Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert
The SC-100 exam is designed for professionals who implement and configure Security. It validates your ability to design solutions that align with security best practices and priorities, design security operations, identity, and compliance capabilities, design security solutions for infrastructure, and design security solutions for applications and data.
Exam details
- Certification
- Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert
- Exam code
- SC-100
- Level
- Expert
- Duration
- Approximately 100 minutes
- Questions
- Typically 40–60 questions
- Passing score
- 700 out of 1000
- Cost
- USD $165 — typical price; the exact fee varies by country/region and currency, and local taxes may apply.
- Prerequisites
- None required
- Languages
- English (also available in Japanese, Korean, German and French, and several other languages)
- Delivered by
- Pearson VUE
- Renewal
- Free online assessment, every 12 months
Skills measured
- Design solutions that align with security best practices and priorities
- Design security operations, identity, and compliance capabilities
- Design security solutions for infrastructure
- Design security solutions for applications and data
Study resources & practice tests
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Frequently asked questions
Who should take SC-100?
SC-100 is aimed at experienced security professionals stepping into the cybersecurity architect role. These are people who translate a security strategy into capabilities that protect an organisation's assets, business and operations using Zero Trust principles. It suits senior security engineers who already hold an associate-level certification (such as SC-200 or SC-300) and have expertise across identity, platform protection, security operations, and securing data and applications.
How to prepare for SC-100?
Combine the free Microsoft Learn learning paths with real-world architecture experience across Microsoft security technologies, then confirm your readiness with a reputable practice test. Focus on the skills measured: designing solutions that align with security best practices and priorities, designing security operations, identity and compliance capabilities, designing security solutions for infrastructure, and designing security solutions for applications and data. See the study resources below.
How to register for the SC-100 exam?
You book the exam from the official Microsoft certification page, which schedules it through Pearson VUE. You can sit it online with remote proctoring from home or at a test centre. Pick the date and delivery option that suits you when you register.
What is the retake policy if I fail SC-100?
If you don't pass on your first attempt, you must wait 24 hours before retaking. After a second failure you must wait 14 days, with the same 14-day wait before each further attempt. You may take the exam a maximum of five times within a 12-month period, and the exam fee applies to each attempt.