Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
About the course
Whether you’re a student, business user, or IT professional, this certification ensures you have a firm grasp of a range of topics in the rapidly growing field of cybersecurity. This fundamentals certification can serve as a steppingstone if you are interested in advancing to role-based certifications in security operations, identity and access management, and information protection.
The Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals certification could be a great fit for you if you’d like to:
Demonstrate your knowledge of Microsoft Security, compliance, and identity (SCI) solutions
Highlight your understanding of how Microsoft SCI solutions provide holistic, end-to-end cybersecurity capabilities
It is recommended to have familiarity with networking and cloud computing concepts, general IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment, general understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365
To ensure you are prepared for the exam, we recommend:
Fully understanding the skills measured
Studying the relevant self-paced content on Microsoft Learn or signing up for an instructor-led training event
Taking the practice exam to validate your knowledge and understanding of the exam experience
Shadowing a person on your team who works in security, compliance, and identity management
What's next?
Register for your exam! After you pass the exam and earn your certification, celebrate your certification badge and skills on social platforms such as LinkedIn. To find out more, visit: use and share certification badges
Expand your technical skill set with our role-based certifications focused on security operations, identity and access management, and information protection. The Security, Compliance, and Identity training and certifications guide can help you identify the right certification for you
Average salary for Microsoft Security professionals
£62,500.00+
The average microsoft security salary in the United Kingdom is £62,500 per year or £32.05 per hour. Entry level positions start at £45,000 per year while most experienced workers make up to £85,000 per year.
Job Roles
Security & Infrastructure Specialist
Security Analyst
Security Consultant
Cloud Security Consultant
Microsoft Enterprise And Security Consultant
Microsoft Endpoint Security Engineer
Related Exams
Exam skills outline
Exam SC-900: Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
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..
Candidates should be familiar with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 and want to understand how Microsoft Security, compliance, and identity solutions can span across these solution areas to provide a holistic and end-to-end solution.
You may be eligible for ACE college credit if you pass this certification exam. See ACE college credit for certification exams for details.
The English language version of this exam was updated on April 25, 2022. Please download the exam skills outline below to see what changed.
Describe the concepts of security, compliance, and identity (10-15%)
Describe the capabilities of Microsoft identity and access management solutions (25-30%)
Describe the capabilities of Microsoft Security solutions (25-30%)
Describe the capabilities of Microsoft compliance solutions (25-30%)
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