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Microsoft Certified: Information Protection and Compliance Administrator Associate

Demonstrate the fundamentals of data security, lifecycle management, information security, and compliance to protect a Microsoft 365 deployment.

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Overview

As an information protection and compliance administrator, you plan and implement risk and compliance controls in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.

In this role, you translate an organization’s risk and compliance requirements into technical implementation. You’re responsible for implementing and managing solutions for content classification, data loss prevention (DLP), information protection, data lifecycle management, records management, privacy, risk, and compliance.

You work with other roles that are responsible for governance, data, and security to evaluate and develop policies to address an organization’s risk reduction and compliance goals. You assist workload administrators, business application owners, human resources departments, and legal stakeholders to implement technology solutions that support the necessary policies and controls.

You should have experience with Microsoft 365 services, including:

  • Microsoft 365 Apps
  • Microsoft Exchange Online
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Microsoft OneDrive
  • Microsoft Teams

You should also be familiar with PowerShell.

Note

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

Skills measured

  • Implement information protection
  • Implement DLP
  • Implement data lifecycle and records management
  • Monitor and investigate data and activities by using Microsoft Purview
  • Manage insider and privacy risk in Microsoft 365

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You will have 100 minutes to complete this assessment.

Exam policy

This exam will be proctored, and is not open book. You may have interactive components to complete as part of this exam. To learn more about exam duration and experience, visit: Exam duration and exam experience.

If you fail a certification exam, don’t worry. You can retake it 24 hours after the first attempt. For subsequent retakes, the amount of time varies. For full details, visit: Exam retake policy.

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This exam is offered in the following languages:

English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)

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Exam SC-400 study guide

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