{"id":107,"date":"2020-07-11T03:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T03:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecloudmarathoner.com\/?p=107"},"modified":"2021-09-18T16:59:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T16:59:18","slug":"study-guide-for-azure-security-technologies-az-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecloudmarathoner.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/11\/study-guide-for-azure-security-technologies-az-500\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Guide for Azure Security Technologies (AZ-500)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello friends,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Updates:<\/strong> This exam had a number of changes from the mid 2020 till now. I have updated exam objectives and some of the listed references to be up-t0-date..<br><br>I am back with a new study guide AZ-500: Azure Security Technologies Associate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a very important exam for anyone who puts security at the core of a solution &#8211; deployed into Azure Cloud environment. In this respect, it is invaluable for any professional whose&nbsp;responsibilities include: maintaining the security posture, identifying, and remediating vulnerabilities by using a variety of security tools, implementing threat protection, and responding to security incident escalations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Microsoft-Azure-Security-Technologies.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-565\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Microsoft-Azure-Security-Technologies.png 600w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Microsoft-Azure-Security-Technologies-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By the way, you could also check out the following study guides, if interested \ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/passed-microsoft-certified-azure-solutions-architect-expert-yusubov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Journey 2 Azure Solutions Architect Expert<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/study-guides-dp-300-administrating-relational-azure-elkhan-yusubov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Study Guides for DP-300 Administrating Relational Databases<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/journey-azure-devops-expert-people-processes-elkhan-yusubov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Practical journey to Azure DevOps Expert with transformation&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/free-training-materials-everyone-elkhan-yusubov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KEY 30+ free training materials for everyone<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>By learning this topic, you as a candidate will gain strong skills in scripting and automation; a deep understanding of networking, virtualization, and cloud N-tier architecture. Your strong familiarity with cloud capabilities and products and services for Azure is very critical to succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"929\" height=\"158\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1594481991773.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1594481991773.png 929w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1594481991773-300x51.png 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1594481991773-768x131.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting AZ-500 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Associate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In this section, you will get to know the official exam objectives, free Microsoft Learn materials and additional materials that I have used. On a high level, the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com\/cms\/api\/am\/binary\/RE3VC70\" target=\"_blank\">skills that are measured<\/a>&nbsp;in this exam are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"872\" height=\"313\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-567\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image-6.png 872w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image-6-300x108.png 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image-6-768x276.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Actually, you could find this information on the official Microsoft&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/certifications\/exams\/az-500\" target=\"_blank\">exam website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Useful resources that helped me along the way:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the references which will serve you a way for successful digestion of the security materials. I would like to thank Pete Zerger &#8211; a Microsoft MVP &amp; Cybersecurity Strategist for his informative content &amp; professional support. He has really valuable posts and training courses on the LinkedIn platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Security Engineer learning path from&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/browse\/?roles=security-engineer\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Learn<\/a><\/li><li>Become an Azure Security Engineer learning path&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/learning\/paths\/become-an-azure-security-engineer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn Learning<\/a><\/li><li>Microsoft Azure Security Engineer path&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pluralsight.com\/paths\/microsoft-azure-security-engineer-az-500\" target=\"_blank\">Pluralsight videos<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/active-directory\/develop\/quickstart-register-app\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Docs&nbsp;<\/a>for all to dig into the documentation questions \ud83d\ude42<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/starting-points-devsecops-journey-elkhan-yusubov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Starting points in DevSecOps journey<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There were many breaks in my study where I paused to search for Azure Security documentation on Microsoft Docs. However, discovering the GitHub repo from&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/AzureMentor\" target=\"_blank\">AzureMentor&nbsp;<\/a>highly helped me to save some time, while getting familiar with exam objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the @AzureMentor GitHub pages on&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/AzureMentor\/Azure-AZ-500-Study-Guide\" target=\"_blank\">Azure-AZ-500-Study-Guide<\/a>&nbsp;have direct links into each high level objective as well as outlined items within it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would like to thank my family and kids for providing me with the opportunity to complete my journey. Big thanks to close friends and #linkedinfaily for continued&nbsp;support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/linkedin_thumb_azure-security-engineer-associate600x600.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-110\" width=\"672\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/linkedin_thumb_azure-security-engineer-associate600x600.png 672w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/linkedin_thumb_azure-security-engineer-associate600x600-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s all friends! Hope this sharing will encourage you to start your own cloud journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And as always, feel free to get connected and leave your comment(s). 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