protection against cyber-attacks with Microsoft Entra ID2
average number of cyber-security events Intune for Education resolved each week during the school year3
ROI from Microsoft Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection4
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World-class cybersecurity
Defend your school's devices and data with industry-leading tools that bring the digital security, privacy, and compliance needs of your students, teachers, and school districts to the forefront.
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Secure learning experiences
Empower more accessible and secure learning experiences at school and at home with cloud-powered intelligence and built-in cybersecurity features.
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Unified IT solutions
Build secure and seamless IT experiences across every educational device with tools that are optimized to connect across your existing software, apps, and platforms.
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Efficient operations
Transition to Microsoft products with confidence using cloud-connected deployment and management tools and on-demand support to simplify rollout and implementation.
Implement a suite of unified cybersecurity tools
Streamline deployment and management
Make educational technology simple to deploy and easy to update with a range of tools that IT and administrators can control from one cloud-based system.
- Manage compliance across devices and technology with Microsoft Purview compliance portal
- Deploy apps and device updates quickly with Intune for Education
- Help users set up and preconfigure new devices with Windows Autopilot
Utilize secure, simple authentication
Employ a range of time-saving authentication options that make logging in faster, more convenient, and ultimately safer for everyone.
- Enable biometric authentication with Windows Hello for educators, faculty, and staff
- Simplify password management with Microsoft Entra ID
Identify and investigate threats
Set up systems that stay vigilant 24/7 in detecting and containing cybersecurity threats that strike networks and devices in classrooms and across districts.
- Prevent, detect, and contain risky user activity with Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
- Utilize Microsoft Defender to prevent, detect, and respond to attacks across devices, apps, and data
- Create playbooks to automatically investigate threats via Automated Investigation and Response
Microsoft Reimagine
Learn more about the announcements from Reimagine Education, including Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Copilot offerings.
Microsoft 365 Education safeguards digital learning
All of the Microsoft 365 Education plans offer built-in management and cybersecurity tools to help protect against threats. The A5 plan allows you to integrate more advanced cybersecurity measures that make it easy to guard, manage, and maximize learning and productivity for students, teachers, and staff. Find out which plan has the right protections for your institution.
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"Cyber incidents happen every day, all day. Our tools and our threat hunters set out to contain and eradicate them. As IT leaders, we're used to just resolving problems before end users even know about them."
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"We're a school, so we don't have endless amounts of resources. Cybersecurity can tend to be a bit of a bottomless pit of money at times. So instead, we uplifted into the A5 offering with Microsoft, which gave us a lot of the tools."
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We use the capabilities and features within Microsoft Purview to make sure that confidential information is properly handled and help keep harmful content away from our students.
Randyll Newman, Supervisor of Student Data and Information Security, Prince William County Public Schools
Boost your knowledge
Explore templates, courses, and technical guides for using Microsoft tools to do everything from strengthening your general understanding of cybersecurity risks in the education sector to building a district-wide security strategy.
Boost your knowledge
Explore templates, courses, and technical guides for using Microsoft tools to do everything from strengthening your general understanding of cybersecurity risks in the education sector to building a district-wide security strategy.
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For IT professionals
Explore learning paths
Gain in-depth knowledge about all of the Microsoft Cybersecurity, compliance, and identity solutions.
Explore Microsoft Cybersecurity learning pathsTrain in Microsoft Defender
Learn how to use Microsoft Defender to the fullest with this training for those with an intermediate understanding
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For decision-makers
Enroll in K-12 Cybersecurity Training
In this free, 1-hr course, learn about cybersecurity preparedness and practices to safeguard your school from cyber-attacks.
Take the courseExplore our cybersecurity guide
Dive into what we see as the three key aspects of cybersecurity and compliance in education.
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For everyone
Join Cybersecurity 101
Learn the basics of cybersecurity and how you can protect your devices and technology.
Learn moreStart online safety conversations
Find out how to start conversations about cybersecurity and staying vigilant online.
Explore the guide
Microsoft 365 A5 can mitigate cybersecurity risks
Microsoft 365 A5 helps provide safe and secure learning experience in a single cost-effective solution.
Cybersecurity awareness keeps students safer
A common misconception is that young people who grew up with tablets and touchscreens are inherently tech savvy.
Using Microsoft Stream for secure video sharing
The past few years have reminded us how motivating and engaging video-based learning experiences are for students.
Frequently asked questions
- Common cybersecurity questions
With the increased threats of cyber-attack and security breaches, education and IT leaders are under tremendous pressure to keep student and faculty data safe, reduce exposure to risks, detect attacks, and respond to threats. There are key steps you can take to improve your school's cybersecurity posture. Download thee-bookto learn more.
Microsoft offers a unified portfolio of solutions to streamline management and simplify security of the IT environment with industry-aligned safety measures, essential for schools that operate with limited IT staff and finite budgets. Based on Zero Trust principles, these solutions make it easy for IT departments to secure their entire computing infrastructure. Microsoft M365 A5 leads the industry with the most robust cybersecurity, management, and compliance tools built for teaching and learning. This includes tools such as Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Purview, and Microsoft Intune for Education, which streamline endpoint management and help secure user identities, devices, cloud resources, and data.
Microsoft 365 Defender is an industry-leading Extended Detection and Response (XDR) platform. The Microsoft Defender family offers comprehensive threat prevention, detection, and response capabilities to better protect your organization from ransomware, malware, phishing, and other threats.
Microsoft 365 Defender provides a unified XDR experience for the following products: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: Discover and secure endpoint devices across your enterprise.
- Microsoft Defender for Identity: Protect your on-premises identities with cloud-powered intelligence.
- Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Help secure your email and Microsoft Teams with advanced protection against phishing, business email compromise, ransomware, and other threats.
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: Modernize how you secure your apps, protect your data, and elevate your app posture with software as a service (SaaS) security.
Visit Microsoft Learn to get more information aboutMicrosoft 365 Defender.
Microsoft Intune for Education is a cloud-based endpoint management solution. It manages user access and simplifies app and device management across your many devices, including mobile devices, desktop computers, and virtual endpoints. You can protect access and data on organization-owned and personal devices. And, Intune has compliance and reporting features that support the Zero Trust cybersecurity model.
Visit Microsoft Learn to get more information aboutMicrosoft Intune for Education.
Microsoft Purview is a family of data governance, risk, and compliance solutions that can help your organization govern, protect, and manage your entire data estate. Microsoft Purview solutions provide integrated coverage and help address recent increases in remote user connectivity, fragmentation of data across organizations, and blurring of traditional IT management roles.
Visit Microsoft Learn to get more information aboutMicrosoft Purview.