Exam Az 900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Skills Measured
Exam Az 900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Skills Measured
Exam Az 900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Skills Measured
Measured
This exam was updated on October 25, 2021. Following the current exam guide, we have
included a version of the exam guide with Track Changes set to “On,” showing the
changes that were made to the exam on that date.
NOTE: Passing score: 700. Learn more about exam scores here.
Audience Profile
Candidates for this exam should have foundational knowledge of cloud services and how those
services are provided with Microsoft Azure. The exam is intended for candidates who are just
beginning to work with cloud-based solutions and services or are new to Azure.
Azure Fundamentals can be used to prepare for other Azure role-based or specialty
certifications, but it is not a prerequisite for any of them.
Skills Measured
NOTE: The bullets that follow each of the skills measured are intended to illustrate how we are
assessing that skill. This list is not definitive or exhaustive.
NOTE: Most questions cover features that are General Availability (GA). The exam may contain
questions on Preview features if those features are commonly used.
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 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 SQL Managed Instance
describe the benefits and usage of Azure Marketplace
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 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 the functionality and usage of Azure Dedicated Hosts
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
Skills measured
NOTE: The bullets that follow each of the skills measured are intended to illustrate how we are
assessing that skill. This list is not definitive or exhaustive.
NOTE: Most questions cover features that are General Availability (GA). The exam may contain
questions on Preview features if those features are commonly used.
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 benefits and usage of Virtual Machines, Azure App Services, Azure
Container Instances (ACI), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Windows 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 SQL Managed Instance
describe the benefits and usage of Azure Marketplace
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 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 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 the functionality and usage of Azure Dedicated Hosts
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