Term 271
Service Health
Service Health is a monitoring feature in Microsoft 365 and Azure that provides real-time and historical status of cloud services, including outages, advisories, and incidents.
Acronym study
Terms 271–300 of 324 MS-102 acronyms and key terms. Each entry includes a plain-English definition and a link to the full 800-word glossary page with exam context and practice questions.
Term 271
Service Health is a monitoring feature in Microsoft 365 and Azure that provides real-time and historical status of cloud services, including outages, advisories, and incidents.
Term 272
A centralized repository in Microsoft Intune that provides a single, searchable list of all configurable device settings for Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android devices.
Term 273
Shared access is a permission model where multiple users, systems, or services are granted common access rights to a resource such as a file, database, network drive, or cloud storage.
Term 274
A shared access signature (SAS) is a secure, time-limited URL that grants granular access to specific resources in cloud storage, allowing you to delegate permissions without sharing your account keys.
Term 275
A shared mailbox is a mailbox that multiple people can use to read and send email from a common email address, managed without individual user licenses in some systems.
Term 276
SharePoint Online is a cloud-based collaboration platform from Microsoft that lets teams create, store, organize, and share content securely from anywhere.
Term 277
A SharePoint role is a set of permissions that controls what a user or group can do within a SharePoint environment, such as viewing, editing, or managing content and settings.
Term 278
A SharePoint site is a web-based collaboration space within Microsoft SharePoint that allows teams to store, organize, share, and manage content, documents, and information.
Term 279
Shift left security is the practice of integrating security testing and controls earlier in the software development lifecycle, rather than waiting until after deployment.
Term 280
SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) is a system that collects and analyzes log data from across an IT environment to detect and respond to security threats in real time.
Term 281
A SIEM query is a search command used in a Security Information and Event Management system to find, filter, and analyze security-related log data from across an organization's IT environment.
Term 282
Single sign-on (SSO) is an authentication method that allows a user to log in once and gain access to multiple applications or systems without re-entering credentials.
Term 283
Spear phishing is a targeted cyberattack in which a criminal sends a fraudulent email that appears to come from a trusted source, aiming to trick a specific person or organization into revealing sensitive data or installing malware.
Term 284
An SSL VPN is a virtual private network that uses the Secure Sockets Layer protocol to create an encrypted tunnel for remote users to securely access network resources over the internet.
Term 285
Single Sign-On (SSO) is an authentication process that allows a user to access multiple applications or systems with one set of login credentials.
Term 286
A storage firewall is a security appliance or software that controls access to storage systems, protecting data from unauthorized access, malware, and insider threats by inspecting and filtering storage protocol traffic.
Term 287
A stored access policy is a server-side set of rules that defines permissions for accessing data or resources, applied consistently each time a request is made.
Term 288
Symmetric encryption is a cryptographic method where the same secret key is used to both encrypt and decrypt data, ensuring confidentiality between two parties.
Term 289
A Team site is a collaboration workspace in platforms like Microsoft SharePoint or Microsoft Teams where team members share files, manage tasks, and communicate within a centralized, permission-controlled environment.
Term 290
A Teams policy is a set of rules in Microsoft Teams that controls how users can communicate, collaborate, and access features within the application.
Term 291
A set of permissions that controls what a user can do in Microsoft Teams, such as managing channels, creating meetings, or adding apps.
Term 292
Tenant attach is a Microsoft device management feature that links on-premises Configuration Manager hierarchies to the Microsoft Intune cloud service for unified endpoint management.
Term 293
Tenant configuration is the process of setting up and customizing a logically isolated environment (the tenant) within a shared software platform to meet the specific needs of an organization or end-user group.
Term 294
A threat is any potential danger that could harm a computer system, network, or data, whether from a malicious hacker, a natural disaster, or an accidental mistake.
Term 295
A threat actor is any person or group that intentionally causes harm to digital systems, networks, or data.
Term 296
Threat analytics is the process of using threat intelligence, machine learning, and behavioral data to identify, assess, and predict cybersecurity threats in real time.
Term 297
A Microsoft 365 security tool that provides real-time interactive reports to investigate and analyze threats detected by Microsoft Defender for Office 365.
Term 298
Threat hunting is a proactive cybersecurity practice where analysts actively search networks, endpoints, and logs for hidden threats that have evaded automated security tools.
Term 299
Threat intelligence is evidence-based knowledge about existing or emerging cyber threats that helps organizations defend against attacks.
Term 300
Threat modelling is a structured approach to identifying, evaluating, and documenting potential security threats to a system so that defenses can be built proactively.