Microsoft · AZ-900 · Fundamentals
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) — Practice Questions and Mock Exam
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Overview
About the exam
The AZ-900 certification demonstrates foundational knowledge of cloud concepts and Azure services. It covers core cloud computing principles, Azure architecture components, Azure management and governance tools, compute, networking, storage services, identity, security, privacy, compliance, and Azure pricing and support. The exam validates a broad understanding of what Azure offers without requiring deep technical implementation skills.
This is the recommended entry point for anyone new to cloud computing or Azure, including business professionals, IT managers, sales and marketing teams, students, and non-technical stakeholders. It provides a solid foundation before pursuing role-based Azure certifications like AZ-104 or AZ-204.
Exam Domains
What's on the exam
The exam consists of 40–60 questions to be completed in approximately 45 minutes. Question types include multiple-choice, multiple-select, drag-and-drop, and hot area formats. Questions test conceptual understanding of cloud models, Azure services, and pricing. The pace is approximately one minute per question, and most questions are straightforward with no case studies or complex scenarios.
Cloud computing fundamentals including shared responsibility model, cloud models (public/private/hybrid), consumption-based model, cloud pricing, serverless, benefits of cloud services, and cloud service types (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
Core architectural components of Azure (regions, availability zones, resources, subscriptions, management groups), compute and networking services, storage services, and identity/access/security including Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, and Zero Trust
Cost management in Azure, governance and compliance features (Azure Policy, resource locks, Microsoft Purview), tools for managing and deploying resources (Azure portal, Cloud Shell, Azure Arc, ARM templates), and monitoring tools (Azure Advisor, Service Health, Azure Monitor)
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Format
What to expect
Watch out
Where candidates struggle
Despite being a fundamentals exam, AZ-900 covers an extremely wide range of Azure services. Candidates who focus too deeply on one area while neglecting others often miss questions on less familiar services.
- 01Cloud Models — Confusing IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS responsibility models and not knowing which Azure services fall into which category.
- 02Azure Regions — Not understanding availability zones, region pairs, and sovereign cloud concepts and their impact on service availability.
- 03Pricing Calculator — Struggling to differentiate the Azure Pricing Calculator from the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator and their use cases.
- 04Governance Tools — Mixing up Azure Policy, Blueprints, Management Groups, and Resource Locks and their specific governance functions.
- 05Identity Services — Confusing Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) features like MFA, Conditional Access, and SSO with on-premises Active Directory.
Details
Exam logistics
Delivered via Pearson VUE online or at testing centers. Available in English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and more. This fundamentals certification does not expire and requires no renewal.
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