboard insights on malware and spoofing, and attack simulator scenarios like spear phishing, password spray, and brute force.

Explore data access within Microsoft 365, including data protection levels, identity and device safeguards, and external B2B sharing, plus the customer lockbox approval workflow and audit trails.

Explore how to classify and protect documents and emails with Azure information protection labels, including usage rights, permission levels, and the unified labeling client.

Learn to configure and manage data loss prevention policies in Microsoft 365, including templates, locations, and actions, and to interpret reports and DLP queries for policy tuning and compliance.

Gain visibility into shadow IT with cloud app security, using connectors, cloud discovery, and proxy access to enforce conditional access in Microsoft 365 and Office 365.

Configure and analyze security reporting in M365 by using threat management dashboards and the intelligence security graph, and understand how desktop analytics, windows diagnostics data, and office telemetry handle data.

Explore audit logs search in the M365 admin center, filter by date, user, and activity, export results, and create alert policies to monitor events.

Navigate Office 365 classification and labeling, using sensitive information types with labels to protect emails and documents, and publish policies with retention, encryption, and auto labeling.

Learn to manage data governance and retention in microsoft 365 by configuring retention policies and retention labels, where retention wins over deletion and archived mailboxes fall under information governance.

Explore manage search and investigation in Microsoft 365, covering content search across Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, and e discovery with case hold and export workflows.

Configure data privacy regulation compliance in Microsoft 365, focusing on data subject requests and data loss prevention. Use the Compliance Manager and templates to manage controls and evidence.