Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate

Microsoft 365 security administrators proactively secure Microsoft 365 enterprise and hybrid environments, implement and manage security and compliance solutions, respond to threats, and enforce data governance.

Skills measured

Implement and manage identity and access
Implement and manage threat protection
Implement and manage information protection
Manage governance and compliance features in Microsoft 365

Course Outline

Secure Microsoft 365 hybrid environments

plan Azure AD authentication options
plan Azure AD synchronization options
monitor and troubleshoot Azure AD Connect events

Secure Identities

implement Azure AD group membership
implement password management
manage external identities in Azure AD and Microsoft 365 workloads

Implement authentication methods

implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) by using conditional access policy
manage and monitor MFA
plan and implement device authentication methods like Windows Hello

Implement conditional access

plan for compliance and conditional access policies
configure and manage device compliance policies
implement and manage conditional access
test and troubleshoot conditional access policies

Implement roles and role groups

plan for roles and role groups
configure roles and role groups
audit roles for least privileged access

Configure and manage identity governance

implement Azure AD Privileged Identity Management
implement and manage entitlement management
implement and manage access reviews

Configure and manage identity governance

implement Azure AD Privileged Identity Management
implement and manage entitlement management
implement and manage access reviews

Implement Azure AD Identity Protection

implement user risk policy
implement sign-in risk policy
configure Identity Protection alerts
review and respond to risk events

About The Exam

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: implement and manage identity and access; implement and manage threat protection; implement and manage information protection; and manage governance and compliance features in Microsoft 365.