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title: MS-102 Labs
description: "Lab exercises for MS-102: Microsoft 365 Administrator. Includes Applied Skills and Microsoft GitHub labs."
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**Applied Skills:**

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Applied Skills on Microsoft Learn are practical, hands-on exercises designed to help users build and demonstrate proficiency in specific technologies or tasks. These small labs focus on solving real-world scenarios, reinforcing learning through direct application of skills, and preparing users for industry roles or certifications.
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### Get started with identities and access using Microsoft Entra

### Defend against cyberthreats with Microsoft Defender XDR

### Implement information protection and data loss prevention by using Microsoft Purview

**Microsoft Learn:**

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Microsoft Learn Sandboxes require you to bring in your own subscription.
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### Implement Conditional Access policies roles and assignments

### Protect data and control access with Intune and Conditional Access

### Configure authentication methods in Microsoft Entra ID

### Assign Azure resource roles in Privileged Identity Management

### Configure static and adaptive retention policies in Microsoft Purview

### Configure retention labels for financial and HR content

### Create retention policies

### Create and publish retention labels

**Microsoft GitHub:**

:::note
Microsoft GitHub labs are series of labs designed to be used in Microsoft Instructor Lead Trainings delivered by Microsoft Certified Trainers where participants also have access to the environment to perform them. This means that for everyone else, it is necessary to bring your own environment to go through them.
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### Initialize your Microsoft 365 Tenant

### Manage Users and Groups

### Add a Custom Domain

### Manage roles and role groups

### Monitor and Troubleshoot Microsoft 365

### Manage a Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise installation

### Prepare for Identity Synchronization

### Implement Identity Synchronization

### Manage secure user access

### PIM Administrator approval

### PIM Self-Approval

### PIM Teammate Approval Request

### Implement a Safe Attachments policy

### Implement a Safe Links Policy

### Prepare for Alert Policies

### Implement a Mailbox Permission Alert

### Implement a SharePoint Permission Alert

### Test the Default eDiscovery Alert

### Conduct a Spear Phishing attack using Attack Simulation training

### Conduct a Drive-by URL attack using Attack Simulation training

### Validate alert nofications and simulated attacks

### Configure In-place Archiving and Retention Policies

### Manage DLP Policies

### Test the DLP Policy

### Implement Sensitivity labels with Microsoft Purview Information Protection