AZ-500T00-A: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies

Prepare to pass the AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Certification Exam

Course Description

This course provides IT Security Professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to implement security controls, maintain an organization’s security posture, and identify and remediate security vulnerabilities. This course includes security for identity and access, platform protection, data and applications, and security operations.

Audience Profile

This course is for Azure Security Engineers who are planning to take the associated certification exam, or who are performing security tasks in their day-to-day job. This course would also be helpful to an engineer that wants to specialize in providing security for Azure-based digital platforms and play an integral role in protecting an organization’s data.

About this Course

Course Outline

Skills at a glance

Manage identity and access (25–30%)
Secure networking (20–25%)
Secure compute, storage, and databases (20–25%)
Manage security operations (25–30%)

Manage identity and access (25–30%)

Manage Microsoft Entra identities

Secure Microsoft Entra users
Secure Microsoft Entra groups
Recommend when to use external identities
Secure external identities
Implement Microsoft Entra ID Protection

Manage Microsoft Entra authentication

Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA)
Configure Microsoft Entra Verified ID
Implement passwordless authentication
Implement password protection
Implement single sign-on (SSO)
Integrate single sign on (SSO) and identity providers
Recommend and enforce modern authentication protocols

Manage Microsoft Entra authorization

Configure Azure role permissions for management groups, subscriptions, resource groups, and resources
Assign Microsoft Entra built-in roles
Assign Azure built-in roles
Create and assign custom roles, including Azure roles and Microsoft Entra roles
Implement and manage Microsoft Entra Permissions Management
Configure Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management
Configure role management and access reviews in Microsoft Entra
Implement Conditional Access policies

Manage Microsoft Entra application access

Manage access to enterprise applications in Microsoft Entra ID, including OAuth permission grants
Manage Microsoft Entra app registrations
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 an Microsoft Entra Application Proxy, including authentication

Secure networking (20–25%)

Plan and implement security for virtual networks

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 VPN gateway
Plan and implement Virtual WAN, including secured virtual hub
Secure VPN connectivity, including point-to-site and site-to-site
Implement encryption over ExpressRoute
Configure firewall settings on PaaS resources
Monitor network security by using Network Watcher, including NSG flow logging

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

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, including Azure Firewall Manager and firewall policies
Plan and implement an Azure Application Gateway
Plan and implement an Azure Front Door, including Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Plan and implement a Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Recommend when to use Azure DDoS Protection Standard

Secure compute, storage, and databases (20–25%)

Plan and implement advanced security for compute

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

Plan and implement security for 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 Blob Storage
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

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

Enable Microsoft Entra database authentication
Enable database auditing
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 masking
Implement Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)
Recommend when to use Azure SQL Database Always Encrypted

Manage security operations (25–30%)

Plan, implement, and manage governance for security

Create, assign, and interpret security policies and initiatives in Azure Policy
Configure security settings by using Azure Blueprints
Deploy secure infrastructures by using a landing zone
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

Manage security posture by using 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 multi-cloud environments to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Identify and monitor external assets by using Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management

Configure and manage threat protection by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Enable workload protection services in Microsoft Defender for Cloud, including Microsoft Defender for Storage, Databases, Containers, App Service, Key Vault, and Resource Manager
Configure Microsoft Defender for Servers
Configure Microsoft Defender for Azure SQL Database
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

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 in Microsoft Sentinel
Configure automation in Microsoft Sentinel