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Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900)

Standardize your team on Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) with a structured Microsoft training path — virtual labs, a blueprint-weighted practice exam, and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets training subscription.

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1
Course
$99
Exam cost
1
Practice exam
5
Core skills
Microsoft Azure / 365 admin team at workstations with PowerShell and identity consoles
Difficulty
Difficulty: 1 of 5 (Easy)
Easy
Exam cost
$99
Courses on path
1
Official source
Vendor cert page
Exam code
  • SC-900

Exam datasheet

Exam length
45 minutes
Questions
40-60
Passing score
700/1000
Prerequisites
None
Recommended experience
Basic understanding of security, compliance, and identity concepts
Recertification
1 year
Hiring-market salary
$110,000 - $140,000 per year
Certified professionals
10,000+
Testing centerExam blueprint

Public hiring-market data — not a CBT Nuggets guarantee.

Skills your team builds

Security FundamentalsCompliance and GovernanceIdentity and Access ManagementMicrosoft Azure SecurityMicrosoft 365 Security

Training path

Your team's training path

One CBT Nuggets course covers the full Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) path. Your team can start today and have admin reporting visible from day one.

  1. Start here · primary course

    Microsoft SC-900

    This Microsoft SC-900 training prepares you to earn your Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) certification. You'll learn the fundamentals of security, compliance, and identity (SCI) within the Microsoft services ecosystem. You'll also explore how to use Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Entra to create a secure cloud environment. This Microsoft SC-900 training is perfect for IT newcomers, students, end users, and enterprise training programs.

    John Munjoma, James Conrad, Bob Salmans
    140 videosPractice exam22h
    Open course

Every certification includes

Expert-led video training
Virtual labs
Certification practice exams
Per-team completion reporting

Microsoft career ladder

Where Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) sits in your team's Microsoft progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

  1. Entry level

    1 cert

    Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900)

    DP-900

  2. Associate level

    10 certs

    Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300)

    DP-300

    Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700)

    AZ-700

    Endpoint Administrator Associate (MD-102)

    MD-102

    Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert (MS-102)

    MS-102

    Microsoft 365 Certified: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer Associate (MS-721)

    MS-721

    Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700)

    MS-700

    Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)

    SC-300

    Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300)

    PL-300

    Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200)

    SC-200

    Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate (AZ-800 & AZ-801)

    AZ-800 and AZ-801

  3. Professional level

    3 certs

    Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (DP-600)

    DP-600

    Microsoft 365 Certified: Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals (AB-900)

    AB-900

    Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900)

    SC-900

    You are here

  4. Expert level

    1 cert

    Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)

    SC-100

Customer outcome

Make SC-900 a coverage number your auditor can quote

Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) certified engineers are easy to count and easy to prove. CBT Nuggets bundles the prep into a single team playlist so leadership sees who's on the path, who finished, and who's exam-ready — without spreadsheets.

See team pricing
1 path
from foundation to credential — assigned and tracked as one playlist

Coverage proof

Make SC-900 a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on SC-900 gives leadership and auditors a coverage number they can quote — and gives Microsoft incident response a baseline of capability you can predict instead of hoping for.

Credential: Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900)

Exam
  • SC-900

Frequently asked questions about Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) training for their team.

How does Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) fit into our internal compliance and governance program?

Team reporting in CBT Nuggets documents assigned training, completion, and certification coverage for internal governance or external audit conversations. Pair the Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) path with your auditor's control crosswalk for the formal compliance mapping your specific framework requires.

What's the ROI of certifying our team on Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900)?

IT Directors typically frame Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) ROI in operational terms — faster troubleshooting, defensible role coverage, predictable onboarding velocity, and audit-ready training documentation. The metrics that matter aren't seat-time or completion percentages; they're mean time to resolve, time-to-productivity for new Microsoft hires, and certification coverage by role.

How does CBT Nuggets Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) training compare to Pluralsight, LinkedIn Learning, or Udemy Business?

CBT Nuggets Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) courses are built by named expert trainers (not crowd-sourced contributors), include hands-on virtual labs in many courses, and include certification practice exams mapped to the vendor's published exam objectives. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion, and exam-readiness per engineer — the surface managers actually use to manage team training programs. See /compare for the full feature comparison.

How do I assign and track Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) training for my team?

From the admin console, managers create a training playlist (one or more courses on the Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) path), assign it to specific engineers or role groups, and track completion + practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can export for monthly leadership reviews or quarterly compliance reporting. No spreadsheet, no per-engineer license fiddling.

How long does it take to certify a team on Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900)?

Depends on the cert and the team's starting baseline. Entry-level Microsoft certs typically run 4–6 weeks per engineer from a cold start; associate-level certs run 8–12 weeks; professional/expert tracks can run 3–6 months. Most teams budget the full quarter for any associate-level certification so engineers have time to actually apply the lab work before the exam.

What if Microsoft updates the Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates Microsoft course content as exam objectives refresh — typically within weeks of the vendor's release. When Microsoft restructures or renames a track (a common pattern), the assigned training paths stay aligned with the same team training plan; managers don't have to rebuild the playlist from scratch. The training stays current without anyone losing their certification status mid-stream.

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