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Microsoft Certified Cybersecurity Architect Expert

Get Certified as a Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect

The certification reflects expertise in developing security strategies and building solutions that protect assets and help improve enterprise security posture. Admins, security engineers, solutions architects with extensive security experience can go for this certification.

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About the Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Certification

As a Microsoft cybersecurity architect, you translate a cybersecurity strategy into capabilities that protect the assets, business, and operations of an organization. You design, guide the implementation of, and maintain security solutions that follow Zero Trust principles and best practices, including security strategies for:

  • Identity
  • Devices
  • Data
  • Applications
  • Network
  • Infrastructure
  • DevOps

Plus, you design solutions for:

  • Governance and Risk Compliance (GRC)
  • Security operations
  • Security posture management

As a cybersecurity architect, you continuously collaborate with leaders and practitioners in IT security, privacy, and other roles across an organization to plan and implement a cybersecurity strategy that meets the business needs of an organization.

As a candidate for this exam, you have experience implementing or administering solutions in the following areas:

  • Identity and Access
  • Platform protection
  • Security operations
  • Data security
  • Application security
  • Hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructures

You should have expert skills in at least one of those areas, and you should have experience designing security solutions that include Microsoft security technologies.

To earn the Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect certification, you must also pass one of the following exams: SC-200, SC-300, or AZ-500. We strongly recommend that you do this before taking this exam.

Skills Measured:

  • Design solutions that align with security best practices and priorities (20–25%)
  • Design security operations, identity, and compliance capabilities (25–30%)
  • Design security solutions for infrastructure (25–30%)
  • Design security solutions for applications and data (20–25%)

Passing Criteria: 

  • A passing score is 700 or greater.

Exam Duration:

  • 120 Minutes

Recertification:

  • Previously, Microsoft role-based and specialty certifications were valid for two years.
  • Starting June 2021, certifications are valid for one year, but they can be renewed online for free at Microsoft Learn.
  • The renewal window begins six months before the certification expires. During this window before the cert expires, you can take a free online assessment and get the certification extended by one additional year from the current expiration date.
  • Want the best of both worlds old and new? Certifications earned before June 2021 will be valid for two years and eligible for the new renewal process.

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Customer Testimonials

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The instructor was AWESOME! He made himself available for any questions I had. SUPER responsive and knowledgeable instructor. I liked his teaching style very much. Learned a lot from him.

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FAQs on Microsoft Certified Cybersecurity Architect

Investing in the Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert certification for your team delivers a significant and measurable return on investment by hardening your organization’s security posture against modern threats.

  • Strategic Security Design: Certified architects can translate high-level cybersecurity strategy into tangible, technical capabilities. They design and guide the implementation of security solutions based on Zero Trust principles, which is the industry's gold standard for enterprise security.
  • Comprehensive Risk Reduction: This certification validates expertise in designing security for critical business areas, including:
    - Identity, Devices, and Data
    - Applications, Network, and Infrastructure
    - DevOps and Security Operations
  • Improved Compliance and Governance: Your team will gain the skills to design solutions for Governance and Risk Compliance (GRC), helping your organization meet regulatory requirements and avoid costly penalties.
  • Proactive Threat Mitigation: An expertly trained & certified Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect can design solutions for security posture management, enabling your company to move from a reactive to a proactive security model, identifying and mitigating risks before they are exploited.