Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Exam Topics and Weightage
Microsoft Certified — Azure Fundamentals exam verifies that the candidate possesses the fundamental knowledge and proven skills in the area of Microsoft Azure Fundamentals.
Below is the topic with the weightage:
1) Cloud Concepts (25–30%)
a) Cloud Computing
i) Explain cloud computing
ii) Shared responsibility model
iii) Cloud models, including public, private, and hybrid
iv) Use cases for cloud model
v) Consumption-based model
vi) Cloud pricing models
b) Advantages of using cloud services
i) High availability and scalability in the cloud
ii) Reliability and predictability in the cloud
iii) Security and governance in the cloud
iv) Manageability in the cloud
c) Cloud Services types
i) Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
ii)Platform as a service (PaaS)
iii)Software as a service (SaaS)
iv)Identify appropriate use cases for each cloud service (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
2) Azure architecture and services (35–40%)
a) Core architectural components of Azure
i) Azure regions, region pairs, and sovereign regions
ii) Availability zones
iii) Azure datacenters
iv) Azure resources and resource groups
v) Types of subscriptions
vi) Management groups
vii) Hierarchy of resource groups, subscriptions, and management groups
b) Azure compute and networking services
i) Compare compute types, including container instances, virtual
machines (VMs) & functions
ii) Describe VM options, including Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Virtual
Machine Scale Sets, availability sets, and Azure Virtual Desktop
iii) Resources required for virtual machines
iv) Application hosting options, including the Web Apps feature of Azure App Service, containers, and virtual machines
v) Describe virtual networking, including the purpose of Azure Virtual
Networks, Azure virtual subnets, peering, Azure DNS, Azure VPN Gateway, and Azure ExpressRoute
vi) Define public and private endpoints
c) Azure storage services
i) Compare Azure storage services
ii) Describe storage tiers
iii) Describe redundancy options
iv) Describe storage account options and storage types
v) Identify options for moving files, including Azure Storage Explorer, and
Azure File Sync
vi) Describe migration options, including Azure Migrate and Azure Data
Box
d) Azure identity, access, and security
i) Describe directory services in Azure, including Microsoft Azure Active
Directory (Azure AD), part of Microsoft Entra and Azure Active Directory
Domain Services (Azure AD DS)
ii) Describe authentication methods in Azure, including single sign-on
(SSO), multifactor authentication, and password less
iii) Describe external identities and guest access in Azure
iv) Describe Conditional Access in Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure
AD), part of Microsoft Entra
v) Describe Azure role-based access control (RBAC)
vi) Describe the concept of Zero Trust
vii) Describe the purpose of the defense in depth model
viii) Describe the purpose of Microsoft Defender for Cloud
3) Azure management and governance (30–35%)
a) Cost management in Azure
i) Describe factors that can affect costs in Azure
ii) Compare the Pricing calculator and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
calculator
iii) Describe the Azure Cost Management and Billing tool
iv) Describe the purpose of tags
b) Azure for governance and compliance
i) Describe the purpose of Azure Blueprints
ii) Describe the purpose of Azure Policy
iii) Describe the purpose of resource locks
iv) Describe the purpose of the Service Trust Portal
c) Managing and deploying Azure resources & Monitoring tools
i)Describe the Azure portal
ii) Describe Azure Cloud Shell, including Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell
iii) Describe the purpose of Azure Arc
iv) Describe Azure Resource Manager and ARMtemplates)
v) Purpose of Azure Advisor
vi) Azure Service Health
vii) Azure Monitor, including Log Analytics, Azure Monitor alerts, and
Application Insights
