AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification is the first and the most important certification for anyone who is just starting with Azure. It’s very exciting for me to release this course to everyone!
Path Overview
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- Episode 0: Course Overview
- Episode 1: Cloud Computing, High Availability, Scalability, Elasticity, Agility, Fault Tolerance, and Disaster Recovery
- Episode 2: Principles of economies of scale
- Episode 3: Capital Expenditure (CapEx) vs Operational Expenditure (OpEx) and their differences
- Episode 4: Consumption-based model
- Episode 5: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and their differences
- Episode 6: Public, Private, Hybrid cloud and their differences
- Episode 7: Azure Regions and Availability Zones
- Episode 8: Azure Resource Groups and Resource Manager
- Episode 9: Azure Compute Services | Virtual Machine, VM Scale Set, App Service, Functions, Container Instances, Kubernetes Service
- Episode 10: Azure Networking Services | Virtual Network, Load Balancer, VPN Gateway, Application Gateway, CDN
- Episode 11: Azure Storage Services | Blob, Disk, File and Archive
- Episode 12: Database Services | Cosmos DB, SQL Database, SQL DB for MySQL and PostgreSQL, SQL Managed Instance
- Episode 13: Azure Marketplace
- Episode 14: Azure IoT Services | IoT Hub, IoT Central, Azure Sphere
- Episode 15: Azure Big Data and Analytics Services | Synapse Analytics (SQL Datawarehouse), HDInsight, Databricks
- Episode 16: Azure Artificial Intelligence (AI) Services | Machine Learning Studio and Service
- Episode 17: Azure Serverless Computing Services | Functions, Logic Apps, Event Grid
- Episode 18: Azure DevOps Solutions | Azure DevOps, DevTest Labs
- Episode 19: Azure Tools | Portal, PowerShell, CLI and CloudShell
- Episode 20: Azure Advisor
- Episode 21: Security Groups | NSG and ASG | Network Security Groups and Application Security grouyps
- Episode 22: User-defined Routes (UDR)
- Episode 23: Azure Firewall
- Episode 24: Azure DDoS Protection
- Episode 25: Azure Identity Services | Identity, Authentication, Authorization & Azure AD
- Episode 26: Azure Security Center and usage scenarios
- Episode 27: Key Vault
- Episode 28: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Episode 29: Resource Locks
- Episode 30: Tags
- Episode 31: Azure Policy
- Episode 32: Azure Blueprints
- Episode 33: Cloud Adoption Framework
- Episode 34: Core tenets of Security, Privacy, and Compliance
- Episode 35: Cost Affecting Factors
- Episode 36: Cost Reduction Methods and Pricing, TCO Calculators
- Episode 37: Azure Cost Management
- Episode 38: Azure Service Level Agreement (SLA)
- Episode 39: Service lifecycle in Azure
Course Overview
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Below you can find a full list of study materials, cheat sheets, references and videos to learn more!
Module 1
Describe cloud concepts (15-20%)
Describe the benefits and considerations of using cloud services
- Episode 01: Cloud Computing, High Availability, Scalability, Elasticity, Agility, Fault Tolerance, and Disaster Recovery 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe what is Cloud Computing
- Describe terms such as High Availability, Scalability, Elasticity, Agility, Fault Tolerance, and Disaster Recovery
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Skills Learned
- Episode 02: Principles of economies of scale 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe the principles of economies of scale
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Skills Learned
- Episode 03: Capital Expenditure (CapEx) vs Operational Expenditure (OpEx) and their differences 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe the differences between Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operational Expenditure (OpEx)
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Skills Learned
- Episode 04: Consumption-based model 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe the consumption-based model
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Skills Learned
- Episode 05: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and their differences 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
- Describe Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
- Describe Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
- Compare and contrast the three different service types
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Skills Learned
- Episode 06: Public, Private, Hybrid cloud and their differences 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe Public cloud
- Describe Private cloud
- Describe Hybrid cloud
- Compare and contrast the three different cloud models
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Skills Learned
Module 2
🔷 Describe core Azure services (30-35%)
Describe the core Azure architectural components
- Episode 07: Azure Regions and Availability Zones 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe Data Centers
- Describe Regions and Region Pairs
- Describe Geographies
- Describe Availability Zones
- Describe the benefits and usage of core Azure architectural components (Regions & Availability Zones)
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Microsoft Build: Inside Azure datacenter architecture with Mark Russinovich
A very cool video on Azure datacenter architecture by Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich - Products available by region
- 🌐 Azure Speed Test 2.0
- Microsoft Build: Inside Azure datacenter architecture with Mark Russinovich
- Skills Learned
- Episode 08: Azure Resource Groups and Resource Manager 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe Resources
- Describe Resource Groups
- Describe Azure Resource Manager
- Describe the benefits and usage of core Azure architectural components (Azure Resource Manager & Resource Groups)
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
Azure Resources Portal - Review Azure Resource JSON definition- Azure CLI Tutorial - Learn more about managing Azure resources with Azure CLI
- Azure Resource Manager Templates Tutorial - Learn more about managing Azure resources with JSON templates
- Skills Learned
Describe some of the core products available in Azure
- Episode 09: Azure Compute Services | Virtual Machine, VM Scale Set, App Service, Functions, Container Instances, Kubernetes Service 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe products available for Compute such as Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, App Services, Functions, Azure Container Instances (ACI) and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Skills Learned
- Episode 10: Azure Networking Services | Virtual Network, Load Balancer, VPN Gateway, Application Gateway, CDN 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe products available for Networking such as Virtual Network, Load Balancer, VPN Gateway, Application Gateway and Content Delivery Network
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Skills Learned
- Episode 11: Azure Storage Services | Blob, Disk, File and Archive 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe products available for Storage such as Blob Storage, File Storage, Queue Storage, Table Storage, Disk Storage, and Storage Tiers
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Microsoft Learn: Benefits of using Azure to store data
- Microsoft Learn: Storage Services
- Microsoft Azure: Storage Services Overview
- Microsoft Azure: Storage Services Documentation
- Microsoft Azure: Blob Storage Overview
- Microsoft Azure: Files Overview
- Microsoft Azure: Disk Storage Overview
- Microsoft Azure: Table Storage Overview
- Microsoft Azure: Queue Storage Overview
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Azure Storage Tutorial | Introduction to Blob, Queue, Table & File Share
- Azure Queue Storage Tutorial
- Azure Table Storage Tutorial | Easy and scalable NoSQL database
- Azure Files Tutorial | Easy file shares in the cloud
- Azure Data Lake Storage (Gen 2) Tutorial | Best storage solution for big data analytics in Azure
- Skills Learned
- Episode 12: Database Services | Cosmos DB, SQL Database, SQL DB for MySQL and PostreSQL, Database Migration Service 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe the benefits and usage of Cosmos DB, Azure SQL Database, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, and SQL Managed Instance
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Skills Learned
- Episode 13: Azure Marketplace 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe the Azure Marketplace
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Skills Learned
Describe some of the solutions available on Azure
- Episode 14: Azure IoT Services | IoT Hub, IoT Central, Azure Sphere 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe the benefits and usage of Internet of Things (IoT) Hub, IoT Central, and Azure Sphere
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Skills Learned
- Episode 15: Azure Big Data and Analytics Services | Synapse Analytics (SQL Datawarehouse), HDInsight & Databricks 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe the benefits and usage of Azure Synapse Analytics, HDInsight, and Azure Databricks
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Skills Learned
- Episode 16: Azure Artificial Intelligence (AI) Services | Machine Learning Studio and Service 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe Artificial Intelligence (AI) and products that are available for AI such as Azure Machine Learning Service and Studio
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Skills Learned
- Episode 17: Azure Serverless Computing Services | Functions, Logic Apps, Event Grid 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe Serverless computing and Azure products that are available for serverless computing such as Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and Event Grid
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Skills Learned
Episode 18: Azure DevOps Solutions | Azure DevOps, DevTest Labs 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe DevOps solutions available on Azure such as Azure DevOps and Azure DevTest Labs
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Skills Learned
Describe Azure management tools
- Episode 19: Azure Tools | Portal, PowerShell, CLI and CloudShell 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe Azure tools such as Azure Portal, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI and Cloud Shell
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Skills Learned
- Episode 20: Azure Advisor 🔗
- Skills Learned Describe Azure Advisor
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
Module 3
🔷 Describe Security, Privacy, Compliance, and Trust (25-30%)
Describe securing network connectivity in Azure
- Episode 21: Security Groups | NSG and ASG | Network Security Groups and Application Security Groups 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe Network Security Groups (NSG)
- Describe Application Security Groups (ASG)
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Skills Learned
- Episode 22: User-defined Routes (UDR) 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe User-defined Routes (UDR)
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Skills Learned
- Episode 23: Azure Firewall 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe Azure Firewall
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Skills Learned
- Episode 24: Azure DDoS Protection 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe Azure DDoS Protection
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Skills Learned
Describe core Azure Identity services
- Episode 25: Azure Identity Services | Identity, Authentication, Authorization & Azure AD 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe the difference between authentication and authorization
- Describe Microsoft Entra (former Azure Active Directory)
- Describe Azure Multi-Factor Authentication
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Skills Learned
Describe security tools and features of Azure
- Episode 26: Azure Security Center and usage scenarios 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe Azure Security Center
- Describe Azure Security Center usage scenarios
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Skills Learned
- Episode 27: Azure Key Vault 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe Azure Key Vault
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Skills Learned
Describe Azure governance features
- Episode 28: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe the functionality and usage of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Skills Learned
- Episode 29: Resource Locks 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe the functionality and usage of resource locks
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Skills Learned
- Episode 30: Tags 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe the functionality and usage of tags
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Skills Learned
- Episode 31: Azure Policy 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Policy
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Skills Learned
- Episode 32: Azure Blueprints 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Blueprints
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Skills Learned
- Episode 33: Cloud Adoption Framework 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Extra Resources
- Skills Learned
Describe privacy and compliance resources
- Episode 34: Core tenets of Security, Privacy, and Compliance 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe the purpose of the Microsoft Privacy Statement, Online Services Terms (OST) and Data Protection Amendment (DPA)
- Describe the purpose of the Trust Center
- Describe the purpose of the Azure compliance documentation
- Describe the purpose of Azure Sovereign Regions (Azure Government cloud services and Azure China cloud services)
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Microsoft Learn: Examine privacy, compliance, and data protection standards on Azure
- Microsoft Learn: Explore compliance terms and requirements
- Microsoft Learn: Access the Microsoft Privacy Statement, the Online Services Terms, and the Data Protection Addendum
- Microsoft Learn: Access Azure compliance documentation
- Microsoft Learn: What is Azure Government?
- Microsoft Learn: What is Azure China 21Vianet?
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Skills Learned
Module 4
Describe Azure cost management and Service Level Agreements (10-15%)
Describe methods for planning and managing costs
- Episode 35: Cost Affecting Factors 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Identify factors that can affect costs (resource types, services, locations, ingress and egress traffic)
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Skills Learned
- Episode 36: Cost Reduction Methods and Pricing, TCO Calculators 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Identify factors that can reduce costs (reserved instances, reserved capacity, hybrid use benefit, spot pricing)
- Describe the functionality and usage of the Pricing calculator and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Skills Learned
- Episode 37: Azure Cost Management 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Cost Management
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Skills Learned
Describe Azure Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and service lifecycles
- Episode 38: Azure Service Level Agreement (SLA) 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe the purpose of an Azure Service Level Agreement (SLA)
- Identify actions that can impact an SLA (i.e. Availability Zones)
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Skills Learned
- Episode 39: Service lifecycle in Azure 🔗
- Skills Learned
- Describe the service lifecycle in Azure (Public Preview and General Availability)
- Episode Resources
- Study Guide
- Expand your knowledge - extra resources
- Skills Learned