Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
BeginnerMicrosoft Azure · 8 lessons · 59 min
Core Azure services, governance and pricing — the foundation behind the AZ-900 exam.
What this course covers
A practical walkthrough of Azure's resource model, core compute/storage/networking services, and the governance tools (RBAC, Policy, Cost Management) that separate a well-run Azure tenant from a chaotic one.
Vikram Desai
Security & Cloud Consultant
Course outline
Module 1: The Azure Resource Model
- 📄Subscriptions, resource groups and management groups7 min
- 📄Azure regions and availability zones6 min
- 📄Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and Infrastructure as Code8 min
Module 2: Compute, Storage and Networking
- 📄Virtual Machines and VM Scale Sets8 min
- 📄Storage accounts: blobs, files, queues and tables7 min
- 📄Virtual Networks, NSGs and peering9 min
Module 3: Identity, Governance & Cost
- 📄Microsoft Entra ID and role-based access control8 min
- 📄Azure Policy and cost management6 min
📝 Azure Fundamentals Check(pass at 70%)
🔒 Azure Fundamentals — Final Exam(proctored · 30 min · pass at 70% · camera required)
Final proctored exam — the exam screen locks immediately if you switch tabs, exit fullscreen, or lose window focus. Passing it (plus finishing every lesson) is what unlocks your certificate.
Enroll to unlock the exam.
Hands-on labs for this course
Practice what you learn in real lab environments — book access any time.
Azure AI
Pre-provisioned sandbox for Azure AI Services (vision, language, speech, document intelligence).
Azure OpenAI
Azure OpenAI Service sandbox with GPT and embedding model deployments.
Azure AI Foundry
Azure AI Foundry project for building and evaluating agentic AI applications.
Azure Databricks
Managed Databricks workspace running on Azure with sample lakehouse data.
Learning materials
Downloadable PDF references for this course, organized by topic.
Azure Quick Reference Guide
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