Secure Your Applications

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Secure Your Applications

This course is part of Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) Professional Certificate

Instructor: Microsoft

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

14 reviews

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Describe the purpose of Azure Key Vault and its importance in defense in depth strategy
Deploy and manage Key Vault certificates, secrets, and keys to secure access to your applications
Explain app registration, types of permissions supported by the Microsoft identity platform and create an Azure AD tenant.
Configure Microsoft Graph permissions and web app certificates

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There are 4 modules in this course

Microsoft Azure provides a comprehensive suite of security tools and services to help you safeguard your organization's data and applications. Secure Your Applications is the right course for you if you want to become an Azure security engineer.

In this course, you will learn how Azure Key Vault helps to safeguard cryptographic keys and secrets that cloud applications and services use using defense in depth strategy. You will get acquainted with practice on how to create and manage access to secrets, certificates, and keys. This course will thoroughly give you knowledge about the Microsoft identity platform, which enables you to configure and keep track of secure access to an application. You will also understand the important factors while developing web apps using user sign in, API calls, daemon, and noninteractive apps. You will have the chance to learn about app registration and the various permissions that the Microsoft identity platform supports. You will also learn to set up an app registration, build an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant, and register an application with App registrations. In this course, you will explore Microsoft Graph services and learn to configure Microsoft Graph permissions. You will gain an understanding of managed identities in detail. You will also learn to configure and deploy web app certificates. This is the fourth course in a series of seven courses that will prepare you to succeed in the AZ-500 exam.

Azure Key Vault is a centralized cloud service for storing application secrets such as encryption keys, certificates, and server-side tokens. In this module, you will learn about the guidelines for using Azure Key Vault, configuring Key Vault access, and managing access to secrets, certificates, and keys. You will also gain an understanding about Key Vault safety and recovery features and Azure Hardware Security Module.

What's included

9 videos12 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt

9 videosTotal 44 minutes

Course introduction5 minutes
What is Azure Key Vault?6 minutes
Configure Key Vault access4 minutes
Review a Key Vault example5 minutes
Key management in Azure Key Vault8 minutes
Manage Key Vault secrets5 minutes
Configure secret rotation2 minutes
Manage Key Vault safety and recovery features3 minutes
Module summary6 minutes

12 readingsTotal 119 minutes

How to be successful in this course5 minutes
Guidelines for using Azure Key Vault10 minutes
Deploy and manage Key Vault certificates10 minutes
Exercise: Create a Key Vault15 minutes
Solution: Create a Key Vault5 minutes
Manage customer-managed keys3 minutes
Additional resource: Manage Key Vault secrets1 minute
Manage access to secrets, certificates, and keys10 minutes
Demo: Store secrets and keys in Azure Key Vault30 minutes
Exercise: Store a secret and a key in a Key Vault15 minutes
Solution: Store a secret and a key in a Key Vault5 minutes
Explore the Azure Hardware Security Module10 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Knowledge check: Configure Key Vault access and certificates15 minutes
Knowledge check: Manage Key Vault keys and secrets15 minutes
Module quiz: Azure Key Vault30 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Meet and greet10 minutes

The Microsoft identity platform helps you build applications your users and customers can sign in to using their Microsoft identities or social accounts. In this module, you will learn how to configure and monitor secure access to an application with Microsoft Identity Platform. You will learn how to use Azure AD with single-page applications. You will gain an understanding about key considerations for web apps that sign in users and call APIs and with Daemon and non-interactive apps.

What's included

6 videos6 readings4 assignments

6 videosTotal 36 minutes

What is application security?7 minutes
Review the Microsoft identity platform5 minutes
Single-page applications7 minutes
Register web apps that sign in users and call APIs7 minutes
Configuring authentication in daemon and noninteractive apps6 minutes
Module summary5 minutes

6 readingsTotal 60 minutes

Exercise: Create and configure single-page applications15 minutes
Solution: Create and configure single-page applications5 minutes
Exercise: Create server-side web apps that sign in users and call APIs15 minutes
Solution: Create server-side web apps that sign in users and call APIs5 minutes
Exercise: Configure authentication settings for daemon and noninteractive apps15 minutes
Solution: Configure authentication settings for daemon and noninteractive apps5 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 57 minutes

Knowledge check: Overview of Microsoft Identity Platform15 minutes
Knowledge check: Web apps that sign in users and call APIs6 minutes
Knowledge check: Daemon and noninteractive apps6 minutes
Module quiz: Application security with the Microsoft identity platform30 minutes

In this module, you will learn about app registration and the different types of permissions supported by Microsoft identity platform. You will learn how to register an application with App Registration, create an Azure AD tenant, and configure an app registration. You will explore Microsoft Graph services and learn how to configure Microsoft Graph permissions. You will gain an understanding of managed identities and how to configure and enable managed identities. You will also learn how to configure and deploy web app certificates.

What's included

9 videos16 readings5 assignments

9 videosTotal 61 minutes

Recap: Authentication in Azure Active Directory and Open ID Connect9 minutes
Permissions and consent framework5 minutes
Explore Azure Active Directory application scenarios8 minutes
Register an application with App registrations7 minutes
What is Microsoft Graph?6 minutes
Configure Microsoft Graph permissions8 minutes
Overview of managed identities6 minutes
Working with web app certificates6 minutes
Module summary6 minutes

16 readingsTotal 157 minutes

Create an Azure Active Directory tenant and configure app registration7 minutes
Exercise: Create an Azure Active Directory tenant and register an application15 minutes
Solution: Create an Azure Active Directory tenant and register an application5 minutes
Microsoft Graph services10 minutes
Exercise: Configure Microsoft Graph permissions15 minutes
Solution: Configure Microsoft Graph permissions15 minutes
Additional resources: Microsoft Graph5 minutes
Configure and enable managed identities10 minutes
Exercise: Configure and enable managed identities15 minutes
Solution: Configure and enable managed identities15 minutes
Additional resources: Managed identities5 minutes
Configure and deploy web app certificates10 minutes
Exercise: Configure and deploy web app certificates15 minutes
Solution: Configure and deploy web app certificates5 minutes
Additional resources: Web app certificates5 minutes
Course 4 Glossary: Secure Your Applications5 minutes

5 assignmentsTotal 90 minutes

Knowledge check: App registration15 minutes
Knowledge check: Microsoft Graph15 minutes
Knowledge check: Managed identities15 minutes
Knowledge check: Web app certificates15 minutes
Module quiz: Application security with Azure AD and other Microsoft tools30 minutes

In this module, you will attempt a course-level ungraded project and graded assessment.

What's included

4 videos1 reading1 assignment1 peer review2 discussion prompts

4 videosTotal 20 minutes

Course summary9 minutes
About the graded assessment5 minutes
Congratulations2 minutes
Next steps5 minutes

1 readingTotal 5 minutes

About the course project5 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 60 minutes

Graded assessment: Secure Your Applications60 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 30 minutes

Course project30 minutes

2 discussion promptsTotal 15 minutes

Compare your work10 minutes
Share helpful hints5 minutes

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