Microsoft
Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert
Zero Trust strategy, security posture and architecture design across Microsoft cloud and hybrid estates.
Certification and exam
- Certification provider
- Microsoft
- Official certification name
- Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert
- Required exam
- SC-100 — Exam SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect
- Current exam version · effective 2024-10-21 · no retirement date announced
SC-100 is grouped in our Specialist plan based on where it fits in your learning path. This is independent of Microsoft's own certification naming and tier structure.
iSecPath preparation scope
- Zero Trust strategy and architecture design scenarios
- Posture management and governance practice
- Identity, data and application security architecture
- Competency tracking against a security architecture role profile
What is and is not included
- Included: iSecPath learning access for the term of your plan.
- Not included: the external Microsoft certification exam.
- Not included: exam registration and scheduling.
- Not included: the exam fee.
- Not included: meeting Microsoft's eligibility requirements.
iSecPath sells learning access only. The external certification exam, exam registration, exam fee and the provider's eligibility requirements are separate and are not included. Purchasing iSecPath does not grant a certification.
Prerequisites and eligibility
Set by Microsoft, not by iSecPath. Confirm against the official source before you register.
Prerequisites
- Microsoft requires one prerequisite certification from its published list (for example SC-200, SC-300, AZ-500 or MS-500) before awarding the Expert certification.
Eligibility requirements
- Pass exam SC-100.
- Hold one of Microsoft's listed prerequisite certifications at the time the Expert certification is awarded.
Experience requirements
Microsoft expects advanced experience and knowledge across identity and access, platform protection, security operations, data and application security.
Exam domains
Approximate weighting used to structure our learning path. Verify against Microsoft's published blueprint.
- Design solutions that align with security best practices and priorities22%
- Design security operations, identity and compliance capabilities32%
- Design security solutions for infrastructure23%
- Design security solutions for applications and data23%
Sample scenario
Hybrid identity under a Zero Trust mandate
Leadership mandates Zero Trust within four quarters across a hybrid estate with legacy on-premises apps. Sequence the architecture work and name what you deliberately defer, with the risk that creates.
Focus: Design security operations, identity and compliance capabilities
Career path mapping
iSecPath Recommended Path. Mapping types describe our learning-path logic — "Prerequisite" is used only where the provider authoritatively requires it.
Source of truth
- Official source
- https://learn.microsoft.com/credentials/certifications/cybersecurity-architect-expert/
- Operational owner
- iSecPath Curriculum Operations
- Last verified
- 2026-08-24
- Next review
- 2026-11-24
- Verification notes
- Microsoft updates SC-100 study guides frequently and revises its prerequisite list. Verify both the skills-measured effective date and the prerequisite list each quarter.
Provider information is rechecked at least quarterly and whenever Microsoft announces a material change. Exam versions here are a snapshot, never a permanent source of truth.