Exam format
AZ-500What the Azure Security Engineer exam looks like
AZ-500 has 40 to 60 questions in 120 minutes, multiple choice, drag-and-drop, hot area, and case studies. Every figure on this page is read from the official exam page and linked to it.
How many questions, and how long
Microsoft Azure states 40 to 60 questions for AZ-500, with a time limit of 120 minutes. That is about 3 minutes a question, including the time it takes to read the stem and the options.
Microsoft Azure publishes a range rather than a fixed count, so the pace above assumes the low end of it. At the top of the range you have less time a question.
What the questions look like
Multiple choice and multiple response, plus drag-and-drop ordering, hot area items where you click a region of a screenshot, and case studies that hold one scenario across several linked questions.
What passes
The passing score for AZ-500 is 700 on a scale of 0 to 1000.
If you do not pass
A retake costs another $165.
How long it stays valid
Azure Security Engineer is valid for 1 years from the day you pass. Free online renewal assessment on Microsoft Learn each year. Role-based certifications last one year and renew free through an online assessment on Microsoft Learn. The only cost is the hour it takes.
What this means for practice
Our Azure Security Engineer practice exams are assembled to the published domain weightings and sat against a 120-minute clock, in exam conditions or in study mode. Every answer shows the official page it was checked against.
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- What Azure Security Engineer costs
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- Azure Security Engineer guide
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