AZ-900 Study Roadmap for Azure Fundamentals

Open Microsoft’s AZ-900 study guide first and use it as the scope checklist. It explains the purpose of the document, summarizes the topics the exam may cover, and links to additional resources. Revisit it before final review in case the skills measured have changed.

Begin with cloud computing benefits and tradeoffs: OpEx versus CapEx, consumption pricing, shared responsibility, scalability, elasticity, high availability, fault tolerance, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, public cloud, private cloud, and hybrid cloud. These terms show up across the rest of Azure learning.

Next, learn the Azure building blocks: regions, availability zones, resource groups, subscriptions, management groups, virtual machines, App Service, Functions, storage accounts, Blob Storage, Azure Files, virtual networks, VPN Gateway, Microsoft Entra ID, and basic security services. Keep the goal at service recognition and comparison.

Review Azure Policy, RBAC, locks, tags, Cost Management, budgets, Azure Monitor, Azure Advisor, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, support plans, service health, the Azure Portal, Azure CLI, PowerShell, and ARM templates. These topics explain how Azure environments are organized, governed, monitored, and paid for.

Use the DotCreds Guided Course to keep the sequence organized and the DotCreds Practice Bank to find weak concepts. When you miss a question, return to Microsoft Learn or official documentation, then explain the distinction in your own words before practicing again.