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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

5 (1)
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

Planning for auditing and reporting

Tracking user and administrator activities is a crucial capability for any organization using Microsoft 365, and there are several auditing and reporting capabilities available that you will need to be aware of. But what sort of things do you need to consider? What activities should you be tracking and have visibility of? Examples may include the following:

  • Documents changed by users
  • Tenant configuration altered by admins

You can monitor such activities from the various Microsoft 365 admin portals to ensure that you have a robust strategy in place to mitigate any risks and ensure that your organization is fulfilling any regulatory compliance obligations.

Using tools such as the Microsoft Purview compliance portal and the Microsoft 365 Defender portal, you can access the appropriate navigation panes for features, which include the following:

  • Alerts
  • Permissions
  • Data Lifecycle Management
  • Threat management
  • ...