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Ahmed Shaikh
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Things that you should know before you appear for SC-900: Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals

Howdy Pals,
Expecting that everyone is cool.

This exam is targeted to those looking to familiarize themselves with the fundamentals of security, compliance, and identity (SCI) across cloud-based and related Microsoft services.

This is a broad audience that may include business stakeholders, new or existing IT professionals, or students who have an interest in Microsoft security, compliance, and identity solutions.

NOTE: Passing score: 700. Learn more about exam scores

But, Before I explain about SC-900. I would Like to share list of similar certifications

Number Certification Name
SC-200 Microsoft Security Operations Analyst
SC-300 Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator
SC-400 Microsoft Information Protection Administrator
SC-900 Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals

As you can see in this list SC-900 is a fundamental level certification and below is some more detail on the exam and resources I used to prepare for it.

What is the SC-900 exam?

It's Microsoft's Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals exam. This exam measures your ability to describe the following: concepts of security, compliance, and identity; capabilities of Microsoft identity and access management solutions; capabilities of Microsoft security solutions; and capabilities of Microsoft compliance solutions.

Skills Measured in this exam:

  • Describe the concepts of security, compliance, and identity (5-10%)
  • Describe the capabilities of Microsoft identity and access management solutions (25-30%)
  • Describe the capabilities of Microsoft security solutions (30-35%)
  • Describe the capabilities of Microsoft compliance solutions (25-30%)

Resources List:

Microsoft Learn

  1. concepts of security, compliance, and identity
  2. capabilities of Microsoft Identity and access management solutions
  3. capabilities of Microsoft security solutions
  4. capabilities of Microsoft compliance solutions

freecodeCamp

Microsoft Security Compliance and Identity (SC-900) - Full Course PASS the Exam

Practice questions:

https://www.itexams.com/info/SC-900

My Experience:

The exam was pretty good, easy I should say, There’s no need to feel pressured/ tense. You need to know what all Security focused services not only are offered in Azure but also Microsoft 365.f you go through all the reading material the exam will be a piece of cake for you, For this exam you only need to know the basic terminologies of Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Endpoint, Microsoft Security, Azure Sentinel and Azure AD Domain Services for hybrid and on-premise and that’s all the exam.

Best of luck!

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to me.


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