Microsoft 365 Security Administration (MS-500) Cert Prep: 1 Implement and Manage Identity and Access

Learn how to implement secure user access to your Microsoft 365 tenant and study for objectives from Microsoft 365 Security Administration exam (MS-500).

Unfortunately, up to 99% of cloud security failures are the fault of customers. Beat the statistics. Learn how to implement secure user access to your Microsoft 365 tenant using this step-by-step configuration guide from Microsoft Certified Trainer Ugo Lopez. Ugo covers managing user and groups, setting password policies, implementing multi-factor authentication, configuring Azure AD Identity Protection, working with Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), and installing Azure AD Connect. He also provides an introduction to conditional access and device management. Don’t let Microsoft 365 be the point of failure for your organization. Use this course to plan and implement solid security strategies and ensure compliance with all applicable policies and regulations.
Note: This course is aligned with the objectives in the first domain of the Microsoft 365 Security Administration exam (MS-500), Implement and Manage Identity and Access

Introduction

• Managing Microsoft 365 identity and access
• What you should know
• Preparing the test environment

1. User Accounts and Groups

• Overview of user identities
• Managing user accounts in Microsoft 365
• Managing licenses
• Overview of administrator roles
• Managing administrator roles
• Overview of groups
• Managing groups
• Managing password policies
• Managing access review
• Using Windows Hello

2. Privileged Access Management and Privileged Identity Management (PIM)

• Privileged identity management
• Privileged access management

3. Authentication and Authorization, Multi-Factor Authentication, and Self-Service Password Reset

• Implement password management and MFA
• Implement SSPR and password writeback
• Azure RBAC

4. Azure Identity Protection

• Managing Azure AD identity protection
• Identity security score
• Azure AD identity protection reporting
• Azure AD identity protection alerts
• Azure AD identity protection remediation

5. Azure AD Connect

• Microsoft 365 provisioning options and features
• Active Directory preparation
• Azure AD Connect installation options
• Azure AD Connect express installation
• AD FS requirements
• Troubleshooting AD FS

6. Conditional and Device Access

• Security defaults
• Set up Conditional Access and device access
• Conditional and device access
• Configuring device compliance policy

Conclusion

• Next steps