To get the most out of this book

Much of the content in this book uses cloud services from Microsoft, such as the Microsoft 365 security services and cloud services from Microsoft Azure. To get the most out of the book, you should either have access to a test environment or set up your own environment using a trial account.

For instance, you can get access to the Microsoft 365 services using a trial. You can sign up for an Azure trial here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/free/active-directory/.

After you have signed up for a free Azure trial account, you can also sign up for Microsoft E3 or E5 licenses as a 30-day trial.

In addition, you should also have access to a virtual machine that can be used as an example for management, which can also be run in Microsoft Azure.

It should be noted that during the writing of this book, Microsoft is changing the process so that trial accounts are converted into paid accounts automatically after a trial expires, so please make sure that you then either delete your licenses or your tenant.

In addition, much of the content that we will go through in the book is based on Windows. Hence, you should have a good understanding of Windows and its core components.

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.

Much of the content will be updated on a weekly basis to keep up with current threats.