{"id":1006,"date":"2024-09-01T22:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T22:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pedrof.com\/blog\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2026-03-03T01:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:20:27","slug":"i-completed-my-initial-training-at-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pedrof.com\/blog\/en\/2024\/i-completed-my-initial-training-at-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"I completed my initial training at Microsoft!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m happy to report I have completed the intensive internal training at Microsoft, after having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pedrof.com\/blog\/en\/2024\/i-started-working-for-microsoft\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"991\">started working for the company 1 month ago<\/a>.<br>The training was related to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/business\/endpoint-security\/microsoft-defender-endpoint\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/business\/endpoint-security\/microsoft-defender-endpoint\">Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE)<\/a>, with a total of about 70 hours!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that soon I will start taking real cases from customers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wish me luck!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certificates.platform.qa.com\/1f8cc501d430085075616da240480a2156a92af1.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/certificates.platform.qa.com\/1f8cc501d430085075616da240480a2156a92af1.pdf\">Certificate of the 1 hour assessment I just passed.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full course outline is below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MDE &#8211; Foundational Training &#8211; General <a href=\"https:\/\/certificates.platform.qa.com\/fe75c9df64772f40d0a5a491172e5bbcc5b9445b.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/certificates.platform.qa.com\/fe75c9df64772f40d0a5a491172e5bbcc5b9445b.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pedrof.com\/images\/blue_star.svg\" alt=\"Certificate link\"><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Foundational Training &#8211; Getting started<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Internal Tools and Customer Communication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Initial Scoping<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MDE Lab Creation <a href=\"https:\/\/certificates.platform.qa.com\/8e02007bfe40f40cda133b600c116d5510e77cb9.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/certificates.platform.qa.com\/8e02007bfe40f40cda133b600c116d5510e77cb9.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pedrof.com\/images\/blue_star.svg\" alt=\"Certificate link\"><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create Your Azure Labs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Local Virtual Machines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creating local VM&#8217;s &#8211; Hyper-V<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Basic Portal overviews \/ General cross platform features <a href=\"https:\/\/certificates.platform.qa.com\/3dedccddebe27dadae5165d14285a3790e2fc591.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/certificates.platform.qa.com\/3dedccddebe27dadae5165d14285a3790e2fc591.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pedrof.com\/images\/blue_star.svg\" alt=\"Certificate link\"><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>M365 Converged Portal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDE &#8211; Threat and Vulnerability Management (TVM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDE Alerting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDE &#8211; Tagging and Grouping<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defender Antivirus &#8211; Network Protection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDE &#8211; Microsoft Threat Experts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDE &#8211; Response Actions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDE &#8211; Indicators<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Microsoft Defender Endpoint licensing requirements &amp; offering plans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defender for Cloud Integration, Onboarding and Offboarding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Action Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Device inventory and Timeline<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Basic Connectivity Information<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defender AV (Compatibility with 3rd party AV)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Malware Submissions WDSI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Microsoft Defender for Office Integration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Live Response<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intune Integration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advanced Hunting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Region Reset<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Azure Permissions + MDE RBAC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suppression Rules<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tenant Attach<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Device Discovery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contain Device<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EDR Network Device Discovery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Device Health and Compliance Report<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>False Positives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDE &#8211; Troubleshooting Mode<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Windows &#8211; MDE Foundational <a href=\"https:\/\/certificates.platform.qa.com\/dc85b6231e5a90a1fdb8668df8760e012f457eed.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/certificates.platform.qa.com\/dc85b6231e5a90a1fdb8668df8760e012f457eed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pedrof.com\/images\/blue_star.svg\" alt=\"Certificate link\"><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Microsoft Defender Antivirus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Microsoft Defender Antivirus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antimalware Extension (IAAS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDE &#8211; Run Client Analyzer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDE &#8211; Machine Isolation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDE &#8211; Offboarding Machines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDE &#8211; Client Analyzer II<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDE &#8211; Onboarding Machines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDE &#8211; Indicators<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defender Antivirus &#8211; Exploit Protection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SCCM \/ SCEM Enrolment, Onboarding and Offboarding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defender AV Updates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defender AV &#8211; Log Collection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDE &#8211; API Offboarding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Modern Unified Solution for 2012R2 \/ 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>System Center Endpoint Protection logs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Troubleshooting SmartScreen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDE &#8211; Web Content Filtering (WCF)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MSRT &#8211; Microsoft Safety Removal Tool<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defender Antivirus &#8211; Attack Surface Reduction (ASR)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDE Security Configuration Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Safety Scanner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Foundational &#8211; Controlled Folder Access (CFA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDE Troubleshooting Device Control for Windows<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Troubleshooting Device Control for Windows<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Automated Investigation and Response (AIR)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Host Firewall Reporting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Device Groups and Tags<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EDR in Block Mode<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Azure ARC (windows)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On \/ Offboarding with Group Policy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MDE Log Collection Methods <a href=\"https:\/\/certificates.platform.qa.com\/956ec6755186e1112a4a1460ad30cfdd7e1c1ef3.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/certificates.platform.qa.com\/956ec6755186e1112a4a1460ad30cfdd7e1c1ef3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pedrof.com\/images\/blue_star.svg\" alt=\"Certificate link\"><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MDE Client Analyzer Logs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defender Log Collection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ASR Log Collection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linux and macOS Log Collection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Android and iOS Log Collection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Linux &#8211; MDE Foundational <a href=\"https:\/\/certificates.platform.qa.com\/6edca9a4b777061c2c35c76061b12285800adacb.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/certificates.platform.qa.com\/6edca9a4b777061c2c35c76061b12285800adacb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pedrof.com\/images\/blue_star.svg\" alt=\"Certificate link\"><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MDE &#8211; Linux onboarding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDE &#8211; Client Analyzer for Linux Servers \/ macOS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Configuring AV Exclusions on Linux<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TVM on Linux<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Running AV Scans on Linux<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cloud Protection &#8211; Linux<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Managing Updates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Configuring AuditD Exclusions on Linux<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Licensing &#8211; Linux<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Configuring Network Protection on Linux<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deploying Defender for Linux<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mac &#8211; MDE Foundational <a href=\"https:\/\/certificates.platform.qa.com\/7477bcb4f50d608b60bc93026448e888ac208255.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/certificates.platform.qa.com\/7477bcb4f50d608b60bc93026448e888ac208255.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pedrof.com\/images\/blue_star.svg\" alt=\"Certificate link\"><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Internal Mac Test Machines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDE &#8211; macOS Onboarding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Android \/ iOS &#8211; MDE Foundational <a href=\"https:\/\/certificates.platform.qa.com\/b64f748bcfe34565f43e4bbad57b2a405107a92a.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/certificates.platform.qa.com\/b64f748bcfe34565f43e4bbad57b2a405107a92a.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pedrof.com\/images\/blue_star.svg\" alt=\"Certificate link\"><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MDE for Android &#8211; Hands on lab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDE for iOS &#8211; Hands on lab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Android \/ iOS Network Protection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Android \/ iOS Network Protection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Endpoint Protection Foundational assessment <a href=\"https:\/\/certificates.platform.qa.com\/1f8cc501d430085075616da240480a2156a92af1.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/certificates.platform.qa.com\/1f8cc501d430085075616da240480a2156a92af1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pedrof.com\/images\/blue_star.svg\" alt=\"Certificate link\"><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The final exam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m happy to report I have completed the intensive internal training at Microsoft, after having started working for the company 1 month ago.The training was related to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE), with a total of about 70 hours! This means that soon I will start taking real cases from customers! Wish me luck! 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