AZ-900: Microsoft Azure

Fundamentals
Introduction
Bárbara Rodríguez-Carmona
20/09/2021

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Professor Introduction

Bárbara Rodríguez-Carmona • Microsoft Certified Trainer.

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Let´s get acquainted

• What is your cloud experience?

• What excites you about Azure Fundamentals?

• What are your expectations for this course?

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About this course

This course provides foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure
services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support.

The audience for this course is just beginning to learn about cloud computing and how
Microsoft Azure provides that service.

The content aligns to the AZ-900 exam objective domain.

There are no prerequisites for the course, but students with an IT background, will
find the concepts easier to understand.

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 Module 01: Cloud concepts

Module 02: Core Azure services

Module 03: Core solutions and management tools

Course
Agenda Module 04: General security and network security

Module 05: Identity, governance, privacy, and compliance

Module 06: Azure cost management and Service Level Agreements

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Certification areas (AZ-900)

Study areas Weight

Describe Cloud Concepts 20-25%
Describe Core Azure Services 15-20%
Describe Core Solutions and Management Tools  10-15%
Describe General Security and Network Security 10-15%
Describe Identity, Governance, Privacy and Compliance 20-25%
Describe Azure cost management and Service Level Agreements 10-15%

This course maps directly Percentages indicate the The higher the percentage, the
to the exam AZ-900 relative weight of each more questions you are likely
Microsoft Azure area on the exam to see in that area
Fundamentals

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Syllabus

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Classroom Ethics

• Turnitin: Please use Turnitin for final versions of assignments, when

applicable.

• Ethics is not just plagiarism: No harassment, disrespect or otherwise

unethical behavior will be tolerated.

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Attendance

• Students must attend at least 70% of classes.

• If you go above 9 absences, you automatically fail the course and have no right to be
further evaluated in ordinary or extraordinary calls.
• Justified absences must be approved by Program Director.
• Blackboard is the tool we will use to keep track of your attendance.

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Grading criteria

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Module 1/6
Session 1
Core Azure concepts

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Module 1 Outline

Cloud Benefits and Considerations

• Benefits of the cloud
• Cloud considerations

Cloud Models
• Public, Private, and Hybrid cloud
• Choosing the best for you

Cloud Services
• IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
• Sharing responsibility

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Cloud Models: Objective Domain 

• Define cloud computing

• Cloud Models by deployment:
Describe Public cloud
Describe Private cloud
Describe Hybrid cloud
• Compare and contrast the three different cloud models
• Introduction to Serverless Computing

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What is cloud computing?

Cloud Computing is the delivery of computing services over the internet, enabling
faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale. 

Compute Networking Storage Analytics

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Cloud Benefits

High availability Fault tolerance

Scalability Elasticity

Global reach Customer latency capabilities

Agility Predictive cost considerations

Disaster recovery Security

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Public cloud

• Owned by cloud services or hosting

provider.

• Provides resources and services to

multiple organizations and users.

• Accessed via secure network

connection (typically over the internet).

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Private cloud

• Organizations create a cloud

environment in their datacenter.

• Organization is responsible for

operating the services they provide.

• Does not provide access to users

outside of the organization.

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Hybrid cloud

Combines Public and Private clouds to allow applications to run in the 

most appropriate location.

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Cloud model comparison

• No capital expenditures to scale up.

Public Cloud • Applications can be quickly provisioned and deprovisioned.
• Organizations pay only for what they use.

• Hardware must be purchased for start-up and maintenance.

Private Cloud • Organizations have complete control over resources and security. 
• Organizations are responsible for hardware maintenance and updates.

• Provides the most flexibility.

Hybrid Cloud • Organizations determine where to run their applications.
• Organizations control security, compliance, or legal requirements.

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Introduction to Serverless Computing

With serverless computing applications, the cloud service provider automatically

provisions, scales, and manages the infrastructure required to run the code.

Azure Functions is code running your service and not the

underlying platform or infrastructure. It creates infrastructure
based on an event.
Azure Logic Apps is a cloud service that helps you
automate and orchestrate tasks, business processes, and
workflows when you need to integrate apps, data, systems,
and services.

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