Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals

Whether you’re a student, business user, or IT professional, this certification ensures you have a firm grasp of a range of topics in the rapidly growing field of cybersecurity. This fundamentals certification can serve as a steppingstone if you’re interested in advancing to role-based certifications in security operations, identity and access management, and information protection.

The Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals certification could be a great fit for you if you’d like to:

• Demonstrate your knowledge of Microsoft Security, compliance, and identity (SCI) solutions.
• Highlight your understanding of how Microsoft SCI solutions provide holistic, end-to-end cybersecurity capabilities.

It is recommended that as a candidate, you have familiarity with:

• Networking and cloud computing concepts.
• General IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment.
• General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

To prepare for the exam, we recommend that you:

• Fully understand the skills measured.
• Study the relevant self-paced content on Microsoft Learn or sign up for an instructor-led training event.
• Take the free Practice Assessment to validate your knowledge and understanding of the exam experience.
• Shadow a person on your team who works in security, compliance, and identity management.

What's next?

Register for your exam! After you pass the exam and earn your certification, celebrate your certification badge and skills on social platforms such as LinkedIn. To find out more, visit use and share certification badges.

Expand your technical skill set with our role-based certifications focused on security operations, identity and access management, and information protection. The Security, Compliance, and Identity training and certifications guide can help you identify the right certification for you.