Azure AZ-900 Certification is the starting point for Azure certification Journey. They have many certifications since azure is very famous cloud platform at enterprise level and currently have 2nd spot in cloud vendors for enterprise.
Having Azure certification improves visibility in your current job and while applying for new job.
There are many courses available online to complete the certification. Below are some of the best courses to Learn the azure concepts and to get certified.
Below is the syllabus of the AZ-900 exam.
- Describe cloud concepts (20-25%)
- Describe core Azure services (15-20%)
- Describe core solutions and management tools on Azure (10-15%)
- Describe general security and network security features (10-15%)
- Describe identity, governance, privacy, and compliance features (20-25%)
- Describe Azure cost management and Service Level Agreements (10-15%)
Microsoft Training :https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/az-900-describe-cloud-concepts/
The Good thing about Microsoft training is its official Microsoft course and because of this is having maximum details covered. Microsoft invest lot of resources on their trainings and make sure the training program covers all the aspects of the certification exam.
This training takes you from basic concepts to more advance concepts which are part of syllabus.
Pros:
Covers all the topics in sequence.
After every topic they have review questions.
Cons:
The training is more for people who like to read through articles since its in written format and need to pay more attention while reading.
Udemy:
Udemy is very popular online education service and covers almost all the technologies.
Since the platform is very popular they have many publishers who have there courses available for az-900.
Below are the Top 2 from them which i think covers all the topics.
Pros:
The course content is almost visual and easy to learn.
There are many how to practical session which gives good starting point.
They have many times offers which make the courses very cost effective.
Cons:
There many of them which almost looks the same so it confuses the person.
LinkedIn Learning:
Earlier Lynda.com now changed to LinkedIn Learning.
The platform is growing fast and don’t have all course like other platforms but they are expanding it very fast.
Pros:
The platform is having experts from their field creating courses.
Cons:
Its still need to grow more and add new courses.
PluralSight:
This is another very good site for preparing for the az-900.
They have bunch of courses to cover all the topics for this particular exam.
https://www.pluralsight.com/paths/microsoft-azure-fundamentals-az-900
Pros:
Very good content precise to prepare for the examination.
Cons:
Very limited authors don’t have many options to choose from.
Coursera:
This platform have direct tie-up with all major vendors and the courses offered mostly created by vendors.
Microsoft also offers Az-900 certification preparation on their platform.
They call their courses differently like courses/specialization they also have tie-up many universities to offer degree programs.
https://www.coursera.org/specializations/microsoft-azure-fundamentals-az-900
Pros:
Very good course content.
They provide the course completion certificate which you can use.
Cons:
The content covered are more towards exam completion and no extra topics covered.
Below is book for preparing for this certification.
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