SC-200 Microsoft Security Operations Analyst Training & Exam Prep
Are you ready to be the first line of defense against today’s most advanced cyber threats?
According to Microsoft, organizations experience over 1,000 password attacks every second, and skilled Security Operations Analysts are critical to detecting and responding to them in real time. The SC-200T00 Microsoft Security Operations Analyst training equips you with the skills to investigate threats, automate responses, and safeguard hybrid cloud environments using Microsoft’s leading security tools.
You’ll learn to investigate incidents, hunt for threats, configure automation, and protect data in hybrid and cloud environments. You’ll also explore Microsoft Copilot for Security and other AI-driven tools that enhance operational efficiency.
Designed specifically to help you prepare for and pass the SC-200 certification exam, this course blends real-world labs with targeted exam coverage to ensure you're ready for test day—and for the job.
What Is Included
- Official Microsoft courseware and lab access
- Hands-on practice with Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR, and KQL
- Comprehensive SC-200 exam preparation
- Certificate of completion
- Access to class recordings and lab environments for up to 90 days (where available)
- Guaranteed-to-Run dates (where available)
- Flexible rescheduling options
This SC-200 course equips you with the tools and knowledge to protect modern enterprise environments using Microsoft’s integrated security solutions. You’ll gain practical experience and develop the ability to implement best practices for securing Microsoft 365 and Azure workloads.
- Use Microsoft Sentinel to monitor, detect, and respond to threats
- Configure and deploy Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Defender for Endpoint
- Analyze log data and build queries with Kusto Query Language (KQL)
- Respond to identity-based threats and insider risk
- Apply automation for incident remediation and alert response
- Prepare for the SC-200 Microsoft Security Operations Analyst certification exam
This training is ideal for IT professionals and security practitioners responsible for threat detection, incident response, and risk mitigation across Microsoft 365 and Azure environments. Roles include Microsoft Security Operations Analysts, SOC Analysts, Threat Hunters, Incident Responders, Cloud Security Engineers, and Security Administrators working with Microsoft Defender and Sentinel, as well as candidates pursuing the SC-200 credential.
- Basic understanding of Microsoft 365
- Fundamental understanding of Microsoft security, compliance, and identity products
- Intermediate understanding of Windows 10
- Familiarity with Azure services, specifically Azure SQL Database and Azure Storage
- Familiarity with Azure virtual machines and virtual networking
- Basic understanding of scripting concepts.
- Overview of Microsoft Defender XDR
- XDR response use cases and SOC integration
- Microsoft Security Graph overview
- Investigate security incidents and threat responses
- Microsoft Defender portal navigation
- Manage and investigate incidents and alerts
- Use Action Center and Advanced Hunting
- Review Microsoft Entra sign-in logs
- Understand Secure Score, Threat Analytics, Reports, and Portal Configuration
- Microsoft Entra ID Protection overview
- Detect and remediate identity risks
- Microsoft Defender for Office 365: automation, attack simulation, remediation
- Configure Defender for Identity sensors
- Review compromised accounts and integrations
- Cloud Apps framework, Cloud Discovery, Conditional Access App Control
- Classify and protect sensitive information and detect threats
- Fundamentals of Generative AI and language models
- Microsoft Copilot overview and prompt engineering
- Copilot for Security features, plugins, and embedded experiences (Defender XDR, Purview, Entra, Intune)
- Respond to DLP alerts (Purview and Defender for Cloud Apps)
- Insider risk policies, alerts, cases, and forensic evidence
- Microsoft Purview Audit (Standard and Premium) and Content Search (eDiscovery)
- Threat hunting and security administration
- Environment deployment and device onboarding
- Attack surface reduction rules
- Device investigations and actions (scan, package collection, live response)
- File, user, IP, and domain investigations
- Automation, alert management, vulnerability remediation
- Workload protections overview
- Connect Azure and non-Azure resources (AWS, GCP)
- Manage Secure Score, compliance, and recommendations
- Cloud workload protections (servers, SQL, DNS, Key Vault, containers)
- Remediate and automate responses to alerts
- KQL structure and operators (search, where, summarize, join, extend)
- Analyze and visualize query results
- Manage workspaces, logs, and data connectors
- Manage threat intelligence and watchlists
- Create analytics rules and automation playbooks
- Manage incidents, behavioral analytics, and data normalization
- Build dashboards and workbooks
- Threat hunting concepts, queries, bookmarks, search jobs, and notebooks