Hi, I’m Makoto, a freelance engineer.
This blog offers free, organized content covering the AZ-900 certification exam syllabus for those starting their study journey or aiming to pass the exam.
I strive to explain concepts using plenty of diagrams and actual screenshots to make them easy to understand, even for Azure beginners.
Let’s start learning!
Introduction
The AZ-900 exam is updated periodically.
This blog generally creates articles to correspond with the latest exam syllabus, but please always check the official documentation for the most up-to-date information.
The following sections are titled according to the exam curriculum, with links to related articles.
Notes:
While we aim to provide content that helps those seeking to pass AZ-900, the scope and content of our explanations do not guarantee comprehensiveness or credibility. Please check the official documentation for the most current information.
Describe cloud concepts (25–30%)
Describe cloud computing
- What has changed with the advent of the cloud?
- Definition of cloud computing
- Differences in cloud deployment models
Describe the benefits of using cloud services
Describe cloud service types
Describe Azure architecture and services (35–40%)
Describe the core architectural components of Azure
- Describe Azure regions, region pairs, availability zones, and sovereign regions
- Describe the hierarchy of resource groups, subscriptions, and management groups
- What is the Azure free account?
Describe Azure compute and networking services
- Comparison of computing services
- Describe the resources required for virtual machines
- What is Network Security Group (NSG)?
- Comparison of networking services
- What is Azure DNS?
- Define public and private endpoints
Describe Azure storage services
- What is Azure Storage?
- Identify options for moving files, including AzCopy, Azure Storage Explorer, and Azure File Sync
- Describe migration options, including Azure Migrate and Azure Data Box
Describe Azure identity, access, and security
- What is Microsoft Entra ID?
- Relationship between subscriptions and Microsoft Entra ID
- Authentication methods in Azure
- What is Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)?
- What are Zero Trust and Defense in Depth?
- What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud?
Describe Azure management and governance (30–35%)
Describe cost management in Azure
- Factors affecting Azure virtual machine costs
- Methods to reduce virtual machine costs
- Azure cost management and billing tools
- What are budget alerts?
Describe features and tools in Azure for governance and compliance
- What is Microsoft Purview?
- What is Azure Policy?
- What are resource locks?
- What is the Service Trust Portal?
Describe features and tools for managing and deploying Azure resources
- How to use the Azure portal
- What is Azure Cloud Shell?
- Comparison of Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell
- What is Azure Resource Manager?
- What is Azure Arc?
Describe monitoring tools in Azure
- What is Azure Advisor?
- What is Azure Service Health?
- What is Azure Monitor?
