Microsoft Certified: Information Protection Administrator Associate

The Microsoft information protection administrator plans and implements controls that meet organizational compliance needs. This person is responsible for translating requirements and compliance controls into technical implementation. They assist organizational control owners to become and stay compliant.

They work with information technology (IT) personnel, business application owners, human resources, and legal stakeholders to implement technology that supports policies and controls necessary to sufficiently address regulatory requirements for their organization. They also work with the compliance and security leadership, such as a chief compliance officer and security officer, to evaluate the full breadth of associated enterprise risk and partner to develop those policies.

This person defines applicable requirements and tests IT processes and operations against those policies and controls. They are responsible for creating policies and rules for content classification, data loss prevention, governance, and protection.

Skills measured

Implement information protection
Implement data loss prevention
Implement information governance

Course Outline

Create and manage sensitive information types

select a sensitive information type based on an organization’s requirements
create and manage custom sensitive information types
create custom sensitive information types with exact data match
implement document fingerprinting
create a keyword dictionary

Create and manage trainable classifiers

identify when to use trainable classifiers
create a trainable classifier
verify a trainable classifier is performing properly
retrain a classifier

Create and configure data loss prevention policies

recommend a data loss prevention solution for an organization
configure data loss prevention for policy precedence
configure policies for Microsoft Exchange email
configure policies for Microsoft SharePoint sites
configure policies for Microsoft OneDrive accounts
configure policies for Microsoft Teams chat and channel messages
integrate Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS) with Microsoft Information Protection
configure policies in Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS)
implement data loss prevention policies in test mode

Implement and monitor Microsoft Endpoint data loss prevention

configure policies for endpoints
configure Endpoint data loss prevention settings
recommend configurations that enable devices for Endpoint data loss prevention policies
monitor endpoint activities

Manage data retention in Microsoft 365

create and apply retention policies in Microsoft SharePoint and OneDrive
create and apply retention policies in Microsoft Teams
recover content in Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive
recover content in Microsoft Exchange
implement retention policies and tags in Microsoft Exchange
apply mailbox holds in Microsoft Exchange
implement Microsoft Exchange Online archiving policies

Implement records management in Microsoft 365

configure labels for records management
manage and migrate retention requirements with a file plan
configure automatic retention using File Plan descriptors
classify records using retention labels and policies
implement in-place records management in Microsoft SharePoint
configure event-based retention

About The Exam

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: implement information protection; implement data loss prevention; and implement information governance.