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Certification Overview

SC-200 is heavily focused on Microsoft Sentinel as the central SIEM platform, with significant coverage of KQL query writing, incident detection and response automation, and integration with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Cloud, and Microsoft 365 Defender. Threat hunting and playbook automation are equally weighted with reactive incident management.

What This Certification Proves

SC-200 validates your ability to manage and operate a modern Security Operations Center (SOC) using Microsoft's integrated security suite. This certification is critical for enterprise security because it demonstrates hands-on expertise in threat detection, incident response, and 24/7 security monitoring—skills in severe industry shortage.

Who Should Take This Exam

Mid-level IT professionals transitioning to security operations (network/systems admins), SOC analysts looking to formalize skills on Microsoft platforms, security engineers targeting Azure/Microsoft-centric environments, and candidates with 1-3 years in IT looking to enter security operations.

Topic Breakdown

13 domains covering 153 questions

DomainQuestionsWeight
Manage Threat Mitigation Using Microsoft Defender For Cloud4227%
Configure Protections And Detections2114%
Detect And Remediate Threats Using Microsoft Sentinel2013%
Manage Incident Response1510%
Manage Threat Mitigation Using Microsoft Defender Xdr149%
Configure Your Environment In Microsoft Sentinel117%
Manage Threat Hunting In Microsoft Sentinel85%
Create Kql Queries For Microsoft Sentinel53%
Manage Threat Mitigation Using Microsoft Purview53%
Manage Log Connection To Microsoft Sentinel43%
Manage A Security Operations Environment43%
Perform Threat Hunting32%
Manage Security Threats11%

Study Plans

Choose a study plan that matches your schedule and experience level

30 Days

Intensive Sprint

Week 1-2

  • Master fundamentals: Manage Threat Mitigation Using Microsoft Defender For Cloud
  • Read Microsoft official documentation
  • Complete 9 questions daily

Week 3

  • Deep dive: Configure Protections And Detections
  • Review weak areas from results
  • Take 2 full-length exams

Week 4

  • Review all flagged questions
  • Timed exams to build stamina
  • Final revision of key concepts

60 Days

Balanced Approach

Week 1-2

  • Survey all exam domains
  • Set up study environment
  • Begin with foundational topics

Week 3-4

  • Focus: Manage Threat Mitigation Using Microsoft Defender For Cloud
  • Focus: Configure Protections And Detections
  • 5 questions daily

Week 5-6

  • Focus: Detect And Remediate Threats Using Microsoft Sentinel
  • Hands-on labs if applicable
  • Review explanations for wrong answers

Week 7-8

  • Complete all 266 questions
  • Identify and eliminate weak areas
  • Take 3 full-length timed tests

90 Days

Comprehensive Study

Month 1

  • Learn all exam domains at a comfortable pace
  • Build strong foundational knowledge
  • 3 questions daily

Month 2

  • Deep dive into each domain
  • Hands-on practice and labs
  • Take weekly timed exams

Month 3

  • Work through all 266 questions
  • Identify and eliminate weak areas
  • Take 3 full-length timed exams

SC-200-Specific Tips

  • Build KQL query fluency—this is the exam's technical backbone; practice 20+ real-world hunting queries weekly
  • Do hands-on labs with Microsoft Sentinel: create analytics rules, configure data connectors, and run actual playbooks (not just videos)
  • Master incident response workflows—understand triage → investigation → containment → remediation with Sentinel automation
  • Study how Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Cloud, and Defender XDR data flows into Sentinel and Microsoft 365 Defender
  • Practice threat hunting scenarios end-to-end: identify suspicious logs → correlate events → escalate to incident
  • Memorize common KQL operators and functions (count, where, project, summarize, join); understand AdvancedHunting schema
  • Review the official Microsoft Learn modules for SC-200 directly—they use the same question bank as the exam

Relevant Career Roles

Security Operations Analyst / SOC AnalystThreat AnalystAzure Security EngineerIncident Response AnalystSecurity Analyst II (team lead track)

Sample Questions

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Q1Create KQL queries for Microsoft Sentinel

Case Study 1 - Contoso Ltd Overview A company named Contoso Ltd. has a main office and five branch offices located throughout North America. The main office is in Seattle. The branch offices are in Toronto, Miami, Houston, Los Angeles, and Vancouver. Contoso has a subsidiary named Fabrikam, Ltd. that has offices in New York and San Francisco. Existing Environment End-User Environment All users at Contoso use Windows 10 devices. Each user is licensed for Microsoft 365. In addition, iOS devices are distributed to the members of the sales team at Contoso. Cloud and Hybrid Infrastructure All Contoso applications are deployed to Azure. You enable Microsoft Cloud App Security. Contoso and Fabrikam have different Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenants. Fabrikam recently purchased an Azure subscription and enabled Azure Defender for all supported resource types. Current Problems The security team at Contoso receives a large number of cybersecurity alerts. The security team spends too much time identifying which cybersecurity alerts are legitimate threats, and which are not. The Contoso sales team uses only iOS devices. The sales team members exchange files with customers by using a variety of third-party tools. In the past, the sales team experienced various attacks on their devices. The marketing team at Contoso has several Microsoft SharePoint Online sites for collaborating with external vendors. The marketing team has had several incidents in which vendors uploaded files that contain malware. The executive team at Contoso suspects a security breach. The executive team requests that you identify which files had more than five activities during the past 48 hours, including data access, download, or deletion for Microsoft Cloud App Security-protected applications. Requirements Planned Changes Contoso plans to integrate the security operations of both companies and manage all security operations centrally. Technical Requirements Contoso identifies the following technical requirements: Receive alerts if an Azure virtual machine is under brute force attack. Use Azure Sentinel to reduce organizational risk by rapidly remediating active attacks on the environment. Implement Azure Sentinel queries that correlate data across the Azure AD tenants of Contoso and Fabrikam. Develop a procedure to remediate Azure Defender for Key Vault alerts for Fabrikam in case of external attackers and a potential compromise of its own Azure AD applications. Identify all cases of users who failed to sign in to an Azure resource for the first time from a given country. A junior security administrator provides you with the following incomplete query. BehaviorAnalytics | where ActivityType == "FailedLogOn" | where ________ == True You need to complete the query for failed sign-ins to meet the technical requirements. Where can you find the column name to complete the where clause?

Q2

You have a Microsoft 365 subscription that uses Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2. The subscription contains 1,000 Windows 11 devices that run a third-party antivirus software and have Smart App Control enabled. You need to ensure that if Defender for Endpoint detects a malicious artifact that was missed by the third-party software, it will remediate the artifact automatically. What should you configure?

Q3

You have a Microsoft 365 subscription that uses Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and contains a user named User1 and a Microsoft 365 group named Group1. All users are assigned a Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 license. You enable Microsoft Defender XDR Unified role-based access control (RBAC) for Endpoints & Vulnerability Management. You need to ensure that User1 can configure alerts that will send email notifications to Group1. The solution must follow the principle of least privilege. Which permissions should you assign to User1?

Q4Manage incident response

Microsoft 365 Defender gives a purpose-based UI to manage and examine security incidents and alerts across Microsoft 365 services. You are a SOC Analyst working at a company XYZ that has configured Microsoft 365 Defender solutions, including Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Identity, Defender for Office 365, and Cloud App Security. You are required to monitor related alerts across all the solutions as a single incident to observe the incident's full impact and do an RCA (root cause investigation). The Microsoft Security center portal has a fused view of incidents and actions taken on them. Which of the following can be classified as an Incident?

Q5Manage threat mitigation using Microsoft Defender XDR

Your company has an on-premises network that uses Microsoft Defender for Identity. The Microsoft Secure Score for the company includes a security assessment associated with unsecure Kerberos delegation. You need remediate the security risk. What should you do?

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