AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
Start your Azure journey with 13 hands-on labs covering cloud concepts, core Azure services, virtual machines, networking, storage, identity, security, cost management, and governance for the AZ-900 exam.
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Course Curriculum
17 Lessons
Cloud Computing Fundamentals
Understand cloud computing concepts including the shared responsibility model, cloud deployment models (public, private, hybrid), the consumption-based model, cloud pricing, and serverless computing.
Benefits of Cloud Services and Cloud Service Types
Explore the benefits of cloud computing including high availability, scalability, reliability, predictability, security, governance, and manageability. Understand IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS service models and their use cases.
Cloud Concepts and Service Models - Lab Exercises
Hands-on exercises that reinforce foundational cloud concepts by exploring the Azure portal to identify IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services, calculating composite SLAs, and evaluating cloud deployment model options for realistic business scenarios.
Core Azure Architectural Components
Learn about Azure regions, region pairs, sovereign regions, availability zones, datacenters, resources, resource groups, subscriptions, management groups, and the resource hierarchy.
Core Azure Architectural Components - Lab Exercises
Hands-on exercises for creating Azure resources and observing how Azure resource groups populate with created resources.
Azure Compute, Networking, and AI Services
Compare compute types (VMs, containers, functions), explore VM options, application hosting, virtual networking concepts including VNets, subnets, peering, DNS, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, and public/private endpoints.
Azure Compute Services - Lab Exercises
Hands-on exercises for creating virtual machines, installing web servers, and configuring network security group rules.
Azure Networking Services - Lab Exercises
Hands-on exercises for creating virtual networks with multiple subnets, configuring VNet peering, setting up Azure DNS zones, and exploring Azure Bastion for secure VM access without public IP exposure.
Azure Storage Services
Compare Azure storage services, understand storage tiers, redundancy options, storage account types, and tools for moving files (AzCopy, Storage Explorer, File Sync) and migration (Azure Migrate, Data Box).
Azure Storage Services - Lab Exercises
Hands-on exercises for creating storage accounts, uploading blobs, and configuring access levels.
Azure Identity, Access, and Security
Understand Microsoft Entra ID, Entra Domain Services, authentication methods (SSO, MFA, passwordless), external identities, Conditional Access, Azure RBAC, Zero Trust, defense-in-depth, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Azure Identity and Security - Lab Exercises
Hands-on exercises for creating Entra ID users and groups, assigning RBAC roles, exploring Conditional Access policies, and reviewing Microsoft Defender for Cloud recommendations.
Azure Cost Management, Governance, and Compliance
Explore cost factors in Azure, the pricing calculator, cost management capabilities, tags, Microsoft Purview, Azure Policy, and resource locks.
Configuring Resource Locks - Lab Exercises
Hands-on exercise for configuring resource locks.
Azure Management Tools, Monitoring, and Developer Tools
Learn about the Azure portal, Cloud Shell (CLI and PowerShell), Azure Arc, Infrastructure as Code, ARM templates, Azure Advisor, Azure Service Health, and Azure Monitor including Log Analytics and Application Insights.
Azure Management Tools and Monitoring - Lab Exercises
Hands-on exercises using Azure Cloud Shell with CLI and PowerShell, deploying resources with ARM templates, configuring Azure Monitor alerts, and reviewing Azure Advisor recommendations.
AZ-900 Final Challenge: Build and Secure a Cloud Solution
Put your Azure Fundamentals knowledge to the test! Design, deploy, and secure a complete cloud solution using the skills you have learned throughout the course.