Technical requirements

In order to follow along with the overviews in this chapter and complete the how-to instructions, the following requirements are recommended:

• A Microsoft cloud services account to access the Service Trust portal: https://servicetrust.microsoft.com/
• An Azure subscription with contributor rights: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/
• Azure Security Center (free/standard): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security-center/security-center-pricing
• Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (Windows 10 E5/M365 E5): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/minimum-requirements
• An Office 365 ATP Plan 2 license: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/office-365-advanced-threat-protection-service-description

Let's start by looking at validating your environment controls.