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Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals Exam Ref SC-900

By : Dwayne Natwick
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Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals Exam Ref SC-900

By: Dwayne Natwick

Overview of this book

Cloud technologies have made building a defense-in-depth security strategy of paramount importance. Without proper planning and discipline in deploying the security posture across Microsoft 365 and Azure, you are compromising your infrastructure and data. Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals is a comprehensive guide that covers all of the exam objectives for the SC-900 exam while walking you through the core security services available for Microsoft 365 and Azure. This book starts by simplifying the concepts of security, compliance, and identity before helping you get to grips with Azure Active Directory, covering the capabilities of Microsoft’s identity and access management (IAM) solutions. You'll then advance to compliance center, information protection, and governance in Microsoft 365. You'll find out all you need to know about the services available within Azure and Microsoft 365 for building a defense-in-depth security posture, and finally become familiar with Microsoft's compliance monitoring capabilities. By the end of the book, you'll have gained the knowledge you need to take the SC-900 certification exam and implement solutions in real-life scenarios.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Section 1: Exam Overview
3
Section 2: The Key Concepts of Security, Compliance, and Identity
7
Section 3: The Microsoft Identity Management Solutions
11
Section 4: The Microsoft Security Solutions for Microsoft 365 and Azure
17
Section 5: The Microsoft Compliance Monitoring Capabilities within Microsoft 365 and Azure

Describe the compliance center

In Chapter 12, Describing Security Management and Endpoint Security Capabilities of Microsoft 365, we described how the Microsoft 365 Defender portal is used to manage security postures by reviewing various reports and dashboards, including Secure Score. The Microsoft 365 compliance center provides similar guidance for governance and compliance of Microsoft 365 solutions.

To access the Microsoft 365 compliance center, navigate to https://compliance.microsoft.com.

When the Microsoft 365 compliance center portal opens, you may be prompted for a quick guided tour of the portal, as shown in Figure 13.1:

Figure 13.1 – The Microsoft 365 compliance center

Entering the home screen, there are tiles that you can use to begin to understand the security posture of your company. This includes the compliance score, which we will review in the Describe Compliance Manager section, enabling Microsoft Priva, retention label usage,...