AZ-900 Study Guide : Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

Professionals must be familiar with cloud computing platforms like Microsoft Azure since cloud computing has become a crucial component of enterprises in today's rapid digital environment. The AZ-900 certification is an entry-level credential that verifies a candidate's basic understanding of Azure cloud services and serves as a solid starting point for more advanced credentials within the Azure ecosystem.

The AZ-900 exam format, structure, and preparation advice will all be covered in this blog. We'll go into the exam goals and go through the fundamentals of Azure cloud computing that you'll need to be familiar with to pass the certification test. In addition, we'll supply you with a list of all the questions we'll be answering.

This blog will serve as a resource to assist you in getting ready for the AZ-900 certification exam, whether you are a business professional, a developer, or an IT administrator trying to improve your understanding of Azure cloud computing. So we're going to get going and learn more about Microsoft Azure Fundamentals.

How the AZ-900 Exam is structured

• Exam Cost : 99$
• Pass score is 700 out of 900
• Exam consists of around 60 questions and most of them are multiple choice. You can review questions and later get back to them.
• Scheduling the exam can be done from the Microsoft official AZ-900 page here
• Keep in mind that Fundamentals certificates, like The AZ-900 Microsoft: Azure Fundamentals, are valid as long as the underlying technology is still in use. As opposed to role-based  certificates, which must be renewed annually.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/certifications/exams/az-900/

 

Microsoft AZ-900: Exam Objectives

The Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Exam AZ-900 validates your fundamental understanding of cloud technology and the way Microsoft Azure offers cloud services, regardless of your position. The AZ-900 exam is intended for candidates who wish to show that they have a basic understanding of cloud services and how Microsoft Azure offers these services. This exam is intended for not technical individuals who work in marketing, sales, or buying for cloud based products or who otherwise interact with them in any manner. Technically savvy candidates may also take this exam to show that they comprehend cloud-based services and solutions.

Study resources for the AZ-900 Exam

Here are a couple helpful resources to aid with your certification preparation.

The best place to learn about Azure  is Microsoft Learn. All the subjects you need to know for the exam are covered in free, flexible courses on Microsoft Learn. The Azure Fundamentals learning route is available. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/certifications/exams/az-900/

Azure Fundamentals Topics Breakdown

Here are all the topics and modules that are covered in the exam

Describe cloud concepts – Module 1

Here is the break down of this module topics

Describe cloud computing

This module gives general info about what is cloud computing, cloud concepts, the different type of azure models and also what is shared responsibility in Azure cloud

• Introduction to Azure  - Introduction to cloud computing
• What is Azure Cloud - What is cloud computing
• The shared responsibility model - shared responsibility model
• Different type of cloud models - Define cloud models
• The consumption based model  - consumption-based model

Describe the benefits of using cloud services

This module explains what are the benefits of using cloud computing in your organization

• The benefits of high availability and scalability in the cloud  - high availability and scalability in the cloud

The benefits of reliability in the cloud - reliability and predictability in the cloud

The benefits of cloud security Security and governance in the cloud

The benefits of manageability Manageability in the cloud

Describe cloud service types

This part gives info about the types of cloud service and gives live real world examples of use cases and why should you consider using each service

• What is infrastructure as a service Describe Infrastructure as a Service
• What is Platform as a service  Describe Platform as a Service
• What is Software as a service   Describe Software as a Service

Describe Azure architecture and services - Module 2

This is the second learning path in the AZ-900 course. It explores some azure architecture and gives information about some of the services and resources available.

Describe the core architectural components of Azure

• What is Azure and what does it has to offer What is Microsoft Azure
• What are Azure accounts and how to get started Azure accounts
• Practice Azure Sandbox Explore the Learn sandbox
• What is Azure physical infrastructure Describe Azure physical infrastructure
• What is Azure management What is Azure management infrastructure

Describe Azure compute and networking services

This part explains some services and networking options that are available when using azure.

• Overview of azure virtual machines in the Cloud Azure Virtual Machines
• Virtual machine exercise , you will need azure sandbox account for this , details are in the link Exercise - Azure VM
• What is Azure virtual Desktop  Azure Virtual Desktop
• What are Azure Containers Describe Azure Containers
• What are Azure functions – Serverless computing , and benefits of azure functions Azure Functions
• What is application hosting Application hosting options

How does Azure networking works – virtual networks , router options etc,  Azure Virtual Networking

• Practice for virtual networks Exercise - network access
• VPN gateways , failover, zone gateways and more Azure Virtual Private Networks
• What is ExpressRoute , Global connectivity and how does it work What is  Azure ExpressRoute
• What is  Azure DNS benefits , reliability and secutiry Describe Azure DNS

Describe Azure storage services

This part gives you information about different Azure storage options and how azure distributed storage can help you

• What are the different storage account types , Geo Zones and different type of endpoints such as Blob , Data Lake And Azure files  Azure storage accounts
• Local and regional redundancy options Azure storage redundancy
• Azure storage options : Blobs, Files, Disk queues and azure Disks  Azure storage services
• What is identity data migrations data migration options
• AZ copy, AZ file sync and storage explorer Azure file movement

Describe Azure identity, access, and security

This topics covers areas of authentication options and authorization in Azure

• Introduction to Azure Active Directory and what its used for Azure directory services (Azure AD)
• Single sign on , multifactor authentication , Microsoft authentication and more Types of Azure authentication methods
• B2B collaboration , and Azure AD B2C what are Azure external identities
• How Can conditional Access help system IT administrator Azure conditional access
• How can role based access be applied to different resources Azure role-based access control
• Adjusting to the zero trust approach  Azure zero trust model
• Defense in depth and different type of network layers Azure defense-in-depth
• How to defend different type of resources Microsoft Defender

Describe Azure management and governance -  Module 3

This module helps you mange cloud and on premises resources

Describe cost management in Azure

• Different type of cost factors , consumption maintenance and more Azure costs factors
• Introduction to pricing calculators comparison of  the Pricing and Total Cost calculators
• Exercise for estimation of costs Exercise -  Pricing calculator
• Exercise for estimation of costs using the TSO calculator Exercise -  TCO calculator
• What is cost management? Cost Management tool
• How to manage resource tags and why do you need them purpose of tags

Describe features and tools in Azure for governance and compliance

• What are blueprints and artifacts and how they can help monitor deployments purpose of Azure Blueprints
• How can azure policy define other policies The need for Azure Policy
• Type of resource locks and how to manage them The need for resource locks
• How to access the service trust portal Service Trust portal

Describe features and tools for managing and deploying Azure resources

• Azure portal , Azure PowerShell and Azure CLI tools for interacting in Azure
• What can you do outside Azure The need of Azure Arc
• What are resources manager benefits and ARM templates Resource Manager and ARM templates

Describe monitoring tools in Azure

This part helps you cover the tools which can use to monitor the azure cloud assets

• The need for azure advisor , and how it can help reliability , security , performance and more The need for Azure Advisor
• Service help and global manage of all resources health Azure Service Health
• Azure monitor , analyzing data and how to visualize all the different information The Azure Monitor

 

How to Practice For the AZ-900 exam in the final days before the exam?

Besides the official guides of Microsoft , we offer a free practice exam for the AZ-900 Exam. No matter how to learn for the exam you must allocate 2-3 days to over these questions

Once you finished learning go ahead and check out our free az-900 practice exam