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AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

AZ-900: Azure Fundamentals Crash Course

Published by Pearson

Intermediate content levelIntermediate

Prepare for success in the Microsoft cloud

  • Learn essentials of Azure cloud computing and prepare for the Microsoft AZ-900 exam (updated October 2022)
  • Let Jim Cheshire, bestselling Azure Fundamentals author and the principal lead of Apps & Infrastructure technical training at Microsoft, be your guide to success
  • Strengthen your resume with demonstrated knowledge of cloud concepts

New to the cloud or want to learn more about Microsoft's offerings in Azure? Thinking about starting your Azure certification journey by taking the AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals exam? This live training Crash Course is a good place to start. You'll learn key components of cloud computing and then build on that foundation while learning about many of Microsoft's offerings in Azure. These concepts are essential as you head towards your Azure Fundamentals certification.

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it

  • Describe cloud terminology and benefits of cloud computing
  • Identify the differences between IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS cloud offerings
  • Describe types of clouds (public, private, and hybrid) and the details of each
  • Describe Azure architectural components
  • Describe core resources in Azure such as virtual machines, App Service, container technologies, and networking services
  • Describe Azure storage options
  • Identify database offerings in Azure
  • Identify Azure IoT services and their usage
  • Explain Azure machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions
  • Describe serverless computing
  • Understand options for creating and managing Azure resources
  • Understand security in Azure
  • Explain identity services, governance, privacy, and compliance in Azure
  • Understand Azure service lifecycles, costs, and service level agreements

This live event is for you because...

  • You are responsible for understanding service options and making cloud computing recommendations in your company
  • You are interested in learning more about cloud computing in order to advance your career
  • You need to prepare for passing the AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals exam

Prerequisites

  • No previous experience with Azure or cloud computing is required for this live training.

Course Set-up

  • While not required, having an Azure subscription is helpful. You can get a free subscription at Microsoft Azure

Recommended Follow-up

Schedule

The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.

DAY 1:

Segment 1: Describing cloud computing (25 min)

  • Cloud computing in general
  • The shared responsibility model
  • The public cloud
  • The private cloud
  • The hybrid cloud
  • Use cases for each cloud computing model
  • Comparison of cloud computing pricing

Segment 2: Understanding benefits of the cloud (40 min)

  • High availability and scalability
  • Reliability and predictability
  • Benefits of security and governance
  • Benefits of manageability
  • Q&A (5 min)
  • Break (10 min)

Segment 3: Categories of cloud services (25 min)

  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
  • Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
  • Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
  • Appropriate use cases for each category

Segment 4: Azure architecture and architectural components (40 min)

  • Azure regions, region pairs, and sovereign regions
  • Azure datacenters
  • Availability zones
  • Resource groups
  • Azure subscriptions
  • Management groups
  • Hierarchy of resource groups, subscriptions, and management groups
  • Q&A (5 min)
  • Break (10 min)

Segment 5: Azure compute and networking resources (60 min)

  • Compute types
  • Virtual machine options
  • Resources required for virtual machines
  • Application hosting in Azure
  • Virtual networking
  • Public and private endpoints
  • Q&A (5 min)

DAY 2:

Segment 6: Azure storage options (30 min)

  • Storage services
  • Storage tiers
  • Storage redundancy options
  • Storage accounts
  • Moving and migrating files

Segment 7: Azure identity, access, and security (40 min)

  • Azure Active Directory and Azure Active Directory Domain Services
  • Authentication methods in Azure
  • External identities and guest access
  • Azure AD Conditional Access
  • Role-based access control (RBAC)
  • Zero trust and defense in depth
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Q&A (5 min)
  • Break (10 min)

Segment 8: Cost management in Azure (20 min)

  • Factors that can affect costs
  • Pricing calculator and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator
  • Azure Cost Management
  • Tags

Segment 9: Governance and compliance (20 min)

  • Azure Blueprints
  • Azure Policy
  • Resource locks
  • Service Trust Portal

Segment 10: Azure management tools (50 min)

  • The Azure portal
  • Azure PowerShell
  • Azure Command Line Interface (CLI)
  • Azure Cloud Shell
  • Azure Arc
  • Azure Resource Manager and Azure Resource Manager templates
  • Q&A (5 min)
  • Break (10 min)

Segment 11: Monitoring tools (30 min)

  • Azure Advisor
  • Azure Service Health
  • Azure Monitor

Course wrap-up and next steps

Your Instructor

  • Jim Cheshire

    Jim Cheshire is a best-selling author, trainer, and industry expert with more than 25 years of experience at Microsoft. Jim has written more than a dozen technology books, including the best-selling Exam Ref AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals from Microsoft Press. He has also created numerous training programs, including the Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals video from Microsoft Press and the AZ-900: Azure Fundamentals Crash Course live online training from Pearson available on the O’Reilly platform. At Microsoft, Jim is currently principal leader of technical training for Microsoft’s Apps & Infrastructure business unit, including developer technologies, Azure, and the Windows commercial business.