Exam Prep: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Learn the basic concepts of cloud computing and infrastructure management as you prepare to tackle the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) certification exam.

Introduction

• Get certified in Azure and stand out professionally
• What you need to know

1. Overview

• The AZ-900 exam: Microsoft Azure fundamentals

2. Cloud Computing

• What is cloud computing?
• The shared responsibility model
• Public cloud
• Private cloud
• Hybrid cloud
• The consumption-based model in cloud computing
• Cloud pricing models
• Understanding the serverless model

3. Benefits of Using Cloud Services

• Benefits of high availability
• Benefits of scalability
• Benefits of reliability and predictability in the cloud
• Benefits of security and governance in the cloud
• Benefits of manageability in the cloud

4. Cloud Service Types

• Understanding Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Understanding Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Understanding Software as a Service (SaaS)

5. Core Architectural Components of Azure

• Regions, regional pairs, and sovereign regions in Azure
• What are the availability zones in Azure?
• Azure datacenters
• Resources and resource groups
• Understanding subscriptions in Azure
• What are management groups in Azure?

6. Compute and Networking Services

• Virtual machine services
• Azure Virtual Desktop
• Container services
• Application hosting services
• Azure Functions
• Networking services

7. Storage Services

• Storage services in Azure
• Understanding Blob storage tiers
• Understanding redundancy options
• Understanding storage account options and storage types
• Options and tools for moving files in Azure
• Migration options and tools in Azure

8. Identity, Access, and Security

• Understanding the Directory services in Azure
• Authentication methods in Azure
• External identities and guest access
• Describing how Conditional Access works in Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory)
• Understanding role-based access control (RBAC) in Azure
• Zero Trust model
• What is defense in depth?
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud

9. Cost Management

• The factors that can affect costs in Azure
• Exploring the Pricing and TCO calculators for Azure
• Azure Cost Management and Billing tool
• How Tags work in Azure

10. Features and Tools for Governance and Compliance

• Understanding Microsoft Purview in Azure
• How resource locks work in Azure

11. Features and Tools for Managing and Deploying Resources

• Understanding the Azure Portal
• Azure Cloud Shell, Azure CLI, and Azure PowerShell
• Exploring the main features of Azure Arc
• What are Azure Resource Manager and ARM templates?
• Understanding Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

12. Monitoring Tools

• Identifying the purpose of Azure Advisor
• Identifying the purpose of Azure Service Health
• Identifying the purpose of Azure Monitor

Conclusion

• Next steps