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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About This Course
Build a solid foundation in cloud computing and Microsoft Azure with this beginner-friendly course designed to prepare you for the AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification exam. Across 13 interactive, AI-guided labs, you'll learn core cloud concepts and get hands-on experience with Azure services no prior cloud experience required.The course begins with cloud computing fundamentals understanding the shared responsibility model, IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS service models, and the benefits of cloud computing including high availability, scalability, and elasticity. You'll explore Azure's global infrastructure including regions, availability zones, and resource groups, and learn how Azure organizes and manages resources.Hands-on labs cover creating and configuring Azure resources through the portal and command-line tools, deploying virtual machines, configuring virtual networks with subnets and network security groups, working with Azure Storage accounts for blob, file, and table storage, and estimating costs with the Azure Pricing Calculator. You'll also explore identity and security with Microsoft Entra ID, role-based access control, and resource locks for governance.Additional topics include Azure management and governance tools such as Azure Policy, Management Groups, Azure Resource Manager templates, and Azure Monitor. Each lesson is led by an AI instructor who explains concepts in accessible language, guides you through practical exercises, and reinforces your learning with 6+ assessment questions aligned to AZ-900 exam objectives. Perfect for anyone starting their cloud journey IT professionals, students, business decision-makers, and career changers alike.
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.