Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (Video), 2nd Edition

Video description

5 Hours of Video Instruction

Includes coverage of the November 2020 exam updates!

Prepare for Microsoft Exam AZ-900—and demonstrate your foundational-level knowledge of cloud services and how Microsoft Azure can provide those services.

Exam AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (Video), Second Edition, is designed for professionals in any non-technical or technical role who want to take a first step toward expanding their understanding of cloud services and cloud-based solutions using Microsoft Azure. This video focuses on the skills measured by the exam objectives:

  • Describe cloud concepts
  • Describe core Azure services
  • Describe core solutions and management tools on Azure
  • Describe general security and network security features
  • Describe identity, governance, privacy, and compliance features
  • Describe Azure cost management and Service Level Agreements

For more than 20 years, instructor and author Jim Cheshire has worked at Microsoft in various roles, most recently in technical readiness across the entire Azure business. In this video, Jim shares his insights and organizes coverage by exam objective to help you make the most effective use of your study and exam prep time.

About the Instructor

Jim Cheshire is a technology enthusiast with more than 25 years of experience in various roles within IT. Jim has authored more than 15 books on technology, and he’s held numerous training sessions on Microsoft Azure, both in private enterprises and through Safari’s Live Training program. Jim is heavily involved in Azure and is in his 21st year at Microsoft. He’s currently working as an engineer in Azure App Service.

Skill Level

  • Beginner

Who Should Take This Course

  • Certification candidates preparing for exam AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
  • Anyone who needs to demonstrate a foundational-level understanding of cloud services and cloud-based solutions with Microsoft Azure
  • Anyone who wants to take a first step in learning Microsoft Azure concepts and terminology

Course Requirements

  • This video assumes no prior knowledge of Azure or cloud services.

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
    1. Exam AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals: Introduction
  2. Module 1: Describe Cloud Concepts
    1. Module Introduction
  3. Lesson 1: Identify the benefits and considerations of cloud services
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 1.1 Understand high availability
    3. 1.2 Understand scalability, elasticity, and agility
    4. 1.3 Describe fault tolerance and disaster recovery
    5. 1.4 Explain economic benefits of the cloud
  4. Lesson 2: Describe the differences between categories of cloud services
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 2.1 Describe the shared responsibility model
    3. 2.2 Describe infrastructure-as-a-service
    4. 2.3 Describe platform-as-a-service
    5. 2.4 Describe software-as-a-service
    6. 2.5 Describe serverless computing
    7. 2.6 Identify a service type based on a use case
  5. Lesson 3: Describe the differences between types of cloud computing
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 3.1 Define cloud computing
    3. 3.2 Define public cloud
    4. 3.3 Define private cloud
    5. 3.4 Define hybrid cloud
  6. Module 2: Describe Core Azure Services
    1. Module Introduction
  7. Lesson 4: Describe core Azure architectural components
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 4.1 Describe the benefits and usage of Regions and Region Pairs
    3. 4.2 Describe the benefits and usage of Availability Zones
    4. 4.3 Describe the benefits and usage of Resource Groups
    5. 4.4 Describe the benefits and usage of subscriptions
    6. 4.5 Describe the benefits and usage of management groups
    7. 4.6 Describe the benefits and usage of Azure Resource Manager
    8. 4.7 Explain Azure resources
  8. Lesson 5: Describe core resources available in Azure
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 5.1 Describe Azure Virtual Machines
    3. 5.2 Describe Azure App Service
    4. 5.3 Describe Azure Container Instances (ACI)
    5. 5.4 Describe Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    6. 5.5 Describe Windows Virtual Desktop
    7. 5.6 Describe Virtual networks
    8. 5.7 Describe VPN Gateway
    9. 5.8 Describe virtual network peering
    10. 5.9 Describe ExpressRoute
    11. 5.10 Describe Container (blob) storage
    12. 5.11 Describe Disk storage
    13. 5.12 Describe Azure Files
    14. 5.13 Describe Storage tiers
    15. 5.14 Describe Cosmos DB
    16. 5.15 Describe Azure SQL Database
    17. 5.16 Describe Azure Database for MySQL
    18. 5.17 Describe Azure Database for PostgreSQL
    19. 5.18 Describe the Azure Marketplace and its usage scenarios
  9. Module 3: Describe Core Solutions and Management Tools on Azure
    1. Module Introduction
  10. Lesson 6: Describe core solutions available in Azure
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 6.1 Describe Azure IoT Hub
    3. 6.2 Describe IoT Central
    4. 6.3 Describe Azure Sphere
    5. 6.4 Describe Azure Synapse Analytics
    6. 6.5 Describe Azure HDInsight
    7. 6.6 Describe Azure Databricks
    8. 6.7 Describe Azure Machine Learning
    9. 6.8 Describe Cognitive Services
    10. 6.9 Describe Azure Bot Service
    11. 6.10 Describe Azure Functions
    12. 6.11 Describe Logic Apps
    13. 6.12 Describe Azure DevOps
    14. 6.13 Describe Azure DevTest Labs
    15. 6.14 Describe GitHub and GitHub Actions
  11. Lesson 7: Describe Azure management tools
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 7.1 Describe the Azure portal
    3. 7.2 Describe Azure PowerShell
    4. 7.3 Describe Azure CLI
    5. 7.4 Describe Azure Cloud Shell
    6. 7.5 Describe Azure mobile app
    7. 7.6 Describe Azure Advisor
    8. 7.7 Describe Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates
    9. 7.8 Describe Azure Monitor
    10. 7.9 Describe Azure Service Health
  12. Module 4: Describe General Security and Network Security Features
    1. Module Introduction
  13. Lesson 8: Describe Azure security features
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 8.1 Describe Azure Security Center
    3. 8.2 Describe Key Vault
    4. 8.3 Describe Azure Sentinel
    5. 8.4 Describe Azure Dedicated Host
  14. Lesson 9: Describe Azure network security
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 9.1 Describe defense in depth
    3. 9.2 Describe Network Security Groups (NSGs)
    4. 9.3 Describe Azure Firewall
    5. 9.4 Describe Azure DDoS Protection
  15. Module 5: Describe Identity, Governance, Privacy, and Compliance Features
    1. Module Introduction
  16. Lesson 10: Describe core Azure identity services
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 10.1 Explain authentication and authorization
    3. 10.2 Describe Azure Active Directory
    4. 10.3 Describe conditional access, multi-factor authentication (MFA), and single sign-on (SSO)
  17. Lesson 11: Describe Azure governance features
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 11.1 Describe role-based access control
    3. 11.2 Describe resource locks
    4. 11.3 Describe tags
    5. 11.4 Describe Azure Policy
    6. 11.5 Use Azure Blueprints
    7. 11.6 Describe the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
  18. Lesson 12: Describe privacy and compliance resources
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 12.1 Describe the Microsoft core tenets of security, privacy, and compliance
    3. 12.2 Describe the Microsoft Privacy Statement
    4. 12.3 Describe Online Service Terms (OST) and Data Protection Amendment (DPA)
    5. 12.4 Describe the Trust Center
    6. 12.5 Describe the purpose of the Azure compliance documentation
    7. 12.6 Describe Azure sovereign regions
  19. Module 6: Describe Azure Pricing, SLAs, and Service Lifecycles
    1. Module Introduction
  20. Lesson 13: Describe methods for planning and management of costs
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 13.1 Identify factors affecting costs
    3. 13.2 Describe the Pricing calculator
    4. 13.3 Describe the Total Cost of Ownership calculator
    5. 13.4 Describe Azure Cost Management
  21. Lesson 14: Describe Azure service level agreements (SLAs) and service lifecycles
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 14.1 Describe Azure service level agreements (SLAs)
    3. 14.2 Describe the service lifecycle in Azure
  22. Summary
    1. Exam AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals: Summary

Product information

  • Title: Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (Video), 2nd Edition
  • Author(s): Jim Cheshire
  • Release date: December 2020
  • Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
  • ISBN: 0137307004