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GUIDE
AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals study guide
Use this guide as a map of the knowledge areas behind AZ-900. It explains what to understand in each objective group and how to turn the blueprint into an effective study checklist.
AT A GLANCE
Topics covered
A focused path from practice to useful feedback.
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Describe Azure architecture and services
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Describe Azure management and governance
OVERVIEW
1. Describe cloud concepts
Understand cloud service models and deployment models, the shared responsibility model, and the financial difference between owning infrastructure and consuming services. Be able to relate high availability, scalability, elasticity, reliability, predictability, security, governance, and manageability to business requirements.
Do not study these as disconnected definitions. A scenario that experiences seasonal demand, for example, may need elasticity; an organization operating across failures may emphasize availability and reliability.
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2. Describe Azure architecture and services
Learn the relationship among geographies, regions, region pairs, availability zones, subscriptions, management groups, resource groups, and resources. Then map core workloads to Azure compute, networking, and storage choices.
Identity and security belong in this objective area too. Review Microsoft Entra ID, authentication methods, external identities, conditional access concepts, role-based access control, defense in depth, and the purpose of security services.
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3. Describe Azure management and governance
Know how cost tools, tags, policy, resource locks, and the Cloud Adoption Framework support responsible use. Distinguish deployment and management options such as the portal, Azure Cloud Shell, Azure CLI, PowerShell, Azure Resource Manager, and infrastructure-as-code templates.
Review monitoring and advisory tools by the questions they answer: operational metrics and logs, service health, resource health, security posture, and recommendations for reliability, cost, security, operational excellence, and performance.
Practical exercises that reinforce the guide
- Explore the Azure portal hierarchy and create a resource group without deploying a paid workload.
- Use the pricing calculator to compare configurations and identify the assumptions that change estimated cost.
- Read a built-in Azure Policy definition and identify what condition it evaluates and what effect it applies.
- Compare a role assignment, a resource lock, and a policy so you can explain what each controls.
- Locate Azure Service Health, Resource Health, Monitor, and Advisor and describe the different information each provides.
Turn the objectives into a personal checklist
- Mark each official objective as explain, recognize, or needs work.
- Study one weak cluster at a time and write a short scenario for each important service.
- Use practice questions to test decisions and relationships rather than trivia.
- Recheck the official study guide near your exam date because Microsoft updates objectives as Azure evolves.
Frequently asked questions
Is this the same as a how-to-pass guide?
No. This page organizes the subject matter by objective. The how-to-pass guide focuses on scheduling, study behavior, mistakes, and readiness decisions.
Should I memorize every Azure service?
No. Start with services and concepts named in the current official objectives and understand their purpose and relationships.
Can I use only practice questions?
Practice questions diagnose knowledge and build decision skill, but they should complement official learning material and hands-on exploration.
Put the next step into practice
Use the free experience first, review what you learn, and upgrade only if the expanded question banks and tracking fit your study plan.
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