What Will You Face When Exam Day Comes?

The Microsoft MS-100 certification test is made up of 40-60 questions with the time allocation of 180 minutes to solve them. The questions are of MCQ, active screen, case study, best-answer, drag-and-drop, and build list type. One can take-up the exam via an online proctoring facility or by visiting a testing center. The exam is available in English and Japanese. To register for it, the candidates are required to pay the fee of $165 and complete the scheduling process at the Pearson VUE platform. To earn a pass status in this test, one should get at least 700 points out of 1000.

Reference: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-ms-100.aspx

What Is the Content of MS-100?

The content of the Microsoft MS-100 test includes the following topics:

• Manage User Identity & Roles. It is the third theme that weighs between 35 and 40% in the test items. Applicants will need to demonstrate that they have developed skills related to Azure AD Connect and how they manage the user roles. It also checks one's readiness to handle Azure identity management, administer Azure AD identities, managing access reviews, and perform bulk user management. In addition, the identity synchronization provided with the help of Azure AD is covered.
• Design & Implement Microsoft 365 Services. This domain covers up to 30% of all the questions of the test. It focuses on the skills needed to configure different user identities as well as planning of the Microsoft 365 implementation. To complete this chapter successfully, candidates have to learn how to set-up and maintain Microsoft 365 subscription and tenancy together with user and data migration planning.End-to-end implementation of Microsoft 365 is well covered in this section as it teaches how to plan Microsoft 365 infrastructure and authentication solutions. Microsoft 365 subscription, creating tenant, upgrading current subscriptions, and monitoring license allocations are also covered extensively.
• Plan Office 365 Workloads & Applications. This topic covers around 15% of the tasks. It targets Office 365 workload deployment including planning for connectivity, building migration strategies, and working with data flow, among the rest.This section also has a lot to offer for those interested in apps. The test-takers will learn about Microsoft 365 apps management as well as tools and techniques required for enterprise Microsoft 365 app development.
• Manage Access & Authentication. This section represents up to 25% of the whole exam. It is related to authentication management, multi-factor authentication implementation, application access configuration, and external users' access to Microsoft 365 environment. Skills like designing an MFA solution, reporting MFA utilization, performing MFA app configuration, and administering an MFA solution will be well-covered in this section.

What Are The Pre-requisite for The Exam?

As we have already told that MS-100 leads to an expert-level certification, one must know about great prior expertise required. The vendor suggests owning any of the below-mentioned certificates before taking up the Microsoft MS-100 test:

• Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate
• Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate
• Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate
• Microsoft 365 Certified: Messaging Administrator Associate
• MCSE: Productivity Solutions Expert