Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
Global 🌍PROAzure Fundamentals — core services, the IaaS/PaaS/SaaS responsibility gradient, and Azure's global infrastructure.
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Beginner
Beginner skill
Core Azure services and the global infrastructure they run on.
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🔒 After lessonsCore Azure Services
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What Cloud Computing Is: Definitions, Models, Consumption and Serverless
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The Benefits of the Azure Cloud: Availability, Reliability, Security and Manageability
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Compute and Storage Choices: Virtual Machines, Scale Sets, Virtual Desktop and Storage Accounts
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Compute & Storage Services
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Identity & Networking Services
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🔒 After lessonsAzure Global Infrastructure
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Azure Datacentres, Redundancy and Getting Data In and Out
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Regions & Region Pairs
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Availability Zones & Resiliency
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Intermediate
Intermediate skill
Pricing calculations and the IaaS/PaaS/SaaS responsibility gradient.
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🔒 After lessonsAzure Pricing
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VM Pay-As-You-Go Pricing
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Storage & Reserved Pricing
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🔒 After lessonsShared Responsibility
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Shared Responsibility, Defence in Depth and Defender for Cloud
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IaaS Responsibility
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PaaS & SaaS Responsibility
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🔒 After lessonsIdentity, Networking and Operations
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Identity in Entra ID: Sign-in, MFA, External Identities and Conditional Access
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Virtual Networks, Subnets, Peering, DNS and Private Connectivity
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The Azure Hierarchy: Resource Groups, Subscriptions, Management Groups and Tags
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Managing and Deploying Resources: Portal, Cloud Shell, CLI, PowerShell, ARM and Arc
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Monitoring and Advice: Advisor, Service Health, Monitor and Application Insights
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Advanced
Advanced skill
Governance tooling and integrated cost/infrastructure/responsibility scenarios.
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🔒 After lessonsGovernance & Management
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Management & Governance Tools
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Advanced Responsibility Scenarios
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🔒 After lessonsApplied Cloud Architecture
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Advanced Cost Scenarios
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Advanced Infrastructure Scenarios
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- Cloud computing — Define cloud computingWhat Cloud Computing Is: Definitions, Models, Consumption and Serverless →
- Cloud computing — Describe the shared responsibility modelShared Responsibility, Defence in Depth and Defender for Cloud →
- Cloud computing — Define cloud models, including public, private, and hybrid, and identify appropriate use cases for each cloud modelWhat Cloud Computing Is: Definitions, Models, Consumption and Serverless →
- Cloud computing — Describe the consumption-based modelWhat Cloud Computing Is: Definitions, Models, Consumption and Serverless →
- Cloud computing — Compare cloud pricing modelsVM Pay-As-You-Go Pricing →Storage & Reserved Pricing →
- Cloud computing — Describe serverlessWhat Cloud Computing Is: Definitions, Models, Consumption and Serverless →
- Benefits — Describe the benefits of high availability and scalability in the cloudThe Benefits of the Azure Cloud: Availability, Reliability, Security and Manageability →
- Benefits — Describe the benefits of reliability and predictability in the cloudThe Benefits of the Azure Cloud: Availability, Reliability, Security and Manageability →
- Benefits — Describe the benefits of security and governance in the cloudThe Benefits of the Azure Cloud: Availability, Reliability, Security and Manageability →
- Benefits — Describe the benefits of manageability in the cloudThe Benefits of the Azure Cloud: Availability, Reliability, Security and Manageability →
- Service types — Describe infrastructure as a service (IaaS)IaaS Responsibility →Advanced Infrastructure Scenarios →
- Service types — Describe platform as a service (PaaS)PaaS & SaaS Responsibility →
- Service types — Describe software as a service (SaaS)PaaS & SaaS Responsibility →
- Service types — Identify appropriate use cases for each cloud service type (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS)IaaS Responsibility →PaaS & SaaS Responsibility →
- Core architecture — Describe Azure regions, region pairs, and sovereign regionsRegions & Region Pairs →
- Core architecture — Describe availability zonesAvailability Zones & Resiliency →
- Core architecture — Describe Azure datacentersAzure Datacentres, Redundancy and Getting Data In and Out →
- Core architecture — Describe Azure resources and resource groupsThe Azure Hierarchy: Resource Groups, Subscriptions, Management Groups and Tags →
- Core architecture — Describe subscriptionsThe Azure Hierarchy: Resource Groups, Subscriptions, Management Groups and Tags →
- Core architecture — Describe management groupsThe Azure Hierarchy: Resource Groups, Subscriptions, Management Groups and Tags →
- Core architecture — Describe the hierarchy of resource groups, subscriptions, and management groupsThe Azure Hierarchy: Resource Groups, Subscriptions, Management Groups and Tags →
- Compute and networking — Compare compute types, including containers, virtual machines, and functionsCompute & Storage Services →
- Compute and networking — Describe virtual machine options, including Azure virtual machines, Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets, availability sets, and Azure Virtual DesktopCompute and Storage Choices: Virtual Machines, Scale Sets, Virtual Desktop and Storage Accounts →
- Compute and networking — Describe the resources required for virtual machinesCompute & Storage Services →
- Compute and networking — Describe application hosting options, including web apps, containers, and virtual machinesCompute and Storage Choices: Virtual Machines, Scale Sets, Virtual Desktop and Storage Accounts →
- Compute and networking — Describe virtual networking, including the purpose of Azure virtual networks, subnets, peering, Azure DNS, Azure VPN Gateway, and ExpressRouteVirtual Networks, Subnets, Peering, DNS and Private Connectivity →
- Compute and networking — Define public and private endpointsVirtual Networks, Subnets, Peering, DNS and Private Connectivity →
- Storage — Compare Azure Storage servicesCompute & Storage Services →
- Storage — Describe storage tiersStorage & Reserved Pricing →
- Storage — Describe redundancy optionsAzure Datacentres, Redundancy and Getting Data In and Out →
- Storage — Describe storage account options and storage typesCompute and Storage Choices: Virtual Machines, Scale Sets, Virtual Desktop and Storage Accounts →
- Storage — Identify options for moving files, including AzCopy, Azure Storage Explorer, and Azure File SyncAzure Datacentres, Redundancy and Getting Data In and Out →
- Storage — Describe migration options, including Azure Migrate and Azure Data BoxAzure Datacentres, Redundancy and Getting Data In and Out →
- Identity, access, and security — Describe directory services in Azure, including Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Entra Domain ServicesIdentity & Networking Services →
- Identity, access, and security — Describe authentication methods in Azure, including single sign-on (SSO), multifactor authentication (MFA), and passwordlessIdentity in Entra ID: Sign-in, MFA, External Identities and Conditional Access →
- Identity, access, and security — Describe external identities in AzureIdentity in Entra ID: Sign-in, MFA, External Identities and Conditional Access →
- Identity, access, and security — Describe Microsoft Entra Conditional AccessIdentity in Entra ID: Sign-in, MFA, External Identities and Conditional Access →
- Identity, access, and security — Describe Azure role-based access control (RBAC)Identity & Networking Services →
- Identity, access, and security — Describe the concept of Zero TrustIdentity in Entra ID: Sign-in, MFA, External Identities and Conditional Access →
- Identity, access, and security — Describe the purpose of the defense-in-depth modelShared Responsibility, Defence in Depth and Defender for Cloud →
- Identity, access, and security — Describe the purpose of Microsoft Defender for CloudShared Responsibility, Defence in Depth and Defender for Cloud →
- Cost management — Describe factors that can affect costs in AzureAdvanced Cost Scenarios →
- Cost management — Explore the pricing calculatorVM Pay-As-You-Go Pricing →Storage & Reserved Pricing →
- Cost management — Describe cost management capabilities in AzureAdvanced Cost Scenarios →
- Cost management — Describe the purpose of tagsThe Azure Hierarchy: Resource Groups, Subscriptions, Management Groups and Tags →
- Governance and compliance — Describe the purpose of Microsoft Purview in AzureManagement & Governance Tools →
- Governance and compliance — Describe the purpose of Azure PolicyManagement & Governance Tools →
- Governance and compliance — Describe the purpose of resource locksManagement & Governance Tools →
- Managing and deploying resources — Describe the Azure portalManaging and Deploying Resources: Portal, Cloud Shell, CLI, PowerShell, ARM and Arc →
- Managing and deploying resources — Describe Azure Cloud Shell, Azure CLI, and Azure PowerShellManaging and Deploying Resources: Portal, Cloud Shell, CLI, PowerShell, ARM and Arc →
- Managing and deploying resources — Describe the purpose of Azure ArcManaging and Deploying Resources: Portal, Cloud Shell, CLI, PowerShell, ARM and Arc →
- Managing and deploying resources — Describe infrastructure as code (IaC)Advanced Infrastructure Scenarios →
- Managing and deploying resources — Describe Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and ARM templatesManaging and Deploying Resources: Portal, Cloud Shell, CLI, PowerShell, ARM and Arc →
- Monitoring — Describe the purpose of Azure AdvisorMonitoring and Advice: Advisor, Service Health, Monitor and Application Insights →
- Monitoring — Describe Azure Service HealthMonitoring and Advice: Advisor, Service Health, Monitor and Application Insights →
- Monitoring — Describe Azure Monitor, including Log Analytics, Azure Monitor alerts, and Azure Monitor Application InsightsMonitoring and Advice: Advisor, Service Health, Monitor and Application Insights →
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