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Learn how Microsoft Online Services investigates, manages, and responds to security concerns to protect customers and the Microsoft cloud environment.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Incident Response Phase One
• Incident Response Phase Two
• Incident Response Phase Three
• Incident Response Phase Four
• Customer Notification Process
• Summary Knowledge Check

Products: M365

Roles: Auditor, Privacy Manager, Risk Practitioner

Level: Beginner

Subjects: Cloud Security, Threat Protection

Duration: 22 minutes

Learn how Microsoft Online Services procure, monitor, and manage subprocessors to help protect data from unauthorized access and inappropriate use.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Subprocessor Requirement
• Access Controls Requirements
• Additional Subprocessor Requirements
• Subprocessor Onboarding
• Subprocessor Offboarding
• Summary Knowledge Check

Products: M365

Roles: Auditor, Risk Practitioner, Privacy Manager

Level: Beginner

Subjects: Threat Protection, Cloud Security, Data Management

Duration: 27 minutes

Understand Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Insider Risk Concept
• Insider Risk Management Overview
• Insider Risk Management Features
• Case Study Protect Insider Data
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: Microsoft Purview, M365

Roles: Auditor, Administrator, Risk Practitioner

Level: Intermediate

Subjects: Information Protection Governance, Security

Duration: 28 minutes

Understand Microsoft Purview eDiscovery.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Understand Ediscovery
• Compare Classic New Ediscovery
• Understand Ediscovery Lifecycle
• Understand Ediscovery Permissions
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: Microsoft Purview, M365

Roles: Auditor, Administrator

Level: Intermediate

Subjects: Information Protection Governance, Security, Compliance

Duration: 25 minutes

Learn how Microsoft uses Defense-In-Depth to secure our datacenters against unauthorized access, environmental hazards, and other physical threats, as well as how Microsoft implements resilient architecture, business continuity, and disaster recovery to maintain the availability of our services.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Architecture Infrastructure
• Risk Management
• Environmental Safeguards
• Physical Security
• Asset Management
• Device Security
• Disaster Recovery
• Summary Knowledge Check

Products: M365

Roles: Auditor, Risk Practitioner, Privacy Manager

Level: Beginner

Subjects: Security

Duration: 30 minutes

Describe the purpose and common problems of Windows Server service accounts, and select and configure the correct local or managed account type, including the Windows Server 2025 delegated Managed Service Account (dMSA).

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Understand Local Service Account Types
• Understand Managed Service Account Types
• Service Account Best Practices
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: Windows Server

Roles: Administrator

Level: Advanced

Subjects: Identity Access, Security

Duration: 43 minutes

Design, secure, monitor, and troubleshoot advanced Windows Firewall policy for enterprise Windows environments.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Build Custom Firewall Rules
• Apply Firewall Profiles
• Design Default Deny Segmentation
• Explain Internet Protocol Security
• Authorize Identity Based Traffic
• Coordinate Firewall Connection Security Rules
• Control Outbound Traffic
• Collect Firewall Evidence
• Troubleshoot Active Policy
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: Windows

Roles: Administrator

Level: Advanced

Subjects: Security, Infrastructure

Duration: 140 minutes

Understand and plan data loss prevention.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Understand Data Loss Prevention
• Understand Data Loss Prevention Protection
• Plan Design Policies
• Understand Deployment Simulation Mode
• Advanced Data Loss Prevention Controls
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: M365, Microsoft Purview

Roles: Administrator, Risk Practitioner

Level: Beginner

Subjects: Threat Protection, Security

Duration: 31 minutes

Understand data security posture management in Microsoft Purview.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Understand Data Security Posture Management
• Evaluate Risk Posture
• Data Security Objectives
• Data Security Posture AI
• Data Security Workflow Fit
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: M365, Microsoft Purview

Roles: Administrator, Risk Practitioner

Level: Intermediate

Subjects: Threat Protection, Security

Duration: 35 minutes

Trace service discovery, interpret directory locator records, evaluate directory-integrated zones, and diagnose Domain Name System failures that affect Active Directory Domain Services.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Explain Directory Service Dependency
• Interpret Domain Name System Records
• Trace Domain Controller
• Explain Directory Integrated Domain Name System
• Establish Known Good Baseline
• Diagnose Directory Service Failures
• Guided Troubleshooting Exercise
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: Windows Server

Roles: Administrator, Solution Architect, Support Engineer

Level: Advanced

Subjects: Identity Access, Infrastructure, Networking

Duration: 150 minutes

Understand how Microsoft Defender for Cloud strengthens AI security in Azure through posture management and integration with key governance and identity services.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• Understand AI Services Azure
• Understand AI Security Risks
• Guardrails Protections Azure
• Azure Security Governance AI Workloads
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: Azure, Microsoft Foundry, Defender For Cloud, Entra Id

Roles: Security Engineer

Level: Intermediate

Subjects: Cloud Security

Duration: 26 minutes

Learn how Project Perception coordinates specialized agents across the six areas of work your team already runs: threat intelligence, triage, investigation, detection engineering, attack path analysis, and posture prioritization. Recognize when a situation calls for a coordinated playbook by naming and counting the areas of work it touches.

Units in this learning path:

• Introduction
• AI Era Security Paradigm Shift
• Project Perception Overview
• Cyber Stack Enables Perception
• Coordinate Defense Across Agents
• Recognize Perception Work Shapes
• Knowledge Check
• Summary

Products: Defender Xdr

Roles: Administrator, Security Engineer

Level: Intermediate

Subjects: Threat Protection

Duration: 40 minutes