Course Price: Original price was: $699.00.$449.00Current price is: $449.00.
Course Price
Original price was: $1,500.00.$1,200.00Current price is: $1,200.00.
20% OFF. Expires in
Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Training (SC-100)
The Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Training (SC-100) course is an expert-level program designed for senior security professionals responsible for defining, designing, and evolving an organization's cybersecurity strategy using Microsoft technologies. This course focuses on architectural decision-making, helping participants translate business risks, regulatory requirements, and threat landscapes into resilient security solutions aligned with Microsoft best practices.
The Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Training (SC-100) course emphasizes on security architecture, governance, and strategy across Zero Trust, identity, infrastructure, applications, data, security operations, and compliance. Participants will learn how to design integrated security solutions using Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Purview, and Defender for Cloud, while aligning with the Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architectures (MCRA) and cloud security benchmarks. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Design Zero Trust security architectures aligned with Microsoft best practices
- Architect enterprise-wide security operations, identity, and compliance solutions
- Design secure hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure using Microsoft security services
- Define security strategies for applications, data, and AI workloads
- Translate business and risk requirements into actionable cybersecurity architectures
Who should attend the SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect course ?
For Professionals
SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Training is best suited for senior security and cloud professionals who are responsible for designing, not just implementing, security solutions. Ideal roles include Cybersecurity Architect, Cloud Security Architect, Senior Security Engineer, Security Solutions Architect, Zero Trust Architect, GRC Technical Architects.
For Businesses
From an organization’s standpoint, SC-100 is a capability-building investment for roles that influence enterprise security architecture, governance, and risk posture. Organizations should send professionals who Define or approve security architecture decisions, Lead Zero Trust, cloud security, or transformation initiatives, Bridge technical security with business risk and compliance.
Prerequisites for the "SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect" Course
Before attending this course, students should have:
- Advanced experience and knowledge in identity and access, platform protection, security operations, securing data and securing applications.
- Experience with hybrid and cloud implementations.
Key Features of Flexmind SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Training
This training is delivered by Flexmind through flexible online and offline formats and is designed to align with the most current certification exam requirements. The key features of this training are as follows:
Course Duration
The course has a total duration of 32 hours and is completed over 4 days.
Instructor-Led Training
Delivered by a senior Microsoft Certified Trainer with real-world, enterprise-scale experience as a Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect.
Microsoft Official curriculum
Delivered by Flexmind using official Microsoft curriculum, this program blends study material, hands-on labs, and applied workshops with instructor-led guidance throughout.
Cloud Lab Access
The course will be covered using cloud lab access.
Course Completion Certificate
Course completion includes certification, formally validating the skills gained and reinforcing professional credibility.
Course Outline - SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect
Module 1: Introduction to Zero Trust and best practice frameworks
- Describe antipatterns and best practices
- Describe the Zero Trust principles
- Zero Trust technology pillars
- Zero Trust architecture
- Zero Trust adoption framework
Module 2: Module: Design solutions that align with the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well‑Architected Framework (WAF)
- Understand the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) lifecycle
- Cloud Adoption Framework secure methodology
- Azure landing zones concepts and design areas
- Azure landing zone security and governance design
- Understand the Well‑Architected Framework (WAF)
- WAF security design principles
- Evaluate and design security and governance strategies based on CAF and WAF
Module 3: Design solutions that align with the Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architecture (MCRA) and Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark (MCSB)
- Describe the Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architecture (MCRA)
- Understand the Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark (MCSB v2)
- MCSB control structure and security domains
- Design solutions using MCRA and MCSB together
- Protect against insider, external, and supply‑chain attacks
Module 4: Design a resiliency strategy for common cyberthreats like ransomware
- Understand common cyberthreats and attack patterns
- Attack chain models and human‑operated ransomware
- Design solutions for resiliency and ransomware mitigation
- Design solutions for business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR)
- Evaluate solutions for security updates
Module 5: Design solutions for regulatory compliance
- Translate compliance requirements into security controls
- Design a solution to address compliance requirements by using Microsoft Purview
- Address privacy requirements with Microsoft Priva
- Address security and compliance requirements with Azure Policy
- Validate regulatory standards and benchmarks by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Module 6: Design solutions for identity and access management
- Design a solution for access to SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, hybrid, and multicloud resources
- Design a solution for Microsoft Entra ID, including hybrid and multicloud environments
- Design a solution for external identities
- Design modern authentication and authorization strategies
- Validate the alignment of Conditional Access policies with a Zero Trust strategy
- Specify requirements for securing Active Directory Domain Services
- Design a solution to manage secrets, keys, and certificates
Module 7: Design solutions for securing privileged access
- Understand secure privileged access
- Design solutions for assigning and delegating privileged roles using the enterprise access model
- Evaluate security and governance with Microsoft Entra ID
- Design a solution to secure tenant administration
- Design a solution for cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM)
- Evaluate an access review management solution
- Design a solution for Privileged Access Workstations (PAW), including remote access
Module 8: Design solutions for security operations
- Describe the function of Security operations (SecOps)
- Design monitoring to support hybrid and multicloud environments
- Design solutions to support centralized logging and auditing
- Design a solution for XDR and SIEM
- Design a solution for security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR)
- Design and evaluate security workflows
- Design and evaluate threat detection coverage using the MITRE ATT&CK framework
Module 9: Design solutions for securing Microsoft 365
- Evaluate security posture for productivity and collaboration workloads using metrics
- Evaluate how Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Defender for Cloud Apps protect productivity workloads
- Evaluate how Microsoft Intune protects and manages endpoints
- Evaluate solutions for securing data in Microsoft 365 using Microsoft Purview
- Evaluate data security and compliance controls for Microsoft 365 Copilot
Module 10: Design solutions for securing applications
- Design and implement standards and practices to secure application development
- Design a full lifecycle strategy for application security
- Evaluate security posture of existing application portfolios
- Evaluate application threats using threat modeling
- Secure access for workload identities
- Design a solution for API management and security
- Design solutions that secure applications using Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Module 11: Design solutions for securing an organization’s data
- Evaluate solutions for data discovery and classification using Microsoft Purview
- Specify priorities for mitigating threats to data
- Evaluate solutions for encryption including Azure Key Vault and infrastructure encryption
- Design a security solution for data in Azure workloads
- Design security for data used in AI workloads
- Design a security solution for data in Azure Storage
- Design a security solution using Microsoft Defender for SQL and Microsoft Defender for Storage
Module 12: Specify requirements for securing SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services
- Securing SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services
- Specify security baselines using the shared responsibility model
- AI shared responsibility model for cloud and AI services
- IaaS security baselines (identity, network, encryption, patching)
- PaaS security baselines and identity-centric security
- SaaS security baselines and access governance
- Security baselines for IoT workloads
- Security requirements for web workloads
- Security requirements for containers and container orchestration
- Securing AI services and AI workloads
Module 13: Design solutions for security posture management in hybrid and multicloud environments
- Evaluate security posture using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark (MCSB) and compliance initiatives
- Cloud Secure Score and Classic Secure Score
- Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) capabilities
- Selecting cloud workload protection (CWPP) plans
- Integrating hybrid and multicloud environments using Azure Arc
- External Attack Surface Management (Defender EASM)
- Exposure management and attack path analysis
Module 14: Design solutions for securing server and client endpoints
- Endpoint security principles and MCSB endpoint controls
- Specify security requirements for servers
- Platform-specific server security (Windows and Linux)
- Environment-specific server security (Azure, multicloud, hybrid)
- Microsoft Defender for Servers plan selection
- Security requirements for mobile devices and clients
- Managing endpoints using Microsoft Intune and security baselines
- IoT and embedded device security requirements
- Securing OT and ICS using Microsoft Defender for IoT
- Designing secure remote access solutions
Module 15: Design solutions for network security
- Evaluate network designs using Zero Trust principles
- Network security controls using MCSB v2
- Azure landing zone network topology and segmentation
- Network segmentation patterns (single VNet, peering, hub-and-spoke)
- Network Security Groups (NSGs) and traffic filtering
- Network monitoring with Azure Network Watcher
- Security Service Edge with Microsoft Entra Internet Access
- Secure private access using Microsoft Entra Private Access
Class Schedule
Instructor‑Led Training
- 32 Hours of Instructor‑Led Training
- One‑to‑one doubt‑resolution sessions
- Microsoft Official Lab Access
Learning Objectives - SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect
After completing the SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect course, learners will be able to:
- Design an enterprise-wide cybersecurity architecture aligned with Zero Trust principles, Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architecture (MCRA), Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF), and Well‑Architected Framework (WAF).
- Architect security solutions for hybrid, multicloud, and Microsoft cloud environments across identity, infrastructure, network, endpoints, applications, data, and AI workloads.
- Design security posture management, threat protection, and security operations strategies using Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, Secure Score, and Cloud Security Benchmark (MCSB).
- Define governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) security strategies that translate regulatory, risk, and business requirements into enforceable technical controls.
- Evaluate and justify security design decisions by balancing risk, cost, usability, and resilience, enabling effective communication with engineering teams, leadership, auditors, and regulators.
About SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Certification Exam
To help you understand the assessment better, here are a few important details about the exam.
| Exam Name | SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect |
|---|---|
| Who should Apply | Solution Architect |
| Duration of Exam | 100 Minutes |
| Fees | Rs. 4,865 (India), $165 USD (United States) |
| Level of Difficulty | Advanced |
| Type of Credential | Microsoft Certification |
| Languages | English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), German, French, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Arabic (Saudi Arabia) |
| Exam Retake | Exam retake allowed after 24 hours |
| Quality Check during Assessment | The online exam is proctored |
The table below represents the weightage of each study area in the exam. Areas with higher percentages are expected to have more questions.
| Study Area | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 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 infrastructuretd | 25-30% |
| Design security solutions for applications and data | 20-25% |
