Below are the changes that will be applicable to this exam from May 28th, 2020
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Below are the details:
This exam is designed for candidates looking to demonstrate foundational level knowledge of cloud services and how those services are provided with Microsoft Azure. The exam is intended for candidates with non-technical backgrounds, such as those involved in selling or purchasing cloud based solutions and services or who have some involvement with cloud based solutions and services, as well as those with a technical background who have a need to validate their foundational level knowledge around cloud services. Technical IT experience is not required however some general IT knowledge or experience would be beneficial.
This exam can be taken as an optional first step in learning about cloud services and how those concepts are exemplified by Microsoft Azure. It can be taken as a precursor to Microsoft Azure or Microsoft cloud services exams. While it would be a beneficial first step, validating foundational level knowledge, taking this exam is not a pre-requisite before taking any other
Azure-based certifications.
Skills Measured:
Describe Cloud Concepts (15-20%)
Describe the benefits and considerations of using cloud services
- Describe terms such as high availability, scalability, elasticity, agility, fault tolerance and disaster recovery. Link
- Describe the principles of economies of scale. Link
- Describe the differences between Capital Expenditure (CapEX) and Operational Expenditure (OpEx). Link
- Describe the consumption-based model. Link
Describe the differences between Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Services (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
- Describe the shared responsibility model. Link
- Describe Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). Link
- Describe Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). Link
- Describe Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Link
- Compare and contrast the three different service delivery models. Link
Describe the difference between public, private and hybrid models
- Define cloud computing. Link
- describe public cloud. Link
- describe private cloud. Link
- describe hybrid cloud. Link
- compare and contrast the three different cloud models. Link
Describe core Azure Services (30-35%)
Describe the core Azure architectural components
- Describe Regions. Link
- Describe Availability Zones
- Describe Resource Groups
- Describe Azure Resource Manager
- Describe the benefits and usage of core Azure architectural components
Describe some of the core products available in Azure
- Describe the products available for Compute such as Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, App Services, Azure Container Instances (ACI), Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS)
- Describe products available for Networking such as Virtual Network, Load Balancer, VPN Gateway, Application Gateway and Contact Delivery Network
- Describe products available for storage such as Blob, Disk, File and Archive
- Describe products available for Databases such as Cosmos DB, Azure SQL Database, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Database Migration service
- Describe the Azure Marketplace and its usage scenarios
Describe some of the solutions available on Azure
- Describe Internet of Things (IoT), and products that are available on Azure such as IoT Hub and IoT Central.
- Describe Big Data and Analytics ad products that are available such as Azure Synapse Analytics, HDInsight and Azure Databricks
- Define Artificial Intelligence (AI) and products that are available such as Azure Machine Learning and Azure Machine Learning Studio (classic)
- Describe serverless computing and Azure products such as Azure Functions, Logic Apps and Event Grid
- Describe DevOps solutions available on Azure such as Azure DevOps and Azure DevTest Labs
- Describe the benefits and outcomes of using Azure Solutions
Describe Azure Management tools
- Describe Azure tools such as Azure Portal, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI and Cloud Shell
- Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Advisor
Describe Security, privacy,compliance and trust (25-30%)
Describe securing network connectivity in Azure
- Describe Network Security Group (NSG)
- Describe Application Security Group (ASG)
- Describe Azure Firewall
- Describe Azure DDoS Protection
- Choose an appropriate Azure security solution
Describe core Azure Identity services
- Explain the difference between authentication and authorization
- Describe Azure Active Directory
- Describe Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Describe security tools and features of Azure
- Describe Azure Security Center
- Describe Azure Security Center usage scenarios
- Describe Key Vault
- Describe Azure Information Protection (AIP)
- Describe Azure Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
Describe Azure governance methodologies
- Describe policies and initiatives with Azure Policy
- Describe Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Describe locks
- Describe Azure Advisor security assistance
- Describe Azure Blueprints
Describe reporting and monitoring options in Azure
- Describe Azure Monitor
- Describe Azure Service Health
- Describe the use cases and benefits of Azure Monitor and Azure Service Health
Describe privacy, compliance and data protection standards in Azure
- Describe industry compliance terms such as GDPR, ISO and NIST
- Describe the Microsoft Privacy Statement
- Describe the Microsoft Trust Center
- Describe the Microsoft Service Trust Portal
- Describe Compliance Manager
- Determine if Azure is compliant for a business need
- Describe Azure Government cloud services
- Describe Azure China cloud services
Describe Azure Pricing and Support (20-25%)
Describe Azure subscriptions
- Describe an Azure Subscription
- Describe the use and options with Azure subscription such as access control and offer types
- Describe subscription management using Azure management groups
Describe planning and management of costs
- Describe options for purchasing Azure products and services
- Describe options around Azure free account
- Describe the factors affecting costs such as resource types, services, locations, ingress and egress traffic
- Describe Azure Zones for billing purposes
- Describe the Azure Pricing Calculator
- Describe the Azure Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator
- Describe best practices for minimizing cost such as performing cost analysis, creating spending limits and quotas, using tags to identify cost owners, using Azure reservations and using Azure Advisor recommendations
- Describe Azure Cost Management
Describe the support options available with Azure
- Describe the support plans that are available such as Basic, Developer, Standard, Professional Direct and Premier
- Describe how to open a support ticket
- Describe available support channels outside of support plan channels
- Describe the Azure Knowledge Center
Describe Azure Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
- Describe Service Level Agreement (SLA)
- Describe Composite SLAs
- Describe how to determine an appropriate SLA for an application
Describe lifecycle in Azure
- Describe public and private preview features
- Describe the term General Availability (GA)
- Describe how to monitor feature updates and product changes
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