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Microsoft Security Operations Analyst (SC-200T00)
Security
SEC0101

Microsoft Security Operations Analyst (SC-200T00)

Learn how to investigate, respond to, and hunt for threats using Microsoft Azure Sentinel, Azure Defender, and Microsoft 365 Defender. In this course you will learn how to mitigate cyberthreats using these technologies. Specifically, you will configure and use Azure Sentinel as well as utilize Kusto Query Language (KQL) to perform detection, analysis, and reporting. The course was designed for people who work in a Security Operations job role and helps learners prepare for the exam SC-200: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst.

Duration

4 Days

Versions

N/A
$2495.00

Live, Instructor-Led Training

Up to One Year Access to Recorded Course

Hands-On Exercises

Certificate of Completion

Course Audience
The Microsoft Security Operations Analyst collaborates with organizational stakeholders to secure information technology systems for the organization. Their goal is to reduce organizational risk by rapidly remediating active attacks in the environment, advising on improvements to threat protection practices, and referring violations of organizational policies to appropriate stakeholders.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
  • Explain how Microsoft Defender for Endpoint can remediate risks in your environment
  • Administer a Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment
  • Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules on Windows devices
  • Perform actions on a device using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
  • Investigate domains and IP addresses in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
  • Investigate user accounts in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
  • Configure alert settings in Microsoft 365 Defender
  • Conduct hunting in Microsoft 365 Defender
  • Manage incidents in Microsoft 365 Defender
  • Explain how Microsoft Defender for Identity can remediate risks in your environment
  • Investigate DLP alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
  • Explain the types of actions you can take on an insider risk management cases
  • Configure auto-provisioning in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
  • Remediate alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
  • Construct KQL statements
  • Filter searches based on event time, severity, domain, and other relevant data using KQL
  • Extract data from unstructured string fields using KQL
  • Manage a Microsoft Sentinel workspace
  • Use KQL to access the watchlist in Microsoft Sentinel
  • Manage threat indicators in Microsoft Sentinel
  • Explain the Common Event Format and Syslog connector differences in Microsoft Sentinel
  • Connect Azure Windows Virtual Machines to Microsoft Sentinel
  • Configure Log Analytics agent to collect Sysmon events
  • Create new analytics rules and queries using the analytics rule wizard
  • Create a playbook to automate an incident response
  • Use queries to hunt for threats
  • Observe threats over time with livestream
Course Syllabus
  1. Mitigate threats using Microsoft 365 Defender
    • Introduction to threat protection with Microsoft 365
    • Mitigate incidents using Microsoft 365 Defender
    • Remediate risks with Microsoft Defender for Office 365
    • Microsoft Defender for Identity
    • Protect your identities with Azure AD Identity Protection
    • Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
    • Respond to data loss prevention alerts using Microsoft 365
    • Manage insider risk in Microsoft 365
  2. Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    • Protect against threats with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
    • Deploy the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment
    • Implement Windows security enhancements
    • Perform device investigations
    • Perform actions on a device
    • Perform evidence and entities investigations
    • Configure and manage automation
    • Configure for alerts and detections
    • Utilize Threat and Vulnerability Management
  3. Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
    • Plan for cloud workload protections using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
    • Workload protections in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
    • Connect Azure assets to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
    • Connect non-Azure resources to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
    • Remediate security alerts using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  4. Create queries for Microsoft Sentinel using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
    • Construct KQL statements for Microsoft Sentinel
    • Analyze query results using KQL
    • Build multi-table statements using KQL
    • Work with string data using KQL statements
  5. Configure your Microsoft Sentinel environment
    • Introduction to Microsoft Sentinel
    • Create and manage Microsoft Sentinel workspaces
    • Query logs in Microsoft Sentinel
    • Use watchlists in Microsoft Sentinel
    • Utilize threat intelligence in Microsoft Sentinel
  6. Connect logs to Microsoft Sentinel
    • Connect data to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors
    • Connect Microsoft services to Microsoft Sentinel
    • Connect Microsoft 365 Defender to Microsoft Sentinel
    • Connect Windows hosts to Microsoft Sentinel
    • Connect Common Event Format logs to Microsoft Sentinel
    • Connect syslog data sources to Microsoft Sentinel
    • Connect threat indicators to Microsoft Sentinel
  7. Create detections and perform investigations using Microsoft Sentinel
    • Threat detection with Microsoft Sentinel analytics
    • Security incident management in Microsoft Sentinel
    • Threat response with Microsoft Sentinel playbooks
    • User and entity behavior analytics in Microsoft Sentinel
    • Query, visualize, and monitor data in Microsoft Sentinel
  8. Perform threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel
    • Threat hunting concepts in Microsoft Sentinel
    • Threat hunting with Microsoft Sentinel
    • Hunt for threats using notebooks in Microsoft Sentinel
Prerequisites
Students should have:
  • Basic understanding of Microsoft 365
  • Fundamental understanding of Microsoft security, compliance, and identity products
  • Intermediate understanding of Windows 10
  • Familiarity with Azure services, specifically Azure SQL Database and Azure Storage
  • Familiarity with Azure virtual machines and virtual networking
  • Basic understanding of scripting concepts.
Certification

This course does not align to a specific exam or certification.

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Mon, Jul 13, 2026

to Thu, Jul 16

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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET

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