Course Details
Topic 1: Configure your Microsoft 365 experience
- Explore your Microsoft 365 cloud environment
- Configure your Microsoft 365 organizational profile
- Manage your tenant subscriptions in Microsoft
- Integrate Microsoft 365 with customer engagement apps
- Complete your tenant configuration in Microsoft 365
Topic 2: Manage users, licenses, and mail contacts in Microsoft 365
- Examine groups in Microsoft
- Create and manage groups in Microsoft
- Create dynamic groups using Microsoft Entra rule builder
- Create a Microsoft 365 group naming policy
- Create groups in Exchange Online and SharePoint Online
Topic 3: Add a custom domain in Microsoft 365
- Plan a custom domain for your Microsoft 365 deployment
- Plan the DNS zones for a custom domain
- Plan the DNS record requirements for a custom domain
- Create a custom domain in Microsoft 365
Topic 4: Configure client connectivity to Microsoft 365
- Examine how automatic client configuration works
- Explore the DNS records required for client configuration
- Configure Outlook clients
- Troubleshoot client connectivity
Topic 5: Configure administrative roles in Microsoft 365
- Explore the Microsoft 365 permission model
- Explore the Microsoft 365 admin roles
- Assign admin roles to users in Microsoft
- Delegate admin roles to partners
- Manage permissions using administrative units in Microsoft Entra ID
- Elevate privileges using Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management
- Examine best practices when configuring administrative roles
Topic 6: Manage tenant health and services in Microsoft 365
- Monitor the health of your Microsoft 365 services
- Monitor tenant health using Microsoft 365 Adoption Score
- Monitor tenant health using Microsoft 365 usage analytics
- Develop an incident response plan
- Request assistance from Microsoft
Topic 7: Deploy Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
- Explore Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise functionality
- Complete a self-service installation of Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
- Deploy Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise with Microsoft Configuration Manager
- Deploy Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise from the cloud
- Deploy Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise from a local source
- Manage updates to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
- Explore the update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
- Manage your cloud apps using the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center
Topic 8: Analyze your Microsoft 365 workplace data using Microsoft Viva Insights
- Examine the analytical features of Microsoft Viva Insights
- Explore Personal insights
- Explore Team insights
- Explore Organization insights
- Explore Advanced insights
Topic 9: Explore identity synchronization
- Examine identity models for Microsoft
- Examine authentication options for the hybrid identity model
- Explore directory synchronization
Topic 10: Prepare for identity synchronization to Microsoft 365
- Plan your Microsoft Entra ID deployment
- Prepare for directory synchronization
- Choose your directory synchronization tool
- Plan for directory synchronization using Microsoft Entra Connect Sync
- Plan for directory synchronization using Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync
Topic 11: Implement directory synchronization tools
- Configure Microsoft Entra Connect Sync prerequisites
- Configure Microsoft Entra Connect Sync
- Monitor synchronization services using Microsoft Entra Connect Health
- Configure Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync prerequisites
- Configure Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync
Topic 12: Manage synchronized identities
- Manage users with directory synchronization
- Manage groups with directory synchronization
- Maintain directory synchronization using Microsoft Entra Connect Sync security groups
- Configure object filters for directory synchronization
- Explore Microsoft Identity Manager
- Troubleshoot directory synchronization
Topic 13: Manage secure user access in Microsoft 365
- Manage user passwords
- Enable pass-through authentication
- Enable multifactor authentication
- Enable passwordless sign-in with Microsoft Authenticator
- Explore self-service password management
- Explore Windows Hello for Business
- Implement Microsoft Entra Smart Lockout
- Implement conditional access policies
- Explore Security Defaults in Microsoft Entra ID
- Investigate authentication issues using sign-in logs
Topic 14: Examine threat vectors and data breaches
- Explore today's work and threat landscape
- Examine how phishing retrieves sensitive information
- Examine how spoofing deceives users and compromises data security
- Compare spam and malware
- Examine account breaches
- Examine elevation of privilege attacks
- Examine how data exfiltration moves data out of your tenant
- Examine how attackers delete data from your tenant
- Examine how data spillage exposes data outside your tenant
- Examine other types of attacks
Topic 15: Explore the Zero Trust security model
- Examine the principles and components of the Zero Trust model
- Plan for a Zero Trust security model in your organization
- Examine Microsoft's strategy for Zero Trust networking
- Adopt a Zero Trust approach
Topic 16: Explore security solutions in Microsoft Defender XDR
- Enhance Exchange Online Protection with Microsoft Defender for Office
- Protect your organization's identities using Microsoft Defender for Identity
- Protect your enterprise network against advanced threats using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Protect against cyber attacks using Microsoft 365 Threat Intelligence
- Provide insight into suspicious activity using Microsoft Defender for Cloud App Security
- Review the security reports in Microsoft Defender XDR
Topic 17: Examine Microsoft Secure Score
- Explore Microsoft Secure Score
- Assess your security posture with Microsoft Secure Score
- Improve your secure score
- Track your Microsoft Secure Score history and meet your goals
Topic 18: Examine Privileged Identity Management
- Explore Privileged Identity Management in Microsoft Entra ID
- Configure Privileged Identity Management
- Audit Privileged Identity Management
- Control privileged admin tasks using Privileged Access Management
Topic 19: Examine Microsoft Entra ID Protection
- Explore Microsoft Entra ID Protection
- Enable the default protection policies in Microsoft Entra ID Protection
- Explore the vulnerabilities and risk events detected by Microsoft Entra ID Protection
- Plan your identity investigation
Topic 20: Examine email protection in Microsoft 365
- Examine the anti-malware pipeline
- Detect messages with spam or malware using Zero-hour auto purge
- Explore anti-spoofing protection provided by Exchange Online Protection
- Explore other anti-spoofing protection
- Examine outbound spam filtering
Topic 21: Enhance your email protection using Microsoft Defender for Office 365
- Climb the security ladder from EOP to Microsoft Defender for Office
- Expand EOP protections by using Safe Attachments and Safe Links
- Manage spoofed intelligence
- Configure outbound spam filtering policies
- Unblock users from sending email
Topic 22: Manage Safe Attachments
- Protect users from malicious attachments by using Safe Attachments
- Create Safe Attachment policies using Microsoft Defender for Office
- Create Safe Attachments policies using PowerShell
- Modify an existing Safe Attachments policy
- Create a transport rule to bypass a Safe Attachments policy
- Examine the end-user experience with Safe Attachments
Topic 23: Manage Safe Links
- Protect users from malicious URLs by using Safe Links
- Create Safe Links policies using Microsoft 365 Defender
- Create Safe Links policies using PowerShell
- Modify an existing Safe Links policy
- Create a transport rule to bypass a Safe Links policy
- Examine the end-user experience with Safe Links
Topic 24: Explore threat intelligence in Microsoft Defender XDR
- Explore Microsoft Intelligent Security Graph
- Explore alert policies in Microsoft
- Run automated investigations and responses
- Explore threat hunting with Microsoft Threat Protection
- Explore advanced threat hunting in Microsoft Defender XDR
- Explore threat analytics in Microsoft
- Identify threat issues using Microsoft Defender reports
Topic 25: Implement app protection by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
- Explore Microsoft Defender Cloud Apps
- Deploy Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
- Configure file policies in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
- Manage and respond to alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
- Configure Cloud Discovery in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
- Troubleshoot Cloud Discovery in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Topic 26: Implement endpoint protection by using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Explore Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Configure Microsoft Defender for Endpoint in Microsoft Intune
- Onboard devices in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Manage endpoint vulnerabilities with Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management
- Manage device discovery and vulnerability assessment
- Reduce your threat and vulnerability exposure
Topic 27: Implement threat protection by using Microsoft Defender for Office 365
- Explore the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 protection stack
- Investigate security attacks by using Threat Explorer
- Identify cybersecurity issues by using Threat Trackers
- Prepare for attacks with Attack simulation training
Topic 28: Examine data governance solutions in Microsoft Purview
- Explore data governance and compliance in Microsoft Purview
- Protect sensitive data with Microsoft Purview Information Protection
- Govern organizational data using Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management
- Minimize internal risks with Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
- Explore Microsoft Purview eDiscovery solutions
Topic 29: Explore archiving and records management in Microsoft 365
- Explore archive mailboxes in Microsoft
- Enable archive mailboxes in Microsoft
- Explore Microsoft Purview Records Management
- Implement Microsoft Purview Records Management
- Restore deleted data in Exchange Online
- Restore deleted data in SharePoint Online
Topic 30: Explore retention in Microsoft 365
- Explore retention by using retention policies and retention labels
- Compare capabilities in retention policies and retention labels
- Define the scope of a retention policy
- Examine the principles of retention
- Implement retention using retention policies, retention labels, and eDiscovery holds
- Restrict retention changes by using Preservation Lock
Topic 31: Explore Microsoft Purview Message Encryption
- Examine Microsoft Purview Message Encryption
- Configure Microsoft Purview Message Encryption
- Define mail flow rules to encrypt email messages
- Add organizational branding to encrypted email messages
- Explore Microsoft Purview Advanced Message Encryption
Topic 32: Explore compliance in Microsoft 365
- Plan for security and compliance in Microsoft
- Plan your beginning compliance tasks in Microsoft Purview
- Manage your compliance requirements with Compliance Manager
- Examine the Compliance Manager dashboard
- Analyze the Microsoft Compliance score
Topic 33: Implement Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
- Explore insider risk management
- Plan for insider risk management
- Explore insider risk management policies
- Create insider risk management policies
- Investigate insider risk management activities and alerts
- Explore insider risk management cases
Topic 34: Implement Microsoft Purview Information Barriers
- Explore Microsoft Purview Information Barriers
- Configure information barriers in Microsoft Purview
- Examine information barriers in Microsoft Teams
- Examine information barriers in OneDrive
- Examine information barriers in SharePoint
Topic 35: Explore Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention
- Examine Data Loss Prevention
- Explore Endpoint data loss prevention
- Examine DLP policies
- View DLP policy results
- Explore DLP reports
Topic 36: Implement Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention
- Plan to implement Microsoft Purview Data Loss Protection
- Implement Microsoft Purview's default DLP policies
- Design a custom DLP policy
- Create a custom DLP policy from a template
- Configure email notifications for DLP policies
- Configure policy tips for DLP policies
Topic 37: Implement data classification of sensitive information
- Explore data classification
- Implement data classification in Microsoft
- Explore trainable classifiers
- Create and retrain a trainable classifier
- View sensitive data using Content explorer and Activity explorer
- Detect sensitive information documents using Document Fingerprinting
Topic 38: Explore sensitivity labels
- Manage data protection using sensitivity labels
- Explore what sensitivity labels can do
- Determine a sensitivity label's scope
- Apply sensitivity labels automatically
- Explore sensitivity label policies
Topic 39: Implement sensitivity labels
- Plan your deployment strategy for sensitivity labels
- Examine the requirements to create a sensitivity label
- Create sensitivity labels
- Publish sensitivity labels
- Remove and delete sensitivity labels
Final Assessment
- Written Assessment - Short Answer Questions (WA-SAQ)
- Practical Performance (PP)
Course Info
Promotion Code
Promo or discount cannot be applied to WSQ courses
Minimum Entry Requirement
Knowledge and Skills
- Able to operate using computer functions
- Minimum 3 GCE ‘O’ Levels Passes including English or WPL Level 5 (Average of Reading, Listening, Speaking & Writing Scores)
Attitude
- Positive Learning Attitude
- Enthusiastic Learner
Experience
- Minimum of 1 year of working experience.
Target age group: 21-65 years old
Minimum Software/Hardware Requirement
Software: NIL
Hardware: Windows and Mac Laptops
About Progressive Wage Model (PWM)
The Progressive Wage Model (PWM) helps to increase wages of workers through upgrading skills and improving productivity.
Employers must ensure that their Singapore citizen and PR workers meet the PWM training requirements of attaining at least 1 Workforce Skills Qualification (WSQ) Statement of Attainment, out of the list of approved WSQ training modules.
For more information on PWM, please visit MOM site.
Funding Eligility Criteria
Individual Sponsored Trainee | Employer Sponsored Trainee |
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Steps to Apply Skills Future Claim
- The staff will send you an invoice with the fee breakdown.
- Login to the MySkillsFuture portal, select the course you’re enrolling on and enter the course date and schedule.
- Enter the course fee payable by you (including GST) and enter the amount of credit to claim.
- Upload your invoice and click ‘Submit’
SkillsFuture Level-Up Program
The SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme provides greater structural support for mid-career Singaporeans aged 40 years and above to pursue a substantive skills reboot and stay relevant in a changing economy. For more information, visit SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme
Get Additional Course Fee Support Up to $500 under UTAP
The Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP) is a training benefit provided to NTUC Union Members with an objective of encouraging them to upgrade with skills training. It is provided to minimize the training cost. If you are a NTUC Union Member then you can get 50% funding (capped at $500 per year) under Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP).
For more information visit NTUC U Portal – Union Training Assistance Program (UTAP)
Steps to Apply UTAP
- Log in to your U Portal account to submit your UTAP application upon completion of the course.
Note
- SSG subsidy is available for Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents, and Corporates.
- All Singaporeans aged 25 and above can use their SkillsFuture Credit to pay. For more details, visit www.skillsfuture.gov.sg/credit
- An unfunded course fee can be claimed via SkillsFuture Credit or paid in cash.
- UTAP funding for NTUC Union Members is capped at $250 for 39 years and below and at $500 for 40 years and above.
- UTAP support amount will be paid to training provider first and claimed after end of class by learner.
Job Roles
- Systems Administrator
- IT Manager
- Cloud Solutions Architect
- IT Consultant
- IT Director
- Network Administrator
- IT Security Specialist
- IT Support Specialist
- IT Project Manager
- Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator
- Microsoft 365 Teams Administrator
- Microsoft 365 Security Administrator
- Compliance Manager
- Information Systems Auditor
- Information Security Analyst
Trainers
Sanjiv Venkatram: Sanjiv i is an ACTA certified experienced leader with a proven track record in business / finance consulting and in developing i) business intelligence (BI) solutions ii) data analytics/analysis solutions and iii) IOT lead BI solutions. Sanjiv's goal through Prudentia Consulting, is to promote the simple joy and excitement of actively using the Microsoft Platform. He believes that the agility afforded by the Microsoft platform helps businesses get time back for deeper business thinking and to spend more time with their end customers
Sanjiv has rich experiences in diverse/complex high-tech businesses, turn around environments and strategic transformations. His functional expertise is in sales analytics, financial planning and analysis, engineering and program management. He has worked across discrete manufacturing, professional services and higher education verticals. He also has a working knowledge of equities portfolio management within the financial services domain.Sanjiv is the CEO of Prudentia Consulting, an organization committed to promoting the active usage of the Microsoft Platform. Prior to this, he has worked at Microsoft (US & APAC: 9.2 years), Cognizant Tech Solutions (3.3 years), Yazaki North America (8 years) and until recently at Oracle. Here are a few of his BI/analytics projects driven at scale: Built APAC wide BI dashboard using the Power BI umbrella tool set (Power BI online, Power BI desktop and Power Pivot) and a KPI lake (SQL DB), Helped develop key KPIs – identified key KPIs and helped land this in the DB, Developed a budget audit tool that captured budget inputs from a host of countries across the globe, Developed a business unit P&L reporting tool (functional architecture) in Business Objects for the world-wide financial planning and analysis team.
Alec Tan: Alec Tan is a ACTA certified trainer, He has a number of Comptia certifications. Since 2002, starting off from IT technical background to pre-sales, sales account manager, system integration, operate IT retail / repair shop business in Sim Lim Square 2008 ~ 2012, and back to IT industry employment, freelance IT Trainer till present.
Kishan Raaj: Kishan Raaj is a seasoned Data Science and SAP Program Manager with over 15 years of experience, currently leading all end-to-end training and projects for Data Science across Asia at LITHAN, Singapore. With expertise in machine learning, data analytics, and cloud technologies, he is well-versed in techniques such as regression, decision trees, clustering, and text mining. He has hands-on experience with tools like Python, R, Tableau, PowerBI, and Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio.
As an ACTA certified trainer, Kishan has designed and delivered comprehensive courses for SAP and Data Science programs, managing teams and training in multiple countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, China, India, and Vietnam. His background in SAP, particularly in S4/HANA and ABAP, combined with his expertise in machine learning libraries such as TensorFlow and Keras, positions him as a highly capable leader in technical education and project management across various industries.
Quah Chee Yong: Quah Chee Yong is a ACTA certified trainer. Quah Chee Yong Chee Yong is an experienced professional who has held various Technical, Operations and Commercial positions across several industriesA firm believer that AI can create a better world, he has equipped himself with the Knowledge and Skills in the fields of Data Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Cloud Deployment
He has a deep passion for training & facilitating and is currently a Singapore WSQ certified Adult Educator. He particularly enjoys the interactive engagements with his fellow trainers and learners
Peter Cheong : Peter is a ACLP certied trainer. Specialise In IT related knowlege and conduct IT Training which Include Microsoft Window Server Technology (Wintel) and Linux - Centos/Red Hat. Comptia ,ITIL , Motorola Solution Trunking System and Cisco Networking. I was worked in Motorola Solutions Conduct Motorola Astro 25 Trunking System For Police Force Malaysia (RMPnet),Taiwan Navy, Indonesia METRO POLDA (Police Force). After that Peter Join As IT Group Manager For W-Group which include 17 subsidiaries Companies in Real Estate Developer,Plantation, Building Management Services ,Contruction and also Fiber Opti Service Provider in Sabah,Malaysia.