Describe Cloud Concepts (20-25%)

Identify the benefits and considerations of using cloud services

• identify the benefits of cloud computing, such as High Availability, Scalability, Elasticity,
• Agility, and Disaster Recovery
• identify the differences between Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operational
• Expenditure (OpEx)
• describe the consumption-based model
• Describe the differences between categories of cloud services
• describe the shared responsibility model
• describe Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS),
• describe Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
• describe serverless computing
• describe Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
• identify a service type based on a use case
• Describe the differences between types of cloud computing
• define cloud computing
• describe Public cloud
• describe Private cloud
• describe Hybrid cloud
• compare and contrast the three types of cloud computing

Identify the benefits and considerations of using cloud services
 identify the benefits of cloud computing, such as High Availability, Scalability, Elasticity,
Agility, and Disaster Recovery
 identify the differences between Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operational
Expenditure (OpEx)
 describe the consumption-based model
Describe the differences between categories of cloud services
 describe the shared responsibility model
 describe Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS),
 describe Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
 describe serverless computing
 describe Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
 identify a service type based on a use case
Describe the differences between types of cloud computing
 define cloud computing
 describe Public cloud
 describe Private cloud
 describe Hybrid cloud
 compare and contrast the three types of cloud computing

Describe Core Azure Services (15-20%)

Describe the core Azure architectural components
 describe the benefits and usage of Regions and Region Pairs
 describe the benefits and usage of Availability Zones
 describe the benefits and usage of Resource Groups
 describe the benefits and usage of Subscriptions
 describe the benefits and usage of Management Groups
 describe the benefits and usage of Azure Resource Manager
 explain Azure resources
Describe core resources available in Azure
 describe the benefits and usage of Virtual Machines, Azure App Services, Azure
Container Instances (ACI), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Windows Virtual Desktop
 describe the benefits and usage of Virtual Networks, VPN Gateway, Virtual Network
peering, and ExpressRoute
 describe the benefits and usage of Container (Blob) Storage, Disk Storage, File Storage,
and storage tiers
 describe the benefits and usage of Cosmos DB, Azure SQL Database, Azure Database for
MySQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, and SQL Managed Instance
 describe the benefits and usage of Azure Marketplace

Describe core solutions and management tools on Azure (10-15%)

Describe core solutions available in Azure
 describe the benefits and usage of Internet of Things (IoT) Hub, IoT Central, and Azure
Sphere
 describe the benefits and usage of Azure Synapse Analytics, HDInsight, and Azure
Databricks
 describe the benefits and usage of Azure Machine Learning, Cognitive Services and
Azure Bot Service
 describe the benefits and usage of serverless computing solutions that include Azure
Functions and Logic Apps
 describe the benefits and usage of Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitHub Actions, and Azure
DevTest Labs
Describe Azure management tools
 describe the functionality and usage of the Azure Portal, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI,
Cloud Shell, and Azure Mobile App
 describe the functionality and usage of Azure Advisor
 describe the functionality and usage of Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates
 describe the functionality and usage of Azure Monitor
 describe the functionality and usage of Azure Service Health
Describe general security and network security features (10-15%)
Describe Azure security features
 describe basic features of Azure Security Center, including policy compliance, security
alerts, secure score, and resource hygiene
 describe the functionality and usage of Key Vault
 describe the functionality and usage of Azure Sentinel
 describe the functionality and usage of Azure Dedicated Hosts
Describe Azure network security
 describe the concept of defense in depth
 describe the functionality and usage of Network Security Groups (NSG)
 describe the functionality and usage of Azure Firewall
 describe the functionality and usage of Azure DDoS protection

Describe identity, governance, privacy, and compliance features (20-
25%)

Describe core Azure identity services
 explain the difference between authentication and authorization
 define Azure Active Directory
 describe the functionality and usage of Azure Active Directory
 describe the functionality and usage of Conditional Access, Multi-Factor Authentication
(MFA), and Single Sign-On (SSO)
Describe Azure governance features
 describe the functionality and usage of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
 describe the functionality and usage of resource locks
 describe the functionality and usage of tags
 describe the functionality and usage of Azure Policy
 describe the functionality and usage of Azure Blueprints
 describe the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
Describe privacy and compliance resources
 describe the Microsoft core tenets of Security, Privacy, and Compliance
 describe the purpose of the Microsoft Privacy Statement, Online Services Terms (OST)
and Data Protection Amendment (DPA)
 describe the purpose of the Trust Center
 describe the purpose of the Azure compliance documentation
 describe the purpose of Azure Sovereign Regions (Azure Government cloud services and
Azure China cloud services)

Describe Azure cost management and Service Level Agreements (10-
15%)

Describe methods for planning and managing costs
 identify factors that can affect costs (resource types, services, locations, ingress and
egress traffic)
 identify factors that can reduce costs (reserved instances, reserved capacity, hybrid use
benefit, spot pricing)
 describe the functionality and usage of the Pricing calculator and the Total Cost of
Ownership (TCO) calculator
 describe the functionality and usage of Azure Cost Management
Describe Azure Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and service lifecycles
 describe the purpose of an Azure Service Level Agreement (SLA)
 identify actions that can impact an SLA (i.e. Availability Zones)
 describe the service lifecycle in Azure (Public Preview and General Availability