Microsoft Security Operations Analyst course is designed to provide learners with the

knowledge and skills to mitigate threats using various Microsoft security solutions. It covers a comprehensive range of topics, including how to protect, detect, respond, and hunt for cybersecurity threats across Microsoft 365 Defender, Azure Defender, and Azure Sentinel. Learners will be equipped to set up Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, manage incidents, investigate alerts, and configure Advanced threat protection features. They will

also learn to safeguard identities with Azure AD Identity Protection, protect against threats in Microsoft 365, and secure cloud apps with Microsoft Cloud App Security. Additionally, the course delves into Azure Sentinel, teaching how to create queries using Kusto Query Language (KQL), configure the Azure Sentinel environment, connect logs, create detections, investigate threats, and perform proactive Threat hunting. By mastering these skills, learners will be able to effectively perform Device investigations, configure and manage automation, and mitigate attacks using the suite of Microsoft security tools.

Course Objectives:

In this course, you will learn to:

• Configure and manage Microsoft Sentinel environments
• Create analytics rules and generate actionable security alerts
• Investigate and respond to threats using Microsoft 365 Defender
• Perform threat hunting using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
• Implement automated response workflows for incident remediation
• Connect and ingest security data across Microsoft and third‑party sources
• Analyse, correlate, and monitor security events to reduce organisational risk

Course content

Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender XDR

• Introduction to Microsoft Defender XDR threat protection
• Mitigate incidents using Microsoft Defender
• Remediate risks with Microsoft Defender for Office 365
• Manage Microsoft Entra Identity Protection
• Safeguard your environment with Microsoft Defender for Identity
• Secure your cloud apps and services with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Mitigate threats using Microsoft Security Copilot

• Introduction to generative AI and agents
• Describe Microsoft Security Copilot
• Describe the core features of Microsoft Security Copilot
• Describe the embedded experiences of Microsoft Security Copilot
• Explore use cases of Microsoft Security Copilot

Mitigate threats using Microsoft Purview

• Investigate and respond to Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention alerts
• Investigate insider risk alerts and related activity
• Search and investigate with Microsoft Purview Audit
• Search for content with Microsoft Purview eDiscovery

Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Protect against threats with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Deploy the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment
• Implement Windows security enhancements with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Perform device investigations in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Perform actions on a device using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Perform evidence and entities investigations using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Configure and manage automation using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Configure for alerts and detections in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Utilize Vulnerability Management in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

• Plan for cloud workload protections using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Connect Azure assets to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Connect non-Azure resources to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Manage your cloud security posture management
• Explain cloud workload protections in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Remediate security alerts using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Create queries for Microsoft Sentinel using Kusto Query Language (KQL)

• Construct KQL statements for Microsoft Sentinel
• Analyze query results using KQL
• Build multi-table statements using KQL
• Work with data in Microsoft Sentinel using Kusto Query Language

Configure your Microsoft Sentinel environment

• Introduction to Microsoft Sentinel
• Create and manage Microsoft Sentinel workspaces
• Query logs in Microsoft Sentinel
• Use watchlists in Microsoft Sentinel
• Utilize threat intelligence in Microsoft Sentinel
• Integrate Microsoft Defender XDR with Microsoft Sentinel

Connect logs to Microsoft Sentinel

• Connect data to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors
• Connect Microsoft services to Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect Microsoft Defender XDR to Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect Windows hosts to Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect Common Event Format logs to Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect syslog data sources to Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect threat indicators to Microsoft Sentinel

Create detections and perform investigations using Microsoft Sentinel

• Threat detection with Microsoft Sentinel analytics
• Automation in Microsoft Sentinel
• Threat response with Microsoft Sentinel playbooks
• Security incident management in Microsoft Sentinel
• Identify threats with Behavioral Analytics
• Data normalization in Microsoft Sentinel
• Query, visualize, and monitor data in Microsoft Sentinel
• Manage content in Microsoft Sentinel

Perform threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel

• Explain threat hunting concepts in Microsoft Sentinel
• Threat hunting with Microsoft Sentinel
• Use Search jobs in Microsoft Sentinel
• Hunt for threats using notebooks in Microsoft Sentinel

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