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Microsoft 365 Security, Compliance, and Identity Administration

By : Peter Rising
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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.

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Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
Conventions used
Get in touch
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Part 1: Implementing and Managing Identity and Access
Part 1: Implementing and Managing Identity and Access
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Chapter 1: Planning for Hybrid Identity
Chapter 1: Planning for Hybrid Identity
Planning your hybrid environment
Authentication methods in Azure AD
Synchronization methods with Azure AD Connect
Azure AD Connect cloud sync
Event monitoring and troubleshooting in Azure AD Connect
Summary
Questions
Further reading
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Chapter 2: Authentication and Security
Chapter 2: Authentication and Security
Implementing Azure AD dynamic group membership
Implementing password management
Implementing and managing external identities
Implementing and managing MFA
Planning and implementing device authentication methods
Summary
Questions
Further reading
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Chapter 3: Implementing Conditional Access Policies
Chapter 3: Implementing Conditional Access Policies
Explaining Conditional Access
Conditional Access and Microsoft Intune
Introducing the types of Conditional Access
Monitoring Conditional Access events
Summary
Questions
Further reading
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Chapter 4: Managing Roles and Identity Governance
Chapter 4: Managing Roles and Identity Governance
Planning and configuring PIM
Planning and configuring entitlement management
Planning and configuring access reviews
Summary
Questions
Further reading
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Chapter 5: Azure AD Identity Protection
Chapter 5: Azure AD Identity Protection
Understanding Identity Protection
Protecting users with risk and registration policies
Configuring alert options
Managing and resolving risk events
Summary
Questions
Further reading
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Part 2: Implementing and Managing Threat Protection
Part 2: Implementing and Managing Threat Protection
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Chapter 6: Configuring a Microsoft Defender for Identity Solution
Chapter 6: Configuring a Microsoft Defender for Identity Solution
Identifying the organizational need for MDI
Understanding the MDI architecture
Setting up MDI
Managing and monitoring MDI
Summary
Questions
Further reading
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Chapter 7: Configuring Device Threat Protection with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Intune
Chapter 7: Configuring Device Threat Protection with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Intune
Planning and implementing MDE
Managing and monitoring MDE
Implementing Microsoft Defender Application Guard, Application Control, and exploit protection
Encrypting your Windows devices using BitLocker
Implementing application protection policies
Summary
Questions
Further reading
10
Chapter 8: Configuring Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Chapter 8: Configuring Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Protecting users and domains with anti-phishing protection and policies
Configuring Safe Attachments options and policies
Configuring Safe Links options, blocked URLs, and policies
Monitoring and remediating with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 reports
Running simulated attacks with Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Further attack simulation configuration options
Summary
Questions
Further reading
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Chapter 9: Using Microsoft Sentinel to Monitor Microsoft 365 Security
Chapter 9: Using Microsoft Sentinel to Monitor Microsoft 365 Security
Planning and configuring Microsoft Sentinel
Configuring playbooks in Microsoft Sentinel
Creating and using automation rules to manage responses
Managing and monitoring your Microsoft Sentinel instance
Summary
Questions
Further reading
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Chapter 10: Configuring Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Chapter 10: Configuring Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Planning your MDA implementation
Configuring MDA
Managing Cloud App Discovery
Managing the MDA catalog
Managing apps and app connectors in MDA
Configuring policies and templates
Using Conditional Access App Control with MDA
Reviewing and interpreting alerts, reports, and dashboards
Summary
Questions
Further reading
13
Part 3: Implementing and Managing Information Protection
Part 3: Implementing and Managing Information Protection
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Chapter 11: Managing Sensitive Information
Chapter 11: Managing Sensitive Information
Planning a sensitivity label solution for your organization
Creating and managing SITs
Setting up sensitivity labels and policies
Configuring and using Activity explorer
Using sensitivity labels with Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Office apps
Summary
Questions
Further reading
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Chapter 12: Managing Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention
Chapter 12: Managing Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention
Planning and implementing DLP
Managing DLP policies for Microsoft 365 workloads
DLP reporting and alerting capabilities
Implementing Endpoint DLP
Summary
Questions
Further reading
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Chapter 13: Managing Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management
Chapter 13: Managing Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management
Planning for data lifecycle management
Analyzing reports and dashboards
Configuring retention labels and policies
Creating a retention policy
Planning and implementing adaptive scopes
Finding and recovering deleted Microsoft 365 data
Summary
Questions
Further reading
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Part 4: Managing Compliance Features in Microsoft 365
Part 4: Managing Compliance Features in Microsoft 365
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Chapter 14: Monitoring and Analyzing Audit Logs and Reports in Microsoft Purview
Chapter 14: Monitoring and Analyzing Audit Logs and Reports in Microsoft Purview
Planning for auditing and reporting
Investigating compliance activities by using audit logs
Reviewing and interpreting compliance reports and dashboards
Configuring alert policies
Configuring audit log retention policies
Summary
Questions
Further reading
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Chapter 15: Planning For, Conducting, and Managing eDiscovery Cases
Chapter 15: Planning For, Conducting, and Managing eDiscovery Cases
Recommending eDiscovery (Standard) or eDiscovery (Premium)
Planning for content searches and eDiscovery
Delegating the required permissions to use search and discovery tools
Creating eDiscovery cases
Managing eDiscovery cases
Summary
Questions
Further reading
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Chapter 16: Managing Regulatory and Privacy Requirements
Chapter 16: Managing Regulatory and Privacy Requirements
Planning your regulatory compliance journey in Microsoft 365
Managing regulatory compliance in Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager
Exploring Microsoft Priva
Summary
Questions
Further reading
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Chapter 17: Managing Insider Risk Solutions in Microsoft 365
Chapter 17: Managing Insider Risk Solutions in Microsoft 365
Implementing Customer Lockbox
Implementing and managing Communication Compliance policies
Implementing and managing insider risk management policies
Implementing and managing Information Barriers policies
Implementing and managing Privileged Access Management
Summary
Questions
Further reading
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Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
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Index
Index
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Azure AD Connect cloud sync

Instead of the Azure AD Connect application, a cloud provisioning agent can be used. However, Azure AD Connect cloud sync can also be leveraged along with Azure AD Connect sync to enable the synchronization of data to a tenant from a multi-forest disconnected AD forest environment, which is a functionality that is often used in merger and acquisition scenarios. It also facilitates simplified installation using lightweight provisioning agents, with the management of all sync configuration taking place in the cloud. In addition, it offers multiple provisioning agents to simplify high-availability deployments. Azure AD Connect cloud sync is controlled by Microsoft Online services. Locally, only a lightweight agent needs to be deployed, which acts as a bridge between the on-premises AD and Azure AD.

A detailed comparison of features between Azure AD Connect and Azure AD Connect cloud sync can be viewed at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/cloudsync/what-is-cloud-sync#comparison-between-azure-ad-connect-and-cloud-sync.

While Azure AD Connect cloud sync does include some powerful features, it also has some limitations. The most notable one is no support for Exchange hybrid writeback, which prevents many organizations still relying on Exchange on-premises from leveraging this technology.

Note

Federation is becoming less used in favor of pass-through authentication, but it is still important to understand AD FS scenarios.

Next, we will look at the monitoring and troubleshooting methods for Azure AD Connect.

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