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Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect

Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert

Questions

40–60 *

Duration

100–120 min *

Passing score

700 / 1000

Price (USD)

$165 *

Validity

12 months; free online renewal

What this exam is like

Who it's for

Senior engineers moving into security architecture. Expert-level and case-study heavy.

Prerequisites

One of: SC-300 (Identity and Access Administrator), SC-200 (Security Operations Analyst) or SC-500 (Cloud and AI Security Engineer).

Design solutions aligned with security best practices20-25%

Design SecOps, identity, and compliance capabilities25-30%

Design security solutions for infrastructure25-30%

Design security solutions for applications and data20-25%

1
Earn a prerequisite associate certBefore
SC-300 is the natural route for identity people.
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2
Learn the frameworksWeek 1–2
Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architectures (MCRA), Cloud Adoption Framework security, MCSB, Zero Trust RaMP.
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3
Identity & SecOps designWeek 3–4
Privileged access strategy, hybrid identity design, Sentinel/Defender XDR SOC design.
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4
Infra, apps and dataWeek 5–6
Landing zone security, Defender for Cloud, Purview, API and AI workload protection.
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5
Case studiesWeek 7–8
Practise long case studies: read requirements first, then map each to a control.
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6
Book and sit the exam
Schedule through Microsoft Learn with Pearson VUE — online proctored from home or at a test centre. Take the free Microsoft Learn practice assessment first.
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Certified 🎉
Add it to LinkedIn and your CV — then pick the next step on the certification path.

RolesSecurity ArchitectIdentity ArchitectCloud Security Lead