AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
This course will provide foundational level knowledge on core Azure concepts; core Azure services; core solutions and management tools; general security and network security; governance, privacy, and compliance features; Azure cost management and service level agreements.
- Category: Azure Cloud Computing
- Level: Foundational
- Time Estimate: 6h 0m
- Price: $99.99 for 3 months of access
- Subscription: $39.99 per month after 7-day free trial
- Lab Environment: Included
- Free Trial: 7 Days

Lessons in this Course

Lesson 1: Cloud Concepts & Core Principles
Principles of cloud computing Benefits and types of cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) Public, Private, and Hybrid cloud models Introduction to Azure global infrastructure
Duration: 2 h 0 mExercises
Exercise 1: Create a Virtual Machine using the Portal
In this exercise, you'll use the Azure portal to create a resource. The focus of the exercise is observing how Azure resource groups populate with created resources.
Estimated Time: 20 minutes
Exercise 2: Create an Azure virtual machine using the CLI
In this exercise, you create an Azure virtual machine (VM) and install Nginx, a popular web server.
Estimated Time: 60 minutes
Exercise 3: Configure network access
In this exercise, you'll configure the access to the virtual machine (VM) you created earlier in this lesson.
Estimated Time: 30 minutes

Lesson 2: Core Azure Architecture & Services
Compute (VMs, App Services, Containers) Networking (VNets, Load Balancers) Storage (Blob, File, Disk)
Duration: 2 h 0 mExercises
Exercise 1: Create and manage storage blob
In this exercise, you will create a new Azure storage account and use blob storage.
Estimated Time: 30 minutes

Lesson 3: Azure Management, Governance & Cost Tools
Azure App Services Azure Functions Azure Marketplace Monitoring via Azure Monitor and Azure Service Health
Duration: 2 h 0 mExercises
Exercise 1: Estimate workload costs by using the Pricing calculator
In this exercise, you use the Pricing calculator to estimate the cost of running a basic web application on Azure.
Estimated Time: 15 minutes
Exercise 2: Compare workload costs using the TCO calculator
In this exercise, you use the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator to compare the cost of running a sample workload in your datacenter versus on Azure.
Estimated Time: 15 minutes
Exercise 3: Configure a resource lock
In this exercise, you'll create a resource and configure a resource lock. Storage accounts are one of the easiest types of resource locks to quickly see the impact, so you'll use a storage account for this exercise.
Estimated Time: 30 minutes