Exam Ref SC-900 Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals, 2nd Edition

Exam Ref SC-900 Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals, 2nd Edition

by Mark David Morowczynski, Nicholas Lee DiCola, Yuri Diogenes, Kevin McKinnerney
Released May 2024
Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
ISBN: 9780138363727

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Book description

Prepare for Microsoft Exam SC-900 and demonstrate your real-world knowledge of the fundamentals of security, compliance, and identity (SCI) across cloud-based and related Microsoft services. Designed for business stakeholders, new and existing IT professionals, functional consultants, and students, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals level.

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

  • Describe the concepts of security, compliance, and identity

  • Describe the capabilities of Microsoft identity and access management solutions

  • Describe the capabilities of Microsoft security solutions

  • Describe the capabilities of Microsoft compliance solutions

This Microsoft Exam Ref:

  • Organizes its coverage by exam objectives

  • Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you

  • Assumes you are a business user, stakeholder, consultant, professional, or student who wants to create holistic, end-to-end solutions with Microsoft security, compliance, and identity technologies

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents at a glance
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. About the authors
  8. Introduction
    1. Organization of this book
    2. Preparing for the exam
    3. Microsoft certifications
    4. Errata, updates & book support
    5. Stay in touch
  9. Chapter 1. Describe the concepts of security, compliance, and identity
    1. Skill 1.1: Describe security and compliance concepts
    2. Skill 1.2: Define identity concepts
    3. Thought experiment
    4. Thought experiment answers
    5. Chapter summary
  10. Chapter 2. Microsoft identity and access management solutions
    1. Skill 2.1: Define the function and identity types of Microsoft Entra ID
    2. Skill 2.2: Describe the authentication capabilities of Microsoft Entra ID
    3. Skill 2.3: Describe the access management capabilities of Microsoft Entra ID
    4. Skill 2.4: Describe the identity protection and governance capabilities of Microsoft Entra
    5. Thought experiment
    6. Thought experiment answers
    7. Chapter summary
  11. Chapter 3. Capabilities of Microsoft security solutions
    1. Skill 3.1: Basic security capabilities in Azure
    2. Skill 3.2: Security management capabilities in Azure
    3. Skill 3.3: Security capabilities in Microsoft Sentinel
    4. Skill 3.4: Threat protection with Microsoft 365 Defender
    5. Thought experiment
    6. Thought experiment answers
    7. Chapter summary
  12. Chapter 4. Describe the capabilities of Microsoft compliance solutions
    1. Skill 4.1: Service Trust Portal and privacy
    2. Skill 4.2: Common compliance needs
    3. Skill 4.3: Information protection, data lifecycle management, and data governance
    4. Skill 4.4: Insider risk, eDiscovery, and auditing
    5. Thought experiment
    6. Thought experiment answers
    7. Chapter summary
  13. Chapter 5. SC-900 Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals exam updates
    1. The purpose of this chapter
    2. News and commentary about the exam objective updates
    3. Updated technical content
    4. Objective mapping
  14. Index

Product information

  • Title: Exam Ref SC-900 Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals, 2nd Edition
  • Author(s): Mark David Morowczynski, Nicholas Lee DiCola, Yuri Diogenes, Kevin McKinnerney
  • Release date: May 2024
  • Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
  • ISBN: 9780138363727