Microsoft Azure Fundamentals examen (AZ-900) (2024)

Understand Cloud Concepts (15-20%)

• Describe the benefits and considerations of using cloud services
  • Understand terms such as High Availability, Scalability, Elasticity, Agility, Fault Tolerance, and Disaster Recovery
  • Understand the principles of economies of scale
  • Understand the differences between Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operational Expenditure (OpEx)
  • Understand the consumption-based model
• Describe the differences between Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
  • Describe Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
  • Describe Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
  • Describe Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
  • Compare and contrast the three different service types
• Describe the differences between Public, Private and Hybrid cloud models
  • Describe Public cloud
  • Describe Private cloud
  • Describe Hybrid cloud
  • Compare and contrast the three different cloud models

Understand Core Azure Services (30-35%)

• Understand the core Azure architectural components
  • Describe Regions
  • Describe Availability Zones
  • Describe Resource Groups
  • Describe Azure Resource Manager
  • Describe the benefits and usage of core Azure architectural components
• Describe some of the core products available in Azure
  • Describe products available for Compute such as Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, App Service and Functions
  • Describe products available for Networking such as Virtual Network, Load Balancer, VPN Gateway, Application Gateway and Content Delivery Network
  • Describe products available for Storage such as Blob Storage, Disk Storage, File Storage, and Archive Storage
  • Describe products available for Databases such as CosmosDB, Azure SQL Database, Azure Database Migration service, and Azure SQL Data Warehouse
  • Describe the Azure Marketplace and its usage scenarios
• Describe some of the solutions available on Azure
  • Describe Internet of Things (IoT) and products that are available for IoT on Azure such as IoT Fundamentals, IoT Hub and IoT Central
  • Describe Big Data and Analytics and products that are available for Big Data and Analytics such as SQL Data Warehouse, HDInsight and Data Lake Analytics
  • Describe Artificial Intelligence (AI) and products that are available for AI such as Azure Machine Learning Service and Studio
  • Describe Serverless computing and Azure products that are available for serverless computing such as Azure Functions, Logic Apps and App grid
  • Describe the benefits and outcomes of using Azure solutions
• Understand Azure management tools
  • Understand Azure tools such as Azure CLI, PowerShell, and the Azure Portal
  • Understand Azure Advisor

Understand Security, Privacy, Compliance, and Trust (25-30%)

• Understand securing network connectivity in Azure
  • Describe Azure Firewall
  • Describe Azure DDoS Protection
  • Describe Network Security Group (NSG)
  • Choose an appropriate Azure security solution
• Describe core Azure Identity services
  • Understand the difference between authentication and authorization
  • Describe Azure Active Directory
  • Describe Azure Multi-Factor Authentication
• Describe security tools and features of Azure
  • Describe Azure Security
  • Understand Azure Security center usage scenarios
  • Describe Key Vault
  • Describe Azure Information Protection (AIP)
  • Describe Azure Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
• Describe Azure governance methodologies
  • Describe Azure Policies
  • Describe Initiatives
  • Describe Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
  • Describe Locks
  • Describe Azure Advisor security assistance
• Understand monitoring and reporting options in Azure
  • Describe Azure Monitor
  • Describe Azure Service Health
  • Understand the use cases and benefits of Azure Monitor and Azure Service Health
• Understand privacy, compliance and data protection standards in Azure
  • Understand industry compliance terms such as GDPR, ISO and NIST
  • Understand the Microsoft Privacy Statement
  • Describe the Trust center
  • Describe the Service Trust Portal
  • Describe Compliance Manager
  • Determine if Azure is compliant for a business need
  • Understand Azure Government services
  • Understand Azure Germany services

Understand Azure Pricing and Support (25-30%)

• Understand Azure subscriptions
  • Describe an Azure Subscription
  • Understand the uses and options with Azure subscriptions
• Understand planning and management of costs
  • Understand options for purchasing Azure products and services
  • Understand options around Azure Free account
  • Understand the factors affecting costs such as resource types, services, locations, ingress and egress traffic
  • Understand Zones for billing purposes
  • Understand the Pricing calculator
  • Understand the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator
  • Understand best practices for minimizing Azure costs such as performing cost analysis, creating spending limits and quotas, and using tags to identify cost owners; use Azure reservations; use Azure Advisor recommendations
  • Describe Azure Cost Management
• Understand the support options available with Azure
  • Understand support plans that are available such as Dev, Standard, Professional Direct and Premier
  • Understand how to open a support ticket
  • Understand available support channels outside of support plan channels
  • Describe the Knowledge Center
• Describe Azure Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
  • Describe a Service Level Agreement (SLA)
  • Determine SLA for a particular Azure product or service
• Understand service lifecycle in Azure
  • Understand Public and Private Preview features
  • Understand how to access Preview features
  • Understand the term General Availability (GA)
  • Monitor feature updates