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Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate

Certification details

As a Microsoft identity and access administrator, you design, implement, and operate an organization’s identity and access management by using Microsoft Entra ID (ID). You configure and manage the full cycle of identities for:

  • Users
  • Devices
  • Microsoft Azure resources
  • Applications

As an identity and access administrator, you provide seamless experiences and self-service management capabilities for users. You plan and implement identity, authorization, and access to connect applications and resources in Azure. You’re also responsible for troubleshooting, monitoring, and reporting on identity and access. You collaborate with many other roles in the organization to:

  • Drive strategic identity projects.
  • Modernize identity solutions.
  • Implement hybrid identity solutions.
  • Implement identity governance.

You should be familiar with Azure, Microsoft 365 services and workloads, and Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). You should have experience:

  • Automating the management of Microsoft Entra ID using PowerShell.
  • Analyzing events using Kusto Query Language (KQL).

Important

The English language version of this certification was updated on January 31, 2024. Review the study guide linked on the Exam SC-300 page for details about recent changes.

Note

Microsoft 365 Defender has been renamed to Microsoft Defender XDR, and Microsoft 365 Defender portal to Microsoft Defender portal. This change will appear on the exam in late April.

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Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate

Skills measured

  • Implement and manage user identities
  • Implement authentication and access management
  • Plan and implement workload identities
  • Plan and implement identity governance

Job role: Administrator, Identity and Access Administrator, Security Engineer

Required exams: SC-300

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** Complete this exam before the retirement date to ensure it is applied toward your certification. After the retirement date, please refer to the related certification for exam requirements.