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The Azure Security Engineer Certification has retired

Alexandru Tepes
Alexandru TepesFounder
1 min read
Sep 14, 2026

Microsoft officially retired the Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500) certification on August 31st. As a result, the AZ-500 bundle is no longer available for purchase on ZeroToArchitect.

Everyone who previously purchased either the AZ-500 bundle or the All Access Bundle will continue to have indefinite access to all existing AZ-500 practice exams and learning materials included with the purchase.

There is nothing that you need to do, and you can continue accessing the content from the dashboard whenever you need it.

Happy studying!

Alexandru Tepes
Founder of ZeroToArchitect


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