In order to set realistic expectations, please note: These questions are NOT official questions that you will find on the official exam. These questions DO cover all the material outlined in the knowledge sections below. Many of the questions are based on fictitious scenarios which have questions posed within them.

The official knowledge requirements for the exam are reviewed routinely to ensure that the content has the latest requirements incorporated in the practice questions. Updates to content are often made without prior notification and are subject to change at any time.

Each question has a detailed explanation and links to reference materials to support the answers which ensures accuracy of the problem solutions.

The questions will be shuffled each time you repeat the tests so you will need to know why an answer is correct, not just that the correct answer was item "B" last time you went through the test.

There are no prerequisites for this course, however students with some IT knowledge or experience will find the concepts easier to understand.

The Fundamentals certifications validate foundational knowledge of cloud computing services and how those services are provided with Microsoft Azure.

• Each question has detailed explanations at the end of each set that will help you gain a deeper understanding of the MS Azure services.

• The explanation provides an overview of the topic, reference links to Azure docs and a rationale on why the option is correct or incorrect

IMPORTANT: Be aware that the exams will always use product names and terms in English so the learner must be familiar with many terms in English regardless of the language the exam.

Skills measured on Microsoft Azure AZ-900 Exam

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

• identify the differences between Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operational Expenditure (OpEx)

• describe the consumption-based model

Describe the differences between categories of cloud services

• describe the shared responsibility model

• describe Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS),

• describe Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)

• describe serverless computing

• describe Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

• identify a service type based on a use case

Describe the differences between types of cloud computing

• define cloud computing

• describe Public cloud

• describe Private cloud

• describe Hybrid cloud

• compare and contrast the three types of cloud computing

Describe Core Azure Services (15-20%)

Describe the core Azure architectural components

• describe the benefits and usage of Regions and Region Pairs

• describe the benefits and usage of Availability Zones

• describe the benefits and usage of Resource Groups

• describe the benefits and usage of Subscriptions

• describe the benefits and usage of Management Groups

• describe the benefits and usage of Azure Resource Manager

• explain Azure resources

Describe core resources available in Azure

• describe the benefits and usage of Virtual Machines, Azure App Services, Azure Container Instances (ACI), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Windows Virtual Desktop

• describe the benefits and usage of Virtual Networks, VPN Gateway, Virtual Network peering, and ExpressRoute

• describe the benefits and usage of Container (Blob) Storage, Disk Storage, File Storage, and storage tiers

• describe the benefits and usage of Cosmos DB, Azure SQL Database, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, and SQL Managed Instance

• describe the benefits and usage of Azure Marketplace

Describe core solutions and management tools on Azure (10-15%)

Describe core solutions available in Azure

• describe the benefits and usage of Internet of Things (IoT) Hub, IoT Central, and Azure Sphere describe the benefits and usage of Azure Synapse Analytics, HDInsight, and Azure Databricks

• describe the benefits and usage of Azure Machine Learning, Cognitive Services and Azure Bot Service

• describe the benefits and usage of serverless computing solutions that include Azure Functions and Logic Apps

• describe the benefits and usage of Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitHub Actions, and 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

• describe the functionality and usage of Azure Advisor

• describe the functionality and usage of Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates

• describe the functionality and usage of Azure Monitor

• describe the functionality and usage of Azure Service Health

Describe general security and network security features (10-15%)

Describe Azure security features

• describe basic features of Azure Security Centre, including policy compliance, security alerts, secure score, and resource hygiene

• describe the functionality and usage of Key Vault

• describe the functionality and usage of Azure Sentinel

• describe the functionality and usage of Azure Dedicated Hosts

Describe Azure network security

• describe the concept of defence in depth

• describe the functionality and usage of Network Security Groups (NSG)

• describe the functionality and usage of Azure Firewall

• describe the functionality and usage of Azure DDoS protection

Describe identity, governance, privacy, and compliance features (20-25%)

Describe core Azure identity services

• explain the difference between authentication and authorization

• define Azure Active Directory

• describe the functionality and usage of Azure Active Directory

• describe the functionality and usage of Conditional Access, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and Single Sign-On (SSO)

Describe Azure governance features

• describe the functionality and usage of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

• describe the functionality and usage of resource

• describe the functionality and usage of tags

• describe the functionality and usage of Azure Policy

• describe the functionality and usage of Azure Blueprints

• describe the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

Describe privacy and compliance resources

• describe the Microsoft core tenets of Security, Privacy, and Compliance

• describe the purpose of the Microsoft Privacy Statement, Product Terms site, and Data Protection Addendum (DPA)

• describe the purpose of the Trust Center

• describe the purpose of the Azure compliance documentation

• describe the purpose of Azure Sovereign Regions (Azure Government cloud services and Azure China cloud services)

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)

• identify factors that can reduce costs (reserved instances, reserved capacity, hybrid use benefit, spot pricing)

• describe the functionality and usage of the Pricing calculator and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator

• describe the functionality and usage of Azure Cost Management

Describe Azure Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and service lifecycles

• describe the purpose of an Azure Service Level Agreement (SLA)

• identify actions that can impact an SLA (i.e. Availability Zones)

• describe the service lifecycle in Azure (Public Preview and General Availability)

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