Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Cert Prep
Beginner 8 hours English Certificate of Completion
What you'll learn
Describe cloud concepts (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
Identify core Azure architectural components
Use Azure compute, storage and networking services
Apply identity, governance, privacy and compliance
Estimate Azure costs and understand SLAs
Pass the AZ-900 certification exam
This course includes
8h
On-demand video
6
Chapter quizzes
Yes
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Syllabus· 6 courses · 16+ lessons
- What is cloud computing?
- IaaS, PaaS and SaaS
- Public, private and hybrid clouds
- Benefits of Azure
- Regions, availability zones and resource groups
- Azure Resource Manager
- Subscriptions and management groups
- Virtual machines and containers
- Azure App Service and Functions
- Virtual networks, peering, VPN
- Blob, file, queue, table storage
- SQL Database and Cosmos DB
- Azure AD / Entra ID
- RBAC and Azure Policy
- Pricing calculator and TCO
- AZ-900 practice exam
Instructor
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Michael Washam
Former Microsoft Azure Senior PM · CEO, Opsgility
420K learners18 courses 4.7 instructor rating
Michael Washam is a former Senior Program Manager on the Microsoft Azure team and CEO of Opsgility (now Skylines Academy), a Microsoft-recognised Azure training provider. He has been teaching Azure since 2011 and has authored multiple official AZ-900 prep courses.
Requirements
- LinkedIn Learning subscription (or 1-month free trial)
- No prior Azure or cloud experience required
- Free Microsoft account if you want to try the portal
- 4–6 hours over a couple of weekends
Who this course is for
- Anyone preparing for the AZ-900 exam
- Sales, ops and management at Microsoft shops
- Engineers cross-training from AWS or GCP
- Job seekers wanting a recognised cloud badge
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Frequently asked questions
Pick based on your employer's cloud. AZ-900 is slightly easier and shorter; AWS Cloud Practitioner has a larger job market. Both are foundational and don't require coding.
Microsoft Learn is free and official with hands-on sandboxes. Michael's course is more concise (8 hours vs 14+) and exam-focused. Use Microsoft Learn for hands-on and this course for exam prep.
Yes for anyone working at Microsoft partners or Azure shops — it is a hiring signal. Skip it if you mainly work with AWS or GCP.
2–4 weeks at 4 hours/week. Many learners with cloud background finish in a long weekend.
Microsoft Learn AZ-900 path — free, official, includes labs. Pair with John Savill's free YouTube AZ-900 cram session for the day-before review.