SC-200: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst Exam Prep

Learn Sentinel, Defender XDR, and Defender for Cloud with real SOC workflows, KQL hunting, and exam-focused insights.

This course prepares you to earn the Microsoft Security Operations Analyst (SC-200) certification with a practical approach.

You’ll map every module to the latest skills measured for the exam, including managing a security operations environment, configuring protections and detections, managing incident response, and managing security threats. These are the same four domains Microsoft lists for SC-200, and they guide the structure, labs, and review checkpoints throughout the course.

Across the modules, you’ll work directly with the Microsoft security stack you’re tested on: Microsoft Defender XDR (covering Defender for Endpoint, Identity, and Office 365), Microsoft Defender for Cloud for cloud workload protection, and Microsoft Sentinel for SIEM/SOAR. You’ll also practice KQL-based threat hunting, incident triage, automation rules, and playbooks so you can respond with confidence on exam day and in real SOC work.

What you’ll learn:

• How modern SOCs evolve from traditional tooling to unified Defender XDR and Sentinel, with hands-on configuration, tuning, and alert workflows.

• Endpoint detection and response with Defender for Endpoint: onboarding, advanced features (EDR in block mode, live response), device timelines, and automated investigation.

• Identity and email defenses with Defender for Identity and Defender for Office 365, including policies, DLP signals, and incident investigation in the Microsoft Defender portal.

• Cloud posture and workload protection with Defender for Cloud, from discovering unprotected resources to mitigating risks surfaced by vulnerability and exposure management.

• Microsoft Sentinel deployment and operations: workspace design, data collection rules, Content Hub solutions, analytics rules, workbooks, automation rules, and playbooks.

• Targeted threat hunting with KQL in both Defender and Sentinel, plus mapping to MITRE ATT&CK to prioritize coverage.

The course also introduces Microsoft Security Copilot in the context of SC-200 objectives, including promptbooks, connectors, and usage considerations, reflecting Microsoft’s recent updates to the exam guidance.

By the end, you’ll have a strong command of the tools and workflows a Security Operations Analyst uses daily, and your study time will align tightly with the exam blueprint and its relative weightings: Manage a security operations environment (20–25%), Configure protections and detections (15–20%), Manage incident response (25–30%), and Manage security threats (15–20%).

Designed for analysts, sysadmins pivoting into security, and cloud pros who need SOC depth, this course focuses on real-world investigation and remediation workflows while staying faithful to the SC-200 exam’s official scope.