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Free Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) study guide
Everything Ranger's Sky Desk teaches for Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900), as a guide you can read on any phone or computer: 14 chapters and 44 lessons in plain words, with pictures, exam tips, questions to check yourself and a recap with a memory trick at the end of each chapter.
Read a chapter here, then practice it in the game, where 482 more questions, drills and mock exams show you when you are ready.
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- 1Day 1: The shop that lives in the cloudWhat cloud computing is · Who does what: the shared responsibility model · Cloud modelsObjectives 1.1
- 2Paying by the scoopThe consumption-based model · Comparing cloud pricing models · ServerlessObjectives 1.1
- 3Promises in writingHigh availability and scalability · Reliability and predictability · Security, governance and manageabilityObjectives 1.2
- 4Kennel, daycare or pet hotel?IaaS, PaaS and SaaS · Use cases for each service typeObjectives 1.3
- 5Mapping the skyDatacenters, regions and availability zones · Region pairs and sovereign regionsObjectives 2.1
- 6Boxes inside boxesResources and resource groups · Subscriptions and management groupsObjectives 2.1
- 7Engines and roadsCompute types: VMs, containers and functions · VM options and what a VM needs · Application hosting options · Virtual networks, subnets, peering and endpoints ·…Objectives 2.2
- 8The pet-photo mountainAzure Storage services · Storage account options and types · Storage tiersObjectives 2.3
- 9Three copies or six?Redundancy options · Options for moving files · Migration optionsObjectives 2.3
- 10One badge for every doorDirectory services in Azure · Authentication methods · External identities · Microsoft Entra Conditional AccessObjectives 2.4
- 11Keys, rooms and guard dogsAzure role-based access control · Zero Trust and defense in depth · Microsoft Defender for CloudObjectives 2.4
- 12Who's paying for all this?What drives the bill · Cost management and tags · Azure Policy · Resource locks and Microsoft PurviewObjectives 3.1, 3.2
- 13Click, type or template?Ways to manage Azure · Azure Resource Manager and infrastructure as code · Azure ArcObjectives 3.3
- 14Watching the skyAzure Advisor and Azure Service Health · Azure Monitor · Whole-exam review: getting ready for AZ-900Objectives 3.4
- A–ZGlossary260 terms and 93 acronyms, each linked to its lesson
Questions
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How is it organized?
It follows the official Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) exam objectives. Each chapter teaches a group of objectives, then gives you questions to check yourself and a recap with a memory trick.
How should I study with it?
Read a chapter, answer its questions before you open the answers, then play the same chapter in Ranger's Sky Desk: drills on what you missed, hands-on practice and timed mock exams show when you are ready.
Are these the real exam questions?
No. Real exam questions are kept secret. These are practice questions written to the published objectives, and every answer is explained.
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