AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

The Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) certification is designed for students, beginners, and IT professionals who want to build a solid understanding of cloud computing and Microsoft Azure. It is also a useful starting point for anyone planning to continue toward more advanced Azure administration, networking, security, or architecture certifications.

This AZ-900 course focuses on the key knowledge areas covered by the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals exam, including cloud concepts, Azure architecture and services, identity and security, Azure networking, storage, cost management, governance, and monitoring.

What You Should Understand for AZ-900

• Cloud computing concepts and the shared responsibility model
• Public, private, and hybrid cloud environments
• IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS service models
• Azure regions, availability zones, subscriptions, and resource groups
• Azure Virtual Machines, containers, and serverless computing
• Azure Virtual Networks, subnets, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, and Azure DNS
• Azure Storage services and redundancy options
• Microsoft Entra ID, authentication, authorization, and Azure RBAC
• Azure Policy, resource locks, and governance concepts
• Azure Cost Management and the Azure Pricing Calculator
• Azure Monitor, Service Health, Advisor, and other management tools

Who Is This AZ-900 Course For?

This course is suitable for networking students, junior system administrators, technical support professionals, developers, cloud beginners, and anyone preparing for Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals.

No advanced Azure experience is required. However, basic knowledge of networking, operating systems, virtualization, or general IT concepts can make the learning process easier.

Why Start with Microsoft Azure Fundamentals?

AZ-900 is not intended to make you an Azure administrator or cloud architect by itself. Its value is in helping you understand the terminology, services, architecture, and management concepts that appear throughout the Microsoft Azure platform.

After preparing for the exam, you should be able to explain the differences between technologies such as IaaS and PaaS, VPN Gateway and ExpressRoute, Azure Policy and RBAC, public and private endpoints, and Azure Monitor and Service Health.