AZ-900 Study Guide

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

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

Use this guide to understand what knowledge is needed to complete the exam and as a
learning tool to help you understand areas where you feel you need additional training. It is
not required that you leverage all the resources in this guide to participate in Microsoft
Certification Week.

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Table of Contents
MB-910: Exam Resources ...................................................................................................... 4
Audience Profile for the Exam ............................................................................................................. 4
Preparing for the Exam ........................................................................................................................ 4
Exam Objectives..................................................................................................................... 4
Objective: Describe Dynamics 365 Marketing (10-15%) ....................................................................... 4
Objective: Describe Dynamics 365 Sales (15-20%) ................................................................................ 5
Objective: Describe Dynamics 365 Customer Service (15-20%) ............................................................. 6
Objective: Describe Dynamics 365 Field Service (15-20%) .................................................................... 7
Objective: Describe Project Operations (15-20%) ................................................................................. 7
Objective: Describe Shared Features (15-20%) ..................................................................................... 8
On-Demand Training from Microsoft Learn ....................................................................... 9
Virtual Training Series ............................................................................................................. 9
AZ-900: Exam Resources
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.
• Suggested Lab Guides: https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/MB-910T00A-Microsoft- Dynamics-365-
Fundamentals-Customer-Engagement-Apps

All lab guides can be found at this link: https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning

Exam Objectives
The following are the learning objectives for the exam. In line with each objective are links to Microsoft
documentation around the specific concept or service. In addition to the documentation, there are also
online courses from Microsoft Learn and the Microsoft Partner virtual training series available for additional
learning resources. Access to the exam objectives can be found on Microsoft
Learn: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/az-104

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 the benefits and 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 as the benefits and usage of Virtual Networks, VPN Gateway, Virtual network peering, and
Express Route
Networking
Virtual Network
About Azure VPN gateway
Virtual network peering
Azure ExpressRoute
• Describe the benefits and usage of Container (Blob) Storage, Disk Storage, File Storage, and storage
tiers
Storage
Blob Storage
Disk
File
Azure Blob storage: hot, cool, and archive access tiers
• Describe the benefits and 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 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 Management 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

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

Virtual Training Series

In this online course, we will introduce you to the basic concepts of customer engagement and what they share. We will
cover the basics of each of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 customer engagement apps, including Marketing, Sales Customer
Service, Field Service, and Project Operations, and their common features and integration.

All Virtual Training Series http://aka.ms/vts