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