Mic­ro­soft SC-500 (Cloud & AI Secu­ri­ty)

Yes. Microsoft retired the AZ-500 exam and the Azure Security Engineer Associate certification on 31 August 2026, and SC-500 (Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate) is its successor. SC-500 keeps the core Azure security content and adds a dedicated focus on securing AI workloads.

The exam covers four domains: manage identity, access and governance; secure storage, databases and networking; secure compute, which includes implementing security for AI; and manage and monitor security posture. Expect Microsoft Entra, Key Vault, Azure networking, Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel and AI-security tools such as Defender for AI and Purview DSPM for AI.

SC-500 gives you 100 minutes of exam time (120 minutes if it includes labs), is offered in English, and needs a score of 700 out of 1000 to pass. Questions can include multiple choice, case studies and scenario items. Always confirm the latest details in the official Microsoft Learn study guide before you book.

SC-500 is the certification for Microsoft's Cloud and AI Security Engineer role, replacing AZ-500. Cloud / Azure security engineer: Microsoft's role tag for SC-500 is Security Engineer, covering identity, network, data, compute and AI security. AI security engineer: SC-500 adds securing AI workloads, such as Defender for AI, Entra Agent ID and Purview DSPM for AI. Security operations analyst (Azure): The exam covers Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel, core tools for cloud security operations roles.

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SC-500 (Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate) is Microsoft's current Azure security certification, and it replaces AZ-500, which retired on 31 August 2026. The exam, Implementing End-to-End Security Controls for Cloud and AI Workloads, runs 120 minutes in English with a pass mark of 700 out of 1000, across four domains: manage identity, access and governance; secure storage, databases and networking; secure compute (including security for AI); and manage and monitor security posture. PassNova's questions are weighted to those domains and cover the new AI-security content, such as Defender for AI, Microsoft Entra Agent ID, Purview DSPM for AI and Foundry guardrails. The skills-measured list was last updated in April 2026; check the Microsoft Learn study guide before you book, and note that a Microsoft official practice assessment was not yet available at launch.