You will be challenging yourself against these core topics:
Describe cloud concepts
Describe core Azure services
Describe core solutions and management tools on Azure
Describe general security and network security features
Describe identity, governance, privacy, and compliance features
Describe Azure cost management and Service Level Agreements
-the benefits of cloud computing, such as High Availability, Scalability, Elasticity, Agility, and Disaster Recovery
-the differences between Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operational Expenditure
-the consumption-based model
-the shared responsibility model
-Infrastructure-as-a-Service
-Platform-as-a-Service
-serverless computing
-Software-as-a-Service
-cloud computing
-Public cloud
-Regions and Region Pairs
-Availability Zones
-Resource Groups
-Subscriptions
-Management Groups
-Azure Resource Manager
-Virtual Machines, Azure App Services, Azure Container Instances
-Virtual Networks, VPN Gateway, Virtual Network peering, and ExpressRoute
-Container (Blob) Storage, Disk Storage, File Storage, and storage tiers
-Cosmos DB, Azure SQL Database, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, and Azure SQL Managed Instance
-Azure Marketplace
-Internet of Things (IoT) Hub, IoT Central, and Azure Sphere
-Azure Synapse Analytics, HDInsight, and Azure Databricks
-Azure Machine Learning, Cognitive Services and Azure Bot Service
-serverless computing solutions that include Azure Functions and Logic Apps
-Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevTest Labs
-usage of the Azure Portal, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, Cloud Shell, and Azure Mobile App
-Azure Advisor
-Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates
-Azure Monitor
-Azure Service Health
-Azure Security Center, including policy compliance, security alerts, secure score, and resource hygiene
-Network Security Groups (NSG)
-Azure DDoS protection
-difference between authentication and authorization define Azure Active Directory
-Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
-functionality and usage of Azure Cost Management
-Azure Service Level Agreement
-service lifecycle in Azure
