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Microsoft 365 Mobility and Security – Exam Guide MS-101

By : Nate Chamberlain
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Microsoft 365 Mobility and Security – Exam Guide MS-101

By: Nate Chamberlain

Overview of this book

Exam MS-101: Microsoft 365 Mobility and Security is a part of the Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert certification path designed to help users validate their skills in evaluating, planning, migrating, deploying, and managing Microsoft 365 services. This book will help you implement modern device services, apply Microsoft 365 security and threat management, and manage Microsoft 365 governance and compliance. Written in a succinct way, you’ll explore chapter-wise self-assessment questions, exam tips, and mock exams with answers. You’ll start by implementing mobile device management (MDM) and handling device compliance. You’ll delve into threat detection and management, learning how to manage security reports and configure Microsoft 365 alerts. Later, you’ll discover data loss prevention (DLP) tools to protect data as well as tools for configuring audit logs and policies. The book will also guide you through using Azure Information Protection (AIP) for deploying clients, applying policies, and configuring services and users to enhance data security. Finally, you’ll cover best practices for configuring settings across your tenant to ensure compliance and security. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned to work with Microsoft 365 services and covered the concepts and techniques you need to know to pass the MS-101 exam.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Section 1: Modern Device Services
6
Section 2: Microsoft 365 Security Threat Management
11
Section 3: Microsoft 365 Governance Compliance
17
Section 4: Mock Exams
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Mock Exam 1
19
Mock Exam 2

Planning and configuring information retention

We discussed designing retention policies in Microsoft 365 in Chapter 9, Configuring Data Loss Prevention (DLP). Retention policies should be a central part of your data governance strategy and can involve deletion (automatic or allowed) as well. In this section, we'll take a closer look at creating a retention policy from the Microsoft 356 Compliance Center (compliance.microsoft.com).

Let's begin by looking at retention periods and possible deletion options once a retention period ends.

Retention period and deletion

When choosing a retention period, you can configure the period as follows:

  • A period of time in years, months, or days
  • Forever

You can base that time...