New in 2021 - Microsoft Education Security Office Hours

[Brian Kelly <bkelly () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

Below is a new schedule for Education focused “Office Hours” from Microsoft.
Given today’s issues with Azure and recent changes (drop) in the “Security Score” for some E5 customers I thought this 
was timely.



[Microsoft logo]
Introducing the new
Microsoft Education bi-weekly
Security Office hours


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The Microsoft Education STU (Specialist Team Unit) hosts several popular, education customer focused “Office Hours” 
meetings:

  *   New in 2021 – Microsoft Education Security Office Hours<https://aka.ms/EDUSecurityOfficeHours-Reg> – Bi-Weekly on 
 Wednesday at 2pm EST
  *   Azure Hour for Education<https://azurehourweb.z5.web.core.windows.net/>  -  Weekly on Friday at 2:00pm EST
  *   MS Office 365 Office Hours<https://aka.ms/MsOfficeHours> -   Weekly on Thursday at 4pm EST
  *   AppDev Office Hours for Education<https://aka.ms/edu/appdevofficehours> – Weekly on Wednesday at 2pm EST
  *   Data and AI Office Hours for Education<https://msedudataandai.github.io/> -  Weekly on Tuesday at 3pm EST
The Microsoft Education Security Office Hours is an online community focused on Microsoft's security platform for 
Microsoft's education customers.    It features a bi-weekly, interactive broadcast and access to Microsoft Education 
Security Office Hours on Microsoft Teams for direct communication along with collaboration with peers.

The heart of the community is a live, podcast-style Teams Meeting every other Wednesday at 3 pm/Eastern.

Security Office Hours Format:

  1.  Brief icebreaker presentation—20-30 minutes
  2.  Open Q&A/open mic where participants can ask or discuss Microsoft security-related questions and topics.

Security Office Hours Topics:
These interactive broadcasts will cover topics such as Microsoft 365 Defender, Azure Defender, and their related 
technologies, plus service updates and the Microsoft 365 Roadmap. The icebreaker topic will be posted on the Teams 
channel the week before.  Each broadcast is intended to be interactive, featuring Q&A throughout the call.

We would welcome you to join our new bi-weekly security focused office hours.     This is free but registration is 
required to attend and you can sign up here:  
https://aka.ms/EDUSecurityOfficeHours-Reg<https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faka.ms%2FEDUSecurityOfficeHours-Reg&data=04%7C01%7Cpsheren%40microsoft.com%7C0ab9b05f99814909baa108d8b196e8cc%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637454609136515875%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=3kAykJXYoaXRp%2B1AVNrLWSTo9Ec5wxL2H2cEN90MtsI%3D&reserved=0>


Additional security training resources:

  *   Become a Microsoft 365 Defender 
Ninja<https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Faka.ms%2Fmdatpninja&data=04%7C01%7Cpsheren%40microsoft.com%7C0ab9b05f99814909baa108d8b196e8cc%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637454609136515875%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=SEW80d2i3BRs2PZ%2B3CEVazkk6O%2B8RLBJn6L8bKtSgAo%3D&reserved=0>
  *   Become an Azure Sentinel 
Ninja<https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Faka.ms%2Fazuresentinelninja&data=04%7C01%7Cpsheren%40microsoft.com%7C0ab9b05f99814909baa108d8b196e8cc%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637454609136525863%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=D4A8YnRfEzfSodZiFd40eNyEVppOrE%2BIASfHZ5M5IvA%3D&reserved=0>
  *   Five steps to securing your identity 
infrastructure<https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fazure%2Fsecurity%2Fazure-ad-secure-steps&data=04%7C01%7Cpsheren%40microsoft.com%7C0ab9b05f99814909baa108d8b196e8cc%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637454609136535863%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=s74tTYC%2B1DKEFN16chBLYRZGGt3tFWfEUJCitBfx%2B%2FE%3D&reserved=0>





Brian Kelly, CISSP, CISM, CEH
Director, Cybersecurity 
Program<https://www.educause.edu/focus-areas-and-initiatives/policy-and-security/cybersecurity-program>
bkelly () educause edu<mailto:bkelly () educause edu>

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