This course provides foundational level knowledge on security, compliance, and identity concepts and related cloud-based Microsoft solutions.

• Describe basic concepts of security, compliance, and identity.
• Describe the concepts and capabilities of Microsoft identity and access management solutions.
• Describe the capabilities of Microsoft security solutions.
• Describe the compliance management capabilities in Microsoft.

Module 1: Describe security and compliance concepts

Learn about common security and compliance concepts that are foundational to Microsoft solutions. Topics include the shared responsibility and Zero Trust models, encryption, data residency and data sovereignty, and more.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

• Describe the shared responsibility and the defense-in-depth security models.
• Describe the Zero-Trust model.
• Describe the concepts of encryption and hashing.
• Describe some basic compliance concepts.

Module 2: Describe identity concepts

Learn about the key concepts of authentication and authorization and why identity is important in securing corporate resources. You’ll also learn about some identity-related services.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand the difference between authentication and authorization.
• Describe the concept of identity as a security perimeter.
• Describe identity-related services.

Module 3: Describe the services and identity types of Azure AD

Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is Microsoft’s cloud-based identity and access management service. Learn about Azure AD, its services and the types of identities it supports.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe what Azure AD does.
• Describe the types of identities Azure AD supports.

Module 4: Describe the authentication capabilities of Azure AD

Learn about the authentication capabilities of Azure AD, multi-factor authentication, and how it improves security. You’ll also learn about the password protection and management capabilities of Azure AD.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the authentication methods of Azure AD.
• Describe multi-factor authentication in Azure AD
• Describe the password protection and management capabilities of Azure AD.

Module 5: Describe the access management capabilities of Azure AD

A key function of Azure AD is to manage access. Learn about the access management capabilities, its use cases, and benefits.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe Conditional Access in Azure AD.
• Describe the benefits of Azure AD roles and role-based access control.

The audience for this course is looking to familiarize themselves with the fundamentals of security, compliance, and identity (SCI) across cloud-based and related Microsoft services. The content for this course aligns to the SC-900 exam objective domain. Candidates should be familiar with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 and understand how Microsoft security, compliance, and identity solutions can span across these solution areas to provide a holistic and end-to-end solution.

Before attending this course, students must have:

• General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.
• General IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment.
• General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.