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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

Summary

In this chapter, we introduced you to the principles of data governance and retention within a Microsoft 365 environment. We explained how to plan for the data governance and retention requirements for your organization by understanding your internal policies and industry obligations. We showed you how to navigate the Security & Compliance Center to view and interpret data governance reports and dashboards, and you also learned how retention policies can be applied from both the Exchange admin center and the Security & Compliance Center.

In addition, we explained how Litigation Hold can be used to preserve Office 365 data, even if a user has deleted it, how to import .pst files and third-party data into Office 365 via the information governance Import feature, and how the online archive can increase the capacity of Office 365 mailbox users with a separate archive mailbox.

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