Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Exam

The Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Exam has been developed to measures the skills and ability of the candidate of the concepts  including Cloud concepts, Azure architecture and services and Azure management and governance. Candidates taking the exam should have an understanding of the general technology concepts, including concepts of networking, storage, compute, application support, and application development.  The Microsoft Azure Fundamentals can be used to prepare for other Azure role-based or specialty certifications, but it is not a prerequisite for any of them.

Who should take the Microsoft AZ-900 Exam?

The candidates taking the AZ-900 exam should have foundational knowledge of cloud services and how those services are provided with Microsoft Azure. The exam is suitable for candidates who are just beginning to work with cloud-based solutions and services or are new to Azure.

Roles and Responsibilities

The candidate taking the AZ-900 exam should have the skills to - 

• Describe Azure architectural components and Azure services including compute, networking, and storage
• Describe features and tools to secure, govern, and administer Azure.
• Work with an area of infrastructure management, database management, or software development.

Exam Details of Microsoft AZ-900 

• Exam Code: AZ-900
• Exam Name: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
• Exam Languages: English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, Spanish, German, French, Indonesian (Indonesia), Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Chinese (Traditional), Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian
• Exam Questions: 40-60 Questions
• Passing Score: 700 or greater (On a scale 1 - 1000)

AZ-900 Exam Course Outline 

The Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Exam covers the given topics  - 

Module 1 - Understand and describe cloud concepts (25–30%)

1.1 Learn to describe cloud computing

• Explain cloud computing
• Explain the shared responsibility model
• Explain cloud models, including public, private, and hybrid
• Explain and identify appropriate use cases for each cloud model
• Explain the consumption-based model
• Explain and Compare cloud pricing models

1.2 Learn the benefits of using cloud services

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

1.3 Learn cloud service types

• Describe infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
• Describe platform as a service (PaaS)
• Describe software as a service (SaaS)
• Identify appropriate use cases for each cloud service (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)

Module 2 - Understand Azure architecture and services (35–40%)

2.1 Describe the core architectural components of Azure

• Describe Azure regions, region pairs, and sovereign regions
• Describe availability zones
  
• Describe Azure datacenters
  
• Describe Azure resources and resource groups
  
• Describe subscriptions
  
• Describe management groups
  
• Describe the hierarchy of resource groups, subscriptions, and management groups
  

2.2 Describe Azure compute and networking services

• Explain and Compare compute types, including container instances, virtual machines (VMs), and functions
• Explain VM options, including Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets, availability sets, and Azure Virtual Desktop
• Explain resources required for virtual machines
• Explain application hosting options, including the Web Apps feature of Azure App Service, containers, and virtual machines
• Explain virtual networking, including the purpose of Azure Virtual Networks, Azure virtual subnets, peering, Azure DNS, Azure VPN Gateway, and Azure ExpressRoute
• Define public and private endpoints

2.3 Learn Azure storage services

• Explain and Compare Azure storage services
• Explain storage tiers
• Explain redundancy options
• Explain storage account options and storage types
• Explain and identify options for moving files, including AzCopy, Azure Storage Explorer, and Azure File Sync
• Explain migration options, including Azure Migrate and Azure Data Box

2.4 Learn Azure identity, access, and security

• Explain directory services in Azure, including Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), part of Microsoft Entra and Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS)
• Explain authentication methods in Azure, including single sign-on (SSO), multifactor authentication, and passwordless
• Explain external identities and guest access in Azure
• Explain Conditional Access in Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), part of Microsoft Entra
• Explain Azure role-based access control (RBAC)
• Explain the concept of Zero Trust
• Explain the purpose of the defense in depth model
• Explain the purpose of Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Module 3 - Understand Azure management and governance (30–35%)

3.1 Learn cost management in Azure

• Explain factors that can affect costs in Azure
• Explain and compare the Pricing calculator and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator
• Explain the Azure Cost Management and Billing tool
• Explain the purpose of tags

3.2 Learn features and tools in Azure for governance and compliance

• Explain the purpose of Azure Blueprints
• Explain the purpose of Azure Policy
• Explain the purpose of resource locks
• Explain the purpose of the Service Trust Portal

3.2 Learn features and tools for managing and deploying Azure resources

• Explain the Azure portal
• Explain Azure Cloud Shell, including Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell
• Explain the purpose of Azure Arc
• Explain Azure Resource Manager and Azure Resource Manager templates (ARM templates)

3.3 Learn monitoring tools in Azure

• Explain the purpose of Azure Advisor
• Explain Azure Service Health
• Explain Azure Monitor, including Log Analytics, Azure Monitor alerts, and Application Insights

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