Microsoft Defender Course with hands on training and sims (Udemy.com)

I learned a lot about Microsoft Defender. It helps me to understand what our Cybersecurity team is looking at when they review our systems and user accounts. thanks for the SIMs and the general overview of how to build out a test tenant environment on M365.

Udemy said I could not get a refund for this course because of the following: "This course is not eligible for a refund based on your viewing history. In accordance with our refund policy, you have watched too much of this course to request a refund." I watched 7 videos are realized that this course was outdated and in the trainers defense it is very difficult to keep up with the rate Microsoft changes stuff. This may be the last Udemy course I purchase. I have bought a lot of courses and they can't be trusted anymore.

I like the fact that the instructor starts explaining the very foundations of the content. It makes it easier to understand the concepts and the evolution of the technologies leading to this day.

You need to improve your method of training... always give example or LAB on scenario basis not walkthrough what is there is Microsoft or Azure portal...which help learner like me to understand or grasp the content. Thanks

The course is a good introduction into the world of Defender in a business environment, but to fit every detail in the course would be huge. Highly recommend following this course up with some official documentation from Microsoft themselves.

This was a really good course for exploring the various iterations of Microsoft's Defender platform. John has a great cadence to his lectures and offers good support for hands on exploration. It's covers several items in depth, but mostly, it's super broad, so if you want to know where things are, what roles are needed with a good overview of how and why and what, this is worth the time.

very good explanation on every product and features. I would like to have more info on when they got introduced as I am not sure if some of these products are already retired or replaced by some new name.

I love all your courses and videos I bought John, but please try and do more practicals for some modules, especially to the ones you said its out of the scope of the course. Thank you, you deserve the 5 stars

Alright, I debated even leaving a review but, I love JC and his content so I want him and others to know about this course. The suggestion question was "is this course a fit for you". The answer is yes and no. I am a IT support technician or whatever term HR is using these days, which basically means I support systems and the end users. I am heavily involved in MS side of things from managing users to cyber incidents. I live in the portals every day, review logs and make sure nothing goes bump in the night. With that being said, I am also heavily relying on JC and his courses to fill in gaps where MS documentation melts my brain and I just need to know something. The long and short of it, JC I love your content, love the work you are doing and I hope your channel gets big and popular! But this course was a little disappointing (for me). I felt like there was a lot more time spent in Azure portal with Defender for Cloud covering different apps instead of security.microsoft.com portal. I would personally make a separate series covering Purview since that was in here as well. JC has said that M$ will change things weekly, monthly, etc.. and that even documentation isn't matching, but some of this content is minimum 6 months old to 10 months old (from the time of my viewing in June 2024. I know its not easy for him to make updated content when he is making new content for other certs and working as a consultant so I understand. I rated it as what I expected because its the basic overview of all the knobs and buttons in defender, where to look for certain things and its not in depth. JC knows his stuff and I cant wait for more in depth courses. I bought 4 of his courses at once and picked up one of his free offerings. I think its the SC 100 which I am starting this week. IF you are looking to get into Defender, the course is only 9 hours and it will give you a good overview of where you need to get started. Its worth the money for newbies. Thanks!

It is well paced. I think, I would prefer if all the disclaimer are in the first few videos. What I mean is I get it that I won't have the same licenses/VM than you or that the naming convention from MS is changing, I don't need to hear about in most videos. I also get that not all of the us learn the same way, so some might benefit from hear it. I took a half star off because some element, I would like to dig a bit deeper. I get there are a lots of features to go through but it would be nice to see how an investigation is done from start to finish or audit a server for some changes. Sure I can read on my own, but then what is the purpose on this course. Maybe I am more a hands-on learner. Regardless, overall I think it's a good class but you definitely need to have some knowledge about Azure.