SC-400 Exam Study Guide (Microsoft Information Protection Administrator)

SC-400 Preparation Details

Preparing for the SC-400 Microsoft Information Protection Administrator exam? Don’t know where to start? This post is the SC-400 Certificate Study Guide (with links to each exam objective).

I have curated a list of articles from Microsoft documentation for each objective of the SC-400 exam. Please share the post within your circles so it helps them to prepare for the exam.

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Implement Information Protection (35-40%)

Create and Manage Sensitive Information Types

Select a sensitive information type based on an organization’s requirements

Classify data using sensitive information types

Create and manage custom sensitive information types

Get started with custom sensitive information types

Create & manage custom sensitive information types

Create custom sensitive information types with an exact data match

Describe custom sensitive information types with an exact data match

Create custom sensitive information types with an exact data match

Implement document fingerprinting

Document fingerprinting

Implement document fingerprinting

Create a keyword dictionary

Create a keyword dictionary

Create keyword dictionary

Create and Manage Trainable Classifiers

Identify when to use trainable classifiers

Classify data using trainable classifiers

Create a trainable classifier

Create a trainable classifier

Verify a trainable classifier is performing properly

Testing content

Test the predictive model

Retrain a classifier

Retraining classifiers

Retrain a classifier in communications compliance

Retrain a classifier in content explorer

Implement and Manage Sensitivity Labels

Identify roles and permissions for administering sensitivity labels

Permissions required to create & manage sensitivity labels

Create sensitivity labels

Create and configure sensitivity labels

Configure and manage sensitivity label policies

Configure sensitivity label policies

Apply sensitivity labels to Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 groups, and SharePoint sites

Apply sensitivity labels to Teams, Microsoft 365 groups, & SharePoint sites

Configure and publish automatic labeling policies (excluding MCAS scenarios)

Configure auto-labeling policies

Monitor label usage by using label analytics

Monitor label performance using label analytics

Apply bulk classification to on-premises data by using the AIP unified labeling scanner

Azure Information Protection unified labeling scanner

Configure on-premises labeling for the Unified Labeling Scanner

Manage protection settings and marking for applied sensitivity labels

What sensitivity labels can do?

Apply protections and restrictions to email including content marking, usage, permission, encryption, expiration, etc.

Apply protections and restrictions to email and files

Apply protections and restrictions to files including content marking, usage, permission, encryption, expiration, etc.

Restrict access to content by using sensitivity labels to apply encryption

Plan and Implement Encryption for Email Messages

Define requirements for implementing Office 365 Message Encryption

Office 365 Message Encryption (OME)

Implement Office 365 message encryption

Implement Office 365 Advanced Message Encryption

Advanced message encryption

Implement Office 365 advanced message encryption

Implement Data Loss Prevention (30-35%)

Create and Configure Data Loss Prevention Policies

Recommend a data loss prevention solution for an organization

Overview of data loss prevention

Configure data loss prevention for policy precedence

Configure data loss prevention for policy precedence

Configure policies for Microsoft Exchange email

Data loss prevention in Exchange server

Configure policies for Microsoft SharePoint sites

Create, test, and tune a DLP policy

Configure policies for Microsoft OneDrive accounts

Data Loss Prevention policy for OneDrive

Configure policies for Microsoft Teams chat and channel messages

Data loss prevention and Teams

Integrate Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS) with Microsoft Information Protection

Integrate Information Protection with Cloud App Security

Combine DLP with Microsoft Cloud App Security

Configure policies in Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS)

Create a Cloud App Security access policy

Configure file policies in Microsoft Cloud App Security

Implement data loss prevention policies in test mode

Implement data loss prevention policies in test mode

Roll out DLP policies gradually with test mode

Implement and Monitor Microsoft Endpoint Data Loss Prevention

Configure policies for endpoints

Extend data loss prevention to your devices

Configure Endpoint data loss prevention settings

Prepare Endpoint DLP

Recommend configurations that enable devices for Endpoint data loss prevention policies

Using Endpoint data loss prevention

Monitor endpoint activities

Endpoint activities you can monitor & take action on

Monitored files

Manage and Monitor Data Loss Prevention Policies and Activities

Manage and respond to data loss prevention policy violations

Manage & respond to data loss prevention policy violations

Review and analyze data loss prevention reports

Review and analyze data loss prevention reports

Manage permissions for data loss prevention reports

Manage permissions for data loss prevention reports

Manage data loss prevention violations in Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS)

Manage DLP violations in Microsoft Cloud App Security

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Implement Information Governance (25-30%)

Configure Retention Policies and Labels

Create and apply retention labels

Configure retention labels

Create retention labels and apply them in apps

Create and apply retention label policies

Configure manual retention label policies

Configure and publish auto-apply label policies

Configure auto-apply retention label policies

Automatically apply a retention label to retain/delete content

Manage Data Retention in Microsoft 365

Create and apply retention policies in Microsoft SharePoint and OneDrive

Learn about retention in SharePoint & OneDrive

Explain retention in SharePoint Online and OneDrive

Create and apply retention policies in Microsoft Teams

Create and manage retention policies for Teams

Explain retention in Microsoft Teams

Recover content in Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive

Recover content in Microsoft 365 workloads

Recover content in Microsoft Exchange

Recover deleted messages in a user’s mailbox in Exchange

Recover content in Microsoft Exchange

Implement retention policies and tags in Microsoft Exchange

Retention tags and retention policies

Implement retention policies and tags in Exchange

Apply mailbox holds in Microsoft Exchange

Litigation Hold and In-Place Hold

Apply mailbox holds in Exchange

Implement Microsoft Exchange Online archiving policies

Set up an archive policy for mailboxes

Implement Records Management in Microsoft 365

Configure labels for records management

Configure retention labels

Manage and migrate retention requirements with a file plan

Import a file plan

Import retention labels into your file plan

Configure automatic retention using File Plan descriptors

Use file plan to manage retention labels

Classify records using retention labels and policies

Create retention labels and apply them in apps

Implement in-place records management in Microsoft SharePoint

Configuring in-place records management

Configure event-based retention

Configure event-driven retention

Manage disposition of records

Disposition of records

This brings us to the end of the SC-400 Microsoft Information Protection Administrator exam study guide.

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