Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect SC-100 Exam Guide

Microsoft security is the essential foundation for protecting modern businesses, and mastering its architecture is vital for any cybersecurity professional. The SC-100 Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect exam focuses on how security solutions are designed across identity, data, applications, and infrastructure using Microsoft technologies.

This book follows the SC-100 skills measured, aligned to the January 2026 exam update. It explores Zero Trust, identity, security operations, data protection, network design, and governance, focusing on how these pieces fit together as the exam expects. You will learn to architect resiliency with the Cloud Adoption Framework, manage identities through Entra ID, and secure privileged access using PIM. The book also discusses hardening endpoints, IoT, and OT systems while mastering cloud workload protection and network security via Entra Private Access. Finally, you will design robust data governance across Microsoft 365, APIs, and Azure databases using Purview and Defender for Cloud.

By the end of this book, you will be well-equipped to evaluate complex security requirements and design end-to-end solutions that meet global compliance standards. You will possess the practical skills needed to ace the SC-100 exam and excel as a professional Microsoft cybersecurity architect in real-world scenarios.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
● Design security solutions aligned to best practices and priorities.
● Build approaches to identity, access, and privileged control design.
● Work through security operations and compliance capability design.
● Design infrastructure protection across cloud and hybrid environments.
● Apply security design to applications, workloads, and data protection.
● Connect governance, risk, and compliance into security architectures.
● Understand how different security controls fit together in practice.
● Evaluate security designs across platforms and integrated environments.

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
This book is for security architects, cloud architects, and experienced engineers preparing for the SC-100 exam. Readers should possess strong foundational knowledge of Microsoft security technologies, focusing on designing identity, data, and infrastructure solutions within complex enterprise environments.

1. Design a Resiliency Strategy for Attacks
2. Design Security Solutions with Microsoft Security Benchmarks
3. Design Security Solutions with Microsoft Cloud Frameworks
4. Design Security Operations Solutions
5. Design Identity and Access Control Solutions
6. Design Privileged Access Management Solutions
7. Design Regulatory Compliance and Data Governance Solutions
8. Design Cloud and Hybrid Security Solutions
9. Design Endpoint and Device Security Solutions
10. Design Workload and Platform Protection Solutions
11. Design Network Security Architecture Solutions
12. Design Microsoft 365 Security Solutions
13. Design Application and API Security Solutions
14. Design Data Protection and Governance Solutions
15. Practice Exams

Steve Miles works in a senior technology role for the cloud practice of a multi-billion turnover European IT distributor.

He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and an Alibaba Cloud MVP. He has 25+ years of technology experience in hosted datacenter services, hybrid, and multi-cloud platforms, and a previous military career in engineering, signals, and communications.

Steve is the author of many books on Microsoft technologies with a focus on Azure, AI, and data, as well as security.