How to prepare for Microsoft Business Exams

Note

Best for business users and power users, with a focus on understanding basic concepts or your ability to use an end user tool.

Tip

Use Navigating Microsoft Certification Study Materials to choose between courses, documentation, videos, and practice tests. The exam study-material collections provide links for individual exams.

These are the easier exams Microsoft offers. They are not technical, don’t require any previous knowledge or experience. All information you need to know is generally in the Microsoft Learn course or it is just common sense.

Study Time

Plan for 1 to 3 weeks of focused prep, depending on your familiarity with the product and business scenarios.

Where do I start

Study Guide

Tip

https://aka.ms/examcode-studyguide (for example: https://aka.ms/ab730-studyguide)

The Study Guide is the only document that actually outlines what is on the exam. It is the source of truth for what is on the exam and it should be a core part of your preparation journey. Always reference it so you stay focused on relevant exam topics and avoid getting sidetracked.

How to prepare

These are non-technical exams aimed at business users:

• Only AB-730 is a business exam that requires some sort of hands-on experience, in this case with Microsoft 365 Copilot. See How to lab for Microsoft Exams if you need help finding a practice environment.

• AB-731 is an exam that can be basically passed just by using your common sense. It is not hard. In case you are not familiar with the core concepts these 2 exams cover, feel free to go through the Microsoft Learn course.