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Build practical skills in Microsoft Purview, Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), retention, Insider Risk Management, auditing, and AI data security. This job-oriented SC-401 training is designed to help you manage and protect sensitive organizational data while preparing for the Microsoft SC-401 certification exam.
Duration of Training : 40 Hours
Batch type : Weekdays/Weekends
Mode of Training : Classroom/Online/Corporate Training
Detailed Syllabus • Hands-on Labs • Assignments • Support-Focused • Implementation
Curriculum Designed by Experts
32–40 Hours Job-Oriented Training Program
Microsoft Purview | Information Protection | DLP | Retention | Insider Risk | Audit | AI Data Security
This syllabus is aligned to the current SC-401 exam objectives effective July 28, 2026.
Microsoft currently weights the exam across three major areas: Implement Information Protection (30–35%), Implement Data Loss Prevention and Retention (30–35%), and Manage Risks, Alerts, and Activities (30–35%).
Microsoft’s current SC-401 course also covers Microsoft Purview Information Protection, DLP, retention, Insider Risk Management, Audit, and protection of AI interactions/environments.
The Microsoft SC-401 Information Security Administrator program prepares learners to design, implement and manage information security controls for Microsoft 365 environments using Microsoft Purview and related Microsoft security services.
Complete Learning Path
Security Fundamentals → Microsoft Purview → Data Classification → Sensitivity Labels → Information Protection → DLP → Endpoint DLP → Retention → Insider Risk → Audit → eDiscovery → Defender for Cloud Apps → AI Data Security → Incident Investigation → Automation → Enterprise Capstone
• Basic Microsoft 365 knowledge
• Basic understanding of cybersecurity
• Understanding of Microsoft Entra ID
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft 365 workloads
• Familiarity with security and compliance concepts
• Basic PowerShell knowledge recommended
• Basic understanding of Microsoft Defender recommended
Microsoft recommends familiarity with Microsoft 365 services, PowerShell, Microsoft Entra, the Microsoft Defender portal and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps for the role.
| Module | Topic | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Security & Purview Fundamentals | 3 |
| 2 | Data Classification & Sensitive Information | 4 |
| 3 | Sensitivity Labels & Information Protection | 5 |
| 4 | Data Loss Prevention – DLP | 5 |
| 5 | Endpoint DLP & Adaptive Protection | 4 |
| 6 | Retention & Information Governance | 4 |
| 7 | Insider Risk Management | 4 |
| 8 | Audit, eDiscovery, Alerts & Investigations | 3 |
| 9 | AI Data Security & DSPM for AI | 3 |
| 10 | Automation, Troubleshooting & Capstone | 5 |
| Total | Microsoft Purview / SC-401 Training | 40 Hours |
Fundamentals
• Microsoft 365 Security Architecture
• Information Security Administrator role
• Microsoft Purview overview
• Microsoft Purview portal
• Microsoft Defender portal
• Microsoft Entra fundamentals
• Microsoft 365 compliance concepts
• Data security lifecycle
• Information governance
• Data classification
• Data protection
• Risk reduction
• Zero Trust concepts
• Microsoft Purview roles and permissions
Core Topics
• Microsoft Purview solutions
• Security vs compliance
• Data governance
• Insider vs external threats
• Microsoft 365 collaboration workloads
• SharePoint
• OneDrive
• Exchange
• Teams
• Power BI
Hands-On Labs
1. Explore Microsoft Purview Portal
2. Configure Purview Roles
3. Configure Administrative Permissions
4. Explore Data Explorer
5. Explore Content Explorer
Assignment
Design a Microsoft 365 Information Protection Strategy for an Enterprise.
Job Scenario
A company wants to protect confidential HR, finance and customer information across Microsoft 365. Design the initial Purview security architecture.
Core Technical Topics
• Data classification fundamentals
• Sensitive Information Types
• Built-in Sensitive Information Types
• Custom Sensitive Information Types
• Sensitive data discovery
• Keyword matching
• Regular expressions
• Confidence levels
• Supporting elements
• Document fingerprinting
• Exact Data Match (EDM)
• Trainable classifiers
• Data Explorer
• Content Explorer
• OCR support
These capabilities are explicitly included in Microsoft’s current SC-401 study objectives.
Hands-On Labs
1. Create Custom Sensitive Information Type
2. Configure Regex-Based Detection
3. Configure EDM
4. Configure Document Fingerprinting
5. Configure Trainable Classifier
6. Analyze Data Explorer
7. Investigate Content Explorer
8. Configure OCR Support
Assignment
Create a classification strategy for financial and customer data.
Mini Project
Enterprise Sensitive Data Discovery & Classification
Job Scenario
Identify credit-card, employee and customer information stored across Microsoft 365 and create appropriate detection mechanisms.
Core Technical Topics
• Microsoft Purview Information Protection
• Sensitivity Labels
• Label taxonomy
• Label permissions
• Label policies
• Encryption
• Access controls
• Content marking
• Headers
• Footers
• Watermarks
• Auto-labeling
• Manual labeling
• Container labeling
• Teams labeling
• Microsoft 365 Groups
• SharePoint labeling
• Power BI labeling
• Defender for Cloud Apps integration
• Purview Information Protection client
• On-premises file classification
• Purview Information Protection scanner
• Message Encryption
• Advanced Message Encryption
Hands-On Labs
1. Create Sensitivity Labels
2. Configure Encryption
3. Configure Content Marking
4. Create Label Publishing Policy
5. Create Auto-Labeling Policy
6. Apply Labels to Teams
7. Apply Labels to SharePoint
8. Configure Message Encryption
9. Configure Information Protection Scanner
Assignment
Create a four-level enterprise sensitivity-label hierarchy.
Example:
Public → Internal → Confidential → Highly Confidential
Mini Project
Enterprise Document Protection Solution
Core Technical Topics
• DLP fundamentals
• DLP architecture
• DLP policies
• DLP rules
• Sensitive Information Types
• Policy locations
• Exchange DLP
• SharePoint DLP
• OneDrive DLP
• Teams DLP
• Power BI considerations
• Endpoint DLP
• Policy tips
• User notifications
• Incident reports
• Alerts
• Overrides
• False positives
• Policy precedence
• Adaptive Protection
• Defender for Cloud Apps DLP
Microsoft currently places DLP and retention together as a 30–35% exam domain.
Hands-On Labs
1. Create DLP Policy
2. Configure DLP Rules
3. Configure User Notifications
4. Configure Policy Tips
5. Configure DLP Alerts
6. Configure DLP Overrides
7. Test Exchange DLP
8. Test SharePoint DLP
9. Test Teams DLP
10. Investigate DLP Incidents
Assignment
Create an enterprise DLP policy to prevent sensitive financial data from leaving the organization.
Mini Project
Corporate Data Loss Prevention Implementation
Job Scenario
An employee attempts to send customer financial information to a personal email account. Design a DLP policy that detects, alerts and prevents the activity.
Core Topics
• Endpoint DLP
• Device onboarding requirements
• Endpoint DLP settings
• Device activities
• File activities
• Browser activities
• USB restrictions
• Clipboard restrictions
• Print restrictions
• Network share controls
• Cloud upload controls
• Just-in-time protection
• Adaptive Protection
• Insider risk levels
• Endpoint monitoring
Hands-On Labs
1. Configure Endpoint DLP
2. Configure Device Restrictions
3. Configure USB Controls
4. Configure Printing Controls
5. Configure Clipboard Controls
6. Configure Cloud Upload Controls
7. Configure Just-in-Time Protection
8. Investigate Endpoint Activity
Assignment
Create an Endpoint DLP policy for a financial organization.
Job Scenario
A departing employee is downloading hundreds of confidential files to a USB device. Detect and control the activity.
Core Topics
• Data lifecycle management
• Retention policies
• Retention labels
• Retention label policies
• Auto-apply retention labels
• Adaptive policy scopes
• Retention settings
• Retention vs deletion
• Disposition
• Records management
• Policy precedence
• Policy Lookup
• Recover retained content
Hands-On Labs
1. Create Retention Label
2. Create Retention Policy
3. Publish Retention Labels
4. Auto-Apply Retention Labels
5. Configure Adaptive Scope
6. Test Policy Precedence
7. Perform Policy Lookup
8. Recover Retained Content
Assignment
Design a seven-year retention policy for financial documents.
Mini Project
Enterprise Records Retention & Data Lifecycle Management
Core Topics
• Insider risk fundamentals
• Insider Risk Management
• Risk indicators
• Policy templates
• Custom policies
• Risk levels
• Risk scoring
• Alerts
• Cases
• Investigations
• Privacy considerations
• Forensic evidence
• Notice templates
• Insider Risk connectors
• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint integration
• Adaptive Protection
Microsoft’s current learning path specifically covers planning, settings, connectors, policy creation, investigation and insider-risk cases.
Hands-On Labs
1. Configure Insider Risk Settings
2. Create Insider Risk Policy
3. Configure Indicators
4. Configure Risk Levels
5. Generate Test Alert
6. Investigate Risk Alert
7. Create Insider Risk Case
8. Investigate User Activity
Assignment
Develop an Insider Risk Management strategy for a large enterprise.
Mini Project
Employee Data Exfiltration Detection & Investigation
Core Topics
• Microsoft Purview Audit
• Audit Standard
• Audit Premium
• Audit retention
• Activity Explorer
• DLP alerts
• Insider Risk alerts
• Defender XDR alerts
• Defender for Cloud Apps alerts
• eDiscovery
• Content search
• Investigation workflow
• Incident response
• Security evidence
Hands-On Labs
1. Perform Audit Search
2. Investigate User Activity
3. Analyze Activity Explorer
4. Investigate DLP Alert
5. Investigate Insider Risk Alert
6. Perform eDiscovery Search
7. Investigate Security Incident
Assignment
Investigate a suspected data exfiltration incident using Purview Audit and Activity Explorer.
This is an important current SC-401 component. Microsoft’s July 2026 objectives explicitly include protecting data used by AI services and configuring Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) for AI.
Core Topics
• AI security fundamentals
• Microsoft 365 Copilot data protection
• Purview controls for AI
• Protecting sensitive data used by AI
• AI interactions
• AI activity monitoring
• DSPM for AI
• DSPM roles
• DSPM policies
• AI data risks
• AI security posture
• Microsoft Purview + AI governance
Hands-On Labs
1. Configure AI Data Protection Controls
2. Review AI Activities
3. Configure DSPM for AI
4. Investigate AI Data Risk
5. Configure AI Security Policies
Assignment
Create an AI Data Security Strategy for Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Mini Project
Microsoft 365 Copilot Data Protection & AI Security
PowerShell
• PowerShell fundamentals
• Microsoft Graph
• Purview PowerShell
• User management
• Policy administration
• Reporting
• Automation
• Bulk operations
Troubleshooting
• DLP policy not triggering
• Incorrect sensitivity label assignment
• Label policy not appearing
• User cannot access protected content
• Retention policy conflict
• False-positive DLP alert
• Endpoint DLP not detecting activity
• Insider Risk alert not generated
• Audit activity missing
• Permission/role issues
• Policy precedence problems
• Data classification problems
Microsoft Purview
• Purview Portal Configuration
• Roles & Permissions
• Data Explorer
• Content Explorer
Information Protection
• Sensitive Information Types
• Custom SIT
• EDM
• Document Fingerprinting
• Trainable Classifiers
• Sensitivity Labels
• Auto-Labeling
• Encryption
• Message Encryption
DLP
• Exchange DLP
• SharePoint DLP
• OneDrive DLP
• Teams DLP
• Endpoint DLP
• Adaptive Protection
• DLP Alerts
Governance
• Retention Labels
• Retention Policies
• Adaptive Scopes
• Policy Lookup
• Content Recovery
Risk & Investigation
• Insider Risk Policy
• Insider Risk Alert
• Insider Risk Case
• Audit Search
• Activity Explorer
• eDiscovery
AI
• AI Data Protection
• DSPM for AI
• AI Risk Investigation
1. Microsoft 365 Information Protection Strategy
2. Sensitive Information Classification Project
3. Enterprise Sensitivity Label Design
4. Financial Data DLP Policy
5. Endpoint DLP Implementation
6. Enterprise Retention Strategy
7. Insider Risk Management Policy
8. Data Exfiltration Investigation
9. Microsoft 365 Copilot Data Protection Strategy
10. DSPM for AI Security Assessment
Project 1
Enterprise Data Classification & Sensitivity Labeling
Project 2
Corporate DLP Implementation
Project 3
Endpoint Data Protection
Project 4
Insider Risk Detection & Investigation
Project 5
Microsoft 365 AI Data Security
Enterprise Microsoft Purview Information Security Implementation
Business Scenario
A 5,000-user organization wants to protect sensitive information across:
Exchange + Teams + SharePoint + OneDrive + Windows Endpoints + Microsoft 365 Copilot
Student Must Implement
• Data classification
• Sensitive Information Types
• Sensitivity Labels
• Auto-labeling
• Encryption
• DLP
• Endpoint DLP
• Retention
• Insider Risk Management
• Audit
• eDiscovery
• Alert investigation
• AI data protection
• DSPM for AI
Final Deliverables
• Security Requirements Document
• Data Classification Matrix
• Sensitivity Label Architecture
• DLP Policy Design
• Endpoint DLP Design
• Retention Matrix
• Insider Risk Strategy
• Audit & Investigation Procedure
• AI Security Strategy
• Test Cases
• Incident Investigation Report
• Executive Security Dashboard/Report
1. Prevent confidential documents from being emailed externally.
2. Stop sensitive files from being copied to USB.
3. Automatically classify financial documents.
4. Encrypt highly confidential documents.
5. Prevent sensitive data from being shared through Teams.
6. Configure retention for legal and financial records.
7. Investigate employee data exfiltration.
8. Investigate suspicious file downloads.
9. Investigate DLP violations.
10. Investigate insider-risk alerts.
11. Perform an audit investigation.
12. Conduct an eDiscovery investigation.
13. Protect Microsoft 365 Copilot data.
14. Identify AI-related data security risks.
15. Implement an enterprise Purview security architecture.
DLP
• DLP policy not triggering
• DLP rule precedence issue
• False positives
• Policy tips not appearing
• User override problems
Sensitivity Labels
• Label not visible
• Label policy not applying
• Auto-labeling failure
• Encryption/access problem
• Container labeling issue
Retention
• Retention policy conflict
• Incorrect retention label
• Auto-apply failure
• Policy precedence problem
• Content recovery issue
Insider Risk
• Alert not generated
• Incorrect risk score
• Missing activity
• Connector problem
• Investigation workflow issue
Audit
• Missing audit activity
• Incorrect search results
• Audit retention issue
• Permission problems
Microsoft Security & Compliance
• Microsoft Purview
• Microsoft Defender portal
• Microsoft Defender XDR
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
• Microsoft Entra ID
• Microsoft 365 Admin Center
• Microsoft Purview Audit
• Microsoft Purview eDiscovery
Administration & Automation
• PowerShell
• Microsoft Graph
• Microsoft Graph Explorer
• Azure Cloud Shell
AI Security
• Microsoft Purview DSPM for AI
• Microsoft 365 Copilot security controls
• Microsoft Security Copilot
• Apply least-privilege administration.
• Build a clear data classification strategy.
• Use sensitivity labels consistently.
• Test DLP policies before enforcement.
• Minimize DLP false positives.
• Use policy precedence carefully.
• Implement appropriate retention periods.
• Monitor insider-risk activities responsibly.
• Maintain audit trails.
• Document security incidents.
• Protect AI interactions and sensitive data.
• Review permissions regularly.
• Use Microsoft Graph/PowerShell for repeatable administration.
• Regularly review Purview alerts and activities.
• Maintain security and compliance documentation.
Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate
Exam: SC-401 – Administering Information Security in Microsoft 365
Microsoft currently identifies the certification as Intermediate / Administrator /
Information protection and governance.
Exam Domains
1. Implement Information Protection — 30–35%
2. Implement Data Loss Prevention and Retention — 30–35%
3. Manage Risks, Alerts, and Activities — 30–35%
Microsoft Official Training
SC-401T00-A – Protect sensitive information with Microsoft Purview in the AI era
Microsoft currently lists this as a 4-day course associated with the Information Security Administrator Associate certification.
SC-401 Technical + Scenario-Based Interview Preparation
Includes:
• Purview questions
• DLP scenarios
• Sensitivity Label scenarios
• Insider Risk scenarios
• Audit investigations
• AI security scenarios
• Troubleshooting questions
• Real-world implementation questions
• HR interview preparation
Create an ATS-friendly Microsoft Information Security Administrator resume
highlighting:
Microsoft Purview | DLP | Information Protection | Sensitivity Labels | Retention | Insider Risk | Audit | eDiscovery | Defender for Cloud Apps | Entra ID | DSPM for AI | PowerShell | Microsoft Graph
Add real project-based responsibilities, security policies, implementations and troubleshooting scenarios rather than only listing technologies.
• ATS Resume Preparation
• LinkedIn Profile Optimization
• SC-401 Certification Guidance
• Project Portfolio Preparation
• Technical Mock Interviews
• Scenario-Based Interview Preparation
• Microsoft Security Interview Questions
• HR Interview Preparation
• Job Role Mapping
• Placement Assistance
• Information Security Administrator
• Microsoft Purview Administrator
• Microsoft 365 Security Administrator
• Data Security Administrator
• Information Protection Administrator
• DLP Administrator
• Compliance Security Administrator
• Information Governance Administrator
• Insider Risk Analyst
• Microsoft 365 Security Consultant
• Microsoft Purview Consultant
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