Microsoft 365 security administrators proactively secure Microsoft 365 enterprise and hybrid environments, implement and manage security and compliance solutions, respond to threats, and enforce data governance.

As an information protection and compliance administrator, you plan and implement risk and compliance controls in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. In this role, you translate an organization’s risk and compliance requirements into technical implementation. You’re responsible for implementing and managing solutions for content classification, data loss prevention (DLP), information protection, data lifecycle management, records management, privacy, risk, and compliance. You work with other roles that are responsible for governance, data, and security to evaluate and develop policies to address an organization’s risk reduction and compliance goals. You assist workload administrators, business application owners, human resources departments, and legal stakeholders to implement technology solutions that support the necessary policies and controls. You should have experience with Microsoft 365 services, including: Microsoft 365 Apps Microsoft Exchange Online Microsoft SharePoint Microsoft OneDrive Microsoft Teams You should also be familiar with PowerShell. Important The English language version of this certification was updated on August 22, 2023. Review the study guide linked on the Exam SC-400 page for details about recent changes. Note Microsoft 365 Defender portal has been renamed to Microsoft Defender portal. This change will appear on the exam in late April.

As a candidate for this certification, you’re responsible for configuring and managing Windows Server on-premises, hybrid, and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform workloads. As a Windows Server hybrid administrator, you’re tasked with: Integrating Windows Server environments with Azure services. Managing Windows Server in on-premises networks. In this role, you manage and maintain Windows Server IaaS workloads in Azure as well as migrating and deploying workloads to Azure. You typically collaborate with: Azure administrators Enterprise architects Microsoft 365 administrators Network engineers As a candidate for this certification, you deploy, package, secure, update, and configure Windows Server workloads using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. In this role, you implement and manage on-premises and hybrid solutions, such as identity, security, management, compute, networking, storage, monitoring, high availability, and disaster recovery. You use administrative tools and technologies such as Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, Azure Arc, Azure Policy, Azure Monitor, Azure Automation Update Management, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and IaaS virtual machine (VM) administration. As a candidate for this certification, you should have several years of experience with Windows Server operating systems. Important The English language version of this certification was updated recently. Exam AZ-800 was updated on January 29, 2024, and Exam AZ-801 was updated on August 24, 2023. Review the study guides linked on the exam pages for details about changes. Note Microsoft 365 Defender portal has been renamed to Microsoft Defender portal. This change will appear on the exam in late April.