After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Mitigate threats by using Microsoft 365 Defender
• Mitigate threats by using Defender for Cloud
• Mitigate threats by using Microsoft Sentinel 

The Microsoft Security Operations Analyst collaborates with organizational stakeholders to secure information technology systems for the organization. Their goal is to reduce organizational risk by rapidly remediating active attacks in the environment, advising on improvements to threat protection practices, and referring violations of organizational policies to appropriate stakeholders. Responsibilities include threat management, monitoring, and response by using a variety of security solutions across their environment. The role primarily investigates, responds to, and hunts for threats using Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft 365 Defender, and third-party security products. Since the Security Operations Analyst consumes the operational output of these tools, they are also a critical stakeholder in the configuration and deployment of these technologies.

• Basic understanding of Microsoft 365
• Fundamental understanding of Microsoft security, compliance, and identity products
• Intermediate understanding of Microsoft Windows
• Familiarity with Azure services, specifically Azure SQL Database and Azure Storage
• Familiarity with Azure virtual machines and virtual networking
• Basic understanding of scripting concepts.

1. Introduction to Microsoft 365 threat protection
2. Mitigate incidents using Microsoft 365 Defender
3. Protect your identities with Azure AD Identity Protection
4. Remediate risks with Microsoft Defender for Office 365
5. Safeguard your environment with Microsoft Defender for Identity
6. Secure your cloud apps and services with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
7. Respond to data loss prevention alerts using Microsoft 365
8. Manage insider risk in Microsoft Purview
9. Investigate threats by using audit features in Microsoft 365 Defender and Microsoft Purview Standard
10. Investigate threats using audit in Microsoft 365 Defender and Microsoft Purview (Premium)
11. Investigate threats with Content search in Microsoft Purview
12. Protect against threats with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
13. Deploy the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment
14. Implement Windows security enhancements with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
15. Perform device investigations in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
16. Perform actions on a device using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
17. Perform evidence and entities investigations using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
18. Configure and manage automation using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
19. Configure for alerts and detections in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
20. Utilize Vulnerability Management in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
21. Plan for cloud workload protections using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
22. Connect Azure assets to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
23. Connect non-Azure resources to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
24. Manage your cloud security posture management
25. Explain cloud workload protections in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
26. Remediate security alerts using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
27. Construct KQL statements for Microsoft Sentinel
28. Analyze query results using KQL
29. Build multi-table statements using KQL
30. Work with data in Microsoft Sentinel using Kusto Query Language
31. Introduction to Microsoft Sentinel
32. Create and manage Microsoft Sentinel workspaces
33. Query logs in Microsoft Sentinel
34. Use watchlists in Microsoft Sentinel
35. Utilize threat intelligence in Microsoft Sentinel
36. Connect data to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors
37. Connect Microsoft services to Microsoft Sentinel
38. Connect Microsoft 365 Defender to Microsoft Sentinel
39. Connect Windows hosts to Microsoft Sentinel
40. Connect Common Event Format logs to Microsoft Sentinel
41. Connect syslog data sources to Microsoft Sentinel
42. Connect threat indicators to Microsoft Sentinel
43. Threat detection with Microsoft Sentinel analytics
44. Automation in Microsoft Sentinel
45. Security incident management in Microsoft Sentinel
46. Identify threats with Behavioral Analytics
47. Data normalization in Microsoft Sentinel
48. Query, visualize, and monitor data in Microsoft Sentinel
49. Manage content in Microsoft Sentinel
50. Explain threat hunting concepts in Microsoft Sentinel
51. Threat hunting with Microsoft Sentinel
52. Use Search jobs in Microsoft Sentinel
53. Hunt for threats using notebooks in Microsoft Sentinel