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You will learn Cloud Computing concepts, Cloud models, Azure services, Compute, VMs and Containers, Azure CDN, Azure Storage, IoT and Machine Learning, Azure Policy, etc.

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Azure Fundamentals Certification Training Overview

Overview
The Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals Training Program makes you proficient in developing, planning, and scaling your web applications on Microsoft Azure. It includes training on 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.
The curriculum has been designed to earn Microsoft Azure Developer Associate Certification (AZ-900). You can check the examination details and certification cost at Azure Fundamentals AZ-900
Azure Fundamentals Course objectives
At the completion of this course, attendees will be able to;
01. Describe Cloud Concepts
02. Describe Microsoft Azure Cloud platform
03. Understand Azure Global Infra
04. Describe Core Azure Services & Solutions
05. Use Management tools for Azure
06. Describe Security & Compliance
07. Understand Cost Management
08. Understand Service Level Agreements
Who should take this course?
The Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals Training program is designed for the IT professionals who want to pursue a career in Cloud Computing and become Microsoft Azure Specialist. This Azure course is a best fit for:
01. IT Professionals/Application Developers
02. .Net Developers
03. Solutions Architects
04. DevOps Engineers
Pre-requisites
There are no pre-requisites for Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals Training program.
Tools/SDK/IDE
Azure Portal, PowerShell and Azure CLI
Who Can take Up this Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ-900 Training?
To acquire the Azure Fundamentals certification, the AZ-900 exam is the only examination you need to clear. It is considered an optional exam in every other Azure Path. Basically, this exam is uniquely designed for candidates willing to exhibit a foundational level understanding of cloud services as well as the way such services are offered with Microsoft Azure
The AZ-900 training is targeted at candidates having non-technical backgrounds. For example, candidates connected with purchasing and selling cloud-based solutions and services can go for it. Those individuals having a technical background and want to authenticate their basic knowledge for cloud services can take up this training.
Is Azure fundamental certification worth it?
If you hold prior experience working with Azure and cloud then it is not worth investing your time in Azure fundamental certification. It actually does not possess any inherent value and you can earn every other Azure certification without going for the fundamental certification i.e. AZ-900. However, if you lack proper knowledge on the fundamentals of Microsoft Azure and cloud services then it is worth taking up this fundamental certification.
It will authenticate that you hold the basic knowledge required to begin your learning path for Becoming an Azure Developer, Administrator, Architect, or DevOps Engineer.
How long does it take to study Azure fundamentals?
After choosing the proper course modules, you can expand the Azure Fundamentals course for proceeding with the exam learning. Generally, the duration is less than 11 hours of learning, and it contains 20 modules. Throughout this duration, it provides you with a huge command of skills that are considered vital measurements during the exams. To effectively study the Azure fundamentals without wasting time, you can go through each subject until the concepts are not thoroughly cleared.
Why should you get AZ-900 certification?
Getting AZ-900 certification is like an entrance for all subsequent certification courses from Microsoft Azure. When you wish to make a bright career in this field and secure high-paying job opportunities, it becomes vital to get this certification. Any software developer, DevOps engineer, security engineer, AI engineer, data engineer, data scientist, database administrator, etc. can go for it to learn the basics of cloud services.

 

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Course Contents


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.

After completing this learning path, you'll be able to:

  • Understand the benefits of cloud computing in Azure and how it can save you time and money
  • Explain cloud concepts such as high availability, scalability, elasticity, agility, and disaster recovery
  • Describe core Azure architecture components such as subscriptions, management groups, resources and resource groups
  • Summarize geographic distribution concepts such as Azure regions, region pairs, and availability zones.

Learning Objective: This module introduces you to the basics of cloud computing and Azure, and how to get started with Azure's subscriptions and accounts.
01. Introduction
02. What is cloud computing?
03. What is Azure?
04. Tour of Azure services
05. Get started with Azure accounts
06. Case study introduction
07. Knowledge check
08. Summary

Learning Objective: Are you interested in the cloud, but aren't sure what it can do for you? In this module, you'll learn about the advantages of using cloud computing services, and you'll learn to differentiate between the categories and types of cloud computing.
01. Introduction
02. Discuss different types of cloud models
03. Describe cloud benefits and considerations
04. Describe different cloud services
05. Knowledge check
06. Summary

Learning Objective: In this module, you'll examine the various concepts, resources, and terminology that are necessary to work with Azure architecture. For example, you'll learn about Azure subscriptions and management groups, resource groups and Azure Resource Manager, as well as Azure regions and availability zones.
01. Introduction
02. Overview of Azure subscriptions, management groups, and resources
03. Azure regions, availability zones, and region pairs
04. Azure resources and Azure Resource Manager
05. Azure subscriptions and management groups
06. Knowledge check
07. Summary

After completing this learning path, you'll be able to:

  • Understand the breadth of services available in Azure including compute, network, storage, and database
  • Identify virtualization services such as Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Container Instances, Azure Kubernetes Service, and Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Compare Azure's database services such as Azure Cosmos DB, Azure SQL, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, and Azure's big data and analysis services
  • Examine Azure networking resources such as Virtual Networks, VPN Gateways, and Azure ExpressRoute
  • Summarize Azure storage services such Azure Blob Storage, Azure Disk Storage, and Azure File Storage

Learning Objective: In this module, you'll learn how to take advantage of several virtualization services in Azure compute, which can help your applications scale out quickly and efficiently to meet increasing demands.

01. Introduction
02. Overview of Azure compute services
03. Decide when to use Azure Virtual Machines
04. Decide when to use Azure App Service
05. Decide when to use Azure Container Instances or Azure Kubernetes Service
06. Decide when to use Azure Functions
07. Decide when to use Azure Virtual Desktop
08. Knowledge check
09. Summary

Learning Objective: In this module, you'll look at several of the core networking resources that are available in Azure. You'll learn about Azure Virtual Network, which you can configure into a customized network environment that meets your company's needs. You'll also learn how you can use Azure VPN Gateway and Azure ExpressRoute to create secure communication tunnels between your company's different locations.

01. Introduction
02. Azure Virtual Network fundamentals
03. Azure Virtual Network settings
04. Azure VPN Gateway fundamentals
05. Azure ExpressRoute fundamentals
06. Knowledge check
07. Summary

Learning Objective: In this module, you'll learn about some of the different storage options that are available in Azure Storage services, and the scenarios in which each storage option is appropriate. As you complete the individual units in this module, you'll learn about Azure Blob Storage, Azure Disk Storage, Azure Files, and Blob access tiers.

01. Introduction
02. Azure Storage account fundamentals
03. Disk storage fundamentals
04. Azure Blob storage fundamentals
05. Azure Files fundamentals
06. Understand Blob access tiers
07. Knowledge check
08. Summary

Learning Objective: In this module, you'll learn about several of the database services that are available on Microsoft Azure, such as Azure Cosmos DB, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure Database for MySQL, and Azure Database for PostgreSQL. In addition, you'll learn about several of the big data and analysis services in Azure.

01. Introduction
02. Explore Azure Cosmos DB
03. Explore Azure SQL Database
04. Exercise - Create a SQL database
05. Explore Azure database for MySQL
06. Explore Azure Database for PostgreSQL
07. Explore Azure SQL Managed Instance
08. Explore big data and analytics
09. Knowledge check
10. Summary

  • Create a Virtual Machine in the portal
  • Create a Web App
  • Deploy Azure Container Instances
  • Create a Virtual Network
  • Create Blob Storage
  • Create a SQL Database

Core solutions encompass a wide array of tools and services from Microsoft Azure. In this learning path, you'll be introduced to many of these tools and services and will be asked to help choose the best one for a given business scenario.

By the end of this learning path, you'll be able to:
  • Choose the correct Azure Artificial Intelligence service to address different kinds of business challenges.
  • Choose the best software development process tools and services for a given business scenario.
  • Choose the correct cloud monitoring service to address different kinds of business challenges.
  • Choose the correct Azure management tool to address different kinds of technical needs and challenges.
  • Choose the right serverless computing technology for your business scenario.
  • Choose the best Azure IoT service for a given business scenario.

Learning Objective: Examine Azure IoT services and choose the right service for your scenario.

01. Introduction
02. Identify the product options
03. Analyze the decision criteria
04. Use IoT Hub
05. Use IoT Central
06. Use Azure Sphere
07. Knowledge check
08. Summary

Learning Objective: Examine Azure's AI services and choose the right one for your company.

01. Introduction
02. Identify the product options
03. Analyze the decision criteria
04. Use Machine Learning for decision support systems
04. Use Cognitive Services for data analysis
05. Use Bot Service for interactive chat experiences
06. Knowledge check
07. Summary

Learning Objective: Examine Azure serverless technologies and choose the right service for your business scenario.

01. Introduction
02. Identify the product options
03. Analyze the decision criteria
04. Use Azure Functions
05. Use Azure Logic Apps
06. Knowledge check
07. Summary

Learning Objective: Learn about Microsoft tools and services that help developers and operations engineers build modern solutions for the cloud and on-premises.

01. Introduction
02. Understand your product options
03. Analyze the decision criteria
04. Use Azure DevOps to manage the application development lifecycle
05. Use GitHub to contribute to open-source software
06. Use Azure DevTest Labs to manage testing environments
07. Knowledge check
08. Summary

Learning Objective: Explore the Azure management, administration, and reporting tools, and choose the ones that best meet your organization's needs.

01. Introduction
02. Identify the product options
03. Analyze the decision criteria
04. Use the Azure portal to visually understand and manage your cloud environment
05. Use Azure PowerShell for one-off administrative tasks
06. Use the Azure CLI for one-off administrative tasks
07. Use the Azure mobile app to manage Azure on the g
08. Use ARM templates to deploy an entire cloud infrastructure
09. Knowledge check
10. Summary

Learning Objective: Learn about solutions that can give your IT organization insight into the health and performance of its cloud-based applications.

01. Introduction
02. Identify your product options
03. Analyze the decision criteria
04. Use Azure Advisor
05. Use Azure Monitor
06. Use Azure Service Health
07. Knowledge check
08. Summary

HANDS-ON LAB for Describe Core Solutions and Management Tools on Azure
  • Implement an Azure IoT Hub
  • Implement Azure Functions
  • Create a VM with a Template
  • Create a VM with PowerShell
  • Create a VM with the CLI

Having a good security strategy is essential in today's digital world. Every application and service, whether on-premises or in the cloud, needs to be designed with security in mind. Security needs to happen at the application level, at the data level, and at the network level.

Learn about the various Azure services you can use to help ensure that your cloud resources are safe, secure, and trusted.

Learning Objective: Learn how Azure can help you protect the workloads that you run both in the cloud and in your on-premises datacenter.

01. Introduction
02. Protect against security threats by using Azure Security Center
03. Detect and respond to security threats by using Azure Sentinel
04. Store and manage secrets by using Azure Key Vault
05. Exercise - Manage a password in Azure Key Vault
06. Host your Azure virtual machines on dedicated physical servers by using Azure Dedicated Host
07. Knowledge check
08. Summary

Learning Objective: Learn about the Azure services you can use to help ensure that your network is safe, secure, and trusted.

01. Introduction
02. What is defense in depth?
03. Protect virtual networks by using Azure Firewall
04. Protect from DDoS attacks by using Azure DDoS Protection
05. Filter network traffic by using network security groups
06. Exercise - Configure network access to a VM by using a network security group
07. Combine Azure services to create a complete network security solution
08. Knowledge check
09. Summary

HANDS-ON LAB for "Describe General Security and Network Security Features"
  • Secure Network Traffic
  • Implement Azure Key Vault

With the rise of remote work, bring your own device (BYOD), mobile applications, and cloud applications, the primary security boundary has shifted from firewalls and physical access controls to identity.

Understanding who is using your systems and what they have permission to do are critical to keeping your data safe from attackers. To stay organized, manage costs, and meet your compliance goals, you need a good cloud governance strategy.

Learn how Azure can help you secure access to cloud resources, what it means to build a cloud governance strategy, and how Azure adheres to common regulatory and compliance standards.

Learning Objective: Learn how Azure Active Directory helps you manage and secure identities. Also see how single sign-on, multifactor authentication, and Conditional Access enable your users to securely access resources and applications from your intranet and from public networks.

01. Introduction
02. Compare authentication and authorization
03. What is Azure Active Directory?
04. What are multifactor authentication and Conditional Access?
05. Knowledge check
06. Summary

Learning Objective: Learn how access policies, resource locks, and tags, as well as Azure services such as Azure Policy and Azure Blueprints, can help you build a comprehensive cloud governance strategy.

01. Introduction
02. Control access to cloud resources by using Azure role-based access control
03. Prevent accidental changes by using resource locks
04. Exercise - Protect a storage account from accidental deletion by using a resource lock
05. Organize your Azure resources by using tags
06. Control and audit your resources by using Azure Policy
07. Exercise - Restrict deployments to a specific location by using Azure Policy
08. Govern multiple subscriptions by using Azure Blueprints
09. Accelerate your cloud adoption journey by using the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
10. Create a subscription governance strategy
11. Knowledge check
12. Summary

Learning Objective: Learn about Microsoft's commitment to privacy and how Azure adheres to common regulatory and compliance standards.

01. Introduction
02. Explore compliance terms and requirements
03. Access the Microsoft Privacy Statement, the Online Services Terms, and the Data Protection Addendum
04. Explore the Trust Center
05. Access Azure compliance documentation
06. What is Azure Government?
07. What is Azure China 21Vianet?
08. Knowledge check
09. Summary

HANDS-ON LAB for "Describe Identirt, Governance,Privacy, and Compliance Features"
  • Manage access with RBAC
  • Manage resource locks
  • Implement resource tagging
  • Create an Azure Policy
  • Explore the Trust Center

Migration to the cloud presents new ways to think about your IT expenses. The cloud also removes the burden of supporting IT infrastructure.

As you move to the cloud, you might ask:
  • How much will it cost?
  • What guarantees does Azure provide around uptime and connectivity?
  • How do preview services impact my production applications?
Learn about the factors that influence cost, tools you can use to help estimate and manage your cloud spend, and how Azure's service-level agreements (SLAs) can impact your application design decisions.

Learning Objective: Learn about the factors that influence cost and tools you can use to help estimate and manage your cloud spend.

01. Introduction
02. Compare costs by using the Total Cost of Ownership Calculator
03. Exercise - Compare sample workload costs by using the TCO Calculator
04. Purchase Azure services
05. Exercise - Estimate workload cost by using the Pricing calculator
06. Manage and minimize total cost on Azure
07. Knowledge check
08. Summary

Learning Objective: Learn about service-level agreements (SLAs) in Azure, and how they can affect your application design decisions. See how to access preview services and learn how they affect your planning.

01. Introduction
02. What are service-level agreements (SLAs)?
03. Define your application SLA
04. Design your application to meet your SLA
05. Access preview services and preview features
06. Knowledge check
07. Summary

HANDS-ON LAB for "Describe Microsoft Cost Management and Service Level Agreements"

  • Use The Azure Pricing Calculator
  • Use the Azure TCO Calculator
  • Open A Support Request
  • Calculate Composite SLAs
  • Access Azure Preview features

 


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What is the AZ 900 Certification?
The Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) certification exam is a chance to prove your knowledge on Azure services, cloud concepts, security and privacy in Azure, Azure workloads, and more. You will also learn about Azure pricing and support. This foundation level certification tests understanding of a professional on the cloud concepts, fundamental Azure services, privacy, security, compliance, and trust.
The path of this certification contains general concepts such as elasticity, scalability, and IaaS vs. PaaS. Once you complete it, you can understand the Azure-specific technologies such as Azure ML, Azure IoT Hub, and Azure SQL DB.
What is the validity of Ms Azure Fundamentals AZ-900 certification?
It is generally found that like other Azure role-based certifications, the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ-900 certification expires in 2 years. Your certification would always show up on your official Microsoft transcript. However, it will be listed in a distinct section to differentiate from your active certifications.
Why is Microsoft Azure the best certification?
To let learners find it comfortable, Microsoft keeps this exam as a starting point for every other Azure role-based exam. The certification holds its position in every succeeding certification exam path in form of a prerequisite, to begin with. This implies that to successfully pass other Microsoft Azure training certifications, you need to first clear all the preceding certifications.
The training course is uniquely designed to cover all the essential aspects of Azure according to the level of certification. Any Azure Administrator, Azure Solution Architect, Azure Data Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer, etc. can judiciously choose a suitable certification level based on his/her skills.
What is the validity of any Microsoft Azure certification?
Each Azure Certification is valid for 2 years. After this period, you may require to take the exam once more. The reason behind this is Azure frequently renews its certifications. So, you may have to take it again. However, from June 2022, the certifications are valid for 1 year. They can be renewed online free of cost.
The renewal window starts 6 months prior to the cert expires. Within this window before the expiry of cert, you can go for a free online assessment. When you renew certification within 6 months of the renewal window, the validity of the cert extends to 1 year from its preliminary expiration.

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