SC-900: Introduction to Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity

Instructor-led Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals training for students, business users, new IT professionals, existing IT professionals, managers, and technical decision makers who want to understand Microsoft security, compliance, and identity solutions.

This course provides foundational knowledge of security, compliance, and identity concepts and explains how Microsoft Entra, Microsoft security solutions, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Priva, and related Microsoft cloud services help organizations protect users, data, devices, applications, and cloud environments.

Certification URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/security-compliance-and-identity-fundamentals/
Study guide URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/resources/study-guides/sc-900

Why choose Dynamics Edge for SC-900T00 training?

Dynamics Edge delivers SC-900 training with a practical business and technology focus. Students learn how Microsoft security, compliance, and identity solutions fit together across Microsoft 365, Azure, Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Purview, and Microsoft Priva.

• Learn foundational security, compliance, and identity concepts.
• Prepare for the Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals certification.
• Understand Microsoft Entra identity and access capabilities.
• Explore Microsoft security solutions for cloud, endpoint, email, identity, apps, and threat protection.
• Customize the class for business users, IT teams, government teams, security awareness, or Microsoft cloud adoption.

What will you learn in SC-900T00 training?

This course teaches students how Microsoft security, compliance, and identity solutions help organizations protect people, data, devices, applications, and cloud environments. Students learn core security principles, identity concepts, Microsoft Entra capabilities, Microsoft Defender security solutions, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Priva, and Microsoft compliance tools.

• Describe security, compliance, and identity concepts.
• Describe Microsoft Entra identity, authentication, access management, and governance capabilities.
• Describe Microsoft Security Copilot, Azure security services, Microsoft Sentinel, and Microsoft Defender XDR.
• Describe Microsoft Purview information protection, compliance, risk, audit, and eDiscovery capabilities.
• Understand how Microsoft security and compliance tools support Zero Trust, risk reduction, data protection, and governance.

Course Outline: Introduction to Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity SC-900T00

Module 1: Introduction to security, compliance, and identity concepts

Students begin by learning foundational security, compliance, and identity concepts used across Microsoft cloud solutions. This module introduces shared responsibility, defense in depth, Zero Trust, encryption, hashing, governance, risk, compliance, authentication, authorization, and identity providers.

Topics include:

• Shared responsibility and defense-in-depth security models.
• Zero Trust principles and modern security strategy.
• Encryption, hashing, governance, risk, and compliance concepts.
• Identity as a security perimeter.
• Authentication, authorization, identity providers, directory services, Active Directory, and federation.

Module 2: Introduction to Microsoft Entra

Students learn how Microsoft Entra supports identity, access, authentication, authorization, governance, and protection across cloud and hybrid environments. This module explains Microsoft Entra ID, identity types, hybrid identity, multifactor authentication, Conditional Access, access reviews, privileged access, and identity protection.

Topics include:

• Microsoft Entra ID and supported identity types.
• Hybrid identity and cloud-based identity scenarios.
• Authentication methods, multifactor authentication, password protection, and password management.
• Conditional Access, Microsoft Entra roles, and role-based access control.
• Microsoft Entra ID Governance, access reviews, Privileged Identity Management, and Microsoft Entra ID Protection.

Module 3: Introduction to Microsoft security solutions

Students learn how Microsoft security solutions help organizations protect infrastructure, detect threats, manage cloud security posture, and respond to attacks. This module introduces Microsoft Security Copilot, Azure infrastructure security services, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, and Microsoft Defender XDR.

Topics include:

• Microsoft Security Copilot and AI-assisted security operations.
• Azure DDoS Protection, Azure Firewall, Web Application Firewall, virtual networks, NSGs, Azure Bastion, and Azure Key Vault.
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud, cloud security posture management, security recommendations, and workload protection.
• Microsoft Sentinel SIEM and SOAR capabilities for threat detection and response.
• Microsoft Defender XDR services, including Defender for Office 365, Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Cloud Apps, Defender for Identity, Defender Vulnerability Management, and Defender Threat Intelligence.

Module 4: Introduction to Microsoft Priva and Microsoft Purview

Students learn how Microsoft Priva and Microsoft Purview help organizations manage privacy, compliance, information protection, data governance, risk, audit, and eDiscovery. This module introduces the Service Trust Portal, privacy principles, Purview compliance capabilities, data security, data lifecycle management, insider risk, audit, and eDiscovery.

Topics include:

• Microsoft Service Trust Portal, privacy principles, and Microsoft Priva.
• Microsoft Purview portal, Compliance Manager, and compliance score.
• Data classification, Content explorer, Activity explorer, sensitivity labels, and sensitivity label policies.
• Data loss prevention, records management, retention policies, retention labels, and data governance.
• Insider risk management, eDiscovery, and audit solutions in Microsoft Purview.

Hands-on Labs

Hands-on activities may vary by delivery environment, tenant configuration, licensing, and lab availability. Dynamics Edge can align demonstrations and review activities to the official Microsoft course flow and customize them for Microsoft 365, Azure, security awareness, compliance teams, or executive enablement.

• Explore Microsoft Entra ID identity and access concepts.
• Review multifactor authentication, Conditional Access, access reviews, and privileged access concepts.
• Explore Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, and Azure security services.
• Review Microsoft Purview information protection, DLP, retention, audit, and eDiscovery concepts.
• Map Microsoft security, compliance, and identity capabilities to common business scenarios.

Certification Alignment

This course aligns to Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals and Exam SC-900: Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals.

Microsoft’s SC-900 study guide lists the current skills measured as:

• Describe the concepts of security, compliance, and identity: 10–15%.
• Describe the capabilities of Microsoft Entra: 25–30%.
• Describe the capabilities of Microsoft security solutions: 35–40%.
• Describe the capabilities of Microsoft compliance solutions: 20–25%.

Course Review

By the end of this course, students should be able to describe foundational security, compliance, and identity concepts; explain Microsoft Entra identity and access capabilities; describe Microsoft security solutions such as Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and Microsoft Security Copilot; and explain Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Priva, compliance, information protection, and governance capabilities.

Certification Exam Review

This course supports preparation for Exam SC-900 by covering the core fundamentals tested in the certification exam. Students should review the Microsoft study guide, complete hands-on demonstrations where available, use the Microsoft practice assessment, review the exam sandbox, and practice matching Microsoft security, compliance, and identity products to business scenarios before scheduling the exam.