Microsoft AZ-900 Exam Syllabus
| Topic | Details |
|---|---|
Describe Cloud Concepts (20-25%) | |
| Identify the benefits and considerations of using cloud services | - identify the benefits of cloud computing, such as High Availability, Scalability, Elasticity, Agility, and Disaster Recovery - identify the differences between Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operational Expenditure (OpEx) - describe the consumption-based model |
| Describe the differences between categories of cloud services | - describe the shared responsibility model - describe Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) - describe Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) - describe serverless computing - describe Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) - identify a service type based on a use case |
| Describe the differences between types of cloud computing | - define cloud computing - describe Public cloud - describe Private cloud - describe Hybrid cloud - compare and contrast the three types of cloud computing |
Describe Core Azure Services (15-20%) | |
| Describe the core Azure architectural components | - describe the benefits and usage of Regions and Region Pairs - describe the benefits and usage of Availability Zones - describe the benefits and usage of Resource Groups - describe the benefits and usage of Subscriptions - describe the benefits and usage of Management Groups - describe the benefits and usage of Azure Resource Manager - explain Azure resources |
| Describe core resources available in Azure | - describe the benefits and usage of Virtual Machines, Azure App Services, Azure Container Instances (ACI), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Azure Virtual Desktop - describe the benefits and usage of Virtual Networks, VPN Gateway, Virtual Network peering, and ExpressRoute - describe the benefits and usage of Container (Blob) Storage, Disk Storage, File Storage, and storage tiers - describe the benefits and usage of Cosmos DB, Azure SQL Database, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, and Azure SQL Managed Instance - describe the benefits and usage of Azure Marketplace |
Describe core solutions and management tools on Azure (10-15%) | |
| Describe core solutions available in Azure | - describe the benefits and usage of Internet of Things (IoT) Hub, IoT Central, and Azure Sphere - describe the benefits and usage of Azure Synapse Analytics, HDInsight, and Azure Databricks - describe the benefits and usage of Azure Machine Learning, Cognitive Services and Azure Bot Service - describe the benefits and usage of serverless computing solutions that include Azure Functions and Logic Apps - describe the benefits and usage of Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevTest Labs |
| Describe Azure management tools | - describe the functionality and usage of the Azure Portal, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, Cloud Shell, and Azure Mobile App - describe the functionality and usage of Azure Advisor - describe the functionality and usage of Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates - describe the functionality and usage of Azure Monitor - describe the functionality and usage of Azure Service Health |
Describe general security and network security features (10-15%) | |
| Describe Azure security features | - describe basic features of Microsoft Defender for Cloud, including policy compliance, security alerts, secure score, and resource hygiene - describe the functionality and usage of Azure Key Vault - describe the functionality and usage of Microsoft Sentinel - describe the functionality and usage of Azure Dedicated Hosts |
| Describe Azure network security | - describe the concept of defense in depth - describe the functionality and usage of Network Security Groups (NSG) - describe the functionality and usage of Azure Firewall - describe the functionality and usage of Azure DDoS protection |
Describe identity, governance, privacy, and compliance features (15-20%) | |
| Describe core Azure identity services | - explain the difference between authentication and authorization - define Azure Active Directory - describe the functionality and usage of Azure Active Directory - describe the functionality and usage of Conditional Access, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and Single Sign-On (SSO) |
| Describe Azure governance features | - describe the functionality and usage of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) - describe the functionality and usage of resource locks - describe the functionality and usage of tags - describe the functionality and usage of Azure Policy - describe the functionality and usage of Azure Blueprints - describe the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure |
| Describe privacy and compliance resources | - describe the Microsoft core tenets of Security, Privacy, and Compliance - describe the purpose of the Microsoft Privacy Statement, Online Services Terms (OST) and Data Protection Amendment (DPA) - describe the purpose of the Trust Center - describe the purpose of the Azure compliance documentation - describe the purpose of Azure Sovereign Regions (Azure Government cloud services and Azure China cloud services) |
Describe Azure cost management and Service Level Agreements (10-15%) | |
| Describe methods for planning and managing costs | - identify factors that can affect costs (resource types, services, locations, ingress and egress traffic) - identify factors that can reduce costs (reserved instances, reserved capacity, hybrid use benefit, spot pricing) - describe the functionality and usage of the Pricing calculator and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator - describe the functionality and usage of Azure Cost Management |
| Describe Azure Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and service lifecycles | - describe the purpose of an Azure Service Level Agreement (SLA) - identify actions that can impact an SLA (i.e. Availability Zones) - describe the service lifecycle in Azure (Public Preview and General Availability) |