MS-102 Manage your security services in Microsoft Defender XDR

  • Learning Path
  • 4 Modules
Intermediate
Administrator
Solution Architect
Technology Manager
Microsoft 365
Office 365

This learning path examines how to manage the Microsoft 365 security services, with a special focus on security reporting and managing the Safe Attachments and Safe Links features in Microsoft Defender for Office 365.

Prerequisites

  • Students should have completed a role-based administrator training collection such as Messaging, Teamwork, Security and Compliance, or Collaboration.
  • Students should have a proficient understanding of DNS and basic functional experience with Microsoft 365 services.
  • Students must have a proficient understanding of general IT practices.
  • Students should have a working knowledge of PowerShell.

Modules in this learning path

Examine email protection in Microsoft 365

This module examines how Exchange Online Protection (EOP) protects organizations from phishing and spoofing. It also explores how EOP blocks spam, bulk email, and malware before they arrive in users’ mailboxes.

Enhance your email protection using Microsoft Defender for Office 365

This module examines how Microsoft Defender for Office 365 extends EOP protection by filtering targeted attacks such as zero-day attacks in email attachments and Office documents, and time-of-click protection against malicious URLs.

Manage Safe Attachments

This module examines how to manage Safe Attachments in your Microsoft 365 tenant by creating and configuring policies and using transport rules to disable a policy from taking effect in certain scenarios.