AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Exam Resources

Overview
The following resources have been assembled to help you prepare for the AZ-900
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals learning track during Microsoft Certification Week.

How to use this guide

Each user brings a unique set of knowledge and skills to your Microsoft Certification
Week experience. Please identify and utilize the relevant links within this
document to help you develop deeper understanding in those specific topic areas
where you feel you need additional training. It is not required nor intended that an
individual should leverage all the resources in this guide to participate in the event.

Contents
AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals exam resources ............................................................... 1
Overview....................................................................................................................................................... 1
How to use this guide ............................................................................................................................. 1
Audience profile for the exam .............................................................................................................. 2
Preparing with an Azure subscription ............................................................................................... 2
Self-study resources links aligned by exam objective ................................................................. 3
Describe cloud concepts (20-25%)  ................................................................................................ 3
Describe core Azure services (15-20%)  ........................................................................................ 4
Describe Core Solutions and Management Tools on Azure ................................................. 6
 Describe General Security and Network Security Features ................................................... 7
Describe Identity, Governance, Privacy, and Compliance Features (20-25%)  ................ 8
Describe Azure cost management and Service Level Agreements (10-15%) ............... 10
Virtual Training Series for AZ 900 – Azure Fundamentals........................................................ 11
Microsoft Learning Path ....................................................................................................................... 11
Additional on-demand training from Microsoft Learn ............................................................. 11

Audience profile for the exam

Candidates for this exam should have foundational knowledge of cloud services and
how those services are provided with Microsoft Azure. The exam is intended for
candidates who are just beginning to work with cloud-based solutions and services or
are new to Azure.
Azure Fundamentals exam is an opportunity to prove knowledge of cloud concepts,
Azure services, Azure workloads, security and privacy in Azure, as well as Azure pricing
and support.
Candidates should be familiar with the general technology concepts, including concepts
of networking, storage, compute, application support, and application development.
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.

Preparing with an Azure subscription

It is highly recommended when preparing for a Microsoft exam, that you have had some
level of hands-on experience with the services within the objectives. Microsoft courses
have a GitHub repository for labs that are recommended and available to the public.
• Azure Free Trial:
Create your Azure free account today | Microsoft Azure
• Suggested Lab Guides:
https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/AZ-900T0x-MicrosoftAzureFundamentals
Self-study resources links aligned by exam objective
The following links have been curated by Microsoft’s learning partners as study
resources aligned by exam objective.

Objective: Describe cloud concepts (20-25%) 

Identify the benefits and considerations of using cloud services 
• Identify the benefits of cloud computing, such as high availability, scalability,
elasticity, agility, and disaster recovery 
• Top benefits of cloud computing 
• Examples of cloud computing 
• Identify the differences between Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operational
Expenditure (OpEx) 
•  Cloud Concepts – Principles of cloud computing 
• Describe the consumption-based model 
• Azure pricing 
Describe the differences between categories of cloud services 
• Describe the shared responsibility model 
• Shared responsibility in the cloud 
• Describe Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) 
• What is IaaS? 
• Describe Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) 
• What is PaaS? 
• Describe serverless computing 
• Serverless computing 
• Describe Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) 
• What is SaaS? 
• Identify a service type based on a use case 
• What are the different types of cloud computing services? 
Describe the differences between types of cloud computing 
• Define cloud computing 
• The Definition of Cloud Computing (thomasmaurer.ch) 
• Describe public cloud 
• Learn more about public cloud computing 
• Describe private cloud 
• Learn more about private cloud computing 
• Describe hybrid cloud 
• Learn more about hybrid cloud computing 
• Compare and contrast the three types of cloud computing 
• What are public, private, and hybrid clouds? 

Objective: Describe core Azure services (15-20%) 

Describe the core Azure architectural components 
• Describe the benefit and usage of Regions and Region Pairs 
• Azure global infrastructure 
• Azure regions 
• Describe the benefit and usage of Availability Zones 
• What are Availability Zones in Azure? 
• Describe the benefit and usage of Resource Groups 
• Azure Resource Manager overview 
• Describe the benefit and usage of Subscriptions 
• Azure subscription and service limits, quotas, and constraints 
• Describe the benefit and usage of Management Groups 
• Organize your resources with Azure management groups 
• Describe the benefit and usage of Azure Resource Manager 
• Azure Resource Manager overview 
• Explain Azure resources 
• Azure resource providers and types 
Describe core resources available in Azure 
• Describe benefits/usage of Virtual Machines, Azure App Services, Azure Container
Instances (ACI), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Windows Virtual Desktop 
• Azure Compute 
• Virtual Machines 
• App Service 
• Container Instances 
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) 
• Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) 
• Describe benefits/usage of Virtual Networks, VPN Gateway, Virtual network
peering, and Express Route 
• Networking 
• Virtual Network and Virtual network peering 
• About Azure VPN gateway 
• Azure ExpressRoute 
• Describe benefits/usage of Container (Blob), Disk, File Storage, and storage tiers 
• Storage 
• Blob Storage 
• Disk 
• File 
• Azure Blob storage: hot, cool, and archive access tiers 
• Describe benefits/usage of Cosmos DB, Azure SQL Database, Azure Database for
MySQL, and Azure Database for PostgreSQL, and SQL Managed Instance 
• Welcome to Azure Cosmos DB 
• Azure SQL Database 
• Azure Database for MySQL 
• Azure Database for PostgreSQL 
• What is Azure SQL Managed Instance? 
• Describe the benefits and usage of Azure Marketplace 
• Azure Marketplace 
Objective: Describe Core Solutions and Management Tools on Azure
(10-15%) 
Describe core solutions available on Azure 
• Describe the benefits and usage of IoT Hub, IoT Central, and Azure Sphere 
• IoT Hub 
• IoT Central 
• Azure Sphere 
• Describe the benefits and usage of Azure Synapse Analytics, HDInsight, and
Azure Databricks 
• Azure Synapse Analytics 
• HDInsight 
• Azure Databricks 
• Describe the benefits and usage of Azure Machine Learning, Cognitive Services,
and Azure Bot Service 
• Azure Machine Learning 
• Cognitive Services 
• Azure Bot Service 
• Describe the benefits and usage of serverless computing solutions that include
Azure Functions and Logic Apps 
• Azure Functions 
• Logic Apps 
• Describe solutions for software development including Azure DevOps, GitHub,
GitHub Actions, and Azure DevTest Labs 
• Azure DevOps 
• GitHub 
• GitHub Actions 
• Azure DevTest Labs 
• Describe Azure management tools 
 • Describe the functionality and usage of the Azure Portal, Azure PowerShell, Azure
CLI, Cloud Shell, and Azure Mobile App 
• Azure Portal 
• Azure PowerShell 
• Azure PowerShell (ThomasMaurer.ch) 
• Azure CLI 
• Azure CLI (ThomasMaurer.ch) 
• Cloud Shell 
• Cloud Shell (ThomasMaurer.ch) 
• Azure Mobile App 
• Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Advisor 
• Azure Advisor 
• Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
templates 
• What are ARM templates? 
• Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Monitor 
• Azure Monitor 
• Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Service Health 
• Azure Service Health
 

Objective: Describe General Security and Network Security Features

(10-15%) 
Describe Azure security features 
• Describe basic features of Azure Security Center, including policy compliance,
security alerts, secure score, and resource hygiene 
• Azure Security Center 
• Describe the functionality and usage of Key Vault 
• Key Vault 
• Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Sentinel 
• Azure Sentinel 
 • Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Dedicated Hosts 
• Azure Dedicated Hosts 
Describe Azure network security 
• Describe the concept of defense in depth 
• Azure network security overview 
• Describe the functionality and usage of Network Security Groups (NSG) 
• Network Security Groups (NSG) 
• Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Firewall 
• Azure Firewall 
• Describe the functionality and usage of Azure DDoS protection 
• Azure DDoS Protection 

Objective: Describe Identity, Governance, Privacy, and Compliance

Features (20-25%) 
Describe core Azure identity services 
• Explain the difference between authentication and authorization 
• Windows Authentication Concepts 
• Define Azure Active Directory 
• Azure Active Directory 
• Describe the functionality and usage of Conditional Access, Multi-Factor
Authentication (MFA), and Single Sign-On (SSO) 
• Conditional Access 
• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) 
• What is single sign-on (SSO)? 
Describe Azure governance features 
• Describe the functionality and usage of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) 
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) 
• Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Policy 
• Azure Policy 
• Azure Policy (ThomasMaurer.ch) 
 • Describe the functionality and usage of resource locks 
• resource locks 
• resource locks (ThomasMaurer.ch)
• Describe the functionality and usage of tags 
• Azure tags 
• Azure Tags (ThomasMaurer.ch) 
• Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Blueprints 
• Azure Blueprints 
• Describe the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure 
• What is the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure? 
Describe privacy and compliance resources 
• Describe the Microsoft core tenets of Security, Privacy, and Compliance 
• Introduction to Azure security 
• Strengthen your security posture with Azure 
• Azure data privacy and protection 
• Azure compliance 
• Describe the purpose of the Microsoft Privacy Statement, Online Services Terms
(OST) and Data Protection Amendment (DPA) 
• Microsoft Privacy Statement 
• Online Services Terms (OST) 
• Privacy: It’s all about you 
• Describe the purpose of the Trust Center 
• Microsoft Trust Center 
• Describe the purpose of the Azure compliance documentation 
• Azure compliance documentation 
• Describe the purpose of Azure Sovereign Regions (Azure Government cloud
services and Azure China cloud services) 
• National clouds 
• Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet 
• What is Azure Government? 
Objective: Describe Azure cost management and Service Level
Agreements (10-15%) 
Describe methods for planning and managing costs 
• Identify factors that can affect costs (resource types, services, locations, ingress
and egress traffic) 
• Azure pricing 
• Identify factors that can reduce costs (reserved instances, reserved capacity,
hybrid use benefit, spot pricing) 
• Tutorial: Optimize costs from recommendations 
• Save costs on Azure (ThomasMaurer.ch) 
• Describe the functionality and usage of the Pricing calculator and the Total Cost
of Ownership (TCO) calculator 
• Pricing calculator 
• TCO calculator 
• Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Cost Management 
• What is Azure Cost Management + Billing? 
Describe Azure Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and service lifecycles 
• Describe the purpose of an Azure Service Level Agreement (SLA) 
• Service Level Agreements 
• SLA summary for Azure services 
• Identify actions that can impact an SLA (i.e. Availability Zones) 
• Overview of the reliability pillar 
• Describe the service lifecycle in Azure (Public Preview and General Availability) 
• Lifecycle FAQ – Microsoft Azure 
• Supplemental Terms of Use for Microsoft Azure Previews 
Virtual Training Series for AZ 900 – Azure Fundamentals
This online course will provide foundational level knowledge of cloud services and how
those services are provided with Microsoft Azure. The course can be taken as an
optional first step in learning about cloud services and Microsoft Azure, before taking
further Microsoft Azure or Microsoft cloud services courses. This course will also prepare
you for the AZ-900 exam.
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Virtual Training Series
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Microsoft Learning Path

The Microsoft Learning Path for AZ-900 – Microsoft Azure Fundamentals provides
online courses and resources to help you gain the skills you need to get certified:
AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Learning Path

Additional on-demand training from Microsoft Learn

New to the cloud? Azure fundamentals is a six-part series that teaches you basic cloud
concepts, provides a streamlined overview of many Azure services, and guides you with
hands-on exercises to deploy your very first services for free.
• Azure Fundamentals part 1: Describe core Azure Concepts
• Azure Fundamentals part 2: Describe core Azure Services
• Azure Fundamentals part 3: Describe core solutions and management tools on
Azure
• Azure Fundamentals part 4: Describe general security and network security
features
• Azure Fundamentals part 5: Describe identity, governance, privacy, and
compliance features
• Azure Fundamentals part 6: Describe Azure cost management and service level
agreements