AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

Instructor-led Training Live on MS Teams

Course Agenda

1. Describe cloud computing

• Define cloud computing

• Describe the shared responsibility model

• Define cloud models, including public, private, and hybrid

• Identify appropriate use cases for each cloud model

• Describe the consumption-based model

• Compare cloud pricing models

• Describe serverless

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2. Benefits of using cloud services

• Availability and scalability in the cloud

• Reliability and predictability in the cloud

• Security and governance in the cloud

• Manageability in the cloud

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3. Cloud service types

• Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

• Platform as a service (PaaS)

• Software as a service (SaaS)

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4. Core architectural components of Azure

• Azure regions, region pairs, and sovereign regions

• Availability zones

• Azure datacentres

• Azure resources and resource groups

• Subscriptions

• Management groups

• Hierarchy of resource groups, subscriptions, and management groups

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5. Azure compute and networking services

• Compare compute types, including containers, virtual machines, and functions

• Virtual machine options, including Azure virtual machines, Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets, availability sets, and Azure Virtual Desktop

• Application hosting options, including web apps, containers, and virtual machines

• Virtual networking, including the purpose of Azure virtual networks, Azure virtual subnets, peering, Azure DNS, Azure VPN Gateway, and ExpressRoute

• Define public and private endpoints

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6. Azure storage services 

• Compare Azure Storage services

• Describe storage tiers

• Redundancy options

• Storage account options and storage types

• Identify options for moving files, including AzCopy, Azure Storage Explorer, and Azure File Sync
  Describe migration options, including Azure Migrate and Azure Data Box 

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7. Azure identity, access, and security

• Directory services in Azure, including Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Entra Domain Services

• Authentication methods

• External identities in Azure, including business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-customer (B2C)

• Microsoft Entra Conditional Access

• Azure role-based access control (RBAC)

• Zero Trust

• Defence-in-depth model

• Microsoft Defender for Cloud

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8. Cost management in Azure​

• Describe factors that can affect costs in Azure

• Compare the pricing calculator and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator

• Describe cost management capabilities in Azure

• Describe the purpose of tags​

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9. Azure for governance and compliance​

• Describe the purpose of Microsoft Purview in Azure

• Describe the purpose of Azure Policy

• Describe the purpose of resource locks

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10. Managing and deploying Azure resources

• Describe the Azure portal

• Describe Azure Cloud Shell, including Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI) and Azure PowerShell

• Describe the purpose of Azure Arc

• Describe infrastructure as code (IaC)

• Describe Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and ARM templates

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11. Monitoring tools in Azure​

• Azure Advisor

• Azure Service Health

• Azure Monitor, including Log Analytics, Azure Monitor alerts, and Application Insights