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Microsoft 365 Security Administration: MS-500 Exam Guide

By : Peter Rising
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Microsoft 365 Security Administration: MS-500 Exam Guide

By: Peter Rising

Overview of this book

The Microsoft 365 Security Administration (MS-500) exam is designed to measure your ability to perform technical tasks such as managing, implementing, and monitoring security and compliance solutions for Microsoft 365 environments. This book starts by showing you how to configure and administer identity and access within Microsoft 365. You will learn about hybrid identity, authentication methods, and conditional access policies with Microsoft Intune. Next, the book shows you how RBAC and Azure AD Identity Protection can be used to help you detect risks and secure information in your organization. You will also explore concepts, such as Advanced Threat Protection, Windows Defender ATP, and Threat Intelligence. As you progress, you will learn about additional tools and techniques to configure and manage Microsoft 365, including Azure Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention, and Cloud App Discovery and Security. The book also ensures you are well prepared to take the exam by giving you the opportunity to work through a mock paper, topic summaries, illustrations that briefly review key points, and real-world scenarios. By the end of this Microsoft 365 book, you will be able to apply your skills in the real world, while also being well prepared to achieve Microsoft certification.
Table of Contents (29 chapters)
1
Section 1: Configuring and Administering Identity and Access in Microsoft 365
7
Section 2: Implementing and Managing Threat Protection
13
Section 3: Information Protection in Microsoft 365
18
Section 4: Data Governance and Compliance in Microsoft 365
24
Section 5: Mock Exam and Assessment
25
Chapter 20: Mock Exam
26
Chapter 21: Mock Exam Answers

Chapter 20: Mock Exam

This chapter consists of 25 exam questions, which are designed to be as close as possible to the actual test. All of the questions are multiple choice, and there may be more than one correct answer for each question that you will need to select in order to get the question right. Some of the questions that follow will be in the form of a case study:

  1. You are operating on a hybrid Microsoft 365 environment. All of your devices run Windows 10 and are managed using Microsoft Intune. You need to create a Conditional Access policy that will enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) when users connect to Microsoft 365 services from outside of your office premises. What should you do first?

    A. From the Azure portal, under Conditional Access | Named Locations, click on New Location, and add the IP ranges for all of your organizations' premises.

    B. From the Azure portal, under Conditional Access | Policies, create a new policy to require MFA for all users, and...