Get OAOTC Certified
Offensive Azure Operations and Tactics Certification Course
- Level > Beginner to Advanced
- Real world Azure attack and assessment labs
Operate inside Microsoft Azure the way real attackers and red teams do. OAOTC teaches how to enumerate, exploit, and abuse Azure and Entra ID environments using real engagement workflows. Students learn to compromise identities, abuse access controls, exploit misconfigurations, pivot across cloud and hybrid environments, and assess defensive controls inside a private Azure lab.
Certification Outcomes
- Become an officially certified Offensive Azure Operator, recognized by organizations performing Azure penetration tests, red team engagements, and cloud security assessments.
- All training, labs, and certification workflows are delivered through the White Knight Labs student portal. Students deploy, manage, reset, and destroy Azure lab environments directly through the portal while maintaining full control over their testing workflow.
Used by consultants, operators, and security teams that test real Azure environments.
What This Certification Course Delivers
The Offensive Azure Operations and Tactics Certification validates the ability to perform offensive security operations and configuration assessments in Microsoft Azure environments.
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Enumerate Azure and Entra ID environments
- Abuse authentication and authorization flows
- Exploit Azure RBAC and access misconfigurations
- Attack managed identities and service principals
- Perform lateral movement in cloud environments
- Pivot between Azure and hybrid resources
- Identify persistence mechanisms in Azure
- Produce a professional Azure security report
Student Portal, Lab Deployment, Budget, and Cost Controls
All students are onboarded into the White Knight Labs student portal where all OAOTC content is delivered in Markdown format.
The portal provides:
- Guided Azure lab deployment
- Centralized access to all course content
- Build, reset, and destroy controls
- Environment visibility and tracking
- Private isolated Azure environments
- Full control over testing workflows
Students interact with Azure environments exactly as they would during real engagements.
Azure Attack Platform Setup
The opening phase of OAOTC focuses on preparing an operator environment before attacking the Azure lab tenant. Students configure tooling, access, and workflows required to operate as a realistic Azure adversary.
The setup includes:
- Azure CLI and PowerShell tooling
- Entra ID enumeration workflows
- Identity and token handling
- Logging and detection awareness
- Cloud operational tradecraft
Once prepared, students execute real Azure attack paths.
Lab Environment Overview
OAOTC labs mirror real enterprise Azure and Entra ID deployments.
Includes:
- Azure tenants and subscriptions
- Entra ID users, groups, and roles
- Azure RBAC and policy configurations
- Azure services and workloads
- Hybrid identity and trust scenarios
Students perform full attack paths rather than isolated demonstrations.
Real World Defensive Targets
OAOTC is built around controls encountered during live Azure security assessments.
- Conditional Access policies
- Privileged Identity Management
- Logging and monitoring controls
- Identity protection mechanisms
These defensive targets reflect environments that challenged White Knight Labs operators during real client engagements.
Designed to Challenge Azure Operators
OAOTC is intentionally realistic.
Students will encounter:
- Permission boundaries
- Conditional access enforcement
- Partial exploitation failures
- Defensive controls requiring adaptation
Completion demonstrates the ability to:
- Think like an Azure adversary
- Abuse identity and access paths
- Perform realistic cloud post exploitation
- Lead Azure security testing engagements
Why OAOTC Exists
Most Azure training focuses on administration and configuration. Real attacks exploit identity relationships, permissions, and trust boundaries. OAOTC teaches how adversaries abuse Azure and Entra ID using the same methods White Knight Labs applies during real client engagements.
- Attack cloud identities instead of servers
- Abuse Entra ID and Azure RBAC relationships
- Exploit misconfigurations and weak policies
- Pivot between cloud and hybrid resources
The OAOTC Transformation
Before OAOTC
- Understands Azure from an admin perspective
- Relies on checklists and scanners
- Limited identity attack experience
- Unsure how attackers move in Azure
After OAOTC
- Enumerates real Azure attack surface
- Chains identity and access misconfigurations
- Exploits Entra ID and Azure services
- Leads Azure security assessments with confidence
Here's a sneak peek of your training experience
A sample video is available to provide a sneak peek into the certification course structure.
Table of Contents Preview Download
All course material is delivered through the student portal. For transparency, students may download the Table of Contents to review the scope of topics covered prior to enrollment.
OAOTC Focus Areas
Hands on training across:
- Azure and Entra ID fundamentals
- Identity enumeration and abuse
- Authentication and authorization attacks
- Azure RBAC exploitation
- Managed identity abuse
- Cloud lateral movement
- Persistence techniques
- Configuration assessment and reporting
Built From Real Engagements
Every major lab was derived from techniques and challenges encountered during White Knight Labs Azure assessments and red team operations.
- Identity abuse seen in clients
- Misconfigurations from real tenants
- Hybrid attack scenarios
- Reporting aligned to delivered work
Who This Course Is For
Who This Course Is Not For
- Cloud penetration testers
- Red team operators moving into Azure
- Consultants assessing Azure environments
- Security engineers defending Azure
- Theory only learners
- Multiple choice certification seekers
- Zero cloud experience
How OAOTC Is Different
Most Azure courses teach configuration. OAOTC teaches exploitation and assessment. Students learn how attackers abuse Azure environments and how defenders can detect and mitigate those attacks.
Certification Exam Requirements
The exam is performance based and completed inside a live Azure environment.
Students must:
- Enumerate Azure attack surface
- Exploit identity and access paths
- Demonstrate impact
- Capture required flags
- Submit a professional certification report
What You Receive
- Lifetime course access
- Ongoing content updates
- Private Azure lab environments
- Student portal automation
- Discord support
- One exam voucher
- Official OAOTC certification
Enrollment Information
On demand certification.
Progress at your own pace.
All content and lab management handled through the student portal.
Certified for Real World Azure Operations
- Validated Azure Offensive Expertise
- Proves ability to exploit real Azure environments
- Badge reflects practical execution, not attendance
- Demonstrates identity and access abuse mastery
- Industry Recognition & Trust
- Built by active red team operators
- Used by teams testing Azure environments
- Signals real world Azure security proficiency
- Independent Operator Mindset
- Performance based labs and flags
- Independent problem solving
- Documented in a professional report
Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q)
Is OAOTC beginner friendly
- Yes. OAOTC is designed as a beginner to advanced certification course. Students new to Azure can start with foundational concepts, while experienced practitioners can move directly into advanced identity and access attack paths.
What prior knowledge is recommended
- Basic familiarity with cloud concepts, Azure fundamentals, and scripting (PowerShell or Azure CLI) is recommended. Prior penetration testing or red team experience is helpful but not required.
What is the student portal
- The student portal is the central platform where all OAOTC content, labs, and certification workflows are managed. All course materials are delivered in Markdown format and accessed through the portal.
How do students access the lab environments
- Students deploy and manage their own Azure lab environments through the student portal using their Azure tenant and subscription. The portal guides deployment and provides visibility into the environment.
Are lab environments shared with other students
- No. Each student deploys and controls a private, isolated Azure environment.
Can I reset or rebuild the lab environment
- Yes. Students can destroy, rebuild, and redeploy the Azure lab environment at any time through the portal.
Do I need my own Azure account
- Yes. Students must have an Azure tenant with an active subscription. Certain labs require Entra ID P2 features.
Does this course incur Azure costs
- Yes. Students are responsible for Azure usage costs incurred while running labs.
Does the student portal track Azure cost
- The portal provides guidance and visibility to help students understand lab usage. Students should configure budgets and cost alerts within Azure to manage spend.
Will White Knight Labs have access to my Azure tenant
- No. White Knight Labs does not require administrative access to student Azure tenants. Students maintain full control over their environment.
Does OAOTC include real world Azure attack scenarios
- Yes. OAOTC is built around real attack paths, identity abuse techniques, and misconfigurations observed during White Knight Labs Azure assessments.
What Azure services are covered
- The course covers Azure and Entra ID fundamentals, RBAC abuse, managed identities, service principals, conditional access, PIM, and hybrid identity scenarios.
Does OAOTC include defensive controls
- Yes. Labs include conditional access policies, PIM, logging, and identity protection mechanisms similar to production environments.
Is this course self paced or instructor led
- OAOTC is a fully self paced, on demand certification course.
Where is student support provided
- Support is provided through Discord. Students can ask questions, collaborate with peers, and receive guidance from instructors.
How often is OAOTC updated
- OAOTC is updated regularly to reflect changes in Azure services, attack techniques, and defensive controls.
How long do I have access to the course
- Course and portal access does not expire at this time and remains available for the life of the certification.
Is there a certification exam
- Yes. OAOTC includes a performance based certification exam completed inside a live Azure environment.
How long is the certification exam
- The exam is 48 hours long, followed by an additional 48 hours to submit the professional certification report.
Does the exam voucher expire
- No. One exam voucher is included with the course and does not expire.
What is required to pass the exam
- Students must enumerate the Azure environment, exploit identity and access paths, demonstrate impact, capture required flags, and submit a professional certification report.
Is OAOTC designed to be challenging
- Yes. OAOTC is intentionally realistic. Students will encounter permission boundaries, conditional access enforcement, and defensive controls that require analysis and adaptation.
Can I use these techniques in production environments
- No. All labs are isolated environments. Students should never test production systems without explicit authorization.
What language is the course delivered in
- English is the only supported language at this time. Browser based translation tools may assist but are not officially supported.
