Key Features of the Course

2 Full-Length Mock Exams (110+ Unique Questions)
Exhaustive Explanation for every question
Reports to assess strengths & weaknesses
Auto-updates to the MS-500 course content
Lifetime Validity and Unlimited Access
Designed by Microsoft Certified Experts
Objective-based Practice Tests similar to the actual MS-500 exam
24x7 Support from our Subject Matter Experts

Requirements / Skills Required for taking MS-500 exam:

Candidates who are appearing for this Microsoft 365 security administration exam should have the below skills:

Providing proactive security strategies
Responding to security threats
Performing investigations
Enforcing data governance in Microsoft 365 & hybrid environment.

If you are someone with strong skills and have practical work experience in the protection of identities and information from unexpected threats, then this exam is for you.

What you’ll learn in the MS-500 certification exam?

In this Exam MS-500: Microsoft 365 Security Administration, you will be learning about:

Identity management and provisioning user access
35-40% of MS-500 exam questions cover the below topics:

Security management of identities
Implementing authentication methods
Providing conditional access
Enabling roles & groups
Managing Identity Governance in Microsoft 365 environment
Implementing identity protection in Microsoft Azure AD (Active Directory)

Threat protection management
You can learn more on threat protection management strategies such as:

Microsoft Defender Identity management
Device threat protection
Device Application protection
Implementing Microsoft Defender for MS 365
Monitoring the security of MS 365 using Azur Sentinel

Information protection on Microsoft 365 environment
This objective focuses on the protection of information in MS 365 environment. Microsoft 365 security administration associate should have the below skills:

Managing sensitive data
Data loss prevention strategies
Planning and configuring data governance and retention

Managing Governance and Compliance features
The strategies created by a Microsoft 365 security administrator should comply with the rules and regulations built by the organization. More than 20-25% of questions on the MS-500 exam will be asked from the below topics:

Configuration and analysis on Security Reporting
Audit log management and analysis
Identify and respond to compliance-related queries in Microsoft 365
Regulatory compliance management
Insider risk solution management in Microsoft 365

Who should take the MS-500 certification exam?

If you are a Microsoft 365 Security Administrator:
If you have good experience in Microsoft 365 security administration, then this MS-500 exam can assess your hard-earned skills and provide you with industry-accepted certification.

Even if you are an experienced Microsoft security administrator, a recognized certification can only upgrade you and provide an opportunity to communicate with Microsoft 365 enterprise administrators for creating and managing security strategies.

This certification boosts your career by 5x times faster than your other colleagues since most of the enterprises are hiring only Microsoft-certified candidates to manage their security requirements.

If you are a beginner in Microsoft 365 administration role:
Being a beginner in MS 365 administration, you will be gradually focusing on upgrading your roles to the next level, then this certification helps you a lot.

Since you have enough exposure in administering Microsoft 365 & a hybrid environment, you can now shift your career to security administration by learning this course and passing the MS-500 exam.

How do I prepare for the MS-500 exam?

Step-1: Start learning the exam objectives of MS-500 certification clearly and find out the skills which you need to learn from scratch. You can take up a study guide on the MS-500 certification exam.

Step-2: Now, attempt the free questions available for the MS-500 exam. Once you are very familiar with the exam objectives, it’s time to try out the practice tests which have unique questions on Microsoft 365 security administration exam. Learn in detail through MS-500 practice exams which are very similar to the real exam.

Step-3: Your learning through practice tests may have given you detailed insights on the topics whichever is challenging for you. Now, again spend some time learning those topics and fill your skill gaps.

Step-4: Even Microsoft recommends trying out MS-500 practice tests. Have a relook at practice tests again and when you are confident enough, try the actual exams without any fear.