Microsoft Security Operations Analyst

Introduction to Microsoft Defender XDR threat protection

Introduction to Microsoft Defender XDR threat protection

• Explore Extended Detection & Response (XDR) response use cases
• Understand Microsoft Defender XDR in a Security Operations Center (SOC)
• Explore Microsoft Security Graph
• Investigate security incidents in Microsoft Defender XDR
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Mitigate incidents using Microsoft Defender

Mitigate incidents using Microsoft Defender

• Use the Microsoft Defender portal
• Manage incidents
• Investigate incidents
• Manage and investigate alerts
• Manage automated investigations
• Use the action center
• Explore advanced hunting
• Investigate Microsoft Entra sign-in logs
• Understand Microsoft Secure Score
• Analyze threat analytics with the Security Copilot Threat Intelligence Briefing Agent
• Analyze reports
• Configure the Microsoft Defender portal
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Remediate threats using Microsoft Defender

Learn how to investigate and remediate threats using Microsoft Defender for Office 365. Explore automated tools, phishing triage, and attack simulation.

• Introduction to Microsoft Defender for Office 365
• Automate, investigate, and remediate
• Configure, protect, and detect
• Microsoft Security Copilot Phishing Triage Agent in Microsoft Defender
• Simulate attacks
• Summary and knowledge check

Manage Microsoft Entra Identity Protection

Protecting a user's identity by monitoring their usage and sign-in patterns ensures a secure cloud solution. Explore how to design and implement Microsoft Entra Identity protection.

• Review identity protection basics
• Implement and manage user risk policy
• Exercise enable sign-in risk policy
• Exercise configure Microsoft Entra multifactor authentication registration policy
• Monitor, investigate, and remediate elevated risky users
• Implement security for workload identities
• Explore Microsoft Defender for Identity
• Explore the Identity Risk Management Agent
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Safeguard your environment with Microsoft Defender for Identity

Learn about the Microsoft Defender for Identity component of Microsoft Defender XDR.

• Introduction to Microsoft Defender for Identity
• Configure Microsoft Defender for Identity sensors
• Review compromised accounts or data
• Integrate with other Microsoft tools
• Summary and knowledge check

Secure your cloud apps and services with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a cloud access security broker (CASB) that operates on multiple clouds. It provides rich visibility, control over data travel, and sophisticated analytics to identify and combat cyberthreats across all your cloud services. Learn how to use Defender for Cloud Apps in your organization.

• Understand the Defender for Cloud Apps Framework
• Explore your cloud apps with Cloud Discovery
• Protect your data and apps with Conditional Access App Control
• Walk through discovery and access control with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
• Classify and protect sensitive information
• Detect Threats
• Module assessment

Introduction to generative AI and agents

Ever wondered how AI can create content, answer questions, and assist with tasks? This module introduces you to the world of generative AI and agents.

• Large language models (LLMs)
• Prompts
• AI agents
• Exercise - Explore generative AI
• Module assessment

Describe Microsoft Security Copilot

Describe Microsoft Security Copilot.

• Get acquainted with Microsoft Security Copilot
• Describe Microsoft Security Copilot terminology
• Describe how Microsoft Security Copilot processes prompt requests
• Describe the elements of an effective prompt
• Describe how to enable Microsoft Security Copilot
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Describe the core features of Microsoft Security Copilot

Describe the core features of Microsoft Security Copilot.

• Describe the features available in the standalone experience of Microsoft Security Copilot
• Describe the features available in a session of the standalone experience
• Describe workspaces
• Describe Security Copilot plugins
• Describe custom promptbooks
• Describe knowledge base connections
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Describe the embedded experiences of Microsoft Security Copilot

Microsoft Security Copilot is accessible directly from some Microsoft security products. This is referred to the embedded experience. Learn about the scenarios supported by the Copilot embedded experience in Microsoft’s security solutions.

• Describe Copilot in Microsoft Defender XDR
• Copilot in Microsoft Purview
• Copilot in Microsoft Entra
• Copilot in Microsoft Intune
• Copilot in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Experience Security Copilot through guided simulations

Explore use cases of Microsoft Security Copilot in the standalone and embedded experiences through interactive guides.

• Explore owner settings in Security Copilot
• Use prompts and promptbooks in Security Copilot
• Create a custom promptbook in Security Copilot
• Investigate data protection activity in Microsoft Purview
• Investigate insider risks and compliance in Microsoft Purview
• Investigate security incidents in Microsoft Defender XDR
• Explore and create an agent in Security Copilot
• Explore the Conditional Access Optimization Agent
• Module assessment

Investigate and respond to Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention alerts

Investigate and Respond to Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention Alerts.

• Understand data loss prevention (DLP) alerts
• Understand the DLP alert lifecycle
• Configure DLP policies to generate alerts
• Investigate DLP alerts in Microsoft Purview
• Investigate DLP alerts in Microsoft Defender XDR
• Investigate DLP alerts with Security Copilot and AI agents
• Respond to DLP alerts
• Exercise - Investigate a DLP alert and related incident
• Module assessment

Investigate insider risk alerts and related activity

Investigate Insider Risk Alerts and Related Activity.

• Understand insider risk alerts and investigations
• Manage alert volume in insider risk management
• Investigate and triage insider risk alerts in Microsoft Purview
• Investigate insider risk alerts with Security Copilot and AI agents
• Analyze alert context with the All risk factors tab
• Investigate activity details with the Activity explorer tab
• Review patterns over time with the User activity tab
• Investigate insider risk alerts in Microsoft Defender XDR
• Manage and take action on insider risk cases
• Exercise - Investigate potential data theft using Insider Risk Management
• Module assessment

Conduct investigations with Microsoft Purview Audit

Conduct investigations with Microsoft Purview Audit.

• Understand how Microsoft Purview Audit works
• Configure and manage Microsoft Purview Audit
• Configure audit retention with Audit (Premium)
• Run audit searches with Audit (Standard)
• Investigate activities with Audit (Premium)
• Search for Copilot and AI app activities
• Analyze and report on audit results
• Module assessment

Search for content with Microsoft Purview eDiscovery

Use Microsoft Purview eDiscovery to search for content across Microsoft 365. This module covers how to configure cases, define search criteria, and locate messages, files, and other organizational data.

• Understand eDiscovery and content search capabilities
• Prerequisites for using eDiscovery in Microsoft Purview
• Create an eDiscovery search
• Conduct an eDiscovery search
• Export eDiscovery search results
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Protect against threats with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Learn how Microsoft Defender for Endpoint can help your organization stay secure.

• Introduction to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Practice security administration
• Hunt threats within your network
• Summary and knowledge check

Deploy the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment

Deploy the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment

• Create your environment
• Understand operating systems compatibility and features
• Onboard devices
• Manage access
• Create and manage roles for role-based access control
• Configure device groups
• Configure environment advanced features
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Implement Windows security enhancements with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Implement Windows security enhancements with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Understand attack surface reduction
• Enable attack surface reduction rules
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Perform device investigations in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Perform device investigations in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Use the device inventory list
• Investigate the device
• Use behavioral blocking
• Detect devices with device discovery
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Perform actions on a device using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Perform actions on a device using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Explain device actions
• Run Microsoft Defender antivirus scan on devices
• Collect investigation package from devices
• Initiate live response session
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Perform evidence and entities investigations using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Perform evidence and entities investigations using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Investigate a file
• Investigate a user account
• Investigate an IP address
• Investigate a domain
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Configure and manage automation using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Configure and manage automation using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Configure advanced features
• Manage automation upload and folder settings
• Configure automated investigation and remediation capabilities
• Block at risk devices
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Configure for alerts and detections in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Configure for alerts and detections in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Configure advanced features
• Configure alert notifications
• Manage alert suppression
• Manage indicators
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Utilize Vulnerability Management in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Utilize Vulnerability Management in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Understand vulnerability management
• Explore vulnerabilities on your devices
• Manage remediation
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Plan for cloud workload protections using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Plan for cloud workload protections using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

• Explain Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud workload protections
• Exercise – Microsoft Defender for Cloud interactive guide
• Enable Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Connect Azure assets to Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Connect Azure assets to Microsoft Defender for Cloud

• Explore and manage your resources with asset inventory
• Configure auto provisioning
• Manual agent provisioning
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Connect non-Azure resources to Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Connect non-Azure resources to Microsoft Defender for Cloud

• Protect non-Azure resources
• Connect non-Azure machines
• Connect your AWS accounts
• Connect your GCP accounts
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Manage your cloud security posture management​

Manage your cloud security posture management​

• Explore Secure Score
• Explore Recommendations
• Measure and enforce regulatory compliance
• Understand Workbooks
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Explain cloud workload protections in Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Explain cloud workload protections in Microsoft Defender for Cloud

• Understand Microsoft Defender for servers
• Understand Microsoft Defender for App Service
• Understand Microsoft Defender for Storage
• Understand Microsoft Defender for SQL
• Understand Microsoft Defender for open-source databases
• Understand Microsoft Defender for Key Vault
• Understand Microsoft Defender for Resource Manager
• Understand Microsoft Defender for DNS
• Understand Microsoft Defender for Containers
• Understand Microsoft Defender additional protections
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Remediate security alerts using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Remediate security alerts using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

• Understand security alerts
• Remediate alerts and automate responses
• Suppress alerts from Defender for Cloud
• Generate threat intelligence reports
• Respond to alerts from Azure resources
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Construct KQL statements for Microsoft Sentinel

Construct KQL statements for Microsoft Sentinel

• Understand the Kusto Query Language statement structure
• Use the search operator
• Use the where operator
• Use the let statement
• Use the extend operator
• Use the order by operator
• Use the project operators
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Analyze query results using KQL

Analyze query results using KQL

• Use the summarize operator
• Use the summarize operator to filter results
• Use the summarize operator to prepare data
• Use the render operator to create visualizations
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Build multi-table statements using KQL

Build multi-table statements using KQL

• Use the union operator
• Use the join operator
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Work with data in Microsoft Sentinel using Kusto Query Language

Work with data in Microsoft Sentinel using Kusto Query Language

• Extract data from unstructured string fields
• Extract data from structured string data
• Integrate external data
• Create parsers with functions
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Introduction to Microsoft Sentinel

Get familiar with Microsoft Sentinel, a cloud-native, security information and event management (SIEM) service.

• What is Microsoft Sentinel?
• How Microsoft Sentinel works
• When to use Microsoft Sentinel
• Module assessment

Create and manage Microsoft Sentinel workspaces

Create and manage Microsoft Sentinel workspaces

• Plan for the Microsoft Sentinel workspace
• Create a Microsoft Sentinel workspace
• Manage workspaces across tenants using Azure Lighthouse
• Understand Microsoft Sentinel permissions and roles
• Manage Microsoft Sentinel settings
• Configure logs
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Query logs in Microsoft Sentinel

Query logs in Microsoft Sentinel

• Query logs in the logs page
• Understand Microsoft Sentinel tables
• Understand common tables
• Understand Microsoft Defender XDR tables
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Use watchlists in Microsoft Sentinel

Use watchlists in Microsoft Sentinel

• Plan for watchlists
• Create a watchlist
• Manage watchlists
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Utilize threat intelligence in Microsoft Sentinel

Utilize threat intelligence in Microsoft Sentinel

• Define threat intelligence
• Manage your threat indicators
• View your threat indicators with KQL
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Integrate Microsoft Defender XDR with Microsoft Sentinel

In this module, you learn how to integrate Microsoft Defender XDR with Microsoft Sentinel.

• Understand the benefits of integrating Microsoft Sentinel with Defender XDR
• Explore the capability differences between Microsoft Defender XDR and Microsoft Sentinel portals
• Onboarding Microsoft Sentinel to Microsoft Defender XDR
• Explore Microsoft Sentinel features in Microsoft Defender XDR
• Exercise - Connect Microsoft Sentinel to Microsoft Defender XDR
• Module assessment

Connect data to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors

Connect data to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors

• Ingest log data with data connectors
• Understand data connector providers
• View connected hosts
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Connect Microsoft services to Microsoft Sentinel

Connect Microsoft services to Microsoft Sentinel

• Plan for Microsoft services connectors
• Connect the Microsoft 365 connector
• Connect the Microsoft Entra connector
• Connect the Microsoft Entra ID Protection connector
• Connect the Azure Activity connector
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Connect Microsoft Defender XDR to Microsoft Sentinel

Connect Microsoft Defender XDR to Microsoft Sentinel

• Plan for Microsoft Defender XDR connectors
• Connect the Microsoft Defender XDR connector
• Connect Microsoft Defender for Cloud connector
• Connect Microsoft Defender for IoT
• Connect Microsoft Defender legacy connectors
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Connect Windows hosts to Microsoft Sentinel

Connect Windows hosts to Microsoft Sentinel

• Plan for Windows hosts security events connector
• Connect using the Windows Security Events via AMA Connector
• Connect using the Security Events via Legacy Agent Connector
• Collect Sysmon event logs
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Connect Common Event Format logs to Microsoft Sentinel

Connect Common Event Format logs to Microsoft Sentinel

• Plan for Common Event Format connector
• Connect your external solution using the Common Event Format connector
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Connect syslog data sources to Microsoft Sentinel

Connect syslog data sources to Microsoft Sentinel

• Plan for syslog data collection
• Collect data from Linux-based sources using syslog
• Configure the Data Collection Rule for Syslog Data Sources
• Parse syslog data with KQL
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Connect threat indicators to Microsoft Sentinel

Connect threat indicators to Microsoft Sentinel

• Plan for threat intelligence connectors
• Connect the Defender Threat Intelligence connector
• Connect the threat intelligence TAXII connector
• Connect the threat intelligence Upload API connector
• View your threat indicators with KQL
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Threat detection with Microsoft Sentinel analytics

Threat detection with Microsoft Sentinel analytics

• Exercise - Detect threats with Microsoft Sentinel analytics
• What is Microsoft Sentinel Analytics?
• Types of analytics rules
• Create an analytics rule from templates
• Create an analytics rule from wizard
• Manage analytics rules
• Exercise - Detect threats with Microsoft Sentinel analytics

Automation in Microsoft Sentinel

Automation in Microsoft Sentinel

• Understand automation options
• Create automation rules
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Threat response with Microsoft Sentinel playbooks

Provide an introduction to implementing threat response with Microsoft Sentinel playbooks.

• Exercise - Create a Microsoft Sentinel playbook
• What are Microsoft Sentinel playbooks?
• Trigger a playbook in real-time
• Run playbooks on demand
• Exercise - Create a Microsoft Sentinel playbook

Security incident management in Microsoft Sentinel

Learn about security incidents, incident evidence and entities, incident management, and how to use Microsoft Sentinel to handle incidents.

• Exercise - Set up the Azure environment
• Understand incidents
• Incident evidence and entities
• Incident management
• Exercise - Investigate an incident

Identify threats with Behavioral Analytics

Identify threats with Behavioral Analytics

• Understand behavioral analytics
• Explore entities
• Display entity behavior information
• Use Anomaly detection analytical rule templates
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Data normalization in Microsoft Sentinel

Data normalization in Microsoft Sentinel

• Understand data normalization
• Use ASIM Parsers
• Understand parameterized KQL functions
• Create an ASIM Parser
• Configure Azure Monitor Data Collection Rules
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Query, visualize, and monitor data in Microsoft Sentinel

Learn how to query, visualize, and monitor data in Microsoft Sentinel by using the Azure portal.

• Exercise - Query and visualize data with Microsoft Sentinel Workbooks
• Monitor and visualize data
• Query data using Kusto Query Language
• Use default Microsoft Sentinel Workbooks
• Create a new Microsoft Sentinel Workbook
• Exercise - Visualize data using Microsoft Sentinel Workbooks

Manage content in Microsoft Sentinel

Manage content in Microsoft Sentinel

• Use solutions from the content hub
• Use repositories for deployment
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Explain threat hunting concepts in Microsoft Sentinel

Explain threat hunting concepts in Microsoft Sentinel

• Understand cybersecurity threat hunts
• Develop a hypothesis
• Explore MITRE ATT&CK
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Threat hunting with Microsoft Sentinel

Learn how to proactively identify threat behaviors by using Microsoft Sentinel queries.

• Exercise setup
• Explore creation and management of threat-hunting queries
• Save key findings with bookmarks
• Track threat-hunting investigations with hunts
• Exercise - Hunt for threats by using Microsoft Sentinel

Use Search jobs in Microsoft Sentinel

Use Search jobs in Microsoft Sentinel

• Hunt with a Search Job
• Restore historical data
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources

Hunt for threats using notebooks in Microsoft Sentinel

Hunt for threats using notebooks in Microsoft Sentinel

• Access Azure Sentinel data with external tools
• Hunt with notebooks
• Create a notebook
• Explore notebook code
• Module assessment
• Summary and resources