As a candidate for this exam, you’re a technology professional who wants to demonstrate foundational knowledge of cloud concepts in general and Microsoft Azure in particular. This exam is a common starting point in a journey towards a career in Azure.

You can describe Azure architectural components and Azure services, such as:

• Compute
• Networking
• Storage

You can also describe features and tools to secure, govern, and administer Azure.

You should have skills and experience working with an area of IT, such as:

• Infrastructure management
• Database management
• Software development

• Describe cloud concepts (25–30%)
• Describe Azure architecture and services (35–40%)
• Describe Azure management and governance (30–35%)

• Define cloud computing
• Describe the shared responsibility model
• Define cloud models, including public, private, and hybrid
• Identify appropriate use cases for each cloud model
• Describe the consumption-based model
• Compare cloud pricing models
• Describe serverless

• 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 type (IaaS, PaaS, and 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

• Compare compute types, including containers, virtual machines, and functions
• Describe virtual machine options, including Azure virtual machines, Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets, availability sets, and Azure Virtual Desktop
• Describe the resources required for virtual machines
• Describe application hosting options, including web apps, containers, and virtual machines
• Describe virtual networking, including the purpose of Azure virtual networks, Azure virtual subnets, peering, Azure DNS, Azure VPN Gateway, and ExpressRoute
• Define public and private endpoints

• 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

• Describe directory services in Azure, including Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Entra Domain Services
• Describe authentication methods in Azure, including single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and passwordless
• Describe external identities in Azure, including business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-customer (B2C)
• Describe Microsoft Entra 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 Cloud

• Describe factors that can affect costs in Azure
• Compare the pricing calculator and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator
• Describe cost management capabilities in Azure
• Describe the purpose of tags

• Describe the purpose of Microsoft Purview in Azure
• Describe the purpose of Azure Policy
• Describe the purpose of resource locks

• Describe the Azure portal
• Describe Azure Cloud Shell, including Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI) and Azure PowerShell
• Describe the purpose of Azure Arc
• Describe infrastructure as code (IaC)
• Describe Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and ARM templates

• Describe the purpose of Azure Advisor
• Describe Azure Service Health
• Describe Azure Monitor, including Log Analytics, Azure Monitor alerts, and Application Insights