1 - Manage identities in Microsoft Entra ID

• What is Microsoft Entra ID?
• Secure Microsoft Entra users
• Create a new user in Microsoft Entra ID
• Secure Microsoft Entra groups
• Recommend when to use external identities
• Secure external identities
• Implement Microsoft Entra Identity protection

2 - Manage authentication by using Microsoft Entra ID

• Microsoft Entra connect
• Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync
• Authentication options
• Password hash synchronization with Microsoft Entra ID
• Microsoft Entra pass-through authentication
• Federation with Microsoft Entra ID
• What is Microsoft Entra authentication?
• Implement multifactor authentication (MFA)
• Passwordless authentication options for Microsoft Entra ID
• Implement passwordless authentication
• Implement password protection
• Microsoft Entra ID single sign-on
• Implement single sign-on (SSO)
• Integrate single sign-on (SSO) and identity providers
• Configure Microsoft Entra Verified ID
• Recommend and enforce modern authentication protocols

3 - Manage authorization by using Microsoft Entra ID

• Azure management groups
• Configure Azure role permissions for management groups, subscriptions, resource groups, and resources
• Azure role-based access control
• Azure built-in roles
• Assign Azure role permissions for management groups, subscriptions, resource groups, and resources
• Microsoft Entra built-in roles
• Assign built-in roles in Microsoft Entra ID
• Microsoft Entra role-based access control
• Create and assign a custom role in Microsoft Entra ID
• Microsoft Entra Permissions Management
• Implement and manage Microsoft Entra Permissions Management
• Zero Trust security
• Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management
• Configure Privileged Identity Management
• Microsoft Entra ID Governance
• Entitlement management
• Access reviews
• Identity lifecycle management
• Lifecycle workflows
• Delegation and roles in entitlement management
• Configure role management and access reviews by using Microsoft Entra ID Governance
• Implement Conditional Access policies

4 - Manage application access in Microsoft Entra ID

• Manage access to enterprise applications in Microsoft Entra ID, including OAuth permission grants
• Manage app registrations in Microsoft Entra ID
• Configure app registration permission scopes
• Manage app registration permission consent
• Manage and use service principals
• Manage managed identities for Azure resources
• Recommend when to use and configure a Microsoft Entra Application Proxy, including authentication

5 - Plan and implement security for virtual networks

• What is an Azure Virtual Network
• Plan and implement Network Security Groups (NSGs) and Application Security Groups (ASGs)
• Plan and implement User-Defined Routes (UDRs)
• Plan and implement Virtual Network peering or gateway
• Plan and implement Virtual Wide Area Network, including secured virtual hub
• Secure VPN connectivity, including point-to-site and site-to-site
• Azure ExpressRoute
• Implement encryption over ExpressRoute
• Configure firewall settings on PaaS resources
• Monitor network security by using Network Watcher, including network security groups

6 - Plan and implement security for private access to Azure resources

• Plan and implement virtual network Service Endpoints
• Plan and implement Private Endpoints
• Plan and implement Private Link services
• Plan and implement network integration for Azure App Service and Azure Functions
• Plan and implement network security configurations for an App Service Environment (ASE)
• Plan and implement network security configurations for an Azure SQL Managed Instance

7 - Plan and implement security for public access to Azure resources

• Plan and implement Transport Layer Security (TLS) to applications, including Azure App Service and API Management
• Plan, implement, and manage an Azure Firewall, Azure Firewall Manager and firewall policies
• Plan and implement an Azure Application Gateway
• Plan and implement a Web Application Firewall (WAF)
• Plan and implement an Azure Front Door, including Content Delivery Network (CDN)
• Recommend when to use Azure DDoS Protection Standard

8 - Plan and implement advanced security for compute

• Plan and implement remote access to public endpoints, Azure Bastion and just-in-time (JIT) virtual machine (VM) access
• What is Azure Kubernetes Service?
• Configure network isolation for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Secure and monitor Azure Kubernetes Service
• Configure authentication for Azure Kubernetes Service
• Configure security for Azure Container Instances (ACIs)
• Configure security for Azure Container Apps (ACAs)
• Manage access to Azure Container Registry (ACR)
• Configure disk encryption, Azure Disk Encryption (ADE), encryption as host, and confidential disk encryption
• Recommend security configurations for Azure API Management

9 - Plan and implement security for storage

• Azure Storage
• Configure access control for storage accounts
• Manage life cycle for storage account access keys
• Select and configure an appropriate method for access to Azure Files
• Select and configure an appropriate method for access to Azure Blobs
• Select and configure an appropriate method for access to Azure Tables
• Select and configure an appropriate method for access to Azure Queues
• Select and configure appropriate methods for protecting against data security threats, including soft delete, backups, versioning, and immutable storage
• Configure Bring your own key (BYOK)
• Enable double encryption at the Azure Storage infrastructure level

10 - Plan and implement security for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance

• Azure SQL Database and SQL Managed Instance security
• Enable database authentication by using Microsoft Entra ID
• Enable and monitor database audit
• Identify use cases for the Microsoft Purview governance portal
• Implement data classification of sensitive information by using the Microsoft Purview governance portal
• Plan and implement dynamic mask
• Implement transparent data encryption​
• Recommend when to use Azure SQL Database Always Encrypted

11 - Plan, implement, and manage governance for security

• Azure governance
• Create, assign, and interpret security policies and initiatives in Azure Policy
• Configure security settings by using Azure Blueprint
• Deploy secure infrastructures by using a landing zone
• Azure Key Vault
• Azure Key Vault security
• Azure Key Vault authentication
• Create and configure an Azure Key Vault
• Recommend when to use a dedicated Hardware Security Module (HSM)
• Configure access to Key Vault, including vault access policies and Azure Role Based Access Control
• Manage certificates, secrets, and keys
• Configure key rotation
• Configure backup and recovery of certificates, secrets, and keys

12 - Manage security posture by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

• Implement Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Identify and remediate security risks by using the Microsoft Defender for Cloud Secure Score and Inventory
• Assess compliance against security frameworks and Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Add industry and regulatory standards to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Add custom initiatives to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Connect hybrid cloud and multicloud environments to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Identify and monitor external assets by using Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management

13 - Configure and manage threat protection by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

• Enable workload protection services in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Configure Microsoft Defender for Servers
• Configure Microsoft Defender for Azure SQL Database
• Container security in Microsoft Defender for Containers
• Managed Kubernetes threat factors
• Defender for Containers architecture
• Configure Microsoft Defender for Containers components
• Vulnerability assessments for Azure
• Defender for Storage
• Malware scanning in Defender for Storage
• Detect threats to sensitive data
• Deploy Microsoft Defender for Storage
• Enable configure Azure built-in policy
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud DevOps Security
• DevOps Security support and prerequisites
• DevOps environment security posture
• Connect your GitHub lab environment to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Configure the Microsoft Security DevOps GitHub action
• Manage and respond to security alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Configure workflow automation by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Evaluate vulnerability scans from Microsoft Defender for Server

14 - Configure and manage security monitoring and automation solutions

• Monitor security events by using Azure Monitor
• Configure data connectors in Microsoft Sentinel
• Create and customize analytics rules in Microsoft Sentinel
• Evaluate alerts and incidents from Microsoft Sentinel
• Configure automation in Microsoft Sentinel