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MICROSOFTMicrosoft Certified:Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
The Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals certification validates foundational knowledge of security, compliance, and identity concepts across Microsoft cloud services. It is ideal for business stakeholders, IT professionals, and students interested in Microsoft solutions.
Exam formatMultiple choice and multiple response
Duration45 minutes
DeliveryPearson VUE
Passing score700
Free questions595
Content last reviewed 28 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What SC-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.
4domains
14objectives
112concepts
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 Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals certification demonstrates your understanding of security, compliance, and identity concepts and how they apply to Microsoft cloud-based solutions. This certification is designed for those looking to familiarize themselves with Microsoft SCI solutions.
Earning this certification shows that you can describe the capabilities of Microsoft Entra, Microsoft security solutions, and Microsoft compliance solutions, providing a holistic and end-to-end understanding of these areas.
Who it’s for
This certification is targeted at business stakeholders, new or existing IT professionals, and students who want to understand the fundamentals of security, compliance, and identity across Microsoft services. Familiarity with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 is recommended to fully grasp the solutions covered.
Recommended experience
Familiarity with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 is recommended. Understanding of basic security, compliance, and identity concepts; Interest in Microsoft cloud-based solutions
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 28 July 2026 · See the source
Describe the concepts of security, compliance, and identity
- Describe security and compliance concepts
- Define identity concepts
Describe the capabilities of Microsoft Entra
- Describe function and identity types of Microsoft Entra ID
- Describe authentication capabilities of Microsoft Entra ID
- Describe access management capabilities of Microsoft Entra ID
- Describe identity protection and governance capabilities of Microsoft Entra
Describe the capabilities of Microsoft security solutions
- Describe core infrastructure security services in Azure
- Describe security management capabilities of Azure
- Describe capabilities of Microsoft Sentinel
- Describe threat protection with Microsoft Defender XDR
Describe the capabilities of Microsoft compliance solutions
- Describe Microsoft Service Trust Portal and privacy principles
- Describe compliance management capabilities of Microsoft Purview
- Describe information protection, data lifecycle management, and data governance capabilities of Microsoft Purview
- Describe insider risk, eDiscovery, and audit capabilities in Microsoft Purview
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 codeSC-900
CertificationSecurity, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
Exam formatMultiple choice and multiple response
Duration45 minutes
Passing score700
DeliveryPearson VUE
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, French, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Indonesian (Indonesia), German, Chinese (Traditional), Italian
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 Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
Credential earnedMicrosoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity 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
What job roles does the Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals credential map to?
It aligns with roles such as business stakeholder, IT professional, and student interested in Microsoft cloud solutions.
If I fail SC-900, when can I retake it?
You can retake the exam 24 hours after the first attempt. For subsequent retakes, the waiting period varies.
Are there any hands-on components in the SC-900 exam?
The exam may include interactive components to complete as part of the assessment.
How do I schedule the SC-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 SC-900 exam?
Microsoft offers a variety of accommodations to support candidates with disabilities.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-28 Up to date
Practice free questions 595 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.
4domains
14objectives
112concepts
126free 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 28 July 2026 · See the source
1Describe the concepts of security, compliance, and identity97 questions
2Describe the capabilities of Microsoft Entra143 questions
Describe function and identity types of Microsoft Entra ID5 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Describe authentication capabilities of Microsoft Entra ID10 concepts · 8 pagesOpen →Describe access management capabilities of Microsoft Entra ID7 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Describe identity protection and governance capabilities of Microsoft Entra8 concepts · 9 pagesOpen →
3Describe the capabilities of Microsoft security solutions169 questions
Describe core infrastructure security services in Azure12 concepts · 10 pagesOpen →Describe security management capabilities of Azure7 concepts · 9 pagesOpen →Describe capabilities of Microsoft Sentinel6 concepts · 10 pagesOpen →Describe threat protection with Microsoft Defender XDR8 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →
4Describe the capabilities of Microsoft compliance solutions186 questions
Describe Microsoft Service Trust Portal and privacy principles9 concepts · 11 pagesOpen →Describe compliance management capabilities of Microsoft Purview6 concepts · 9 pagesOpen →Describe information protection, data lifecycle management, and data governance capabilities of Microsoft Purview10 concepts · 9 pagesOpen →Describe insider risk, eDiscovery, and audit capabilities in Microsoft Purview9 concepts · 10 pagesOpen →
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.
Describe security and compliance concepts11 pagesOpen →
Free in front of it
51 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
595 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.
595questions
126pages
14objectives
Freealways
Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1Describe the concepts of security, compliance, and identity97 questions
2Describe the capabilities of Microsoft Entra143 questions
3Describe the capabilities of Microsoft security solutions169 questions
4Describe the capabilities of Microsoft compliance solutions186 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.
112concepts
595free 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
112concepts 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 — 14 objectives, 112 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When Microsoft changes the outline, this page changes with it.
14objectives on the outline→112concepts written→595free 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.