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Microsoft 365 Security, Compliance, and Identity Administration

By : Peter Rising
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Book Image

Microsoft 365 Security, Compliance, and Identity Administration

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By: Peter Rising

Overview of this book

The Microsoft 365 Security, Compliance, and Identity Administration is designed to help you manage, implement, and monitor security and compliance solutions for Microsoft 365 environments. With this book, you’ll first configure, administer identity and access within Microsoft 365. You’ll learn about hybrid identity, authentication methods, and conditional access policies with Microsoft Intune. Next, you’ll discover how RBAC and Azure AD Identity Protection can be used to detect risks and secure information in your organization. You’ll also explore concepts such as Microsoft Defender for endpoint and identity, along with threat intelligence. As you progress, you’ll uncover additional tools and techniques to configure and manage Microsoft 365, including Azure Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to manage and implement security measures within your Microsoft 365 suite successfully.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Part 1: Implementing and Managing Identity and Access
7
Part 2: Implementing and Managing Threat Protection
13
Part 3: Implementing and Managing Information Protection
17
Part 4: Managing Compliance Features in Microsoft 365

Using Microsoft Sentinel to Monitor Microsoft 365 Security

Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-based security information and event management (SIEM) tool that enables the analysis of vast quantities of data both within Microsoft 365 and from external sources using artificial intelligence. Microsoft Sentinel allows you to gather data and detect potential threats, and then investigate and respond to those threats.

In this chapter, you will learn how to plan and implement Microsoft Sentinel in your organization, understand and configure playbooks, manage and monitor signals across Microsoft 365 and other sources using Microsoft Sentinel, and respond to threats. You will also be able to access and enable Microsoft Sentinel in the Azure portal, set up a Log Analytics workspace, and connect to Microsoft and third-party data sources.

This chapter will cover the following topics:

  • Planning and configuring Microsoft Sentinel
  • Configuring playbooks in Microsoft Sentinel
  • Managing...