About this course
This two-days course introduces Azure and the Microsoft services students can use to create cloud computing solutions. This course will provide foundational level knowledge on:
- Azure Cloud 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
Audience
The audience for this course is anyone who is just beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure
provides that service. The course is suitable for non-technical and technical people, who are involved with cloud services and need an overview of Azure products and services.
Students don’t need to have any experience with Microsoft Azure before taking this course. However, a basic level of
familiarity with computer technology and cloud computing will make the concepts easier to understand. The course
includes hands-on activities that involve working with multiple browser windows, so knowledge and experience with the
Internet and browsers is will also be helpful.
This course primarily uses the Azure portal to create services and does not require scripting skills. Students in this course will gain confidence to take other role-based courses and certifications, such as Azure Administrator.
This course provides an Azure pass and optional lab environment.
This course combines lecture, demonstrations, and hands-on labs.
Skills gained
- Discuss the basics of cloud computing and Azure, and how to get started with Azure’s subscriptions and accounts.
- Describe the advantages of using cloud computing services, learning to differentiate between the categories and types of cloud computing, and how to examine the various concepts, resources, and terminology that are necessary to work with Azure architecture.
- Outline the core services available with Microsoft Azure.
- Discuss the core solutions that encompass a wide array of tools and services from Microsoft Azure.
- Describe the general security and network security features, and how you can use the various Azure services to help ensure that your cloud resources are safe, secure, and trusted.
- Discuss the identity, governance, privacy, and compliance features, and how Azure can help you secure access to cloud resources, what it means to build a cloud governance strategy, and how Azure adheres to common regulatory and compliance standards.
- Discuss the factors that influence cost, tools you can use to help estimate and manage your cloud spend, and how Azure’s service-level agreements (SLAs) can impact your application design decisions.
Certification exam
This course is directly mapped to and supports learning for the AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification
exam (Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals). To pass the certification test, studying outside the course may be required to ensure all the concepts are fully understood.
Prerequisites
Students don’t need to have any experience with Microsoft Azure before taking this course. However, a basic level of
familiarity with computer technology and cloud computing will make the concepts easier to understand.
Note
This course provides an Azure pass and time for students to participate in hands-on labs. If you do not need hands-on experience, consider the AZ-900T01: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (1 Day) course. The content for both courses align to the AZ-900 exam objective domain.