Is 700 the same as 70%?

No. Microsoft reports technical exams on a 1 to 1,000 scale and 700 is the pass mark, but it's a scaled score. The number of questions you need right depends on how difficult the ones you saw were.

How many questions will I get?

Microsoft doesn't publish a fixed count. Its own guidance says most exams have between 40 and 60 questions, that this varies by exam, and that it changes over time. We'd rather tell you that than quote a number we made up.

Should I guess if I don't know?

Always. There's no penalty for a wrong answer, so a blank is strictly worse than a guess.

Which exam should I start with?

If you have no hands-on Azure experience, AZ-900. If you already administer Azure, skip it and go to AZ-104 — the fundamentals exams aren't prerequisites.

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How Microsoft scales a score1–1,000 · 700 to pass

You answered

72%of the questions correctly

700

Your scaled score lands somewhere around670–730Could go either way

Now change nothing except which form you were given

Same answers. Harder form, higher scaled score — that's what scaling is for. It's also why nobody can tell you the percentage you need.

Positions here are illustrative. Microsoft publishes the 1–1,000 scale and the 700 pass mark, but not the conversion from raw answers — which is the point. When a number can't be known exactly, a range is the honest way to report it.

Scoring

700 is a pass. It isn't 70%.

Microsoft reports technical exam scores on a scale of 1 to 1,000, and 700 or above is a pass. Because that's a scaled score, it doesn't correspond to answering 70% of questions correctly. How many you need depends on the difficulty of the questions you happened to see.

A few other things follow from that. There's no penalty for guessing, so never leave a question blank. Some questions are worth more than one point. And on some exams there are questions you can't go back to once you've moved on, so read the instructions before you start clicking.

Azure Administrator1–1,000 scale

Pass mark for this exam700

pass 700

Accuracy by domain, weighted as the exam weights them

Manage Azure identities and governance20–25%81%

Implement and manage storage15–20%74%

Deploy and manage Azure compute resources20–25%77%

Implement and manage virtual networking15–20%71%

Monitor and maintain Azure resources10–15%Weakest46%

Overall 728, against a pass mark of 700Passed

One skill area well under the rest, and still a pass. Microsoft reports one overall score — the skill bars on a score report are diagnostic, not a second pass line.

Switch exams and the domains change. The pass mark doesn't — every Microsoft technical exam is 700 on a 1–1,000 scale, and 700 isn't 70%. Accuracy here is illustrative. Weights are the published ranges.

Scale: 1 to 1,000
Pass mark: 700
Wrong answers: No penalty

Microsoft doesn't publish a fixed question count per exam — its own guidance says most exams contain 40 to 60 questions, that it varies, and that it changes. Anywhere you see an exact number quoted, someone is guessing.

Where to start

Pick the role, then the level

Cloud fundamentals

Cloud concepts, Azure architecture, security and pricing. No prior experience assumed.

AZ-900 · DP-900 · SC-900

Administration

Identity, compute, storage and networking for people who run Azure day to day.

AZ-104

Security

Implementing controls across Azure, hybrid and AI workloads — identity, storage, networking, compute and posture.

SC-500

Architecture

Designing identity, data, continuity and infrastructure at scale.

AZ-305

Workplace and low-code

Microsoft 365 services and the Power Platform, for people who support them rather than build on Azure.

MS-900 · PL-900

Exams

Grouped by level, tagged by product family

Fundamentals

AZ-900

Azure Fundamentals

AzureFundamentalsLive

No prior Azure experience assumed. The right first exam if you need to show cloud literacy rather than hands-on skill.

AI-901

Azure AI Fundamentals

AzureFundamentalsLive

Foundational Azure AI concepts plus hands-on work in Microsoft Foundry. Replaces the retired AI-900.

Checked 14 Sept 2026

DP-900

Azure Data Fundamentals

AzureFundamentalsPlanned

Relational and non-relational data concepts and the Azure services behind them. No SQL depth assumed.

MS-900

Microsoft 365 Fundamentals

Microsoft 365FundamentalsPlanned

Services, licensing and compliance for people who support Microsoft 365 rather than build on it.

PL-900

Power Platform Fundamentals

Power PlatformFundamentalsPlanned

Power Apps, Power Automate and Power BI at a conceptual level. Aimed at business users as much as developers.

SC-900

Security, Compliance and Identity Fundamentals

SecurityFundamentalsPlanned

Vocabulary-level rather than configuration-level, across Microsoft cloud services. Common first exam for non-engineers.

AI-900

Azure AI Fundamentals

AzureFundamentalsRetired

Concepts over implementation. Pairs naturally with AZ-900 if you're mapping where AI workloads sit in Azure.

Checked 14 Sept 2026

Microsoft retired this exam on 30 June 2026. AI-901 replaces it.

Associate

AZ-104

Azure Administrator

AzureAssociateLive

For people already running Azure day to day. Assumes you've configured identity, storage and networking rather than just read about them.

Checked 14 Sept 2026

AI-103

Azure AI Apps and Agents Developer

AzureAssociateLive

Build and ship generative applications and agents on Microsoft Foundry. Replaces the retired AI-102.

Checked 14 Sept 2026

AI-200

Azure AI Cloud Developer

AzureAssociateLive

Host AI applications on Azure: containers, vector-enabled data services, messaging, and observability. Replaces the retired AZ-204.

Checked 14 Sept 2026

AI-300

Machine Learning Operations Engineer

AzureAssociateLive

Operate machine learning models and generative AI in production: pipelines, rollout, drift, evaluation and tuning.

Checked 15 Sept 2026

SC-500

Cloud and AI Security Engineer

SecurityAssociateLive

Implement security controls across Azure and hybrid identity, storage, networking, compute and AI workloads.

Checked 15 Sept 2026

AZ-204

Azure Developer

AzureAssociateRetired

For developers shipping to Azure. Assumes working knowledge of at least one Azure-supported language and the SDKs around it.

Checked 14 Sept 2026

Microsoft retired this exam on 31 July 2026. AI-200 replaces it.

DP-100

Azure Data Scientist

AzureAssociateRetired

For people already training and deploying models. Assumes Python and practical machine learning, not just theory.

Checked 14 Sept 2026

Microsoft retired this exam on 1 June 2026.

AI-102

Azure AI Engineer

AzureAssociateRetired

Designing and implementing Azure AI solutions. Microsoft retired this exam on 30 June 2026; AI-103 replaces it.

Checked 14 Sept 2026

Microsoft retired this exam on 30 June 2026. AI-103 replaces it.

AZ-500

Azure Security Engineer

SecurityAssociateRetired

Securing Azure identity, platform and data. Microsoft retired this exam on 31 August 2026; SC-500 replaces it.

Checked 14 Sept 2026

Microsoft retired this exam on 31 August 2026. SC-500 replaces it.

AZ-800

Windows Server Hybrid (AZ-800)

AzureAssociateRetired

Core Windows Server hybrid administration. Microsoft retired this exam in September 2026; AZ-802 merges AZ-800 and AZ-801.

Checked 14 Sept 2026

Microsoft retired this exam in September 2026. AZ-802 replaces it.

AZ-801

Windows Server Hybrid (AZ-801)

AzureAssociateRetired

Advanced Windows Server hybrid administration. Microsoft retired this exam in September 2026; AZ-802 merges AZ-800 and AZ-801.

Checked 14 Sept 2026

Microsoft retired this exam in September 2026. AZ-802 replaces it.

Expert

AZ-305

Solutions Architect Expert

AzureExpertPlanned

Design-level, and the hardest on this page. Assumes AZ-104-level operational knowledge before you start.

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