Exam SC-200: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst — Information & Free Practice
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Exam SC-200: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst
- Provider
- Pearson VUE
- Format
- Proctored examination; interactive components may be included.
- Time limit
- 100 minutes
- Passing score
- 700 or greater on the Microsoft technical-exam scale of 1 to 1,000; a scaled score is not a percentage.
Examination outline
The authority publishes percentage ranges for each content area. The practice percentages below use the midpoint of each range, normalized to 100%; they are not exact percentages published by the authority. Practice question counts may differ slightly because of rounding.
Manage a security operations environment — Official range: 40–45% (Practice allocation: 41.46%)
- Configure automation for Microsoft Defender XDR and Microsoft Sentinel
- Configure the Microsoft Sentinel SIEM and platform
- Ingest data into the Microsoft Sentinel SIEM and platform
- Configure detections
Respond to security incidents — Official range: 35–40% (Practice allocation: 36.59%)
- Respond to alerts and incidents in Microsoft Defender XDR
- Respond to alerts and incidents in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Investigate Microsoft 365 activities to identify threats
Perform threat hunting — Official range: 20–25% (Practice allocation: 21.95%)
- Detect threats by using Microsoft Defender XDR
- Detect threats by using the Microsoft Sentinel platform
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