Course Overview
Master the basics with the Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals certification.
This 1-day Azure fundamentals course will provide foundational level knowledge on core Azure concepts; core Azure services; core solutions and management tools; general security and network security; governance, privacy, and compliance features; Azure cost management and service level agreements.
Note: This course provides an Azure pass and time for students to participate in hands-on labs.
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What are the skills covered
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe cloud computing
- Describe the benefits of using cloud services
- Describe cloud service types
- Describe the core architectural components of Azure
- Describe Azure compute and networking services
- Describe Azure storage services
- Describe Azure identity, access, and security
- Describe cost management in Azure
- Describe features and tools in Azure for governance and compliance
- Describe features and tools for managing and deploying Azure resources
- Describe monitoring tools in Azure
Who should attend this course
- This course is suitable for IT personnel who are just beginning to work with Azure.
- This audience wants to learn about our offerings and get hands-on experience with the product.
- This course primarily uses the Azure portal to create services and does not require scripting skills.
- Students in this course will gain confidence to take other role-based courses and certifications, such as Azure Administrator.
- This course combines lecture, demonstrations, and hands-on labs.
- This course will also help learners prepare for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) exam.
Course Curriculum
What are the Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for taking this course. However, the more technical knowledge a student has, the more they will understand about the cloud.
This course however, serves as a starting point for the following Microsoft associate-level tracks:
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Course Modules
- Introduction to Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
- Introduction to Cloud Computing
- What is Cloud Computing?
- Describe the Shared Responsibility Model
- Define Cloud Models
- Describe the Consumption-Based Model
- Module Assessment
- Summary
- Introduction
- Describe the benefits of high availability and scalability in the cloud
- Describe the benefits of reliability and predictability in the cloud
- Describe the benefits of security and governance in the cloud
- Describe the benefits of manageability in the cloud
- Module assessment
- Summary
- Introduction
- Describe Infrastructure as a Service
- Describe Platform as a Service
- Describe Software as a Service
- Module Assessment
- Summary
- Introduction
- What is Microsoft Azure?
- Get Started with Azure Accounts
- Exercise: Explore the Learn Sandbox
- Describe Azure Physical Infrastructure
- Describe Azure Management Infrastructure
- Exercise: Create an Azure Resource
- Module Assessment
- Summary
- Introduction
- Describe Azure Virtual Machines
- Exercise: Create an Azure Virtual Machine
- Describe Azure Virtual Desktop
- Describe Azure Containers
- Describe Azure Functions
- Describe Application Hosting Options
- Describe Azure Virtual Networking
- Exercise: Configure Network Access
- Describe Azure Virtual Private Networks
- Describe Azure ExpressRoute
- Describe Azure DNS
- Module Assessment
- Summary
- Introduction
- Describe Azure Storage Accounts
- Describe Azure Storage Redundancy
- Describe Azure Storage Services
- Exercise: Create a Storage Blob
- Identify Azure Data Migration Options
- Identify Azure File Movement Options
- Module Assessment
- Summary
- Introduction
- Describe Azure Directory Services
- Describe Azure Authentication Methods
- Describe Azure External Identities
- Describe Azure Conditional Access
- Describe Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Describe Zero Trust Model
- Describe Defense-in-Depth
- Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Module Assessment
- Summary
- Introduction
- Describe factors that can affect costs in Azure
- Explore the Pricing Calculator
- Exercise: Estimate workload costs by using the Pricing Calculator
- Describe the Microsoft Cost Management tool
- Describe the purpose of tags
- Module Assessment
- Summary
- Introduction
- Describe the purpose of Microsoft Purview
- Describe the purpose of Azure Policy
- Describe the purpose of resource locks
- Exercise: Configure a resource lock
- Describe the purpose of the Service Trust portal
- Module assessment
- Summary
- Introduction
- Describe tools for interacting with Azure
- Describe the purpose of Azure Arc
- Describe Azure Resource Manager and Azure ARM templates
- Module assessment
- Summary
- Introduction
- Describe the purpose of Azure Advisor
- Describe Azure Service Health
- Describe Azure Monitor
- Module assessment
- Summary
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Training Options
- ILT: Instructor-Led Training
- VILT: Virtual Instructor-Led Training
Exam & Certification
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals.
The Azure Fundamentals certification validates your basic knowledge of cloud services and how those services are provided with Azure. You earn it by passing Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals.
You can use your Azure Fundamentals certification to reinforce your basics for other Azure role-based or specialty certifications, but it isn’t a prerequisite for any of them.
Training & Certification Guide
Candidates for the Azure Fundamentals certification should have foundational knowledge of cloud services and how those services are provided with Microsoft Azure. This certification is intended for candidates who are just beginning to work with cloud-based solutions and services or are new to Azure.
Azure Fundamentals certification 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.
This exam measures your ability to describe the following concepts: cloud concepts; core Azure services; core solutions and management tools on Azure; general security and network security features; identity, governance, privacy, and compliance features; and Azure cost management and Service Level Agreements.
Skills measured:
- Describe cloud concepts
- Describe core Azure services
- Describe security, privacy, compliance, and trust
- Describe Azure pricing Service Level Agreements and Lifecycles
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The AZ-900T00 Azure Fundamentals course serves as a starting point for the following associate-level tracks:
AZ-104T00: Microsoft Azure Administrator
This course teaches IT Professionals how to manage their Azure subscriptions, secure identities, administer the infrastructure, configure virtual networking, connect Azure and on-premises sites, manage network traffic, implement storage solutions, create and scale virtual machines, implement web apps and containers, back up and share data, and monitor your solution.
AZ-204T00: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure
This course teaches developers how to create end-to-end solutions in Microsoft Azure. Students will learn how to implement Azure compute solutions, create Azure Functions, implement and manage web apps, develop solutions utilizing Azure storage, implement authentication and authorization, and secure their solutions by using KeyVault and Managed Identities.
AZ-400T00: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
This course provides the knowledge and skills to design and implement DevOps processes and practices. Students will learn how to plan for DevOps, use source control, scale Git for an enterprise, consolidate artifacts, design a dependency management strategy, manage secrets, implement continuous integration, implement a container build strategy, design a release strategy, set up a release management workflow, implement a deployment pattern, and optimize feedback mechanisms.
AZ-500T00: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies
The AZ-500T00 training enables you to secure end-to-end infrastructure on both cloud and hybrid environments and validate technical expertise with the Azure Security Engineer Associate certification.
