I went into the SC-900 confident. Working at an MSP, I use Entra and Defender every day. What I didn’t expect was how much the exam would reveal about the edges of what I actually knew.
I recently passed the Microsoft Applied Skills credential for Entra identities and access. This one stood out for a simple reason โ it felt like real work.
A homelab gives you something you rarely get on the job โ a place to learn without fear. It is where theory stops being abstract and becomes instinct.