Microsoft SC-100 Exam Prep

What you will be able to do

• You will be able to design a Zero Trust strategy and end-to-end architecture using the Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architectures (MCRA) and the Cloud Adoption Framework.
• You will be able to translate business, compliance, and risk requirements into a prioritized security strategy and recommend the BEST design among several technically valid options.
• You will be able to evaluate governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) technical strategies and design a security operations (SecOps) strategy, including SIEM/SOAR and XDR.
• You will be able to design security for infrastructure across hybrid, multicloud, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and operational technology (OT/IoT) estates.
• You will be able to design a strategy for securing data and applications, including data classification, encryption, posture management, and DevSecOps.
• You will be able to map Microsoft security capabilities (Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Purview, Defender for Cloud) onto the right design problem.
• You will be able to apply security best-practice frameworks such as Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark, the Cyber Kill Chain, and MITRE ATT&CK when justifying architecture decisions.
• You will be able to navigate SC-100's scenario-based 'recommend the BEST / MOST appropriate solution' question style with a repeatable, requirement-driven answering strategy.

What is inside

5 modules, 15 lessons. Each module ends in a graded quiz.

1. 01

   Design a Zero Trust Strategy & Architecture

   Covers the Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect (SC-100) Design a Zero Trust Strategy & Architecture domain (about 22.5% of the exam), spanning 1.1, 1.2, 1.3. Each objective is taught as its own lesson with worked examples and exam-style checks.

   3 lessons · 15 quiz questions

2. 02

   Evaluate GRC & Security Operations Strategies

   Covers the Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect (SC-100) Evaluate GRC & Security Operations Strategies domain (about 27.5% of the exam), spanning 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4. Each objective is taught as its own lesson with worked examples and exam-style checks.

   4 lessons · 15 quiz questions

3. 03

   Design Security for Infrastructure

   Covers the Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect (SC-100) Design Security for Infrastructure domain (about 27.5% of the exam), spanning 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4. Each objective is taught as its own lesson with worked examples and exam-style checks.

   4 lessons · 15 quiz questions

4. 04

   Design Security for Data & Applications

   Covers the Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect (SC-100) Design Security for Data & Applications domain (about 22.5% of the exam), spanning 4.1, 4.2, 4.3. Each objective is taught as its own lesson with worked examples and exam-style checks.

   3 lessons · 15 quiz questions

5. 05

   Exam Readiness & Practice Exam

   Pulls the whole exam together: an exam-day strategy and key-term glossary, then a timed, domain-weighted practice exam written in the real exam style.

   1 lessons · 50 quiz questions