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Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) Professional Certificate
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Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) Professional Certificate

Build a career in Microsoft Azure security. Advance your skills to be job-ready as an Azure security engineer associate. Prepare for the AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies certification exam.

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Instructor: Microsoft

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Intermediate level

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6 months, 5 hours a week
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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
4.4

(63 reviews)

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule
6 months, 5 hours a week
Learn at your own pace
Prepare for a degree

What you'll learn

  • Use Azure Active Directory to create and manage users, manage authentication, and implement identity protection and governance.

  • Implement perimeter, network, host, and container security and services such as Azure Key Vault to secure the platform and applications.

  • Secure data by implementing storage security, data sovereignty, database monitoring, encryption, & data masking using tools like Defender for Cloud.

  • Manage security operations with Microsoft Defender and use monitoring tools such as Azure Resource Monitor and Azure Monitor Application Insights.

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Professional Certificate - 7 course series

Secure Access with Azure Active Directory

Course 112 hours4.5 (52 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Explain the features of Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and Azure AD Domain Services

  • Create and manage users and groups in cloud and hybrid contexts and configure Azure AD administrative units

  • Describe the authentication and password protection methods available in Azure AD and how to configure and implement multifactor authentication

  • Deploy and configure Azure AD Connect to create a hybrid identity solution

Identity Protection and Governance 

Course 214 hours4.4 (12 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Explain the features of Azure AD Identity Protection.

  • Explain how to configure Azure ADPIM and work with Azure AD groups and guests.

  • Implement and configure Azure policies and RBAC in Azure.

  • Enable resource locks and deploy blueprints in Azure.

Implement Platform Protection

Course 318 hours4.6 (10 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Describe defense in depth.

  • Review core security concepts and approaches that form part of the defense in depth strategy.

  • Implement and configure an Azure Application Gateway to protect your perimeter.

  • Configure and deploy the Azure Web Application Firewall.

Secure Your Applications

Course 413 hours

What you'll learn

  • Describe the purpose of Azure Key Vault and its importance in defense in depth strategy

  • Deploy and manage Key Vault certificates, secrets, and keys to secure access to your applications

  • Explain app registration, types of permissions supported by the Microsoft identity platform and create an Azure AD tenant.

  • Configure Microsoft Graph permissions and web app certificates

Secure Your Data at Rest

Course 516 hours

What you'll learn

  • Deploy shared access signatures (SAS).

  • Enable and monitor database auditing.

  • Enable Defender for SQL for advanced threat protection.

  • Deploy an Always Encrypted implementation.

Manage Security Operations

Course 617 hours

What you'll learn

  • Configure and monitor metrics and logs in Azure Monitor.

  • Manage applications by using Azure Monitor Application Insights.

  • Implement, configure, and deploy Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

  • Implement just-in-time VPN access to protect against brute-force attacks.

What you'll learn

  • Implement multifactor authentication.

  • Create a resource group and a new storage account and provide access to a user.

  • Create a strategy for implementing Azure security using security groups.

  • Set up a virtual machine (VM) to host a website, allowing only HTTP and HTTPS traffic.

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200 Courses1,143,372 learners

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This Professional Certificate has ACE® recommendation. It is eligible for college credit at participating U.S. colleges and universities. Note: The decision to accept specific credit recommendations is up to each institution.

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