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

As a candidate for this exam, 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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Part of the requirements for: Microsoft 365 Certified: Microsoft 365 and AI Services Administrator Associate (beta)

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

    Languages: English

    Retirement date: none

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

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Assessed on this exam

  • Configure and manage Microsoft 365 tenants and workloads (20–25%)
  • Govern and secure Microsoft 365 tenants and workloads (40–45%)
  • Manage and secure AI services in Microsoft 365 (35–40%)

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