Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200) Vocabulary Game
Exam terms with clues and explanations by OpenExamPrep.
About the Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200) Vocabulary Games
4 free word games built on 20 Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200) terms across 18 topics. Every game deals terms at random and shows what each term means, so you can keep playing as long as you like.
How to Play
- 1.Read the clue and type the term (3 to 6 letters).
- 2.Green: right spot. Yellow: wrong spot. Gray: not in the term.
- 3.Solve it in 6 tries, then read the explanation.
- 1.Swap two neighboring tiles to line up 3 of the same term.
- 2.Longer lines, two lines at once and chains score more.
- 3.Play until no swap can make a line.
- 1.Flip two cards. A matching pair stays face up.
- 2.Each pair you find shows what the term means.
- 3.Clear the board in as few moves as you can.
- 1.Find each listed term in the letter grid.
- 2.Drag across its letters: across, down or diagonally.
- 3.Find all five as fast as you can.
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Topics in the Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200) Vocabulary Game
Operations platform
Playbooks
Log ingestion
Endpoint hardening
Remediation
Detections
Threat coverage
Unified portal
Device telemetry
Device security
Mail protection
Sign-in controls
Activity records
Hunting syntax
AI integration
Normalization
Retention tiers
SaaS app risks
Sources for these terms (24)
- What is Microsoft Sentinel SIEM? | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Automation in Microsoft Sentinel | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Azure Monitor Agent Overview - Azure Monitor | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Ingest syslog and CEF messages to Microsoft Sentinel - AMA | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Use Windows Event Forwarding to help with intrusion detection | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Data Collection Rules in Azure Monitor - Azure Monitor | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- ASR rules overview - Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Automated investigation and response in Microsoft Defender XDR - Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Quick threat detection with near-real-time (NRT) analytics rules in Microsoft Sentinel | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- What is Microsoft Defender XDR? - Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Overview of endpoint detection and response capabilities - Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint - Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- What's New in Defender for Cloud Features - Microsoft Defender for Cloud | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Microsoft Defender for Office 365 service description - Service Descriptions | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Why do I need Microsoft Defender for Office 365? - Microsoft Defender for Office 365 | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Microsoft Entra multifactor authentication overview - Microsoft Entra ID | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Search the audit log | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Microsoft Entra data retention - Microsoft Entra ID | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Kusto Query Language (KQL) overview - Kusto | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- What is Microsoft Sentinel's support for MCP? - Microsoft Security | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Normalization and the Advanced Security Information Model (ASIM) | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Microsoft Sentinel data lake overview - Microsoft Security | Microsoft Learn · Source checked 2026-11-04
- MITRE ATT&CK® · Source checked 2026-11-04
- What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps? · Source checked 2026-11-04
About the SC-200 Exam
SC-200 validates the skills required to operate as a Microsoft security operations analyst — triaging alerts, responding to incidents, hunting for threats, and engineering detections across Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Purview, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud workload protections. The skills measured as of October 21, 2026 include Sentinel Graph, the Sentinel Data lake retention tier, agentic AI investigation with embedded Microsoft Security Copilot, KQL jobs, and the Sentinel MCP Server.
Exam sponsor: Microsoft / Pearson VUE. The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.
Assessment
Question count not published by the exam provider
Time Limit
100 minutes
Passing Score
700/1000 (scaled, ~70%)
Reported exam pass rate: ~65-75%. industry estimate; Microsoft does not publish official SC-200 pass rates This describes exam candidates, not OpenExamPrep users or results from using our resources. Exam sponsor website
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Official sources
- SC-200 exam page (Microsoft Learn)
- SC-200 study guide (skills measured as of October 21, 2026)
- Microsoft Defender XDR documentation
- Microsoft Sentinel documentation
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud documentation
- Microsoft Security Copilot documentation
- Free SC-200 Practice Assessment (Microsoft)
- Exam Registration (Pearson VUE)
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the SC-200 vocabulary game free?
Yes. The game is free to play with no sign-up. Signing in adds AI explanations for any term.
How do the SC-200 vocabulary games work?
There are 4 games built on 20 SC-200 terms. In Guess the Term, a clue describes one term and you have six tries to spell it, with green, yellow and gray letters showing how close you are. In Term Match, six terms appear as colored tiles; swap neighbors to line up three or more of the same term, and each match shows what the term means. In Term Pairs, twelve face-down cards hide six pairs of terms; flip two at a time to find each pair, and every pair you find shows what the term means. In Term Search, five terms hide in a grid of letters, reading across, down or diagonally; drag across a term to circle it, and each term you find shows what it means.
Where do the SC-200 terms come from?
OpenExamPrep researched each term from the Microsoft / Pearson VUE content outline and primary sources, listed under Sources on this page. The game is independent study material, not an official exam resource.
What is the SC-200 exam?
SC-200 is Microsoft's associate-level certification for security operations analysts. It validates skills to triage, investigate, and respond to threats across Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Purview, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud workload protections, and to hunt threats with KQL and Sentinel Graph. The current skills measured are dated October 21, 2026.
How many questions are on SC-200?
SC-200 typically delivers 40-60 questions in 100 minutes. Question formats include multiple choice, multiple select, drag-and-drop, active-screen interactive scenarios, and short case studies. The passing score is 700 out of 1000 on a scaled scoring system.