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AZ-900: Azure Fundamentals Study Guide

I’m excited to announce that this guide is now available as a Notion template! Extended and enhanced for 2023 it provides in-depth notes for all 56+ exam topics, study resources, further tips and the ability to track your study progress. It can be downloaded from Gumroad here.

Exam Overview

I wanted to share my AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Exam Study Guide with you.

The content of this exam was updated on October 28, 2022. This study guide has been updated to reflect the latest objectives

The AZ-900 exam is the only exam needed to obtain the Azure Fundamentals certification. According to Microsoft -


“Candidates are technology professionals who want to demonstrate foundational knowledge of cloud concepts and Microsoft Azure.


These professionals can describe Azure architectural components and Azure services, such as compute, networking, and storage. They can also describe features and tools to secure, govern, and administer Azure.


Candidates for this exam have skills and experience working with an area of information technology, such as infrastructure management, database management, or software development.”


The high-level view of the skills measured in the exam:

  • Describe cloud concepts (25–30%)

  • Describe Azure architecture and services (35–40%)

  • Describe Azure management and governance (30–35%)

More information can be found on the exam’s website. The exam has a passing score of 700.


Free Microsoft Learn resources

Microsoft Learn is an ever-expanding catalogue of free training courses provided by Microsoft. After you’ve reviewed the exam objectives, I’d highly recommend working through these next. They’re in nice bite-sized sections, and you can easily track your progress.


Microsoft Learn contains a dedicated learning path for the AZ-900 exam. It’s a 10-hour course containing 20 modules -

Also worth checking out is John Savill’s AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals Certification Course on YouTube.


Online Paid Training Courses

In addition to Microsoft’s free resources, there are several paid options for online training courses. These are often more interactive and provide a useful way to fill in any gaps in your knowledge.


Below, I’ve linked to what I think are the best options for the AZ-900 exam -


AZ-900 Books

Some people prefer to use books to study, which is why Microsoft still publishes the Exam Ref series. As exam objectives get updated fairly regularly, make sure that you get the latest edition of any study guides -


Practice Tests


Microsoft Docs for AZ-900

This section steps through each of the exam topics with links to the relevant Microsoft documentation.


Describe Cloud Concepts (25–30%)

Describe cloud computing

Describe the benefits of using cloud services

Describe cloud service types


Describe Azure architecture and services (35–40%)

Describe the core architectural components of Azure

Describe Azure compute and networking services

Describe Azure storage services

Describe Azure identity, access, and security


Describe Azure management and governance (30–35%)

Describe cost management in Azure

Describe features and tools in Azure for governance and compliance

Describe features and tools for managing and deploying Azure resources

Describe monitoring tools in Azure


Additional tips

For any of the Azure certifications, I find deploying the relevant Azure resources and configuring their features to be hugely beneficial to my learning. You can grab a free Azure trial to receive 12 months of free popular services, $200 free credit, and 25+ always free services.


AZ-900 is straightforward as long as you take the time to prepare and practice. It covers a wide range of topics, and although very deep knowledge isn’t required, you need to understand the concepts and how services relate to each other.


I hope you found this study guide useful and good luck! Please let me know of any other resources that you found helpful for the exam.




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