Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals In Chicago

• Define cloud computing

• Describe the shared responsibility model

• Define cloud concepts and models, including public, private, and hybrid

• Identify appropriate use cases for each cloud model

• Describe the consumption-based model

• Compare cloud pricing models

• Describe the benefits of high availability and scalability in the cloud

• Describe the benefits of reliability and predictability in the cloud

• Describe the benefits of security and governance in the cloud

• Describe the benefits of manageability in the cloud

• Describe Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

• Describe Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• Describe Software as a Service (SaaS)

• Identify appropriate use cases for each cloud service (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)

• Describe Azure regions, region pairs, and sovereign regions

• Describe Availability Zones

• Describe Azure datacenters

• Describe Azure resources and Resource Groups

• Describe subscriptions

• Describe management groups

• Describe the hierarchy of resource groups, subscriptions, and management groups

• Lab: Explore the Learn sandbox

• Lab: Create an Azure resource

• Compare compute types, including container instances, virtual machines, and functions

• Describe virtual machine (VM) options, including VMs, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, availability sets, Azure Virtual Desktop

• Describe resources required for virtual machines

• Describe application hosting options, including Azure Web Apps, containers, and virtual machines

• Describe virtual networking, including the purpose of Azure Virtual Networks, Azure virtual subnets, peering, Azure DNS, VPN Gateway, and ExpressRoute

• Define public and private endpoints

• Lab: Create an Azure Virtual Machine

• Lab: Configure network access

• Compare Azure storage services

• Describe storage tiers

• Describe redundancy options

• Describe storage account options and storage types

• Identify options for moving files, including AzCopy, Azure Storage Explorer, and Azure File Sync

• Describe migration options, including Azure Migrate and Azure Data Box

• Lab: Create a storage blob

• Describe directory services in Azure, including Azure Active Directory (AD) and Azure AD DS

• Describe authentication methods in Azure, including single sign-on (SSO), multifactor authentication (MFA), and passwordless

• Describe external identities and guest access in Azure

• Describe Azure AD Conditional Access

• Describe Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

• Describe the concept of Zero Trust

• Describe the purpose of the defense-in-depth model

• Describe the purpose of Microsoft Defender for the Cloud

• Describe factors that can affect costs in Azure

• Compare the Pricing calculator and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator

• Describe Azure Cost Management Tool

• Describe the purpose of tags

• Lab: Estimate workload costs by using the Pricing calculator

• Lab: Compare workload costs using the TCO calculator

• Describe the purpose of Azure Blueprints

• Describe the purpose of Azure Policy

• Describe the purpose of resource locks

• Describe the purpose of the Service Trust portal

• Lab: Configure a resource lock

• Describe Azure portal

• Describe Azure Cloud Shell, including Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell

• Describe the purpose of Azure Arc

• Describe Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and Azure ARM templates

• Describe the purpose of Azure Advisor

• Describe Azure Service Health

• Describe Azure Monitor, including Azure Log Analytics, Azure Monitor Alerts, and Application Insights