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

Organizations running Microsoft 365 and Azure need consistent identity controls across users, apps, resources, and external access — without slowing daily operations or increasing audit risk. IT Directors assign this SC-300 training to security professionals, identity admins, and Team Leads responsible for Azure AD/Entra identity management in small business or enterprise environments. The course is intermediate and best suited for IT Practitioners with roughly three to five years of cyber or network security experience.

Plan for about 17 hours per learner. For change management, this training fits best as role-specific enablement for admins who configure identity, authentication, governance, privileged access, and monitoring — not general awareness training for all employees. CBT Nuggets capabilities such as Playlists and Team Reporting can help Training Managers sequence the skills by role and track completion; Practice Exams, where included, support SC-300 certification readiness.

This training helps IT teams standardize how identity and access are configured, governed, and monitored across Microsoft cloud environments. The course maps to real operational work: setting up Azure AD, managing users and licenses, supporting hybrid and external identities, enforcing MFA and Conditional Access, governing app access, and reviewing privileged permissions.

• Reduce identity-related risk: Teams learn to apply MFA, Conditional Access, Identity Protection, access reviews, and Privileged Identity Management.
• Improve onboarding and access changes: Admins practice managing users, groups, licenses, entitlement management, and Azure resource access.
• Support hybrid and partner scenarios: IT Practitioners build knowledge around hybrid identities and external identities for environments that span internal and outside users.
• Strengthen audit readiness: Teams learn to monitor identity posture with Azure Monitor, Identity Secure Score, and Defender for Cloud Apps.

Knowledge

• Azure Active Directory/Entra ID initial configuration concepts and identity architecture basics
• User, group, and license management in Azure AD
• Hybrid identity and external identity models
• MFA, user authentication, Conditional Access, and Identity Protection concepts
• Enterprise application deployment, app registration, and application access governance
• Entitlement management, access reviews, Privileged Identity Management, Identity Secure Score, Azure Monitor, and Defender for Cloud Apps monitoring concepts

Ability

• Configure and manage Azure AD identity settings for Microsoft cloud environments
• Administer users, groups, licenses, hybrid identities, and external identities
• Implement stronger authentication and access policies with MFA and Conditional Access
• Manage access to Azure resources, enterprise applications, and registered applications
• Apply governance workflows through entitlement management, access reviews, and privileged identity controls
• Monitor identity security posture and application access using Microsoft identity and security tools