Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Cloud Apps, and Identity

Last Updated Sep 2025

Course Overview

In this workshop you will learn how Microsoft 365 Defender helps you elevate your defenses with unified visibility, investigation, and response across the kill chain with an industry-leading extended detection and response (XDR) solution. You will learn how Microsoft 365 Defender for Office 365 helps secure your email and Microsoft Teams with advanced protection against phishing, business email compromise, ransomware, and other threats and how Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps can help you modernize how you secure your apps, protect your data, and elevate your app posture with software as a service (SaaS) security.

Duration - 12 Hours

Level - Intermediate

Style - Self paced

Course Type - Project Ready

Certification - No

Hands on Labs - No

Solution Areas - Security, Moden SecOps with Unified Platform

Course Modules

Secure your cloud ​ecosystem with Microsoft Defender XDR

The module introduces Zero Trust, Microsoft Secure Future Initiative, and Defender XDR, while highlighting GenAI-driven SecOps, the unified portal, third-party integration, and Managed XDR.

Implement comprehensive Security with Microsoft Defender for Office 365

The module covers Microsoft Defender for Office 365, focusing on prevention, detection, response, secure posture, training, and available plans.

Secure Access to SaaS apps with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

This module introduces Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, focusing on SaaS discovery, threat and app protection, AI app security, information protection, automation, licensing, and getting started.

Protect hybrid cloud environment with Microsoft Defender for Identity

In this module, covers Microsoft Defender for Identity, highlighting its architecture, unified agent, prevention with posture assessments, real-time detection, investigation, and automated response.

Unified Threat Protection and Exposure Management with Microsoft Defender XDR and Integrated Solu...

The module covers Microsoft Defender XDR, highlighting unified threat intelligence, exposure management, visibility, and integration with Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, and Security Copilot.

Post-training Skills Assessment

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