Tag: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

I completed my initial training at Microsoft!

I’m happy to report I have completed the intensive internal training at Microsoft, related to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE), of about 70 hours!

This means that soon I will start taking real cases from customers!

Wish me luck!

Certificate of the 1 hour assessment I just passed.

The full course outline is below:

MDE – Foundational Training – General Certificate link

  • Foundational Training – Getting started
  • Internal Tools and Customer Communication
  • Initial Scoping

MDE Lab Creation Certificate link

  • Create Your Azure Labs
  • Local Virtual Machines
  • Creating local VM’s – Hyper-V

Basic Portal overviews / General cross platform features Certificate link

  • M365 Converged Portal
  • MDE – Threat and Vulnerability Management (TVM)
  • MDE Alerting
  • MDE – Tagging and Grouping
  • Defender Antivirus – Network Protection
  • MDE – Microsoft Threat Experts
  • MDE – Response Actions
  • MDE – Indicators
  • Microsoft Defender Endpoint licensing requirements & offering plans
  • Defender for Cloud Integration, Onboarding and Offboarding
  • Action Center
  • Device inventory and Timeline
  • Basic Connectivity Information
  • Defender AV (Compatibility with 3rd party AV)
  • Malware Submissions WDSI
  • Microsoft Defender for Office Integration
  • Live Response
  • Intune Integration
  • Advanced Hunting
  • Region Reset
  • Azure Permissions + MDE RBAC
  • Suppression Rules
  • Tenant Attach
  • Device Discovery
  • Contain Device
  • EDR Network Device Discovery
  • Device Health and Compliance Report
  • False Positives
  • MDE – Troubleshooting Mode

Windows – MDE Foundational Certificate link

  • Microsoft Defender Antivirus
  • Microsoft Defender Antivirus
  • Antimalware Extension (IAAS)
  • MDE – Run Client Analyzer
  • MDE – Machine Isolation
  • MDE – Offboarding Machines
  • MDE – Client Analyzer II
  • MDE – Onboarding Machines
  • MDE – Indicators
  • Defender Antivirus – Exploit Protection
  • SCCM / SCEM Enrolment, Onboarding and Offboarding
  • Defender AV Updates
  • Defender AV – Log Collection
  • MDE – API Offboarding
  • Modern Unified Solution for 2012R2 / 2016
  • System Center Endpoint Protection logs
  • Troubleshooting SmartScreen
  • MDE – Web Content Filtering (WCF)
  • MSRT – Microsoft Safety Removal Tool
  • Defender Antivirus – Attack Surface Reduction (ASR)
  • Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUA)
  • MDE Security Configuration Management
  • Safety Scanner
  • Foundational – Controlled Folder Access (CFA)
  • MDE Troubleshooting Device Control for Windows
  • Troubleshooting Device Control for Windows
  • Automated Investigation and Response (AIR)
  • Host Firewall Reporting
  • Device Groups and Tags
  • EDR in Block Mode
  • Azure ARC (windows)
  • On / Offboarding with Group Policy

MDE Log Collection Methods Certificate link

  • MDE Client Analyzer Logs
  • Defender Log Collection
  • ASR Log Collection
  • Linux and macOS Log Collection
  • Android and iOS Log Collection

Linux – MDE Foundational Certificate link

  • MDE – Linux onboarding
  • MDE – Client Analyzer for Linux Servers / macOS
  • Configuring AV Exclusions on Linux
  • TVM on Linux
  • Running AV Scans on Linux
  • Cloud Protection – Linux
  • Managing Updates
  • Configuring AuditD Exclusions on Linux
  • Licensing – Linux
  • Configuring Network Protection on Linux
  • Deploying Defender for Linux

Mac – MDE Foundational Certificate link

  • Internal Mac Test Machines
  • MDE – macOS Onboarding

Android / iOS – MDE Foundational Certificate link

  • MDE for Android – Hands on lab
  • MDE for iOS – Hands on lab
  • Android / iOS Network Protection
  • Android / iOS Network Protection

Endpoint Protection Foundational assessment Certificate link

  • The final exam

I started working for Microsoft!

I’m very happy to announce today was my first day of working at Microsoft!

While the job is fully remote, I chose to work onsite, at the Lisbon Office of Microsoft Portugal, for my first day.

I’ve met some of my colleagues, and thankfully I liked the vibe of the workplace, with several people helping out.

I also liked the space, modern, yet comfortable and cozy.

As for the actual job, I will be working with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.

Let us hope this is the beginning of a long and productive journey!

I will be working for Microsoft!

I’m very happy to announce that today I signed a work contract with Microsoft!

I will be working in Cybersecurity, as a Support Engineer, providing technical support and advice related to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, to clients in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

I’m also happy that the Certified Ethical Hacker certification helped me get this job – it was one of the preferred qualifications on the job posting.

I will start in less than 1 month, working for Microsoft Portugal, and certainly will have more news soon!