A concise training profile for Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900):
- Audience: Beginners, IT personnel starting with Azure, educators, and learners exploring cloud careers.
- Level: Beginner.
- Primary goal: Build foundational knowledge of cloud concepts, core Azure services, and Azure management and governance features and tools.
- Recommended background: No prerequisites for the course; basic familiarity with IT terms and concepts is recommended for the Azure Fundamentals learning paths.
- Delivery format: Self-paced learning paths, instructor-led course, demonstrations, and hands-on labs.
- Course duration: 1 day for the instructor-led course AZ-900T00-A: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals.
- Core learning areas:
- Cloud concepts
- Cloud computing
- Benefits of cloud services
- Cloud service types such as IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
- Azure architecture and services
- Core architectural components of Azure
- Azure compute and networking services
- Azure storage services
- Azure identity, access, and security
- Azure management and governance
- Azure management and governance features and tools
- Hands-on approach: The course primarily uses the Azure portal and command-line interface to create resources and does not require scripting skills.
- Certification alignment: Completion of the learning and course preparation supports readiness for Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals.
- Progression path: Serves as a starting point for role-based learning such as Azure Administrator, Developer, Solution Architect, and DevOps Engineer.
- Study resources included in the profile:
- Self-paced learning paths and modules
- Instructor-led course
- Azure documentation and Azure on Microsoft Learn
- Community support and Microsoft Q&A
- Exam readiness videos and Microsoft Learn shows
A practical learning sequence:
- Start with Microsoft Azure Fundamentals: Describe cloud concepts.
- Continue with Microsoft Azure Fundamentals: Describe Azure architecture and services.
- Use the AZ-900 course for a structured overview and hands-on practice.
- Review the AZ-900 study resources before taking the exam.
For educator-focused delivery, the Microsoft Learn for Educators materials also include course preparation, planning, teaching tips, lab guidance, and certification preparation support for AZ-900.