Microsoft AZ-500 Reference Materials

Free learning paths from Microsoft covering all AZ-500 exam objectives: manage identity and access, secure networking, secure compute/storage/databases, and security operations.

Free virtual training events offered by Microsoft for AZ-500 exam preparation covering identity, networking, compute, and security operations — may include a free exam voucher upon attendance.

Official Microsoft exam page with detailed skills measured, study resources, and exam preparation guidance for AZ-500.

Comprehensive documentation for Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) covering authentication, Conditional Access, identity governance, and external identities.

Official documentation for Microsoft Defender for Cloud covering CSPM, workload protection plans, regulatory compliance, and secure score.

Full documentation for Microsoft Sentinel — SIEM and SOAR solution including data connectors, analytics rules, playbooks, and hunting.

Complete documentation for Azure Key Vault covering secrets, keys, and certificate management, access policies, RBAC, managed HSM, and integration with managed identities.

Documentation for Microsoft Defender for Cloud covering CSPM, workload protection plans (Defender for Servers, SQL, Storage, Containers), secure score, and regulatory compliance.

Documentation for Azure RBAC covering built-in roles, custom role definitions, role assignments, deny assignments, and how RBAC integrates with Microsoft Entra ID.

Microsoft's comprehensive Zero Trust deployment guidance covering all six pillars — Identities, Endpoints, Apps, Data, Infrastructure, and Networks.

Documentation covering Azure Firewall, NSGs, DDoS Protection, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Azure Bastion, and VPN Gateway security.

Documentation for Entra ID Protection covering risk detections, sign-in risk policies, user risk policies, and Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE).