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Introduction to Microsoft security capabilities that can help keep your applications and data secure in your Azure Virtual Desktop deployment.

Units in this learning path:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Enable Security
• 3 Enable Data Security
• 4 Secure Users
• 5 Secure Session Hosts
• 6 Secure Network Access
• 7 Exercise Secure Desktop
• 8 Knowledge Check
• 9 Summary

Products: M365, Azure, Azure Virtual Desktop

Roles: Administrator, Security Engineer, Solution Architect, Technology Manager

Level: Beginner

Subjects: Remote Hybrid Work, Cloud Computing

Duration: 56 minutes

Microsoft 365 Copilot changes how users access, combine, and generate content across organizational data. Learn how Microsoft Purview helps you gain visibility into AI activity, protect sensitive information, detect risky behavior, and govern Microsoft 365 Copilot interactions.

Modules in this learning path:

• Purview AI Understand Risks
• Purview Audit Search Investigate
• M365 Compliance Information Protect Information
• Purview Data Loss Prevention Create Manage Policies
• Purview Create Manage Insider Risk Policy
• M365 Compliance Insider Prepare Communication Compliance
• Purview AI Secure Copilot

Products: Microsoft Purview, M365, Microsoft 365 Copilot

Roles: Auditor, Administrator, Ip Admin

Level: Intermediate

Subjects: Security, Compliance

Duration: 368 minutes

Learn to implement comprehensive security and governance for your data assets in Azure Databricks using Unity Catalog. Master access control strategies, fine-grained permissions, credential management, and governance practices to build a secure and compliant data platform.

Modules in this learning path:

• Secure Unity Catalog Objects
• Govern Unity Catalog Objects

Products: Azure Databricks

Roles: Data Engineer

Level: Intermediate

Subjects: Data Engineering

Duration: 215 minutes

Implement layered access controls across Microsoft Fabric workspaces and data stores, then establish governance policies that help consumers identify trustworthy, certified analytics assets.

Modules in this learning path:

• Secure Data Access in Fabric
• Secure Data Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric
• Fabric Govern Analytics Data

Products: Fabric

Roles: Data Analyst, Data Engineer

Level: Intermediate

Subjects: Data Analytics, Data Management

Duration: 188 minutes

Learn how to secure and harden Internet Information Services (IIS) to protect your web applications and data from potential threats. This module covers best practices for authentication, authorization, server and website hardening, certificate configuration, and more.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Authenticate Authorize
• Server Website Harden
• Certificate Configuration
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: Windows Server

Roles: Administrator

Level: Intermediate

Duration: 71 minutes

Learn how Microsoft Surface devices are designed with security at every layer, from hardware to firmware to software, providing robust protection for your data and privacy.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Built Secure
• Trusted at Every Layer
• Built in Security Features
• Provide Ultimate Control
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: Surface

Roles: Administrator, Business Leader, Business Owner, Business User, Technology Manager

Level: Beginner

Duration: 27 minutes

Learn how to secure Azure OpenAI in Microsoft Foundry by using Microsoft Entra ID authentication, managed identities, least-privilege Foundry RBAC roles, and local authentication controls.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Methods of Authentication Supported by Azure Open AI
• Configuring Rbac for Azure Open AI Identities
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: Azure

Roles: Developer

Level: Beginner

Duration: 23 minutes

Implement workspace roles, item permissions, and OneLake security roles to control data access in Microsoft Fabric.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Understand Fabric Security Model
• Configure Workspace and Item Permissions
• Apply Granular Permissions
• Exercise
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: Fabric

Roles: Data Analyst, Data Engineer

Level: Beginner

Subjects: Data Engineering, Data Analytics

Duration: 70 minutes

Row-level security (RLS) and Object-level security (OLS) allows you to create a single or a set of reports that targets data for a specific user. In this module, you'll learn how to implement RLS by using either a static or dynamic method and how Microsoft Power BI simplifies testing RLS in Power BI Desktop and Power BI service.

Units in this learning path:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Static Method
• 3 Dynamic Method
• 3a Use Single Sign on for Directquery
• 3b Restrict Access to Power Bi Model Objects
• Lab
• 4 Check
• 5 Summary

Products: Power Bi, Power Platform

Roles: Data Analyst

Level: Intermediate

Subjects: Information Protection Governance

Duration: 39 minutes

Microsoft Purview provides tools to secure developer AI environments by discovering apps, assessing data access, and applying appropriate protections. This includes detecting generative AI usage, assigning user risk levels, and applying dynamic enforcement based on user behavior and data sensitivity.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Understand Developer AI Risks
• Discover Assess AI Apps
• Classify Protect Retain AI Prompt Data
• Azure AI Services Protections
• Entra AI Apps
• Secure Copilot Studio
• Manage Copilot Fabric Risks
• Investigate Respond AI Activity
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: M365, Microsoft Purview, Entra, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Fabric, Foundry Tools

Roles: Administrator, Developer, Auditor

Level: Intermediate

Subjects: Security, Generative AI, Insider Risk, Compliance

Duration: 63 minutes

Defend email and collaboration workloads using Microsoft Defender for Office 365—configure threat protection policies, manage alerts, investigate and respond to threats, and run attack simulation training—and understand how it fits the broader Microsoft Defender security estate.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Preset Custom Policy Precedence
• Configure Threat Policy Settings
• Extend Protection Teams Sharepoint Onedrive
• Exercise Configure Scope Finance Team Protection
• Manage Alerts Investigate Threats
• Remediate Air Attack Simulation Training
• Exercise Investigate Threat Attack Simulation Training
• Broader Microsoft Defender Security Estate
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: M365, M365 Admin Center

Roles: Administrator

Level: Intermediate

Subjects: Security

Duration: 59 minutes

Learn how to use Zero Trust to secure endpoints to protect your organization and its users.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• What Are Endpoints
• Protect Endpoints
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: M365

Roles: Administrator, Student

Level: Beginner

Subjects: Security

Duration: 13 minutes