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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

Answers and explanations

  1. A

    Explanation: You need to set up a New Location and add the IP ranges for all of your organization's premises. This will ensure that Azure AD has your named/trusted locations established before you set up any policies that may reference them as inclusions or exclusions.

    You should not create a new policy to require MFA for all users, but you should set the policy to apply to all locations and exclude all trusted locations. Doing so would not be effective until you have completed the required first step, which is adding the IP addresses that represent your named/trusted locations.

    You should not create a new certificate under VPN Connectivity. This task is completely irrelevant to the defined requirement.

    You should not set Baseline Policy: End user Protection to Enabled. Baseline policies are inflexible and can only be turned on or off. No granular settings can be modified. At the time of writing this book, baseline policies are scheduled to be deprecated...