How to become a Microsoft Security Ninja

For everyone working with the latest Microsoft Security technologies, it can be hard to keep up with all the latest news and where to find good training within each area, especially if you want to dive into a specific subject.

Microsoft and the Community are generally doing a great job keeping the Docs updated within each technology, but a great place to start if you want to know more and deep dive into the specific security-related subjects. I can highly recommend the Ninja pages.

Microsoft has over the years, expanded a series of so-called Ninjas pages. These pages all center on a specific subject, such as “Become a <insert product> Ninja”.

I have tried to compile a full list (updated March 2022) on all the Ninja pages available from Microsoft:

• Become a Microsoft Sentinel Ninja: https://aka.ms/sentinelninja
• Become a Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Ninja: https://aka.ms/mdeninja
• Become a Microsoft 365 Defender Ninja: https://aka.ms/m365dninja
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud App Security (MCAS) Ninja Training: http://aka.ms/mcasninja
• Become a Microsoft Defender for Cloud Ninja: http://aka.ms/ascninja
• Become a Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Ninja: aka.ms/mdoninja
• Become a Microsoft 365 Advanced eDiscovery Ninja: https://aka.ms/ediscoveryninja
• Microsoft Defender for Identity Ninja Training: https://aka.ms/MDINinja 
• Azure Network Security Ninja Training: http://aka.ms/aznetsecninja
• Microsoft Defender for IoT Ninja Training: https://aka.ms/d4iotninja
• The Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) Ninja Training: https://aka.ms/mipninja
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Ninja Training: http://aka.ms/MDCANinjaTraining

Other Security Relevant training resources:

• Azure Sentinel Technical Playbook for MSSP: http://aka.ms/azsentinelmssp
  • It’s a downloadable PDF file

Another area that is also of interest, to those of us working within these security subjects, is the Kusto Query Language (KQL) because it is heavily used within most of these technologies.

A great place to start getting into the KQL, I can recommend the Must Learn KQL series from Rod Trent:

• https://aka.ms/MustLearnKQL

And the upcoming Addicted to KQL series, which Rod Trent has planned for 2022:

• http://aka.ms/Addicted2KQL

Of course, these are just some of the great learning resources available for the Microsoft Security-related products, but it is a great place to start – in my opinion.

/Enjoy the training 🙂