SC-500 Practice Assessment availability

Question

Hi,

I'm currently preparing for Exam SC-500: Implementing End-to-End Security Controls for Cloud and AI Workloads.

I noticed that the SC-500 certification page states that the Practice Assessment is not currently available and notes that Practice Assessments are usually available within eight weeks of an exam becoming generally available.

I can also see that Practice Assessments are now available for several of the newer Microsoft certification exams, including AI-103, AI-300, AB-900, AB-730 and AB-731, but SC-500 does not currently appear in the list of available Practice Assessments.

Could someone please confirm:

1. Whether an official SC-500 Practice Assessment is planned;
2. Whether there is an expected release timeframe; and
3. Whether there is another official Microsoft resource candidates should use in the meantime to assess exam readiness?

I'm currently preparing for SC-500 and would particularly value the official Practice Assessment for identifying gaps against the exam objectives.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Practice assessments for new exams will only be added to AI Skills Navigator

https://aiskillsnavigator.microsoft.com/credentials/cert-77dbd5d7b030c1505c848d12ce0ce0c91b06d281869ca5bd882afb03bdf472ba?tab=practice

The Practice Assessment for this exam is not currently available. Practice Assessments are usually available within 8 weeks of the exam being out of beta and generally available.

Answer 2

Practice Assessments are available around 8 weeks after the exam leaves beta.

While waiting for the practice assessment to go live, you can evaluate your readiness using the standard official Microsoft materials. Review the SC-500 Study Guide to map out the exact objective domains. Pay close attention to the Secure compute, including security for AI domain, which introduces new concepts like Entra Agent ID, Microsoft Foundry, and Defender for AI.

Complete the modules listed on the main Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate page (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/sc-500t00 ) , including module-ending knowledge checks to flag your current gaps.

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Marcin