Microsoft 365 Certified AI Services Administrator Associate (AB-650) Practice Exam

Microsoft 365 Certified AI Services Administrator Associate (AB-650) Practice Exam

About the Microsoft AI Services Administrator Associate (AB-650) Exam

The Microsoft 365 Certified: AI Services Administrator Associate certification validates the ability to administer Microsoft 365 and AI services while maintaining security, compliance, governance, and operational efficiency.

The certification requires candidates to pass one examination: AB-650: Administering Microsoft 365 and AI Services. Microsoft currently lists the certification and exam as beta. The role combines traditional Microsoft 365 administration with the administration and governance of emerging AI capabilities.

Skills Acquired

As an AI Services Administrator, you may be responsible for:

• Configuring Microsoft 365 tenants
• Managing Microsoft 365 workloads
• Administering users, groups, and roles
• Managing Microsoft Entra ID
• Configuring authentication and Conditional Access
• Securing Microsoft 365 workloads
• Managing Microsoft Purview protection and compliance capabilities
• Preparing an organization for Microsoft 365 Copilot
• Managing Copilot experiences and settings
• Administering AI agents
• Managing Agent 365
• Monitoring AI usage, adoption, costs, and service health

Why Pursue the AI Services Administrator Associate Certification?

Microsoft 365 administration is increasingly moving beyond conventional cloud and productivity workloads. Organizations now need administrators who understand how AI services, identity, data, security, compliance, and collaboration work together. This certification can help you:

• Validate Microsoft 365 administration skills
• Build expertise in enterprise AI administration
• Develop practical Microsoft Copilot administration knowledge
• Understand AI governance and security requirements
• Strengthen Microsoft Entra ID skills
• Work with Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Defender
• Develop knowledge of AI agents and Agent 365
• Prepare for modern Microsoft 365 administrator roles
• Demonstrate your ability to manage AI-enabled workplace environments

Who Should Take This Course?

The AB-650 preparation course is suitable for professionals working with Microsoft 365 administration, security, identity, compliance, and AI services.

Recommended for:

• Microsoft 365 Administrators
• Microsoft 365 Cloud Administrators
• AI Services Administrators
• Microsoft 365 Support Engineers
• Cloud Administrators
• Identity and Access Administrators
• Security Administrators
• Microsoft 365 Consultants
• IT Infrastructure Professionals
• Cloud and Systems Engineers
• IT Governance and Compliance Professionals
• Microsoft Copilot Administrators
• AI Governance Professionals
• Technical Professionals transitioning into AI administration

Recommended Skills and Experience

Microsoft recommends that candidates have experience with Microsoft 365 workloads and Microsoft Entra ID, understand Microsoft Defender XDR capabilities, and have familiarity with Microsoft Graph PowerShell.

Before starting your AB-650 preparation, you should ideally understand:

• Microsoft 365 administration fundamentals
• Microsoft Entra ID
• Users and groups
• Microsoft 365 roles and permissions
• Authentication and access management
• Microsoft Teams
• SharePoint and OneDrive
• Microsoft Defender
• Microsoft Purview
• Basic PowerShell
• Microsoft Graph concepts
• Cloud security and compliance fundamentals
• Microsoft Copilot fundamentals

What You Will Learn

By completing your AB-650 preparation, you will develop knowledge to:

• Configure and manage Microsoft 365 tenants
• Manage Microsoft 365 licenses
• Configure Microsoft 365 organizational settings
• Manage Microsoft 365 workloads
• Administer Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive
• Manage Microsoft Entra users, groups, roles, and administrative units
• Configure authentication methods
• Implement Conditional Access and MFA
• Manage Microsoft Defender for Office 365
• Configure Microsoft Purview DLP and information protection
• Manage retention and sensitivity labels
• Prepare Microsoft 365 environments for Copilot
• Identify Copilot data readiness issues
• Configure Copilot Search and web search
• Manage Copilot user experiences
• Configure Copilot connectors
• Administer Microsoft 365 agents
• Manage agent identities and access
• Govern agents through Agent 365
• Monitor AI usage and adoption
• Monitor AI service health
• Manage AI service costs

Detailed Microsoft AB-650 Course Outline

The current Microsoft exam is divided into three major skill areas. The largest section focuses on governing and securing Microsoft 365, while AI services account for up to 40% of the examination.

Domain 1: Configure and Manage Microsoft 365 Tenants and Workloads (20–25%)

This domain evaluates your ability to administer the Microsoft 365 environment and its core workloads.

1.1 Configure and Manage a Microsoft 365 Tenant

• Microsoft 365 tenant configuration
• Tenant branding
• Company logos and URLs
• Microsoft 365 themes and backgrounds
• Domain implementation and management
• Organizational settings
• Security and privacy settings
• Organization profile configuration
• Microsoft 365 licensing
• Group-based licensing
• Pay-as-you-go licensing
• AI Service Licensing

Understand how to manage licenses associated with AI services, including:

• Microsoft 365 Copilot
• Microsoft Agent 365
• Microsoft Copilot Studio
• Microsoft 365 Backup

Learn how to:

• Configure Microsoft 365 Backup
• Set up backup
• Restore data
• Monitor backup operations
• Network and Service Health

You will also cover:

• Network Connectivity Insights
• Microsoft 365 Service health
• Service health notifications
• Monitoring tenant-level service conditions

1.2 Manage Microsoft 365 Workloads

• Exchange Online
• Create and manage mailboxes
• Manage shared mailboxes
• Apply appropriate administrative configurations
• Microsoft Teams
• Create and manage teams
• Manage channels
• Manage team owners and members
• Configure Teams administration settings
• Configure Copilot-related meeting settings
• Manage meeting transcription settings
• SharePoint
• Create and manage SharePoint sites
• Configure permissions
• Manage SharePoint environments
• Prepare SharePoint for Copilot experiences
• SharePoint and OneDrive for Copilot

Understand:

• SharePoint Advanced Management
• Microsoft Search in SharePoint
• Site exclusions
• Copilot-related SharePoint and OneDrive considerations

Domain 2: Govern and Secure Microsoft 365 Tenants and Workloads (40–45%)

2.1 Manage Identities in Microsoft Entra

• Create Microsoft 365 users
• Manage users
• Create and manage groups
• Manage Microsoft 365 groups
• Manage guest users
• Configure external access settings
• Roles and Privileged Access

Understand:

• Microsoft 365 administrative roles
• Microsoft Entra roles
• Privileged Identity Management
• Role assignment and management
• Administrative units
• Contacts and Bulk Administration
• Create and manage contacts
• Perform bulk management
• Use Microsoft Graph PowerShell for administrative tasks

2.2 Implement and Manage Authentication and Access

Understand how to:

• Configure authentication methods
• Manage authentication methods
• Troubleshoot authentication problems
• Implement Microsoft Entra Password Protection
• Configure Self-Service Password Reset
• Conditional Access

Learn how to configure and manage:

• Microsoft Entra Conditional Access
• Multifactor Authentication
• Microsoft Entra ID Protection
• Access policies
• Identity-based security controls

2.3 Secure Microsoft 365 Workloads

You will learn to:

• Manage security alerts
• Configure threat policies
• Configure security rules
• Investigate email threats
• Investigate collaboration threats
• Respond to security incidents
• Attack Simulation

Understand:

• Attack simulation capabilities
• Simulation configuration
• Training campaigns
• Security awareness activities

2.4 Protect Data with Microsoft Purview

Data governance becomes especially important when AI services can interact with organizational information.

Understand DLP requirements for:

• Exchange
• SharePoint
• OneDrive
• Microsoft Teams
• Endpoints
• Microsoft Copilot
• Information Protection

Learn about:

• Sensitive information types
• Sensitivity labels
• Sensitivity label policies
• Information protection requirements
• Data Lifecycle Management

Understand:

• Retention labels
• Retention label policies
• Retention policies
• Data lifecycle requirements
• AI Data Security

Learn how to:

• Review DLP alerts
• Respond to DLP alerts involving Microsoft 365 AI services
• Monitor AI activity
• Use Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management

Domain 3: Manage and Secure AI Services in Microsoft 36 (35–40%)

It focuses on managing Microsoft 365 Copilot, AI agents, Agent 365, AI governance, usage, costs, and service health.

3.1 Enable and Manage Microsoft 365 Copilot

Learn how to assess:

• Tenant readiness
• Copilot readiness
• In-app experiences
• Organizational readiness for Copilot deployment
• Data Readiness

Understand how to identify and address:

• Data oversharing
• Data exposure
• Data leaks
• Compliance issues
• Inappropriate access
• Data readiness challenges
• Copilot Search

Configure and manage:

• Web search for Copilot
• Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
• Microsoft 365 Copilot Search
• Copilot Tenant Configuration

Understand settings related to:

• Self-service purchases
• Copilot administration
• Release preferences
• AI disclaimers
• Video generation
• Image generation
• Copilot User Experience

Learn how to:

• Manage Copilot experiences
• Configure user-facing Copilot capabilities
• Manage Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork
• Manage third-party AI providers
• Configure Copilot connectors

3.2 Implement and Manage Agents in Microsoft 365 and Agent 365

AI agents are a major component of the current AB-650 objectives.

Understand how to:

• Manage agent identity lifecycle workflows
• Use Microsoft Entra Agent ID
• Control agent identities
• Agent Access

Learn how to secure agent access using:

• Access packages
• Conditional Access
• Identity controls
• Agent Ownership

Understand:

• Agent ownership
• Owner management
• Administrative responsibilities
• Agent Configuration

Configure and manage:

• Allowed agent types
• Agent sharing
• Agent templates
• User access
• Agent availability
• Agent Registry

Learn how to:

• Discover Microsoft agents
• Discover third-party agents
• Manage agents in the registry
• Review agent requests
• Publish agents
• Reject agents
• Install agents
• Block agents
• Control agent access
• Upload custom agents
• Agent 365 Tools

3.3 Secure and Govern Agents Using Agent 365

As AI agents gain access to enterprise resources, administrators need visibility and governance mechanisms.

You will learn how to:

• Monitor agent activity
• Protect sensitive information
• Identify potential data risks
• Evaluate compliance gaps
• Apply governance controls
• Monitor AI-enabled activities

These capabilities help organizations maintain oversight as AI agents become more deeply integrated into Microsoft 365 environments.

3.4 Monitor AI Services in Microsoft 365

Learn how to:

• Monitor AI service costs
• Track AI-related usage
• Understand consumption patterns
• Support cost optimization
• Copilot Usage

Understand Microsoft 365 admin center reporting, including:

Copilot usage

• Workload-level adoption
• User adoption patterns
• AI service utilization
• Copilot Control System

Learn how to use the Copilot Control System to:

• Monitor AI adoption
• Monitor AI service usage
• Review service health
• Support AI administration at scale

AB-650 Exam Details

• Exam Code: AB-650
• Certification Level: Associate
• Job Role: Administrator
• Exam Language: English
• Passing Score: 700
• Retirement Date: None currently listed

Career Opportunities

The skills covered by AB-650 can support career opportunities across Microsoft 365 administration, cloud administration, identity, security, compliance, and AI operations.

Potential roles include:

• Microsoft 365 Administrator
• AI Services Administrator
• Microsoft 365 Cloud Administrator
• Microsoft 365 Support Engineer
• Cloud Administrator
• Identity and Access Administrator
• Microsoft 365 Security Administrator
• Microsoft Copilot Administrator
• AI Governance Administrator
• Cloud and Systems Administrator
• Microsoft 365 Consultant
• AI Operations Specialist

The certification itself is associated with the Administrator job role.