Az-500


Review By: Patrick Evah


Certified


Yes

Expiry Month


3

Expiry Year


2022

Time taken to Prepare


30 day Days

Resources Used

  • Microsoft Learn,

Detailed Review Of Preparation

The first thing I did before I started my preparation was to print out the certificate objective which are

Manage identity and access (20-25%)

Configure Azure Active Directory for workloads

  ? create App Registration

? configure App Registration permission scopes

 ? manage App Registration permission consent

? configure Multi-Factor Authentication settings

? manage Azure AD directory groups

? manage Azure AD users

? install and configure Azure AD Connect

? configure authentication methods

 ? implement Conditional Access policies

? configure Azure AD identity protection

Configure Azure AD Privileged Identity Management

Configure Azure tenant security

  ? monitor privileged access

? configure Access Reviews

 ? activate Privileged Identity Management

  ? transfer Azure subscriptions between Azure AD tenants

? manage API access to Azure subscriptions and resources

Implement platform protection (35-40%)

 Implement network security

  ? configure virtual network connectivity

? configure Network Security Groups (NSGs)

 

 ? create and configure Azure Firewall

? create and configure Azure Front Door service

? create and configure application security groups

? configure remote access management

? configure baseline

? configure resource firewall

Implement host security

Configure container security

Implement Azure Resource management security

  ? configure endpoint security within the VM

? configure VM security

 ? harden VMs in Azure

? configure system updates for VMs in Azure

 ? configure baseline

  ? configure network

? configure authentication

? configure container isolation

? configure AKS security

? configure container registry

? implement vulnerability management

  ? create Azure resource locks

? manage resource group security

? configure Azure policies

? configure custom RBAC roles

 ? configure subscription and resource permissions

Manage security operations (15-20%)

Configure security services

  ? configure Azure Monitor

? configure diagnostic logging and log retention

? configure vulnerability scanning

Configure security policies

  ? configure centralized policy management by using Azure Security Center

? configure Just in Time VM access by using Azure Security Center

 

Manage security alerts

  ? create and customize alerts

? review and respond to alerts and recommendations

 ? configure a playbook for a security event by using Azure Security Center

? investigate escalated security incidents

Secure data and applications (25-30%)

Configure security policies to manage data

  ? configure data classification

? configure data retention

? configure data sovereignty

Configure security for data infrastructure

  ? enable database authentication

? enable database auditing

? configure Azure SQL Database Advanced Threat Protection

? configure access control for storage accounts

? configure key management for storage accounts

? configure Azure AD authentication for Azure Storage

? configure Azure AD Domain Services authentication for Azure Files

 ? create and manage Shared Access Signatures (SAS)

? configure security for HDInsight

? configure security for Cosmos DB

? configure security for Azure Data Lake

Configure encryption for data at rest

Configure application security

Configure and manage Key Vault

  ? implement Azure SQL Database Always Encrypted

? implement database encryption

? implement Storage Service Encryption

? implement disk encryption

  ? configure SSL/TLS certs

? configure Azure services to protect web apps

? create an application security baseline

 

 ? manage access to Key Vault

? manage permissions to secrets, certificates, and keys

? configure RBAC usage in Azure Key Vault

? manage certificates

? manage secrets

? configure key rotation

So I checked every box in the objective field and then I did practice questions at exam topics.com


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