Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

In the past, I had some experience with the AWS and Azure cloud platforms. I logged in to the console and created some resources and got some overall idea of how it would be to work in a cloud environment. But, this was not part of my day-to-day job responsibilities.

First time, I remember using a Cloud Platform to create virtual resources was in 2015!

I attended a workshop on Cloud, it was called A2Z Cloud Workshop (Hands-on)!!

So, few months ago, I wanted to learn the Cloud in a structured way and started with Microsoft Azure Cloud Fundamentals course.

I have not taken the official certification yet, but I am planning to take it as soon as possible. In preparation to achieving the Microsoft Certified Badge , I have started this notes preparation.

I have also enrolled in the Microsoft Build Cloud Skills Challenge May 2022.

This is the first post in this series on Microsoft Azure Fundamentals.

To get a good introduction to the Cloud, we need to be familiar with the following topics.

• Azure Core Concepts
• Azure Core Services
• Core Solutions and Management Tools on Azure
• General security and Network Security features of Azure
• Identity, Governance, Privacy, and Compliance features of Azure
• Cost Management and Service Level Agreements of Azure

Microsoft is providing lot of useful resources on this topic for free. So I have registered in the Azure Fundamentals Learing Path and completed all the modules.

In this series, I will be reviewing those modules again and make some notes.

Finally, to get the official badge, we need to appear for the Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals which costs $99 USD or ₹3696 INR* as on today.

This exam measures your ability to describe the following:

• Cloud concepts;
• Azure architecture and services; and
• Azure management and governance.

This is just the beginning of a journey which is going to be amazing (i think!).

Here is the complete list of all Azure Certifications.

Let us begin our Cloud journey (officially!).

Best regards, Pradeep