The SC-401T00-A: Protect Sensitive Information with Microsoft Purview in the AI Era course is designed for security professionals, compliance teams, and IT leaders who are responsible for safeguarding organisational data in an increasingly AI-driven and cloud-first environment. As artificial intelligence, Copilot experiences, and modern collaboration tools transform how data is created and shared, protecting sensitive information has become more complex and critical than ever.
This course provides in-depth expertise on using Microsoft Purview to discover, classify, protect, and govern sensitive data across Microsoft 365, Azure, endpoints, and third-party environments. Learners will explore advanced capabilities such as data classification, sensitivity labels, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Insider Risk Management, and Information Protection, with a strong focus on AI-related data risks and regulatory compliance.
Participants will gain practical, scenario-based knowledge to design and implement enterprise-grade information protection strategies that align with global compliance standards while enabling secure innovation with AI technologies.
By the end of the course, learners will be equipped to confidently protect sensitive information, reduce data exposure risks, and support secure AI adoption using Microsoft Purview.
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Course Content
- Module 1: Protect sensitive data in a digital world
- Introduction
- The growing need for data protection
- The challenges of managing sensitive data
- Protect data in a Zero Trust world
- Understand data classification and protection
- Prevent data leaks and insider threats
- Manage security alerts and respond to threats
- Protect AI-generated and AI-processed data
- Module 2: Classify data for protection and governance
- Introduction
- Data classification overview
- Classify data using sensitive information types
- Classify data using trainable classifiers
- Create a custom trainable classifier
- Module 3: Review and analyze data classification and protection
- Introduction
- Review classification and protection insights
- Analyze classified data with data and content explorer
- Monitor and review actions on labeled data
- Module 4: Create and manage sensitive information types
- Introduction
- Sensitive information type overview
- Compare built-in versus custom sensitive information types
- Create and manage custom sensitive information types
- Create and manage exact data match sensitive info types
- Implement document fingerprinting
- Describe named entities
- Create a keyword dictionary
- Module 5: Create and configure sensitivity labels with Microsoft Purview
- Introduction
- Sensitivity label overview
- Create and configure sensitivity labels and label policies
- Configure encryption with sensitivity labels
- Implement auto-labeling policies
- Track and evaluate sensitivity label usage in Microsoft Purview
- Module 6: Apply sensitivity labels for data protection
- Introduction
- Foundations of sensitivity label integration in Microsoft 365
- Manage sensitivity labels in Office apps
- Apply sensitivity labels with Microsoft 365 Copilot for secure collaboration
- Protect meetings with sensitivity labels
- Apply sensitivity labels to Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 groups, and SharePoint sites
- Module 7: Classify and protect on-premises data with Microsoft Purview
- Introduction
- Protect on-premises files with Microsoft Purview
- Prepare your environment for the Microsoft Purview Information Protection scanner
- Configure and install the Microsoft Purview Information Protection scanner
- Run and manage the scanner
- Enforce data loss prevention policies on on-premises files
- Module 8: Understand Microsoft 365 encryption
- Introduction to Microsoft 365 encryption
- Learn how Microsoft 365 data is encrypted at rest
- Understand service encryption in Microsoft Purview
- Explore customer key management using Customer Key
- Learn how data is encrypted in-transit
- Module 9: Protect email with Microsoft Purview Message Encryption
- Introduction
- Understand message encryption
- Plan for Microsoft Purview Message Encryption
- Configure Microsoft Purview Message Encryption
- Customize encrypted email branding with Microsoft Purview
- Control encrypted email access with Advanced Message Encryption
- Use Microsoft Purview Message Encryption templates in mail flow rules
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You will gain advanced skills in data discovery and classification, implementing sensitivity labels, configuring DLP policies, managing insider risks, and protecting sensitive information in AI-enabled Microsoft environments.
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