Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Technology Syllabus

• Explain Defender for Office 365 architecture and licensing using current Microsoft terminology and connect it to the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 architecture
• Practice: map the components, identities, data paths and trust boundaries for Defender for Office 365 architecture and licensing
• Evidence: produce an annotated architecture diagram and explain the validation result

• Explain Exchange Online Protection policy stack using current Microsoft terminology and connect it to the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 architecture
• Practice: compare a baseline design with a risky or incomplete design for Exchange Online Protection policy stack
• Evidence: produce a design decision record and explain the validation result

• Explain Preset security policies and configuration analyzer using current Microsoft terminology and connect it to the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 architecture
• Practice: trace one permitted and one denied access decision for Preset security policies and configuration analyzer
• Evidence: produce an access-flow worksheet and explain the validation result

• Explain Anti-phishing and impersonation protection using current Microsoft terminology and connect it to the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 architecture
• Practice: plan a least-privilege configuration and a safe rollout sequence for Anti-phishing and impersonation protection
• Evidence: produce a change plan with rollback steps and explain the validation result

• Explain Safe Links policy and click protection using current Microsoft terminology and connect it to the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 architecture
• Practice: review policy order, dependencies, exceptions and rollback conditions for Safe Links policy and click protection
• Evidence: produce a policy review checklist and explain the validation result

• Explain Safe Attachments and dynamic delivery using current Microsoft terminology and connect it to the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 architecture
• Practice: configure or assess the control with secure defaults for Safe Attachments and dynamic delivery
• Evidence: produce a configuration evidence sheet and explain the validation result

• Explain Tenant Allow/Block List and submissions using current Microsoft terminology and connect it to the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 architecture
• Practice: test expected and unexpected behavior against explicit pass criteria for Tenant Allow/Block List and submissions
• Evidence: produce a pass/fail validation record and explain the validation result

• Explain Explorer, campaign views and hunting using current Microsoft terminology and connect it to the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 architecture
• Practice: locate the relevant telemetry and build an investigation timeline for Explorer, campaign views and hunting
• Evidence: produce an investigation timeline and explain the validation result

• Explain Incidents, alerts and automated investigation using current Microsoft terminology and connect it to the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 architecture
• Practice: triage a realistic finding and separate risk from expected activity for Incidents, alerts and automated investigation
• Evidence: produce a triage note with severity rationale and explain the validation result

• Explain Attack simulation and user reporting using current Microsoft terminology and connect it to the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 architecture
• Practice: tune a noisy control without removing required visibility for Attack simulation and user reporting
• Evidence: produce a tuning record with before-and-after evidence and explain the validation result

• Explain Secure Score, reports and policy operations using current Microsoft terminology and connect it to the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 architecture
• Practice: troubleshoot a production-style failure using an evidence-first workflow for Secure Score, reports and policy operations
• Evidence: produce a troubleshooting runbook entry and explain the validation result

• Explain Phishing incident capstone using current Microsoft terminology and connect it to the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 architecture
• Practice: combine design, validation, operations and handover in the capstone for Phishing incident capstone
• Evidence: produce a concise capstone handover and portfolio artifact and explain the validation result

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