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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

Configuring MDA

Now that you understand the principles of MDA, take a look at how you can configure it to gain visibility of your SaaS applications. First, you need to be aware of the following prerequisites for using MDA:

  • A valid license to use the MDA service. MDA is available with a variety of Microsoft 365 subscriptions. For more information, please refer to the Further reading section at the end of this chapter.
  • A Global Administrator or Security Administrator role.

Note

Once access has been assigned with the required licenses and roles, you may need to wait approximately 15 minutes before you can log in to the MDA portal.

Once you have fulfilled these prerequisites, you can proceed to configure your Cloud Discovery settings. To configure MDA, complete the following steps:

  1. Log in to the Microsoft 365 Defender portal at https://security.microsoft.com and, from the left menu navigation, choose Settings:

Figure 10.1: The Settings menu in Microsoft 365 Defender

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