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Microsoft 365 Certified: AI Services Administrator Associate (beta)

Certification details

As a candidate for this Microsoft Certification, you configure, manage, secure, and govern Microsoft 365 tenants, workloads, and AI services, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, agents, and connected AI capabilities. You enable secure, compliant, and scalable productivity across the organization by governing data access, protecting information, and supporting collaboration between users and agents. You operate and continuously optimize Microsoft 365 and AI services at enterprise scale, helping to ensure reliable and effective outcomes in an AI-powered workplace.

As a Microsoft 365 and AI services administrator, you collaborate with architects and administrators across workloads, infrastructure, identity, security, compliance, endpoints, and applications.

For this exam, you should have experience with Microsoft 365 workloads and Microsoft Entra ID, an understanding of Defender XDR capabilities, and familiarity with Microsoft Graph PowerShell.

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Microsoft 365 Certified: AI Services Administrator Associate (beta)

Job role: Administrator

Required exams: AB-650

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  • AB-650: Administering Microsoft 365 and AI Services (beta)

    Languages: en

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    This exam validates your ability to administer Microsoft 365 and AI services, enabling secure and compliant productivity across the organization

    Price based on the country or region in which the exam is proctored.

    We strongly recommend that you register for an exam with a personal MSA account. If you register with an organizational (work/school) AAD account, your exam records will be lost if you leave your organization and they will be unrecoverable.
    for Administering Microsoft 365 and AI Services (beta)

    All objectives of the exam are covered in depth so you'll be ready for any question on the exam.

Assessed on this exam

  • Configure and manage Microsoft 365 tenants and workloads
  • Govern and secure Microsoft 365 tenants and workloads
  • Manage and secure AI services in Microsoft 365

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