The AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals exam is designed to test your understanding of cloud concepts, core Azure services, security, privacy, compliance, and Azure pricing. Below are the key areas or domains covered in the exam, along with their approximate weightings:
1. Cloud Concepts (15-20%)
- Understand the benefits and considerations of using cloud services
- High availability, scalability, elasticity, agility, disaster recovery, etc.
- Understand the different types of cloud models:
- Public, private, and hybrid cloud
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS)
2. Core Azure Services (30-35%)
- Understand core Azure architectural components
- Regions, Availability Zones, Resource Groups, and Azure Resource Manager
- Core Azure Services and Products:
- Compute services (e.g., Azure Virtual Machines, App Services, Azure Kubernetes Service, Functions)
- Networking services (e.g., Virtual Networks, Load Balancer, VPN Gateway, Application Gateway)
- Storage services (e.g., Azure Blob Storage, Disk Storage, Files, Queue Storage)
- Databases (e.g., Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Database for MySQL/PostgreSQL)
- Understand Azure solutions
- IoT, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML) services
- Azure DevOps solutions and Serverless Computing (e.g., Azure Functions, Logic Apps)
3. Security, Privacy, Compliance, and Trust (25-30%)
- Understand security features in Azure:
- Azure Security Center, Azure Firewall, Network Security Groups (NSGs), DDoS Protection
- Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)
- Understand Azure identity, governance, privacy, and compliance features:
- Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Azure Policy, Azure Blueprints, Azure Monitor
- Compliance offerings like Microsoft Privacy Statement, Trust Center, Service Trust Portal
4. Azure Pricing, Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and Lifecycle (20-25%)
- Understand Azure subscriptions, planning, and cost management:
- Azure Free Tier, pricing calculator, total cost of ownership (TCO) calculator
- Azure Cost Management + Billing
- Understand Azure SLAs and service lifecycles:
- How to access SLA information, how to determine uptime and availability
- How to understand different pricing models (e.g., pay-as-you-go, reserved instances)