Test / Eksamen: Administer Microsoft 365 and AI services (AB-650)

As a candidate for this Microsoft Certification, you configure, manage, secure, and govern Microsoft 365 tenants, workloads, and AI services, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, agents, and connected AI capabilities.

You enable secure, compliant, and scalable productivity across the organization by governing data access, protecting information, and supporting collaboration between users and agents. You operate and continuously optimize Microsoft 365 and AI services at enterprise scale, helping to ensure reliable and effective outcomes in an AI-powered workplace.

As a Microsoft 365 and AI services administrator, you collaborate with architects and administrators across workloads, infrastructure, identity, security, compliance, endpoints, and applications.

Updated August 2026

Candidates should be able to:

• Configure and manage Microsoft 365 tenants and workloads.
• Govern and secure Microsoft 365 environments.
• Manage and secure AI services, including Microsoft 365 Copilot.
• Implement data governance, compliance, and information protection controls.
• Optimize Microsoft 365 and AI services to support secure and productive AI adoption.

Module 1: Configure and manage Microsoft 365 tenants and workloads

• Provision and brand a Microsoft 365 tenant
• License Microsoft 365 and AI services at scale
• Keep a Microsoft 365 tenant resilient and healthy
• Configure Exchange Online and Microsoft Teams workloads
• Govern SharePoint and OneDrive for Microsoft 365 Copilot

Module 2: Govern and secure Microsoft 365 tenants and workloads

• Provision and govern identities in Microsoft Entra
• Implement authentication and access in Microsoft Entra
• Secure email and collaboration with Microsoft Defender for Office 365
• Protect information with Microsoft Purview information protection
• Prevent data loss and govern the data lifecycle with Microsoft Purview

Module 3: Manage and secure Microsoft 365 AI services

• Assess readiness and roll out Microsoft 365 Copilot
• Configure Microsoft 365 Copilot settings and extensibility
• Establish agent identities and secure access with Microsoft Entra Agent ID
• Curate and control agents with the Agent Registry and Agent 365 tools
• Monitor and manage agents with Microsoft Agent 365
• Govern agents using Agent 365
• Monitor and optimize Microsoft 365 AI services

For this exam, you should have experience with Microsoft 365 workloads and Microsoft Entra ID, an understanding of Defender XDR capabilities, and familiarity with Microsoft Graph PowerShell.