My experience in passing the AZ-500 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Exam in 2023

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  • Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
  • In this video, I share with you my experience in passing the AZ-500 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Exam in 2023. I took the exam on 3rd March 2023, right after the update in February! I will talk about the Cyber Security certifcation path, details around the exam, things to consider and tips if you plan on taking the exam!
    00:00 Intro
    00:41 Deciding to sit the AZ-500 Exam
    02:45 My Background and Experience
    04:23 Exam Details
    05:09 Skills Measured
    05:35 My Preparation Process
    07:50 Azure Fundamentals
    08:49 Azure Networking
    10:13 Monitoring and Logging
    10:39 Disk Encryption and Key Vaults
    11:10 Sentinel and Windows Defender
    12:01 Azure Policy
    12:19 Azure SQL Access and Encryption
    12:52 Azure AD Roles and Features
    15:08 Azure AD Identities
    15:25 Final Thoughts
    15:42 Exam tips
    18:41 Closing Comments
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 41

  • @SomeoneElsesCloud
    @SomeoneElsesCloud  Рік тому +5

    Hey all, its been a while! I thought I'd dust the cobwebs to made this video for anyone wanting to sit the AZ-500 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Exam in 2023! Right after the refresh in February this year... Not so great timing on by behalf! If you have sat the exam or are planning to, let me know your tips and your thoughts on the exam, comment below! Enjoy the video!

  • @tayduatrinhcoi
    @tayduatrinhcoi Рік тому +1

    Thank you for this very helpful and detailed guide man.

  • @JamieMoxon
    @JamieMoxon Рік тому +2

    This is on my list for the next few months!

  • @Slice.
    @Slice. 11 місяців тому +6

    I just passed my first exam a few minutes ago. AZ-500 🎉
    Thanks for sharing your experience with us. It really helps!

    • @SomeoneElsesCloud
      @SomeoneElsesCloud  11 місяців тому

      Awesome congrats! How did you find it??

    • @Slice.
      @Slice. 11 місяців тому +2

      @@SomeoneElsesCloud It was fair. I had 55 questions and 100 minutes. My time management wasn't great so after 40 minutes I noticed that I really had to speed up and I finished the exam with 2 minutes left on the clock lol. I studied for 5 weeks and had no experience with azure. I was relieved to see the PASS at the end😄

    • @SomeoneElsesCloud
      @SomeoneElsesCloud  11 місяців тому +1

      Congrats, talk about setting the bar high! No experience in Azure?? Thats awesome! The questions definately take up a lot of time, I had the same realisation near the end of the exam and finished with like 8 mins or something! Nice work!

    • @Slice.
      @Slice. 11 місяців тому

      ​@@SomeoneElsesCloudthanks sunny😊

    • @philipfrias674
      @philipfrias674 5 місяців тому

      Hello @Slice, what links and reviewers helped you in passing the exam? will take mine this year around March.

  • @vesicapiscis9717
    @vesicapiscis9717 3 місяці тому +4

    My employer wants me to get this cert in 30 days. I have no other Azure certifications. Wish me luck speedrunning this shit whilst working full-time.

    • @SomeoneElsesCloud
      @SomeoneElsesCloud  2 місяці тому +1

      Good luck! If you get a mind blank during the exam just go with: abracadabra 😅

    • @vesicapiscis9717
      @vesicapiscis9717 2 місяці тому +1

      Update:
      I passed with 818/1000 points 🎉
      No labs, one case study.
      I only learned by studying flash cards which I created from the examtopics dump.
      Honestly for 80% of the questions I only did an educated guess. Was really surprised that I actually got it lmao.

    • @SomeoneElsesCloud
      @SomeoneElsesCloud  Місяць тому

      @@vesicapiscis9717 Nice work, congrats! It's really just logical problem solving, you start getting to know what Microsoft expect as an answer! Goes to show what it really means with people with a lot of certs that they flash all over LinkedIn... 🫣

  • @kristel3191
    @kristel3191 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for sharing! I am currently studying for AZ-500 at the moment. Did you get any labs on the exam or was it just use-cases? Also, did you do any hands-on studying for it or just relied on your experience? TIA!

    • @Darksecret_23
      @Darksecret_23 Рік тому +1

      Their are no labs just case studies.

    • @SomeoneElsesCloud
      @SomeoneElsesCloud  Рік тому

      Hi, nope I didn't get any labs but I heard some other people did! No I didn't do any hands on studying, I was comfortable with most things, it was more learning about licenses and features of services I was not familiar with! Good luck with the exam!

    • @kristel3191
      @kristel3191 Рік тому

      @@SomeoneElsesCloud thank you for your reply! This video is very helpful. Gained yourself a new subscriber 🙏

    • @SomeoneElsesCloud
      @SomeoneElsesCloud  Рік тому

      Thanks for the support! ✌️

    • @satnav9699
      @satnav9699 Рік тому

      @@Darksecret_23 I did it a couple of days ago and got labs

  • @ZeNex74
    @ZeNex74 9 місяців тому +4

    Failed this twice but now im back studying...gotta get this

    • @SomeoneElsesCloud
      @SomeoneElsesCloud  8 місяців тому +1

      Man that's unlucky! Have you done this since the recent changes? They give access to MS Learn during the exams now, not really sure if it helps or just creates more pressure trying to find stuff in it!! 😅

    • @ZeNex74
      @ZeNex74 8 місяців тому +1

      no was start of year and i gave up for a while. im now back studying az500 as i want it done by new year as plan to try cyber security next@@SomeoneElsesCloud

    • @dieglhix
      @dieglhix 8 місяців тому

      Just failed it for the 3rd time, given it I'm CISSP-ISSAP, CCSP, CISM. AZ-500 is the hardest exam I have ever taken.

    • @SomeoneElsesCloud
      @SomeoneElsesCloud  8 місяців тому

      Oh man, even with the learn content being available? What do you think we're the challenges? Do you look at the post exam report to show your weak points?

    • @ZeNex74
      @ZeNex74 8 місяців тому +1

      @SomeoneElsesCloud worried I forgot most I got right now so a restudy and work on the areas flagged.. but at a stage that hard to get my mojo back now.. not feeling it no more

  • @BACKSPIN9ball
    @BACKSPIN9ball 8 місяців тому +1

    I’m sitting the MD 102 Endpoint Administrator exam tomorrow. I am not very confident because I was limited to setting up labs for windows devices but not Apple and Android as those require I have an incorporated company and a DUNS number.
    We’ll see how it goes.

  • @iLeanonsyrup
    @iLeanonsyrup Рік тому +1

    What are the case studies?

    • @SomeoneElsesCloud
      @SomeoneElsesCloud  Рік тому +1

      oh man its been a while, I cannot remember for the life of me... I know it was 5 questions right at the end... All i really remember was it was based on users, not sure if it was the conditional access and mfa / device auth question or not... i.e if user x is in this location, do they get challenged for mfa and then if user with this device from another location will get prompted or not... Doesn't really help but be prepared! lol

  • @ZeNex74
    @ZeNex74 8 місяців тому

    I'm tempted to just move on to Google cyber and security +

    • @SomeoneElsesCloud
      @SomeoneElsesCloud  8 місяців тому

      Fair enough, maybe you should go ahead and do that and see if you feel like tackling it again or not once doing something different!

  • @Twizer911
    @Twizer911 Рік тому +2

    This exam is way easier than you made it sound.

    • @SomeoneElsesCloud
      @SomeoneElsesCloud  11 місяців тому +3

      True, I mean I passed out by barely studying over 2 weeks. It's like any exam, preparation or experience definately makes it easier.

  • @mccorrect3470
    @mccorrect3470 2 місяці тому

    The face and voice not matching is crazy

    • @SomeoneElsesCloud
      @SomeoneElsesCloud  2 місяці тому

      Thanks! I'll try and align my face to my voice in future videos! 😅

    • @mccorrect3470
      @mccorrect3470 2 місяці тому +1

      @@SomeoneElsesCloud Ty 💀