You can see it againUnder pressure people bring back shapes and positions long after the wording has gone.
Picture superiority · Shepard 1967, Standing 1973
MICROSOFTMicrosoft 365 Certified:Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals
The Microsoft 365 Certified: Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals certification validates your ability to support, secure, and protect an AI-enabled Microsoft 365 environment. It is designed for administrators familiar with Microsoft 365 services and AI-driven productivity tools. Earning this certification demonstrates your skills in managing core security features and administrative tasks within Microsoft 365.
Exam formatMultiple choice and interactive components
Duration45 minutes
DeliveryPearson VUE
Passing score700
Free questions336
Content last reviewed 22 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What AB-900 proves, and what it asks of you
What this certification covers, who it is written for, and what the exam itself looks like on the day.
3domains
10objectives
65concepts
US $99exam fee
What it is
What this certification is
What it validates, who it is written for, and the experience it assumes.
About this certification
The Microsoft 365 Certified: Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals certification demonstrates your ability to support, secure, and protect an AI-enabled Microsoft 365 environment. It targets administrators who are familiar with Microsoft 365 services, security, identity and access, data protection, and governance.
Earning this certification shows that you can manage core security features, perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot and agents, and understand data protection and governance tasks for Microsoft 365 and Copilot. This certification is ideal for those looking to validate their skills in AI-driven productivity tools and modern IT management practices.
Who it’s for
This certification is for administrators who are familiar with Microsoft 365, including core services, security, identity and access, data protection, and governance. It is suitable for those who have experience with AI-driven productivity tools and modern IT management practices. Candidates should be able to identify the roles of core features and objects available in Microsoft 365, such as users, groups, teams, sites, and libraries, and understand core security features like authentication methods, conditional access policies, and single sign-on (SSO).
Recommended experience
Familiarity with Microsoft 365 services and AI-driven productivity tools. Experience with Microsoft 365 core services and security features; Understanding of identity and access management; Knowledge of data protection and governance tasks
The syllabus
What you’ll learn
Every domain and objective Microsoft measures, with the weight they carry on the exam.
The official Microsoft exam outline · checked 22 July 2026 · See the source
Identify the core features and objects of Microsoft 365 services
- Identify the core objects of Microsoft 365 services
- Understand the Microsoft 365 security principles
- Identify the core security features of Microsoft 365 services
Understand data protection and governance tasks for Microsoft 365 and Copilot
- Understand Microsoft Purview
- Understand data security implications of Copilot
- Identify data protection and governance risks for Microsoft 365 and Copilot
- Identify and monitor oversharing in SharePoint in Microsoft 365
Perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot and agents
- Understand features and capabilities of Copilot and agents
- Perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot
- Perform basic administrative tasks for agents
On the day
The exam itself
Everything Microsoft publishes about sitting it, and nothing we inferred.
Prerequisites
No mandatory prerequisites — this certification has no required predecessor exam or credential.
Exam codeAB-900
CertificationMicrosoft 365 Certified: Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals
Exam formatMultiple choice and interactive components
Duration45 minutes
Passing score700
DeliveryPearson VUE
LanguagesEnglish
PricingUS $99
Certification levelFundamentals
After you pass
Where this credential goes next
The path Microsoft lays out, how the credential is kept, and where to book.
Step-by-step path to Microsoft 365 Certified: Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals
Credential earnedMicrosoft 365 Certified: Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals Fundamentals level certification Renewal and maintenance
Renew eligible Certifications annually at no cost by completing a short online assessment. Stay current with the latest technologies and maintain your certification.
Learn more about renewal requirements Lifecycle status
This certification is currently active and available. Microsoft maintains this certification to validate current skills and industry relevance.
Exam status: ActiveMaintained by Microsoft
Exam registration
Register for the exam through Pearson VUE, Microsoft’s authorized testing partner.
Schedule your examVisit the official Microsoft certification page for exam policies and requirements.
View the official pageYour coach
And when you are serious, your coach Pip takes over
Your coach in the app reads what you have answered with the book closed and tells you one thing to do tonight. It will not count an answer you gave with the page open, and it will tell you when you are not ready.
See how the coach worksBefore you book
Questions people ask
If I fail AB-900, when can I retake it?
You can retake the exam 24 hours after the first attempt. For subsequent retakes, the waiting period varies.
What job roles does the Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals credential map to?
It aligns with roles such as Microsoft 365 administrator and AI-driven productivity tool specialist.
Are there any interactive components in the AB-900 exam?
Yes, the exam may include interactive components as part of the assessment.
How do I schedule the AB-900 exam?
You can schedule the exam through Pearson VUE or Certiport if you are a student or educator.
What accommodations are available for the AB-900 exam?
Microsoft offers a variety of accommodations to support candidates with disabilities.
Can I take the AB-900 exam online?
Yes, the exam can be taken online through Pearson VUE's online proctoring service.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-22 Up to date
Practice free questions 336 questions, free, no account needed.
The curriculum
The whole exam, mapped and written
Every domain, every objective, and every concept Microsoft measures — each one written out.
3domains
10objectives
65concepts
72free pages
The domains, and what sits inside them
Every objective below is a page you can open and practise now, without an account.
The official Microsoft exam outline · checked 22 July 2026 · See the source
1Identify the core features and objects of Microsoft 365 services103 questions
2Understand data protection and governance tasks for Microsoft 365 and Copilot151 questions
Understand Microsoft Purview9 concepts · 11 pagesOpen →Understand data security implications of Copilot6 concepts · 9 pagesOpen →Identify data protection and governance risks for Microsoft 365 and Copilot8 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Identify and monitor oversharing in SharePoint in Microsoft 3654 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →
3Perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot and agents82 questions
Not a table of contents
Every line on this map already opens
In front of every objective the practice pages are already there, free and without an account. This is one objective, opened.
Identify the core objects of Microsoft 365 services4 pagesOpen →
Free in front of it
18 questions on this objective, five to a page. Every range above is a real page, open now, with no account.
Reading the map is not the same as knowing the ground
The curriculum tells you what is on the exam. Proving you know it is a different job — and it is the one the closed-book run does.
Free questions
336 questions. No account, no card.
The whole bank is open. 5 questions to a page, every answer explained, and a discussion thread on each one.
336questions
72pages
10objectives
Freealways
Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1Identify the core features and objects of Microsoft 365 services103 questions
2Understand data protection and governance tasks for Microsoft 365 and Copilot151 questions
3Perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot and agents82 questions
What a practice page gives you
1Five to a page
Short enough to finish, long enough to matter.
2Every answer explained
Not only which one is right — why the others are wrong.
3A discussion on each
Ask, answer, and vote. Every question has its own thread.
A question, and the idea behind it
Every question comes from a concept
These are not trivia. Each one is written against a concept in the book, so when you get one wrong there is somewhere to go and find out why.
The visual book
See it once. Carry it into the exam.
The pages shown here come from our AI-900 book — an example of how each concept is written in plain language and, where the idea needs one, drawn as a full page you can take in at a glance.
65concepts
336free questions
Why a picture, and not another paragraph
Three reasons, and each one is a real finding rather than a slogan.
You can see it againThe whole idea at onceWhere it starts, what happens in the middle, what comes out, and the mistake to avoid.
Multimedia principle · MayerThe look-alikes sit togetherThe pairs the exam tests are drawn side by side, so the difference is seen, not told.
Dual coding · PaivioWhat one page is made of
You are never asked to read a poster here — only to see how one is built. After that, every other page is legible at a glance.
1A numbered strip on top
The idea as a sequence, followed with a finger before a word is read.
2Panels for the parts
What it is, how the machine learns it, when it is the right tool.
3The trap, framed
The distinction the exam tests, given its own box instead of buried in prose.
4One line at the bottom
The sentence to carry into the exam room.
Open book, on purpose
Answer it with the picture beside you
This is the part that teaches. The illustration and the written explanation stay where they are while you work, so a scenario stops being a memory test and becomes something you can simply look at.
It teaches · it does not count
A smartphone uses AI to unlock when the owner looks at the camera. Which AI capability is being used?
AImage classification
BFacial recognition
COptical character recognition
DObject detection
Look at the five steps. Detect finds a face, align straightens it, encode turns it into numbers, search compares it with a stored face, and decide answers one question: is this the same person? Classification would only say “a face”. Detection would only draw a box. Neither decides whose.
Then the page shuts, and it starts counting
The same questions come back with the book closed — that run is the one that counts. After it, your coach picks one thing for tonight, sized to the time you have, and brings pages back before you lose them.
Testing effect · Roediger & Karpicke 2006 · spacing effect · Cepeda et al. 2006
Official resources
Straight from Microsoft
Where the exam is defined, scheduled and scored.
2official links
65concepts mapped
The source
Microsoft’s own pages
We link to them rather than repeat them, so nothing here goes stale behind them.
Checked against the source
Every objective on the official Microsoft outline already has questions here
We build from the official skills outline, not from a summary of it — 10 objectives, 65 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When Microsoft changes the outline, this page changes with it.
10objectives on the outline→65concepts written→336free questions
An official page tells you what will be asked. It cannot tell you what you will get right.
That is the only question worth answering the night before, and no link answers it. You answer it by taking the questions with the book closed, and seeing what comes back.