AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

The Microsoft Azure Fundamentals is a comprehensive course that covers the basics of Azure cloud services. Microsoft Azure is a cloud platform that offers Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS). The modern enterprises are keen to move their digital assets from the on-premise datacenters to cloud service providers such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services etc. The digital era is seeing increased adoption of cloud due to the fact that it provides excellent savings on CapEx and also provides up-to-date infrastructure and services.

This course is designed in such a way that it helps the students to understand the offerings of Microsoft Azure as well as how to adopt any service offered by Microsoft Azure. The course covers desktop lifecycle, management and monitoring, security and compliance and lastly availability and cost management. It is an excellent opportunity for students to thoroughly understand the basics of Microsoft Azure and then move on to the more advanced courses related to their field of employment, studies or job.

All in all, the course provides an excellent opportunity to students to understand the overall architecture of Microsoft Azure platform and explore its features, functionalities along with the management and pricing structure to be able to decide for their organizations about the time to move on to the public cloud platform.

What will students achieve or be able to do after taking your course?

After successfully completing this course, the students will be able to:

• Get to know the Azure concepts, services and solutions
• Understand cloud fundamentals
• Understand the cloud models and services
• Familiarize with core components and services of Azure
• Understand Azure management, monitoring and analysis
• Implement and understand the identity management in Azure
• Know the Azure security center and its components
• Grab the basic knowledge about privacy and compliance
• Calculate the price and manage costs
• Understand Azure availability

Who should take this course?

The course is intended for:

• Network administrators working in enterprises
• System administrators working in enterprises
• Employees of cloud service providers
• Public/Private cloud administrators

What knowledge & tools are required for the above course?

There is no required prerequisite for this course however, the candidates are expected to have a basic knowledge of computing principles, cloud operations as well as private and public clouds.