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Exam Prep: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

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Overview

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

Syllabus

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

Taught by

Sharon Bennett

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