Inquiry about practicing with Microsoft Defender/Sentinel before taking the SC-200

Question

Hello, nice to meet all of you. I recently took and passed the SC-900 and am looking to advance my knowledge into the SC-200. The reason I select the SC-200 is because I am currently in graduate school for my M.S. in Cybersecurity Management, and am taking courses in regards to SOC Analyst/SOC Management, and want to learn more about using Microsoft products such as Defender and Sentinel.

My question is, is there a way for me, as someone who has no experience and my current employment doesn't relate to Azure, to practice using Defender/Sentinel? I apologize if my question is rather silly, I just honestly want to practice using the products before I try to take the exam over them, as was not sure if there are possibly labs or processes I might be able to do to complete this. Thanks for any and all assistance, and hope you are all having a wonderful day.

Sincerely,
Cain

Answer 1

I'd try asking for help with exam practice in dedicated forums here. (Participate\Ask A Question)
Microsoft Certification/Exams/Exam Prep Resources/Practice Tests

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Answer 2

Hi

In addition to what Dave has said above, I would advise you to create both an Azure Free account which will give you a $200 Credit for 30 days, plus sign up for a Microsoft 365 Business Premium trial:

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ie/microsoft-365/business/compare-all-microsoft-365-business-products?&activetab=tab:primaryr2#

The full list of capabilities in the Microsoft 365 Business Premium suite can be found here:

https://m365maps.com/matrix.htm#000001000000000000000

This means you will be able to follow along with any Labs and Exercises you see in Microsoft Learn modules and recreate them in your own environment.

The full list of Learning paths for SC-200 is here:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/certifications/exams/sc-200

Also, this may be useful also:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/cloud-games

Good luck with your studies!

Thanks

Michael Durkan

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