Azure Certification

Microsoft Certification: Azure Fundamentals
Demonstrate a foundational knowledge of cloud concepts, core Azure services, as well as Azure management and governance features and tools.
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Level: Beginner
Role: Administrator
Product: GitHub
Last Modified: 09/09/2025
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Overview
As a candidate for this certification, you are a technology professional seeking to demonstrate a fundamental knowledge of cloud concepts in general, and Microsoft Azure in particular. This certification is a common starting point on a path toward a career in Azure.
You are able to describe Azure’s architectural components and Azure services such as:
- Compute
- Networking
- Storage
You can also describe the features and tools that enable securing, governing, and administering Azure.
You should have skills and experience in an IT domain such as:
- Infrastructure management
- Database management
- Software development
You may be eligible for ACE college credit if you pass this certification exam. See the ACE college credit page for certification exams for more details.
Exam Preparation
📚 Courses
Introduction to Microsoft Azure
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Training in this course:
- Introduction to Microsoft Azure: Describe cloud concepts
⏱️ Duration: 52 minutes | 📘 Learning Path | 📦 3 units - Introduction to Azure hybrid cloud services
⏱️ Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes | 📘 Learning Path | 📦 9 units - Implement hybrid backup and recovery with Windows Server IaaS
⏱️ Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes | 📘 Learning Path | 📦 9 units - Monitor Windows Server IaaS virtual machines and hybrid instances
⏱️ Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes | 📘 Learning Path | 📦 9 units - Implement a hybrid file server infrastructure
⏱️ Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes | 📘 Learning Path | 📦 12 units - Implement hybrid identity with Windows Server
⏱️ Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes | 📘 Learning Path | 📦 15 units - Manage hybrid workloads with Azure Arc
⏱️ Duration: 44 minutes | 📘 Learning Path | 📦 8 units - Introduction to Microsoft Azure: Describe Azure architecture and services
⏱️ Duration: 46 minutes | 📘 Learning Path | 📦 8 units - Introduction to Microsoft Azure: Describe Azure management and governance
⏱️ Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes | 📘 Learning Path | 📦 4 units - Control Azure spending and manage bills with Microsoft Cost Management + Billing
⏱️ Duration: 3 hours 46 minutes | 📘 Learning Path | 📦 6 units
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Practice Assessment
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Practice assessments give you an overview of the style, wording, and difficulty level of the questions you are likely to encounter on the exam. With these assessments, you can measure your readiness, identify areas needing additional preparation, and fill knowledge gaps, bringing you closer to passing your exam.
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Exam Sandbox
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Discover what the exam looks like and how it works before taking it. You will be able to interact with different question types in the same user interface used during the exam.
Exam Sandbox
Demo Experience
Discover what the exam looks like and how it works before taking it. You will be able to interact with different types of questions in the same user interface used during the exam.
Articles
- Introduction to Microsoft Azure: Describe cloud concepts
- Introduction to Microsoft Azure
- Introduction to Microsoft Azure: Describe Azure Architecture and Services
- Introduction to Azure Hybrid Cloud Services
- Implement Hybrid Backup and Recovery with Windows Server IaaS
- Introduction
- Describe Azure Backup
- Implement Recovery Services Vaults
- Implement Azure Backup Policies
- Restore Windows IaaS Virtual Machines
- Perform File and Folder Recovery
- Perform Backup and Restore of On-Premises Workloads
- Manage Azure Virtual Machine Backups with Azure Backup Service
- Evaluation
- Summary
- Control Azure Spending and Manage Invoices with Microsoft Cost Management + Billing
- Monitor Windows Server IaaS virtual machines and hybrid instances
- Implement a hybrid file server infrastructure
- Implement a Hybrid Identity with Windows Server
- Select a Microsoft Entra Integration Model
- Plan Integration with Microsoft Entra
- Prepare the On-Premises Active Directory for Directory Synchronization
- Install and Configure Directory Synchronization with Microsoft Entra Connect
- Implement Seamless Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Implement Seamless Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Enable Microsoft Entra Login for a Windows Virtual Machine in Azure