Applied Skills

Microsoft Applied Skills: Get started with identities and access using Microsoft Entra

Validate your technical skills and open doors to new possibilities of advancement with Microsoft Applied Skills.

At a glance

Overview

To earn this Microsoft Applied Skills credential, learners demonstrate the ability to manage identities and access in Microsoft Entra.

As a candidate for this credential, you should be familiar with Microsoft Entra ID.

Skills earned upon completion

Prepare for the assessment

Take the assessment

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This assessment will use an interactive lab to evaluate your performance. It will take a few minutes to load the lab, and you may do other activities while it loads. After you launch the lab, you will need to wait 72 hours to launch it again. Your mouse movements and text entered during the lab will be recorded for quality purposes. Learn more

Evaluated in this assessment

  • Perform basic user management tasks
  • Perform basic group management tasks
  • Perform basic password protection tasks
  • Perform basic Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) tasks
  • Perform basic Multifactor authentication tasks
  • Perform basic conditional access policy tasks

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Applied Skills Resources

Study guide for Applied Skills

This study guide provides a summary of the topics covered in the assessment lab, along with additional resources to help you prepare.

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