As a Microsoft security operations analyst, you reduce organizational risk by:
- Rapidly remediating active attacks in the environment.
- Advising on improvements to threat protection practices.
- Referring violations of organizational policies to appropriate stakeholders.
You perform:
- Triage.
- Incident response.
- Vulnerability management.
- Threat hunting.
- Cyber threat intelligence analysis.
As a Microsoft security operations analyst, you monitor, identify, investigate, and respond to threats in multicloud environments by using:
- Microsoft Sentinel
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Microsoft 365 Defender
- Third-party security solutions
In this role, you collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, identity administrators, Azure administrators, and endpoint administrators to secure IT systems for the organization.
As a candidate, you should be familiar with:
- Microsoft 365
- Azure cloud services
- Windows and Linux operating systems
You may be eligible for ACE college credit if you pass this certification exam. See ACE college credit for certification exams for details.
Important
The English language version of this exam was updated on August 25, 2023. Review the study guide linked in the “Tip” box for details about the latest changes. If a localized version of this exam is available, it will be updated approximately eight weeks after this date. While Microsoft makes every effort to update localized versions as noted, there may be times when the localized versions of this exam are not updated on this schedule.
Passing score: 700. Learn more about exam scores.
