MCA Microsoft 365 Security Administrator Associate Training – 4 Days (1 Course, 1 Exam, 1 Cert)
Training Schedule and Pricing
Our training model blends knowledge and certification prep into one solution. Interact face-to-face with vendor certified trainers AT OUR TRAINING CENTER IN SARASOTA, FL - OR - attend the same instructor-led live camp ONLINE.
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Apr102023Delivery Format:CLASSROOM LIVEDate:04.10.2023 - 04.13.2023Location:SARASOTAPrice Includes:Instructor Led Class, Official Courseware, Labs and Exams$2,9954 days
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May012023Delivery Format:CLASSROOM LIVEDate:05.01.2023 - 05.04.2023Location:SARASOTAPrice Includes:Instructor Led Class, Official Courseware, Labs and Exams$2,9954 days
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Jun192023Delivery Format:CLASSROOM LIVEDate:06.19.2023 - 06.22.2023Location:SARASOTAPrice Includes:Instructor Led Class, Official Courseware, Labs and Exams$2,9954 days
Exams Included & Administered During Camp:
MS-500: Microsoft 365 Security Administration
What's Included
1 Microsoft Test Voucher
1 Microsoft Official Course- 1 Retake Voucher (per exam, if needed)
- Microsoft Study Labs & Simulations
Onsite Pearson Vue Test Center- Instructor Led Classroom Training
1 Microsoft Test Voucher
1 Microsoft Official Course
1 Retake Voucher (per exam, if needed)
Microsoft Study Labs & Simulations
Onsite Pearson Vue Test Center
Instructor Led Classroom TrainingThe NEW Microsoft Certified Associate - Microsoft 365 Security Administrator Associate 4 day boot camp focuses on actual job task using Microsoft 365 technologies. Students learn how to perform Microsoft 365 tenant management tasks for an enterprise, including its identities, security, compliance, and supporting technologies.
The Microsoft Certified Security Administrator Associate boot camp is taught using Microsoft Official Courseware
MS-500T00: Microsoft 365 Security Administration
While attending this 4 day camp - students will take one exam (MS-500) to achieve the Microsoft Certified Security Administrator Associate certification. This hands on, instructor led live camp focuses on the real world responsibilities of an Security Administrator Associate while covering the information needed for the certification exams which are administered while attending.
Skills Gained:
Administer user and group access in Microsoft 365.
Explain and manage Azure Identity Protection.
Plan and implement Azure AD Connect.
Manage synchronized user identities.
Explain and use conditional access.
Describe cyber-attack threat vectors.
Explain security solutions for Microsoft 365.
Use Microsoft Secure Score to evaluate and improve your security posture.
Configure various advanced threat protection services for Microsoft 365.
Plan for and deploy secure mobile devices.
Implement information rights management.
Secure messages in Office 365.
Configure Data Loss Prevention policies.
Deploy and manage Cloud App Security.
Implement Windows information protection for devices.
Plan and deploy a data archiving and retention system.
Create and manage an eDiscovery investigation.
Manage GDPR data subject requests.
Explain and use sensitivity labels.
Topics Covered in this Official Boot Camp
User and Group Management
This module explains how to manage user accounts and groups in Microsoft 365. It introduces you to the Zero Trust concept as well as authentication. The module sets the foundation for the remainder of the course.
Lessons
- Identity and Access Management concepts
- The Zero Trust model
- Plan your identity and authentication solution
- User accounts and roles
- Password Management
Lab : Initialize your tenant – users and groups
- Set up your Microsoft 365 tenant
- Manage users and groups
Lab : Password management
- Configure Self-service password reset (SSPR) for user accounts in Azure AD
- Deploy Azure AD Smart Lockout
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Create and manage user accounts.
- Describe and use Microsoft 365 admin roles.
- Plan for password policies and authentication.
- Describe the concepts of Zero Trust security.
- Explain the Zero Trust model.
Identity Synchronization and Protection
This module explains concepts related to synchronizing identities for Microsoft 365. Specifically, it focuses on Azure AD Connect and managing directory synchronization to ensure the right people are connecting to your Microsoft 365 system.
Lessons
- Plan directory synchronization
- Configure and manage synchronized identities
- Azure AD Identity Protection
Lab : Implement Identity Synchronization
- Set up your organization for identity synchronization
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain directory synchronization.
- Plan directory synchronization.
- Describe and use Azure AD Connect.
- Configure Azure AD Connect Prerequisites.
- Manage users and groups with directory synchronization.
- Describe Active Directory federation.
- Enable Azure Identity Protection
Identity and Access Management
This module explains conditional access for Microsoft 365 and how it can be used to control access to resources in your organization. The module also explains Role Based Access Control (RBAC) and solutions for external access. We discuss identity governance as a concept and its components.
Lessons
- Application Management
- Identity Governance
- Manage device access
- Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Solutions for external access
- Privileged Identity Management
Lab : Use Conditional Access to enable MFA
- MFA Authentication Pilot (require MFA for specific apps)
- MFA Conditional Access (complete an MFA roll out)
Lab : Configure Privileged Identity Management
- Manage Azure resources
- Assign directory roles
- Activate and deactivate PIM roles
- Directory roles
- PIM resource workflows
- View audit history for Azure AD roles in PIM
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the concept of conditional access.
- Describe and use conditional access policies.
- Plan for device compliance.
- Configure conditional users and groups.
- Configure role based access control
- Describe the concepts of identity governance
- Configure and use Privileged Identity Management
Security in Microsoft 365
This module explains the various cyber-attack threats that exist. It then introduces you to the Microsoft solutions used to mitigate those threats. The module finishes with an explanation of Microsoft Secure Score and how it can be used to evaluate and report your organizations security posture.
Lessons
- Threat vectors and data breaches
- Security strategy and principles
- Microsoft security solutions
- Secure Score
Lab : Use Microsoft Secure Score
- Improve your secure score in the Microsoft 365 Security Center
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe several techniques attackers use to compromise user accounts through email.
- Describe techniques attackers use to gain control over resources.
- List the types of threats that can be avoided by using EOP and Microsoft Defender for Office 365.
- Describe the benefits of Secure Score and what kind of services can be analyzed.
- Describe how to use Secure Score to identify gaps in your current Microsoft 365 security posture.
Threat Protection
This module explains the various threat protection technologies and services available for Microsoft 365. The module covers message protection through Exchange Online Protection, Microsoft Defender for Identity and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
Lessons
- Exchange Online Protection (EOP)
- Microsoft Defender for Office 365
- Manage Safe Attachments
- Manage Safe Links
- Microsoft Defender for Identity
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Lab : Manage Microsoft 365 Security Services
- Implement Microsoft Defender Policies
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the anti-malware pipeline as email is analyzed by Exchange Online Protection.
- Describe how Safe Attachments is used to block zero-day malware in email attachments and documents.
- Describe how Safe Links protect users from malicious URLs embedded in email and documents that point
- Configure Microsoft Defender for Identity.
- Configure Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
Threat Management
This module explains Microsoft Threat Management which provides you with the tools to evaluate and address cyber threats and formulate responses. You will learn how to use the Security dashboard and Azure Sentinel for Microsoft 365.
Lessons
- Security dashboard
- Threat investigation and response
- Azure Sentinel
- Advanced Threat Analytics
Lab : Using Attack Simulator
- Conduct a simulated Spear phishing attack
- Conduct simulated password attacks
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe how Threat Explorer can be used to investigate threats and help to protect your tenant.
- Describe how the Security Dashboard gives C-level executives insight into top risks and trends.
- Describe what Advanced Thread Analytics (ATA) is and what requirements are needed to deploy it.
- Configure Advanced Threat Analytics.
- Use the attack simulator in Microsoft 365.
- Describe how Azure Sentinel can used for Microsoft 365.
Microsoft Cloud Application Security
This module focuses on cloud application security in Microsoft 365. The module will explain cloud discovery, app connectors, policies, and alerts. You will learn how these features work to secure you cloud applications.
Lessons
- Deploy Cloud Application Security
- Use cloud application security information
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe Cloud App Security.
- Explain how to deploy Cloud App Security.
- Control your Cloud Apps with Policies.
- Use the Cloud App Catalog.
- Use the Cloud Discovery dashboard.
- Manage cloud app permissions.
Mobility
This module focuses on securing mobile devices and applications. You will learn about Mobile Device Management and how it works with Microsoft Intune. You will also learn about how Intune and Azure AD can be used to secure mobile applications.
Lessons
- Mobile Application Management (MAM)
- Mobile Device Management (MDM)
- Deploy mobile device services
- Enroll devices to Mobile Device Management
Lab : Device Management
- Enable Device Management
- Configure Azure AD for Intune
- Create compliance and conditional access policies
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe mobile application considerations.
- Manage devices with MDM.
- Configure Domains for MDM.
- Manage Device Security Policies.
- Enroll devices to MDM.
- Configure a Device Enrollment Manager Role.
Information Protection and Governance
This module focuses on data loss prevention in Microsoft 365. You will learn about how to create policies, edit rules, and customize user notifications to protect your data.
Lessons
- Information protection concepts
- Governance and Records Management
- Sensitivity labels
- Archiving in Microsoft 365
- Retention in Microsoft 365
- Retention policies in the Microsoft 365 Compliance Center
- Archiving and retention in Exchange
- In-place records management in SharePoint
Lab : Archiving and Retention
- Initialize compliance
- Configure retention tags and policies
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Configure sensitivity labels.
- Configure archiving and retention in Microsoft 365.
- Plan and configure Records Management
Rights Management and Encryption
This module explains information rights management in Exchange and SharePoint. The module also describes encryption technologies used to secure messages.
Lessons
- Information Rights Management (IRM)
- Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (S-MIME)
- Office 365 Message Encryption
Lab : Configure Office 365 Message Encryption
- Configure Office 365 Message Encryption
- Validate Information Rights Management
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the various Microsoft 365 Encryption Options.
- Describe the use of S/MIME.
- Describe and enable Office 365 Message Encryption.
Data Loss Prevention
This module focuses on data loss prevention in Microsoft 365. You will learn about how to create policies, edit rules, and customize user notifications to protect your data.
Lessons
- Data loss prevention fundamentals
- Create a DLP policy
- Customize a DLP policy
- Create a DLP policy to protect documents
- Policy tips
Lab : Implement Data Loss Prevention policies
- Manage DLP Policies
- Test MRM and DLP Policies
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe Data Loss Prevention (DLP).
- Use policy templates to implement DLP policies for commonly used information.
- Configure the correct rules for protecting content.
- Describe how to modify existing rules of DLP policies.
- Configure the user override option to a DLP rule.
- Explain how SharePoint Online creates crawled properties from documents.
Compliance Management
This module explains the Compliance center in Microsoft 365. It discusses the components of compliance score.
Lessons
- Compliance center
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe how to use compliance score to make organizational decisions.
- Describe how assessments are used to determine compliance score.
Insider Risk Management
This module focuses on insider risk related functionality within Microsoft 365. It covers not only Insider Risk Management in the compliance center but also information barriers and privileged access management as well.
Lessons
- Insider Risk
- Privileged Access
- Information barriers
- Building ethical walls in Exchange Online
Lab : Privileged Access Management
- Set up privileged access management and process a request
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain and configure Insider Risk Management in Microsoft 365.
- Configure and approve privileged access requests for global administrators.
- Configure and use information barriers to conform to organizational regulations.
- Build ethical walls in Exchange Online
- Configure Customer Lockbox
Discover and Respond
This module focuses on content search and investigations. The module covers how to use eDiscovery to conduct advanced investigations of Microsoft 365 data. It also covers audit logs and discusses GDPR data subject requests.
Lessons
- Content Search
- Audit Log Investigations
- Advanced eDiscovery
Lab : Manage Search and Investigation
- Investigate your Microsoft 365 Data
- Conduct a Data Subject Request
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Conduct content searches in Microsoft 365
- Perform and audit log investigation.
- Configure Microsoft 365 for audit logging.
- Use Advanced eDiscovery
Microsoft 365 Training & Certification Roadmap
Certification Camps has developed a comprehensive training / delivery format focused on learning beyond the generic book content (accessible to any Microsoft training provider). Our program incorporates interactive demonstrations and detailed real world explanations. When possible - additional content, videos, labs & demonstrations are provided to expand on advanced topics - providing additional insight and perspective. Certification Camps training is not the typical book & PowerPoint presentation found at any local training center.
As a Microsoft Certified Partner with Gold Learning Competency - we adhere to the strict guidelines, standards and requirements to use Microsoft's exclusive curriculum. More over - our standards go beyond the "minimum requirements" set forth by Microsoft Learning.
We leverage our partnership benefits of courseware customization to build end to end technology training solutions. Students gain practical skills which can be implemented immediately.
At most training centers - learning starts on the first day of class and ends on the last day. Our boot camp training program is designed to offer resources before, during and after the training.
CERTIFICATION CAMPS FACILITIES
CAMPUS - Certification Camps built out a stand alone training center (not a hotel conference room) with spacious classrooms, new desk, Herman Miller Aeron chairs & comfortable common areas. Each student has a dedicated desk with two monitors. Each classroom has a maximum of two rows - so everyone is able to be engaged without the "back row" feeling. 
CLASSROOM EQUIPMENT - Students work on a dedicated Dell Client Desktop with 32GB memory with 512GB SSD drives - All Labs are executed the extremely fast Microsoft Data Center Hosted Lab Environment .
CAMPUS INTERNET - The campus is connected with a 1Gbps (1,000 Mbps) Verizon Fios Business Connection which provides complete internet (including VPN) access for students.
COMMON AREA - Amenties including snacks, drinks (Coffee, 100% juices, sodas, etc) all complimentary.
LODGING - We use the Hyatt Place Lakewood Ranch. This "upgraded" hotel offers extremely comfortable beds, great breakfast and very fast internet access.
NEAR BY - Many shops, restaurants and grocery options are available within walking distance. Additionally - the hotel provided scheduled shuttle services. Restaurants like Cheesecake Factory, California Pizza Kitchen, Panera Bread, Bone Fish Grill, Ruby Tuesday's, Five Guys, Chipotle, Chili's and over 20 additional choices in the immediate area.
