AZ-900 Exam: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Practice tests

This course is structured using the official AZ-900 syllabus (September 2020)

A lot of companies nowadays, even rather small ones, rely in some way, in some kind of Azure deployment.

This increased the demand for professionals with foundational-level knowledge of cloud services and how those services are provided with Microsoft Azure.

To cover this demand Microsoft created the Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals.

The exam is intended for people involved in purchasing or selling cloud-based solution and services. So, with people with non-technical background.

To pass the exam and acquire this rather specialized skillset, you will need all the help you can get.

TEST4U will empower your skills and prepare you. The exam-focused training that TEST4U provides will allow you to feel confident while sitting for the AZ-900 exam.

In this course we have focused on the practical side.

• It covers the full syllabus of the AZ-900 Exam: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

• Approximately 190 Multiple Choice questions

  
  

  
  

You will find questions covering the following topics (as found in the official syllabus page):

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 principles of economies of scale

• Identify the differences between Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operational Expenditure (OpEx)

• Describe the consumption-based model

Describe the differences between Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

• Describe the shared responsibility model

• Describe Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

• Describe Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)

• Describe Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

• Identify a service type based on a use case

Describe the differences between public, private and hybrid cloud models

• Define cloud computing

• Describe public cloud

• Describe private cloud

• Describe hybrid cloud

• Compare and contrast the three different cloud models

Describe core Azure services (15-20%)

Describe the core Azure architectural components

• Describe the benefit and usage of Regions

• Describe the benefit and usage of Availability Zones

• Describe the benefit and usage of Resource Groups

• Describe the benefit and usage of Subscriptions

• Describe the benefit and usage of Management Groups

• Describe the benefit and usage of Azure Resource Manager

Describe core workload products available in Azure

• Describe the benefits and usage of Virtual Machines, Azure App Services, Azure Container Instances (ACI), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Windows Virtual Desktop

• Describe as the benefits and usage of Virtual Networks and Express Route 

• 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 and Azure Database for PostgreSQL 

• Describe the benefits and usage of Azure Marketplace

Describe Core Solutions and Management Tools on Azure (10-15%)

Describe core solutions available on Azure

• Describe the benefits and usage of 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, Logic Apps and Event Grid 

• Describe solutions for software development including Azure DevOps 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 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 Azure Security Center, including policy compliance, security alerts, secure score, and resource hygiene)

• Describe the functionality and usage of Key Vault 

• Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Sentinel

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 (20 - 25%)

Describe core Azure identity services

• Explain the difference between authentication and authorization 

• Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Active Directory 

• Describe the functionality and usage of Conditional Access and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) 

• Describe the functionality and usage of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

Describe Azure governance features

• Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Policy 

• Describe the functionality and usage of resource locks 

• Describe the functionality and usage of tags

• Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Blueprints

Describe privacy and compliance resources

• Describe the purpose of the Microsoft Privacy Statement and the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

• Describe the purpose of the Trust Center 

• Describe the purpose of the Service Trust Portal 

• Describe the purpose of Azure Sovereign Regions (Azure Government cloud services and Azure China cloud services)

Describe Azure Pricing and Support (10-15%)

Describe methods for planning and management of costs

• Identify the factors affecting costs (resource types, services, locations, ingress and egress traffic, reserved instances, hybrid use benefit) 

• 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) 

• Interpret the terms of an SLA

• Describe the service lifecycle in Azure (Public Preview and General Availability)

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We are confident that with our help and your hard work, you are set to succeed in your exam.