IT Security
Microsoft Defender XDR Administration
This in-depth course develops directly applicable capability in Microsoft Defender XDR Administration. It connects Defender XDR Architecture and Onboarding, Endpoint Security Configuration, and Incident Investigation and Hunting to the decisions, controls, and activities participants need to perform in their workplace.
Overview
Practical learning for workplace transfer.
This in-depth course develops directly applicable capability in Microsoft Defender XDR Administration. It connects Defender XDR Architecture and Onboarding, Endpoint Security Configuration, and Incident Investigation and Hunting to the decisions, controls, and activities participants need to perform in their workplace. The five-module curriculum progresses toward XDR Operations Workshop, using evidence, scenarios, and work products appropriate to the subject.
Objectives
- Analyze defender xdr architecture and onboarding, including unified portal, incidents, alerts, assets, and advanced hunting.
- Configure or structure endpoint security configuration, including attack surface reduction, antivirus, firewall, web, and device controls.
- Evaluate incident investigation and hunting, including incident correlation, evidence graph, alert story, and device timeline.
- Manage automated investigation and response, including air investigation logic, pending actions, and remediation approval.
- Apply xdr operations workshop, including investigate a cross-domain phishing and endpoint incident.
Target audience
- Professionals responsible for this subject area
- Managers, supervisors, and team leaders
- Analysts, specialists, engineers, or coordinators working with the relevant processes
- Project, implementation, assurance, or improvement team members
- Professionals preparing for broader responsibilities in this field
Program outline
A clear structure for the learning journey.
Program outline
Outline points are grouped in one designed block instead of being treated as separate module cards.
Module 1: Defender XDR Architecture and Onboarding
Unified portal, incidents, alerts, assets, and advanced hunting
Defender for Endpoint onboarding methods and device inventory
Roles, permissions, service settings, and data connectors
Module 2: Endpoint Security Configuration
Attack surface reduction, antivirus, firewall, web, and device controls
Security baselines, policy deployment, exclusions, and tamper protection
Endpoint detection and response settings and sensor health
Module 3: Incident Investigation and Hunting
Incident correlation, evidence graph, alert story, and device timeline
Kusto Query Language tables, joins, filters, and hunting queries
Custom detections, suppression decisions, and investigation packages
Module 4: Automated Investigation and Response
AIR investigation logic, pending actions, and remediation approval
Live response sessions, isolation, file collection, and indicators
Threat analytics, exposure recommendations, and secure-score prioritization
Module 5: XDR Operations Workshop
Investigate a cross-domain phishing and endpoint incident
Write and test a hunting query and custom detection
Execute containment and produce an incident handover report
Materials provided
- ○ Course-specific presentation slides
- ○ Guided exercises, scenarios, or configured-environment activities appropriate to the subject
- ○ Course-specific worksheets, checklists, or calculation templates
- ○ Applied workplace case materials
- ○ 4D Certificate of Completion issued by 4D Training & Consultancy
- ○ Post-course support for implementation questions
Training Options
Programs can be delivered in-house, online, or in a blended format depending on your team's schedule, location, and learning objectives. When an external certificate or exam is included, certification rules and fees remain under the relevant awarding body's policies, while 4D provides the training and preparation support.
Why choose 4D
4D Training & Consultancy adapts the program to the client’s operating environment. Delivery combines structured explanation with subject-specific analysis, exercises, and implementation decisions so participants can transfer the learning to real responsibilities without implying vendor authorization.
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