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Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

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In the Shared Responsibility Model, which service type places the most responsibility on the customer, including managing the operating system and network configuration?

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Exam objectives

What AZ-900 covers, and how much of the exam each domain accounts for. Percentages are the share of scored questions.

1.0Describe cloud concepts

28%
  • 1.1Describe cloud computing (cloud computing, shared responsibility model, public/private/hybrid models, use cases, consumption-based model, cloud pricing models, serverless).
  • 1.2Describe the benefits of using cloud services (high availability, scalability, reliability, predictability, security, governance, manageability).
  • 1.3Describe cloud service types (infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, software as a service, appropriate use cases for each).

2.0Describe Azure architecture and services

38%
  • 2.1Describe the core architectural components of Azure (regions, region pairs, sovereign regions, availability zones, datacenters, resources and resource groups, subscriptions, management groups, and their hierarchy).
  • 2.2Describe Azure compute and networking services (containers, virtual machines and functions, virtual machine options, application hosting, virtual networking, subnets, peering, DNS, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, public and private endpoints).
  • 2.3Describe Azure storage services (storage services, tiers, redundancy options, storage account options and types, options for moving files, migration options).
  • 2.4Describe Azure identity, access, and security (directory services, authentication methods, external identities, Conditional Access, role-based access control, Zero Trust, defense in depth, Microsoft Defender for Cloud).

3.0Describe Azure management and governance

34%
  • 3.1Describe cost management in Azure (factors affecting cost, the pricing calculator, cost management capabilities, the purpose of tags).
  • 3.2Describe features and tools in Azure for governance and compliance (Microsoft Purview, Azure Policy, resource locks).
  • 3.3Describe features and tools for managing and deploying Azure resources (the Azure portal, Cloud Shell, CLI and PowerShell, Azure Arc, infrastructure as code, Azure Resource Manager and ARM templates).
  • 3.4Describe monitoring tools in Azure (Azure Advisor, Azure Service Health, Azure Monitor including Log Analytics, alerts, and Application Insights).

Summarized from Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)’s published exam objectives. Always check the vendor’s current objectives before your exam.