SC-500: Azure Security Engineer Certification Prep

This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.

Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (SC-500), titled 'Implementing End-to-End Security Controls for Cloud and AI Workloads,' is the successor to the retired AZ-500 exam (retired August 31, 2026) and now explicitly covers securing AI and generative-AI workloads alongside traditional Azure and hybrid infrastructure. This course delivers exam-focused preparation across the four official skills-measured domains — identity and governance, data and network protection, compute hardening, and security posture management — built for security engineers, cloud engineers moving into security roles, and Azure administrators specializing in security.

Instructor Aseem Mankotia breaks down every domain into direct, scenario-driven lessons: Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access and Privileged Identity Management, Azure Storage and SQL protection, network segmentation with Azure Firewall and Private Link, VM/container/App Service hardening with Key Vault, and posture management through Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel — including new coverage of AI workload security considerations. Every concept is followed immediately by a hands-on configuration walkthrough so you practice the exact decisions the exam presents, not abstract theory.

The exam is approximately 40 to 60 questions across roughly 120 minutes, scored on a 100-to-1000 scale with a minimum score of 700 required to be certified, at an approximate cost of USD 165 (confirm current pricing and the exact skills-measured guide on Microsoft Learn before scheduling, since Microsoft periodically refreshes objectives and titles). The final chapter is a full timed exam simulation spanning all four domains with a case-study time-management strategy, so you finish this course having rehearsed both the content and the clock.

AI content disclosure: This course was produced with the assistance of artificial intelligence tools. Lecture narration is AI-voice generated, and lecture scripts, slides, and practice questions were drafted with AI assistance, then reviewed and curated by the instructor for technical accuracy and alignment with the official SC-500 exam guide.