Explore our latest Microsoft Security training on Microsoft Learn

Connect with popular security skill-building offerings and resources from Microsoft Ignite 2024 

From simplifying infrastructure management and improving regulatory compliance to better navigating the modern cyberthreat landscape and building a security-first culture with AI, Ignite 2024 covered a ton of ground.  

Even if you didn’t join this year’s conference, you can explore expert content to inform and foster your security journey on our Security hub on Microsoft Learn. 

Designed for learners at all levels, the Security hub on Microsoft Learn is your go-to resource for security skill-building offerings, now easier to find, based on your interest and objectives. 

• Find expert guidance aligned to your security journey. Whether you need to build foundational security skills, gain specialized knowledge, or prove your capabilities with Microsoft Credentials, get the guidance you need. 

• Explore the latest resources organized by security focus area. Learn to understand advances in Zero Trust, identity and access, security operations, IT security, and much more. 

• Connect with like-minded communities, partners, and other thought leaders. Join the conversation, and get inspired to level up your skills and knowledge. 

Validate your cloud skills with Microsoft Learn challenges 

According to research examined by Science Direct, gaining complementary AI skills can increase wages by an average of 21%.  

Starting November 19, 2024, at 4:00 PM (16:00) UTC and running through January 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM (16:00) UTC, you can unlock new AI skills the Microsoft Learn Challenge | Ignite Edition.  

The Challenge includes eight expert-led learning paths: 

• Prepare for next generation data analytics with Microsoft Fabric: Accelerate your career as a data analytics professional. Learn how to connect, ingest, store, analyze, and report on data with Microsoft Fabric. Prepare for Exam DP-600 and your future as a Microsoft Certified Fabric Analytics Engineer. 

• Build trustworthy AI solutions on Microsoft Azure: Gain knowledge on secure, reliable AI with Microsoft Azure. Learn responsible AI practices, content filtering, and model evaluation while mitigating risks to meet the highest safety standards. 

• Innovate & secure your migration to Microsoft Azure: Learn how to migrate and manage your workloads with Microsoft Azure, tools, and services. Bring Azure innovation to your environment with improved scalability, security, and reliability. 

• Create agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio: Learn how to migrate and manage your workloads with Microsoft Azure, tools, and services. Bring Azure innovation to your environment with improved scalability, security, and reliability. 

• Microsoft 365 Copilot for administrators: Master Microsoft 365 Copilot security and compliance. Prepare data, configure tenants, assign licenses, drive user adoption, and optimize Copilot experiences with extensibility options. 

• Secure your data in the age of AI: Learn to adapt security strategies for evolving AI tech. Protect endpoints, data, and apps with Microsoft Purview and Defender. Stay ahead in safeguarding your organization's AI infrastructure. 

• Get started with Microsoft Copilot for Security: Learn how Copilot can help secure your organization at machine speed! Explore generative AI, understand Microsoft Security Copilot features, and gain skills to use in both embedded and stand-alone experiences. 

• Build AI apps with Microsoft Azure services and best practices: Learn to build cloud-native AI apps, create back-end databases, and integrate Azure OpenAI services. Gain practical skills for scaling AI and develop AI solutions for your organization on Azure. 

Ready to level up on your AI skills journey? Register for the Microsoft Learn Challenge today. 

Prove your real-world technical expertise with our latest Microsoft Applied Skills 

Professionals focused on data security and threat protection can demonstrate and differentiate their expertise by earning these new Microsoft Applied Skills: 

• Implement information protection and data loss prevention by using Microsoft Purview: Demonstrate your ability to implement Microsoft Purview Information Protection and DLP, and validate your ability to discover, classify, and protect sensitive data in Microsoft 365, effectively implementing data security by using Microsoft Purview. This assessment is particularly relevant for information protection and compliance administrators, in addition to security operations Analysts. 

• Implement retention, eDiscovery, and Communication Compliance in Microsoft Purview: Earn this Applied Skill by proving your ability to implement retention, eDiscovery, Communication Compliance, and content search in Microsoft Purview. This could be an especially good fit for compliance administrators who are familiar with Microsoft 365 services and Microsoft Purview and have experience administering compliance in Microsoft 365.  

• Defend against threats using Microsoft Defender XDR: Earn this credential by demonstrating your ability to use Microsoft Defender XDR to detect and respond to cyberthreats. Candidates for this credential should be familiar with investigating and gathering evidence about attacks on endpoints. They should also have experience using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Kusto Query Language (KQL). 

Take our most up-to-date Virtual Training Days for free 

No matter your security skill level, our free Microsoft Security Virtual Training Days will help you gain the technical skills and knowledge you need to enable employees to work securely and achieve more from anywhere.  

To keep pace with today’s fast-moving security landscape, we updated three of our most popular Virtual Training Days: 

• Modernize your SecOps with Microsoft Sentinel: Learn how to deploy your Microsoft Sentinel SIEM instance, migrate your existing rules, and add content hub solutions including data connectors, analytic rules, hunting queries and workbooks. These solutions enable you to perform detections, investigations, incident management, and threat hunting. Additionally, you can learn how to optimize your security data to maximize your coverage and better manage costs. We will also demonstrate how Microsoft Security Copilot can help security operations teams to move faster with skills like guided response, natural language to KQL translation, and analysis of malicious scripts. 

• Implement data security with Microsoft Purview: Learn how to discover sensitive data, identify critical data security risks, and dynamically tailor DLP controls using Microsoft Purview solutions including Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention, Insider Risk Management, and Adaptive Protection. The session will explore practical use cases for these products, demonstrating how they can secure AI applications and analyze organizational risks. You'll learn to protect data across generative AI tools like Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 and third-party AI applications, implement dynamic protections to prevent data leaks, and ensure compliance in an AI-first world. 

• Defend against threats with extended detection and response: Learn how to perform investigations and remediations with Microsoft Defender XDR and Defender for Endpoint. You will be introduced to the Unified Security Operations Platform (SIEM in XDR), and will see how to deploy the solution and use Microsoft Sentinel capabilities in Microsoft Defender XDR. Microsoft Sentinel SIEM in XDR topics also include SOC Optimization. They will perform advanced hunting using KQL queries, remediate security alerts, and perform detections, investigations, and threat hunting in Defender XDR. You will also learn how attack disruption works with incidents and alerts, and how to use Microsoft Security Copilot to investigate and perform incident management.