What is the best way to prepare for the SC-400 Exam?
Tags: informationprotection, azure, governance, dataprotection
Published: 2022-04-27 22:20:00


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**Skills measured**

- Implement data safety (35-40%)
- Implement data loss prevention (30-35%)
- Implement data governance (25-30%)


**Prerequisites**

Below are the prerequisite that want to be regarded earlier than enrolling for the examination.


**- [Foundational knowledge of Microsoft security and compliance technologies](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/security-compliance-and-identity-fundamentals/#:~:text=The%20Microsoft%20Certified%3A%20Security%2C%20Compliance%2C%20and%20Identity%20Fundamentals,Microsoft%20SCI%20solutions%20provide%20holistic%2C%20end-to-end%20cybersecurity%20capabilities.).**
**- [Basic knowledge of information protection concepts](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/what-is-information-protection).**
**- [Understanding of cloud computing concepts](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/what-is-cloud-computing/).**
**- [Understanding of Microsoft 365 products and services](https://products.support.services.microsoft.com/en-us/office/introducing-microsoft-365-41cc5189-6ff4-41ef-bdd3-04ac49d2706f).**


**Two methods of Preparation**

**Online-Free**

**[SC-400: Implement Information Protection in Microsoft 365
](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/implement-information-protection/)**

**- Introduction to information protection and governance in Microsoft 365**
**- Prevent data loss**
**- Classify data for protection and governance**
**- Create and manage sensitive information types**
**- Understand Microsoft 365 encryption**
**- Deploy message encryption in Office 365**
**- Protect information in Microsoft 365**
**- Apply and manage sensitivity labels**

**[SC-400: Implement Data Loss Prevention
](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/implement-data-loss-prevention/)**

**- Prevent data loss in Microsoft 365**
**- Configure DLP policies for Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps and Power Platform**
**- Manage data loss prevention policies and reports in Microsoft 365**

**[SC-400: Implement Information Governance in Microsoft 365
](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/implement-information-governance/)**

**- Govern information in Microsoft 365**
**- Manage data retention in Microsoft 365 workloads**
**- Manage records in Microsoft 365**

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**Instructor Lead Paid**

Below is the Instructor Lead Training this is supplied via way of means of Microsoft.


**[Course SC-400T00: Microsoft Information Protection Administrator
](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/courses/sc-400t00)**


After mastering the above modules from **[Microsoft Learn](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/sc-400?tab=tab-learning-paths)**, underneath is the Github repository which incorporates lab commands for the course:

**[SC-400T00: Microsoft Information Protection Administrator](https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/SC-400T00A-Microsoft-Information-Protection-Administrator)**


Exam dumps for SC-400 are to be had with inside the underneath link

**[Microsoft SC-400 Exam](https://www.examtopics.com/exams/microsoft/sc-400/)**




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