This exam is designed for candidates looking to demonstrate foundational level knowledge of cloud services and how those services are provided with Microsoft Azure. The exam is intended for candidates with non-technical backgrounds, such as those involved in selling or purchasing cloud based solutions and services or who have some involvement with cloud based solutions and services, as well as those with a technical background who have a need to validate their foundational level knowledge around cloud services.
*** This course does not content the study material. This course contains 86 questions ***
Overview
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals is the first of the Azure certification exams, earning you the Microsoft Certified Fundamentals achievement. You’ll need to understand the foundational aspects and benefits of Microsoft’s Cloud – like how subscriptions work, what support plans are available, the difference between Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service and Software as a Service, and which services you would use when. “What to use when” is actually a common theme in this exam, across some but not all of the Azure products. There are also some “systems administration” concepts like enforcing Policies and using Role Based Access Control (RBAC), which are applicable across your Azure tenancy regardless of which services you are using. IT Pros may be more familiar with this content, but software developers would also benefit from learning the architecture of and controls available in Microsoft’s Cloud.
Exam Details
The exam is 60 minutes long but contains no simulated lab scenarios. Instead, there are multi-choice questions with one or more correct answers and some ‘multi-part’ questions. Here you are given one main premise, and a few multi choice questions that relate to that same scenario.
The areas of focus for this exam are:
•Understanding Cloud Concepts (15-20%)
•Understanding Core Azure Services (30-35%)
•Understanding Security, Privacy, Compliance and Trust (25-30%)
•Understanding Azure Pricing and Support (25-30%)
The percentages are how much that area contributes to the final score of the exam, with room for Microsoft to adjust the content mix within those percentage boundaries.
At the end of the exam, you will immediately be given your score and you will see if you have passed. AZ-900 requires a score of 700 or above to pass. Don’t get hung up on comparing your final score to other people’s though. You’ve been presented with a random subset of questions and the exams are fine tuned on an ongoing basis, so you aren’t comparing exactly the same test. There are no prizes for the top score here.
