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SC-900 prep: Microsoft Security, Compliance, Identity (Udemy.com)

Learn about SCI in Microsoft Azure, Azure Sentinel, Microsoft 365 Defender, InTune and MS Purview. For exam SC-900.

Created by: Phillip Burton

Last updated February 2026

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What you will learn

  • Describe the concepts of security, compliance, and identity
  • Describe the capabilities of Microsoft identity and access management solutions
  • Describe the capabilities of Microsoft security solutions
  • Describe the capabilities of Microsoft compliance solutions

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Course Description

This course covers the content required for the SC-900 certification exam, current as per the SC-900 exam updates of 18 July 2025 and 7 November 2025.

Please note: This course is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Microsoft.


What do people like you say about this course?

Syed says: "I have cleared with 813. Your Explanations where informative and detailed. Thank you!"

Deepthi says: "Topics are explained clearly and they are easy to understand. For SC-900 this is one of the best course in Udemy."

Kunjar says: "The short quiz between chapters is helpful. Practice test at the end of the course is a confidence booster."


This course is the foundation for the Microsoft Certificate SC-900 "Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals" across cloud-based and related Microsoft services.

We'll start off with looking at the concepts of Security, Compliance and Identity (SCI). We'll look at security methodologies, security concepts and Microsoft Security and compliance principles.

We'll then look at Microsoft Identity and Access Management Solutions. We'll look at identity principles and concepts, basic identity and identity types, and authentication, access management and identity protection and governance capabilities of Microsoft Entra ID.

Next up is Microsoft Security Solutions. This includes basic security capabilities and security management capabilities of Azure, and also Azure Sentinel, Microsoft 365 Defender, InTune and Microsoft 365.

The final item is Microsoft Compliance Solutions. In this section, we'll largely concentrate on Microsoft Purview compliance (previously known as Microsoft 365 compliance). We'll look at information protection and data lifecycle management capabilities, and inside risk. We'll end with looking at the resource governance capabilities in Azure.

No prior knowledge is required - we'll even see how to get a free Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 and Purview compliance trial!

There are regular quizzes to help you remember the information, so you can be sure that you are learning.

Once you have completed this course, you will have a good introductory knowledge of security, compliance, and identity (SCI) across cloud-based and related Microsoft services. And with some practice, you could even go for the official Microsoft certification SC-900 - wouldn't that look good on your CV or resume? And if you are an American college student, you might even get college credit for passing that exam.

So, without any further ado, let's have a look at how you can use the Udemy interface, and then we'll have a look at the objectives for the exam and therefore the syllabus for this course. And if you are an American college student, you might even get college credit for passing that exam.

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Instructor Details

Phillip Burton

Hi. I'm Phillip, and I'm proud to Teach with Udemy as a Udemy Instructor Partner. I have been teaching on Udemy since 2015, and I have over 1,000,000 students and more than 60 video courses, including over a dozen Bestseller courses.

My courses include Microsoft Power BI and Fabric, Tableau, SQL Server, Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, etc.), Azure, Microsoft Office, and more. The majority of my courses align with the requirements for official certifications from Microsoft, Oracle, and Tableau - so with a bit of practice, you could enter the exam or assessment and put it on your CV or resume.

I have been a Computing Consultant providing expert services in the development of computer systems and data analysis. I am one of 9 award winning Experts for Experts Exchange's 11th Annual Expert Awards. My interests are working with data, including Microsoft Power BI, Excel, Access, SQL Server, and the Power Platform.

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Reviews

4.6

2,381 ratings on Udemy

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By Kevin Christie on 4/8/2024

It's basically a very long, overly-detailed Microsoft enterprise software commercial. I would absolutely not recommend this course to anyone other than those who are considering or currently administering Microsoft Azure and other related Microsoft products. There was nothing in this course that interested me, and it was very difficult to endure.

By Ella Gud on 8/10/2023

Hi, I liked the course. Many thanks for creating it! I have one remark that may help you making it better. After the main part of the course the quiz and additional materials are messed up. I first had to do a quiz, wondering why did I miss something I didn't know how to answer. And after completing the quiz I'd watch next videos and it would be covered there. I guess that's also a way to learn :) But don't think it was intentional. Thanks again and all the best!

By Monica Diaz on 5/29/2023

I passed SC-900!! :) This course covered all of the subjects very well. Even though some of them are not in the exam anymore they were really useful to learn. The examples in real time in the Azure portal helped me a lot.

By Michael Muellenborn on 12/12/2022

Hi, after completing the Microsoft learning page, this learning class is helpful to pass the SC-900 exam as - I do not have access to all MS portals - the visualization helped me to understand some content better. Just completed my exam (over 950) and this course helped me to reach my goal. Give it 5 stars as it provided what was promised although this course cannot be used as a single source.

By Anonymized User on 10/4/2022

This course about Security, Compliance and Identity management is very well explained. I learnt a lot of new things. The instructor is skilled and nicely presenting the topic. I would recommend this education to my friends and colleagues.

By Nathan Valentine on 9/14/2022

This is a fabulous SC-900 course. Part of what caught my eye was how current it was. I was even more pleased with the detail Phillip provides on the course topics. Reviewing the Microsoft Learn modules provides a baseline and Phillip touches on all that, as well, but the examples and visual overviews in the actual Azure/AzureAD/M365 portal resources adds remarkable value to the content. This course is highly recommended!

By Steve Walker on 5/10/2022

An excellent overview and insight into some of the key concepts, enough detail to ensure that you have a good grasp on the subject matter. As it's a fundamental, or entry level certification it doesn't dive deep into each topic but that is okay as that is not what the course is for. I would highly recommend it to others with little or no experience in Azure cloud terminology.

By Aviral Singh on 2/24/2022

I cleared my SC-900 exam with the score 850. All the content covered in this course is helpful. I would suggest to try some more practice tests before taking the actual exam. A recommendation for the course from my side is to first explain the terms used in the learning concepts as it will make the content easier to understand.

By Anonymized User on 2/13/2022

Great Job Phillip! Thanks for explaining the concepts so clearly and in detail. I got certified both for SC-900 and DA-100 after completing your course. Many Thanks and keep doing the great work! Hope to attend the many more courses from you.

By S. Dekema on 6/2/2021

Very clear and sound explanation of concepts and terminology. Goes fast and wide or goes in depth and slow on subjects, when it needs to. I am really impressed; this is extremely well done. Very nice course to do a review or prepare for the M$ free resources at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/sc-900 . Review questions at the end of each module could be a wee bit more in number and in depth (nastier). All in all being professionally active in Azure since 2017 this course got me up to date with M$ latest innovations and rebrands of old stuff. And gave me enough confidence to try the SC-900 test.

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