Exam AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies

Exam Number: AZ-500 Length of test: 120 mins
Exam Name: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Number of questions in the actual exam: 40-60
Format: PDF, VPLUS Passing Score: 700/1000

Total Questions: 439

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Audience profile

As the Azure security engineer, you implement, manage, and monitor security for resources in Azure, multi-cloud, and hybrid environments as part of an end-to-end infrastructure. You recommend security components and configurations to protect the following:

  • Identity and access
  • Data
  • Applications
  • Networks

Your responsibilities as an Azure security engineer include:

  • Managing the security posture.
  • Identifying and remediating vulnerabilities.
  • Performing threat modelling.
  • Implementing threat protection.

You may also participate in responding to security incidents. As an Azure security engineer, you work with architects, administrators, and developers to plan and implement solutions that meet security and compliance requirements.

You should have:

  • Practical experience in administration of Microsoft Azure and hybrid environments.
  • Strong familiarity with compute, network, and storage in Azure and Microsoft Entra ID.

Skills at a glance

Manage identity and access (25–30%)

  • Manage Microsoft Entra identities
  • Manage Microsoft Entra authentication
  • Manage Microsoft Entra authorization
  • Manage Microsoft Entra application access

Secure networking (20–25%)

  • Plan and implement security for virtual networks
  • Plan and implement security for private access to Azure resources
  • Plan and implement security for public access to Azure resources

Secure compute, storage, and databases (20–25%)

  • Plan and implement advanced security for compute
  • Plan and implement security for storage
  • Plan and implement security for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance

Manage security operations (25–30%)

  • Plan, implement, and manage governance for security
  • Manage security posture by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Configure and manage threat protection by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Configure and manage security monitoring and automation solutions
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