M98367A – Microsoft Security Fundamentals

Course Description

This SkillDynamo course develops practical, role-relevant capability in understanding Microsoft security foundations across identity, authentication, authorization, Windows security, network protection, data protection, threats, and operational controls. The learning path progresses from planning and essential concepts to implementation, validation, troubleshooting, and operational use.

Learners work through realistic scenarios, instructor-led demonstrations, applied exercises, and evidence-based reviews. Each topic is connected to workplace responsibilities, common risks, quality controls, and measurable outcomes.

The course helps professionals build dependable skills, explain their decisions, identify failure points, and create an actionable improvement plan that can be applied to future projects.

What You Will Learn

• Understand confidentiality, integrity, availability, risk, threats, vulnerabilities, and controls
• Identify social engineering, malware, credential, network, application, and insider risks
• Apply defense in depth, zero trust, least privilege, and secure administration
• Understand users, groups, roles, authentication, authorization, and account lifecycle
• Apply passwords, multifactor authentication, privileged access, and access review concepts
• Protect service accounts, administrative credentials, and remote access
• Apply Windows updates, firewall, endpoint, encryption, backup, and device controls
• Understand network segmentation, secure protocols, certificates, DNS, and remote access

SkillDynamo Training Approach

SkillDynamo delivers this course through demonstrations, hands-on exercises, scenario analysis, validation checklists, structured troubleshooting, solution reviews, and a final improvement plan. Learners repeatedly practice planning, implementation, evidence collection, testing, correction, and communication so the skills transfer confidently into real workplace situations.