SC-100 Study Guide 2026
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📋 SC-100 Exam Format at a Glance
📚 SC-100 Topics to Study (71)
✍️ Sample SC-100 Questions & Answers
1. An organization is designing its security strategy to address emerging AI-powered threats. Which capability is MOST critical for detecting AI-generated phishing and social engineering attacks?
Behavioral analytics identify unusual patterns that AI-generated attacks exhibit, while email authentication prevents domain spoofing used in AI-crafted spear-phishing campaigns.
2. An organization must ensure that all administrative access to Azure VMs uses encrypted, audited sessions without exposing RDP/SSH ports to the internet. Which service satisfies this requirement?
Azure Bastion provides browser-based RDP/SSH over TLS without exposing VM ports publicly, and its session activity can be logged to Azure Monitor for audit purposes.
3. An organization wants to implement software composition analysis (SCA) in its Azure DevOps pipeline to identify open-source vulnerabilities. Which Microsoft service provides this capability natively?
Microsoft Defender for DevOps integrates with Azure DevOps and GitHub to provide SCA, secret scanning, and IaC security scanning within the pipeline.
4. What is the MOST important leadership quality for a SC-100 certified professional managing a team?
Effective leadership in professional settings requires integrity to build trust, clear communication to align the team, and the ability to develop team members' skills and capabilities. These qualities create a productive and engaged team.
5. An organization wants to detect and respond to threats targeting Azure Storage accounts. Which Microsoft service provides this capability?
Microsoft Defender for Storage detects unusual and potentially harmful access patterns to storage accounts, including malware upload detection.
6. Which Azure feature enables Zero Trust enforcement at the application layer by requiring users to authenticate before accessing internal web apps, even from within the corporate network?
Azure AD Application Proxy (now Entra Application Proxy) enables secure remote access to internal apps using Azure AD authentication, eliminating VPN dependency.