Examine email protection in Microsoft 365

This module examines how Exchange Online Protection (EOP) protects organizations from phishing and spoofing. It also explores how EOP blocks spam, bulk email, and malware before they arrive in users’ mailboxes.

Administrator

Solution Architect

Technology Manager

Microsoft 365

Office 365

Module Objectives

By the end of this module, you should be able to:

Describe how Exchange Online Protection analyzes email to provide anti-malware pipeline protection.
List several mechanisms used by Exchange Online Protection to filter spam and malware.
Describe other solutions administrators might implement to provide extra protection against phishing and spoofing.
Understand how EOP provides protection against outbound spam.

Units

Introduction min
Examine the anti-malware pipeline min
Detect messages with spam or malware using Zero-hour auto purge min
Explore anti-spoofing protection provided by Exchange Online Protection min
Explore other anti-spoofing protection min
Examine outbound spam filtering min
Knowledge check min
Summary min

Prerequisites

None