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Microsoft Certification SC-300
On-device AI scores your readiness, builds an adaptive study plan, and flags topics fading from memory — before they cost you the exam.
Get exam-ready for SC-300 (Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator) on iPhone or iPad. Azure Mastery uses on-device AI to predict your readiness score across all four SC-300 domains, build a personalised study plan from your weak spots, and surface topics you're forgetting — all without sending a single byte off your device.
The exam
SC-300 is the Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate exam — the credential hiring managers expect when posting "Identity Administrator", "IAM Engineer", "Microsoft Entra Administrator", or "Identity and Access Manager" roles. SC-300 covers the day-to-day of operating Microsoft Entra ID at scale — identities, authentication, Conditional Access, workload identities, and identity governance. It pairs with SC-900 on the way in, and is one of the prereqs for SC-100 (Cybersecurity Architect Expert).
SC-300 is hands-on and Entra-deep. It validates that you can implement and manage user identities (cloud-only, hybrid, guest), configure authentication (passwordless, MFA, password protection, SSPR), design and operate Conditional Access and Microsoft Entra ID Protection, plan workload identities (service principals, managed identities, app registrations, OAuth flows, app proxy), and run identity governance via entitlement management, access reviews, and Privileged Identity Management (PIM). Expect scenario questions that show you a Conditional Access policy JSON or an access-package configuration and ask what you'd change.
Microsoft updated the SC-300 skills outline on 27 April 2026. Every question in Azure Mastery's SC-300 bank is mapped to the current outline — no leftover questions on retired services. Read the official outline at learn.microsoft.com.
Skills measured · April 2026
Four domains, with weights set by Microsoft's April 2026 update. Every domain summary below is paraphrased from the official skills outline; bullet-level objectives in Azure Mastery are tagged so you always know which domain you're being tested on and where your weak spots cluster.
The directory layer. Configure and manage Microsoft Entra ID tenant settings, identity types (cloud-only, hybrid, guest), bulk operations, dynamic groups, group writeback. Hybrid identity with Microsoft Entra Connect Sync and cloud sync — pick between Password Hash Sync (PHS), Pass-through Authentication (PTA), and federation. Self-service password reset (SSPR), B2B collaboration, lifecycle workflows. Around 8–15 questions per sitting.
The largest domain. Authentication methods — passwordless (FIDO2, Windows Hello for Business, Microsoft Authenticator), MFA registration policies, password protection, smart-lockout, security defaults vs Conditional Access. Design and configure Conditional Access — named locations, sign-in risk, session controls, app-enforced restrictions, Defender for Cloud Apps integration. Microsoft Entra ID Protection — risky users, risky sign-ins, automated remediation. Around 10–18 questions.
The application layer. Service principals, managed identities (system-assigned, user-assigned, federated credentials), app registrations, OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect flows, app permissions vs delegated permissions, admin consent. Microsoft Entra Application Proxy and SAML/SSO for legacy apps, custom-developed apps, and gallery apps. Conditional Access for workload identities. Around 8–15 questions.
The lifecycle layer. Entitlement management — access packages, catalogs, assignment policies, lifecycle policies, separation of duties. Access reviews — recurring reviews of users, group membership, app access, role assignments. Privileged Identity Management (PIM) — eligibility, just-in-time activation, approval workflows, role and access reviews. Microsoft Entra Permissions Management for multi-cloud scenarios. Around 8–15 questions.
Designed for SC-300
Azure Mastery ships with 311 SC-300 practice questions, every one written specifically against the current (April 2026) skills outline — not generic identity trivia. Each question carries a domain tag mapped to the official four domains (user identities, authentication and access, workload identities, identity governance), so you always know which area you're being tested on and where your weak spots are clustered. Conditional Access policy snippets, access package configurations, and PIM role assignments appear throughout — matching the format of the live exam.
The on-device Exam IQ engine predicts your SC-300 score before you sit the exam. After roughly 30 questions it has enough signal to give a confidence-scored prediction (e.g. "708 ±60, 68% confidence") — and tells you the specific topics that are dragging your readiness down. No vague "study more" advice; just a ranked list of objectives where improvement would move your score the furthest.
The adaptive study plan rebuilds itself from your answer history. Miss a Conditional Access scenario? You'll see another sign-in-risk question in the next session. Master "PIM eligibility vs assignment" three sessions running and the engine backs off, surfacing fresh access-package or workload-identity scenarios. The plan optimises for the gap between where you are and the 700 pass score, not for blind volume.
Knowledge decay tracking matters more for SC-300 than for foundational exams — four identity-admin domains span a lot of Microsoft Entra surface area, and the policy you mastered three weeks ago is the policy you'll forget by exam day if you stop revising. Azure Mastery tracks every topic's decay curve and flags topics approaching expiry. The padlock icon on the Today screen is your "revisit before you forget" cue, and weak-spot drills automatically pull from decayed topics first.
Real exam simulation mode runs at SC-300's actual length and time pressure: a randomised 40–60-question set drawn from the full 311-question bank, weighted by domain percentages from the April 2026 outline, with the 100-minute timer running and no jumping back to flag-and-review. It's the closest you can get to the live Pearson VUE / online-proctored experience without sitting the exam.
Everything runs on-device. Your answer history, your readiness gauge, your decay alerts — none of it leaves your iPhone or iPad. No account required to start, no tracking, no sync server. Privacy-first by design.
6-week study plan
Most candidates pass SC-300 after four to eight weeks of focused study, depending on prior Microsoft Entra experience. The six-week plan below maps onto the four SC-300 domains, Azure Mastery's adaptive sessions, and the in-app exam simulator. Adjust pace to taste — the readiness gauge tells you when you're done, not the calendar.
Inside the app
SC-300's question bank uses the same formats Microsoft puts on the live exam — not just multiple choice. Each visualisation below is a faithful mock of how the type renders inside Azure Mastery on iPhone and iPad. Exam-simulator mode runs all of them at full 100-minute length with no flag-and-review jumps, mirroring Pearson VUE.
One correct answer from four to six options. The most common type on every Azure exam — practical recall of services, settings, and limits.
~50% of questionsPick two or more correct answers from a list. Microsoft tells you exactly how many to choose. Partial credit not awarded — you need every selection right.
All-or-nothingArrange items into the correct sequence — deployment steps, the order operations occur in a pipeline, troubleshooting flows. Long-press to drag on touch.
Order mattersTap the correct area of an image — the right setting in a portal screenshot, the right resource in a topology diagram. Practical visual recall under time pressure.
Tap targetA multi-paragraph scenario followed by 4–6 linked questions. Common on SC-300 in the storage and identity domains; dominant on AZ-305 and AZ-400.
Multi-questionAn Azure Mastery exclusive. When you answer incorrectly, an on-device Apple Foundation Model writes a targeted explanation grounded in the correct rationale. Never leaves your device.
App exclusiveFrequently asked
The SC-300 voucher is USD $165 in the United States. Pricing varies by region — in the UK it's typically around £128. Microsoft sometimes runs free-voucher promotions during events such as Microsoft Build or Microsoft Ignite, so check your Microsoft Learn profile for any active offers before booking. SC-300 also requires annual renewal (free, online), so factor that into long-term cost planning.
Yes. Microsoft Associate certifications including SC-300 expire annually. Renewal is free — a 25–30 question online assessment on Microsoft Learn within the six-month window before your expiration date. The renewal targets recent skills outline updates, so staying current is straightforward if you remain broadly active in the role. (Fundamentals certifications such as AZ-900 are different — those don't expire.)
The first retake is allowed after 24 hours. Second and third retakes each require a 14-day wait. Microsoft caps retakes at five attempts per 12-month rolling period. Each attempt requires a new voucher purchase.
Most candidates pass SC-300 after four to eight weeks of focused study, assuming some prior IT or cloud experience. If Azure is genuinely new to you, plan for two to three months — the exam expects you to know specific PowerShell and Azure CLI commands, not just describe concepts. Azure Mastery's readiness gauge tells you when you're at exam-ready; don't book until it shows roughly 720 or higher with reasonable confidence.
SC-900 first if security and identity concepts are new to you. SC-900 (Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals) builds the cross-cutting Microsoft security vocabulary including identity, but doesn't expect hands-on Conditional Access, PIM, or workload-identity work. SC-300 is the role-based Associate exam: it expects you to operate Microsoft Entra ID at scale day-to-day. Most candidates pass SC-900 in a few weeks then spend two to three months on SC-300.
Different angles on Microsoft security. SC-300 is the Identity and Access Administrator Associate cert — it focuses on operating Microsoft Entra ID end-to-end (identities, authentication, Conditional Access, workload identities, governance). SC-200 is the Security Operations Analyst Associate cert — it focuses on running Microsoft Defender XDR and Sentinel as a SOC analyst. They overlap on Conditional Access and Microsoft Entra ID Protection, but SC-300 goes much deeper on identity and SC-200 covers a broader detection / response surface.
Where SC-300 fits
SC-300 is the Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator Associate cert. It pairs with SC-900 as recommended fundamentals and is one of the prereqs for SC-100 (Cybersecurity Architect Expert). Tap any linked exam below to see its dedicated study app page.
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