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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

Describing Azure AD

Azure AD is a cloud-based identity provider that is used for all Microsoft cloud services, including Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure. Unlike Windows Active Directory, which utilizes Kerberos or LDAP for directory services, Azure AD utilizes the industry-recognized cloud protocols, SAML and WS-Federation. This allows Azure AD to be utilized as an identity provider for other cloud-native applications outside those created by Microsoft:

Figure 6.1 – Azure AD for cloud identity

There are four Azure AD editions that you should understand. They are as follows:

  • Free Azure AD is enabled whenever a Microsoft account is created. If you have outlook.com, you have an Azure AD account.
  • Office 365 Apps is created when you subscribe to Office 365.
  • Premium P1 is used for business-level and enterprise-level Azure AD subscriptions. This is part of Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Office/Microsoft 365 E3.
  • Premium P2 provides...