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SC-200 Microsoft Security Operations Analyst Course & SIMs (Udemy.com)

Get prepared for the SC-200 exam with instructor led labs and hands on simulations available 24/7

Created by: John Christopher

Last updated August 2026

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What you will learn

  • Learn the concepts and perform hands on activities needed to pass the SC-200 exam
  • Gain a tremendous amount of knowledge involving securing Microsoft 365 and Azure Services
  • Get loads of hands on experience with Security Operations for Microsoft 365
  • Utilize hands on simulations that can be access anytime, anywhere!

How it compares

Against the other 848 rated Udemy courses in IT Certifications on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 63% of them
  • Reviews2,855#137 of 849 by number of reviews
  • Length13.5 hourslonger than 69% of them
  • Last updatedAugust 2026more recently than 77% of them

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Course Description

We really hope you'll agree, this training is way more then the average course on Udemy!

Have access to the following:

  • Training from an instructor of over 20 years who has trained thousands of people and also a Microsoft Certified Trainer

  • Lecture that explains the concepts in an easy to learn method for someone that is just starting out with this material

  • Instructor led hands on and simulations to practice that can be followed even if you have little to no experience

TOPICS COVERED INCLUDING HANDS ON LECTURE AND PRACTICE TUTORIALS:

Introduction

  • Welcome to the course

  • Understanding the Microsoft Environment

  • Foundations of Active Directory Domains

  • Foundations of RAS, DMZ, and Virtualization

  • Foundations of the Microsoft Cloud Services

  • DONT SKIP: The first thing to know about Microsoft cloud services

  • DONT SKIP: Azure AD is now renamed to Entra ID

  • Questions for John Christopher

  • Order of concepts covered in the course

Performing hands on activities

  • DONT SKIP: Using Assignments in the course

  • Creating a free Microsoft 365 Account

  • Activating licenses for Defender for Endpoint and Vulnerabilities

  • Getting your free Azure credit

  • Setting up Microsoft Entra for device management

  • Disable Security Defaults in Entra ID before proceeding

  • How to setup an Azure virtual machine for practicing hands on

  • Setting up Microsoft Entra for device management

  • How to join our test virtual machine to Microsoft Entra

Configure automation for Microsoft Defender XDR and Microsoft Sentinel

  • Introduction to Microsoft 365 Defender

  • Concepts of the purpose of extended detection and response (XDR)

  • Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Purview admin centers

  • Concepts of management with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

  • Vulnerability Management has been moved

  • Setting up a Microsoft Defender Admin role for permissions

  • Onboarding to manage devices using Defender for Endpoint

  • Bulk automatic onboarding with Microsoft Intune

  • How to verify Windows devices have been onboarded

  • A note about extra features in your Defender for Endpoint

  • Incidents, alert notifications, and advanced feature for endpoints

  • Review and respond to endpoint vulnerabilities

  • Configure and manage device groups

  • Identify devices at risk using the Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

  • Identify unmanaged devices by using device discovery

  • Configure security policies including attack surface reduction (ASR) rules

  • Concepts of Microsoft Sentinel

  • Plan a Microsoft Sentinel workspace

Configure the Microsoft Sentinel SIEM and platform

  • Configure Microsoft Sentinel roles and specify Azure RBAC roles

  • Design and configure Microsoft Sentinel data storage,log types and log retention

  • Activate and customize workbook templates

  • Create custom workbooks that include KQL

  • Configure visualizations

Ingest data into the Microsoft Sentinel SIEM and platform

  • Identify data sources to be ingested for Microsoft Sentinel

  • Implement and use Content hub solutions

  • A note about Kusto Query Language (KQL)

  • Configure & use MS connectors for Azure, including Azure Policy & diagnostics

  • Plan and configure Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) and data collection rules

  • Plan and configure Syslog and Common Event Format (CEF) event collections

  • Collection of Windows Security events and Windows Event Forwarding (WEF)

  • Create custom log tables in the workspace to store ingested data

  • Configure Sentinel to ingest Azure and Entra ID data

  • Monitor and optimize data ingestion

Configure detections

  • Run an attack simulation email campaign in Microsoft 365 Defender

  • Manage actions and submissions in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal

  • Identify and remediate security risks by using Microsoft Secure Score

  • Analyze threat analytics in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal

  • Configure and manage custom detections and alerts

  • Classify and analyze data by using entities

  • Concepts of Microsoft Sentinel analytics rules

  • Configure and manage analytics rules

  • Query Microsoft Sentinel data by using ASIM parsers

  • Implement behavioral analytics

Respond to alerts and incidents in Microsoft Defender XDR

  • Using polices to remediate threats with Email, Teams, SharePoint & OneDrive

  • Investigate, respond, and remediate threats with Defender for Office 365

  • Understanding data loss prevention (DLP) in Microsoft 365 Defender

  • Understanding Data loss prevention roles and permissions

  • Implement data loss prevention policies (DLP)

  • Adaptive Protection with data loss prevention

  • Policy and rule precedence in Data Loss Prevention

  • Understanding insider risk policies

  • Implement Insider Risk Management connectors

  • Generating an insider risk policy

  • Overview of Microsoft Defender for Cloud

  • Assess and recommend cloud workload protection and enable plans

  • Investigate information identified by MS Defender for Cloud workload protection

  • Discover and manage apps by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

  • Identify, investigate, & remediate security risks by using Defender for Cloud Apps

  • Investigate and remediate incidents in Microsoft Sentinel

  • Understanding automation rules and Microsoft Sentinel playbooks

  • Create and configure automation rules

  • Create and configure Microsoft Sentinel playbooks

  • Run playbooks on on-premises resources

  • What Microsoft Security Copilot (MSC)?

  • Security compute units (SCUs) in Security Copilot

  • Warning before allocating SCUs for Security Copilot

  • Allocating SCUs for Security Copilot

  • Setting up sample alerts for querying with Security Copilot

  • Investigating an incident involving a VM with Security Copilot

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Instructor Details

John Christopher

John Christopher is a Technical Instructor that has been in the business for 25 years. His first experience with information technology occurred in the early 90s when he ran an MS-DOS based BBS(Bulletin Board System) as a System Operator. In the late 90s, after working with Windows NT 3.50 performing backups for Regal Group, he decided to get Windows NT Microsoft Certified.

In 1998 he got his first Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Microsoft Certified Trainer certification. Shortly after getting certified, he began working as a Junior Administrator and Instructor for Knowledge Alliance. From there John was able to become one of the first people in the world to gain an MCSE for the Windows 2000 operating system and he began teaching full time for a company called Productivity Point International. At Productivity Point, John got Citrix Metaframe certified and began teaching Citrix along with Microsoft classes. Productivity Point began experiencing financial troubles and John moved on to work with another training company in 2001

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Reviews

4.6

2,855 ratings on Udemy

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By Jacob Vranyes-Fast on 8/20/2026

after just the first 2 videos it is clear this instructor knows how to explain things well and clearly without leaving important information out or bogging it down with so much content. clear visualization of ideas and easy to focus on his style of teaching.

By Hayden Cones on 8/18/2026

This are not Death-by-PowerPoint lessons. The instructor is very clear and helpful with his explanations. I could listen to this guy all day.

By Mohammad Azam Khan on 8/8/2026

I really enjoyed completing this course. The combination of clear explanations, practical demonstrations, and hands-on simulations made the learning experience very valuable. The exercises covering Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Sentinel, KQL, incident management, threat hunting, data connectors, automation rules, alert policies, DLP, and audit retention gave me a much better understanding of how these technologies are used in real-world security operations. The simulations were especially helpful because they allowed me to practice the concepts instead of only learning them theoretically. I now feel much more confident navigating Microsoft security tools and understanding the responsibilities of a Security Operations Analyst. Thank you, John Christopher, for creating such a practical and well-structured course. It has been an important part of my preparation for the Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200) certification and my journey toward becoming a SOC Analyst. Highly recommended for anyone preparing for SC-200 or looking to build practical Microsoft security skills.

By Thomas Gumbu on 5/15/2026

The course is clear, informative, and easy to follow. I like the short, simple presentation—it makes the topic easy to understand.

By Valentin Sotir on 4/24/2026

Just finished the SC-200 course by John Christopher on Udemy and it was excellent. The content was clear, well-structured, and very practical, making complex security concepts much easier to understand. I especially appreciated the real-world examples and hands-on approach. It’s a great resource for anyone preparing for the exam or looking to strengthen their security operations knowledge. Highly recommend!

By Nicholas Bianco on 3/22/2026

- The value was great for the price. The course covers the content of the SC-200 if you want to use the tools, but I don't recall specifics geared towards the exam. I didn't find this was enough on its own to allow me to confidently pass the SC-200 certification. - I didn't like that screenshots of the course material are disabled. There were key slides that I'd like to capture for my notes. I'd suggest to just put a watermark on the content if you are concerned about someone sharing the content. - The sound volume on Lesson 15 was too low, but fine on other Lessons. - It would be more helpful to show real work examples, for example in section 15 rather than populating the logtype with “momma” in the KQL query use something meaningful - I give the content creator credit for updating the content as Microsoft is constantly changing its terminology. - I did like the interactive AI session at the end. That was useful. - The labs were good.

By Diosdado Sitchon on 2/2/2026

Repeatedly reminding readers that Microsoft Sentinel is available in both Azure and Defender is really annoying and time-consuming. A single mention at the beginning of the chapter, or a brief reminder, would be sufficient. Also i suggest providing some best practices would be very helpful.

By Patrick Medley Jr on 1/12/2026

Great work as always with these Microsoft Courses. I highly recommend setting up your own Azure and O365 Tenant and following along with the Videos.

By Jaouad Oudriss on 12/18/2025

I found it more informative than the course Global Knowledge has given me, which is quite suprising considering i paid 20 for this course and 2700 for Global Knowledge's course, the course summarizes the information quite well and made a lot of concepts more clear to me.

By Dean Hornberger-Udemy on 12/16/2025

Great information. I have been using the Azure platform for over a year and this certainly provided information on areas I use often and missed certain features or more efficient ways of working. Lots of differences with the environment I use personally. My sentinel instance is found within Azure, whereas the Microsoft365/Defender sentinel area does not function.

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