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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)
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Part 1: Implementing and Managing Identity and Access
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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 Device Threat Protection with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Intune

In the modern IT landscape, malicious actors are using more and more sophisticated methods to attack environments and devices. The average time it takes to detect a threat is believed to be approximately 250 days. Traditional anti-virus and anti-malware software are not enough to effectively defend against these attackers who are determined to cause disruption.

This is where Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) comes in. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a cloud-based online service that provides prevention, detection, and investigation methods that you can use to respond to advanced threats within your organization.

In this chapter, you will learn how to configure and manage MDE capabilities to provide the best protection for your organization, as well as how to enable and configure always-on protection and monitoring.

The chapter will cover these topics in the following order:

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