Microsoft Azure Certifications are industry-recognized credentials that validate your technical Cloud skills and expertise while assisting you in your career growth. These are one of the most valuable IT certifications right now since Azure has established an overwhelming growth rate in the public cloud market. Even with the presence of several tough competitors such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Engine, and Rackspace, Azure is going to be the dominant public cloud platform today, with an astounding collection of proprietary services that continues to grow.

The AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies exam validates manage identity and access; implement platform protection; manage security operations; and secure data and applications. Example concepts you should understand for this exam include:

Manage identity and access (30 - 35%)
Implement platform protection (15 – 20%)
Manage security operations (25 – 30%)
Secure data and applications (20 – 25%)

Recommended Knowledge

• Configure security for service principals
• Manage Azure AD directory groups
• Manage Azure AD users
• Configure password writeback
• Configure authentication methods including password hash and Pass Through Authentication (PTA), OAuth, and passwordless
• Transfer Azure subscriptions between Azure AD tenants
• Secure the connectivity of virtual networks (VPN authentication, Express Route encryption)
• Configure Network Security Groups (NSGs) and Application Security Groups (ASGs)
• Create and configure Azure Firewall
• Implement Azure Firewall Manager
• Configure Azure Front Door service as an Application Gateway
• Configure a Web Application Firewall (WAF) on Azure Application Gateway
• Configure Azure Bastion
• Configure a firewall on a storage account, Azure SQL, KeyVault, or App Service
• Implement Service Endpoints
• Implement DDoS protection etc.