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Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect
Design a security strategy across identity, operations, infrastructure, applications and data, working from the Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architectures, the cloud security benchmark, the Cloud Adoption and Well-Architected Frameworks and the Zero Trust model. The expert-level capstone of the Microsoft security track: it assumes the associate exams and asks what an architect should recommend rather than how a feature is configured.
What you get
Papers are cut from the bank and weighted like the real exam, and no question appears in two of them. Every wrong answer comes back on later days until you have it right.
What the exam covers
| Design solutions that align with security best practices and priorities | 20-25% |
| Design security operations, identity, and compliance capabilities | 25-30% |
| Design security solutions for infrastructure | 25-30% |
| Design security solutions for applications and data | 20-25% |
Two sample questions
1. What does threat hunting add to alert-driven operations?
- Reducing the licences the SIEM consumes
- Replacing the need for detection rules
- Finding activity no rule was written to catch — correct
- Shortening the retention period required
Why: Hunting finds what no existing rule was written to catch.
2. Which approach reduces the chance that one stolen password leads to tenant-wide compromise?
- Phishing-resistant MFA — correct
- Password hint policies
- Shared accounts
- Security questions
Why: Phishing-resistant MFA such as FIDO2 or Windows Hello makes stolen passwords far less useful.
The real SC-100 exam
| Length | 120 minutes |
|---|---|
| Questions | 40-60 |
| Pass mark | 700/1000 |
| Price | $165 USD |
| Recommended before you sit it | Microsoft requires one of SC-200, SC-300, AZ-500 or the equivalent before the certification is awarded. Advanced experience across identity, access, platform protection, operations, data and applications is assumed. |
| Valid for | 1 year (annual renewal required) |
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