Exam Ref AZ-500 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies, 2/e

by Yuri Diogenes, Orin Thomas

Prepare for Microsoft Exam AZ-500 : Demonstrate your real-world knowledge of Microsoft Azure security, including tools and techniques for protecting identity, access, platforms, data, and applications, and for effectively managing security operations. Designed for professionals with Azure security experience, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate level. Focus on the expertise measured by these This Microsoft Exam About the Exam Exam AZ-500 focuses on the knowledge needed to manage Azure Active Directory identities; configure secure access with Azure AD; manage application access and access control; implement advanced network security; configure advanced security for compute; monitor security with Azure Monitor, Azure Firewall manager, Azure Security Center, Azure Defender, and Azure Sentinel; configure security policies; configure security for storage and databases; and configure and manage Key Vault. About Microsoft Certification Passing this exam fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate credential, demonstrating your expertise as an Azure Security Engineer capable of maintaining security posture, identifying and remediating vulnerabilities, implementing threat protection, and responding to incident escalations as part of a cloud-based management and security team. See full details microsoft.com/learn

330 pages, Paperback

Published April 14, 2022

Reviews

[Blake Bourgeois · Rating 2 out of 5]

One of the more bare/minimal cert training books I've ever encountered. I'd hardly call this even a basic overview of all the required material. The information that is there is fine, though a little disorganized in places. Only slightly easier than going through all the docs.microsoft.com pages yourself--but that's basically what the book ends up wanting you to do. There are limited (virtually none) practice/assessment questions.

If you're familiar with the content, the book isn't too helpful and probably isn't adequate as a refresher that touches all aspects of the test necessary.

If you're not familiar with the content, this probably isn't the best introduction nor it is enough to get you remotely test ready on its own.

The learning paths available on Microsoft's website are free and much better. If you can access this for free through a library subscription, it might be worth your time to skim during study. Otherwise, I don't recommend.

[David · Rating 1 out of 5]

One of the worst technical books I have come across. While logically structured, there is woefully insufficient detail to learn anything, and constant referrals off to the Microsoft Azure documentation that I can read without buying the book.

While I am certain the author has an excellent grasp of the subject, however it feels to me like a book that was instigated by someone in marketing saying "quick we need a book on this subject fast! go write whatever and get it to market yesterday". . . .