1. The exam #
Format and domains.
Format #
| Item | Indicative value |
|---|---|
| Questions | 40 to 60, various formats (multiple choice, drag and drop, yes/no) |
| Duration | 45 minutes |
| Passing score | 700 out of 1000 |
| Validity | No expiry (fundamentals certification) |
To check: Indicative data: see the official exam page on Microsoft Learn.
2. To master #
Per domain.
Summary #
| Domain | Notions |
|---|---|
| Cloud concepts | IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, public/private/hybrid cloud, CapEx and OpEx, high availability, elasticity, serverless |
| Architecture and services | Regions, zones, hierarchy (management groups to resources), VMs, App Service, containers, Functions, VNet, VPN, ExpressRoute, storage and redundancy, Entra ID, conditional access, Zero Trust |
| Management and governance | Cost Management, calculators, tags, Azure Policy, locks, Purview, portal, CLI, ARM and Bicep, Azure Arc, Monitor, Advisor, Service Health |
Plan #
- Week 1: concepts and global architecture.
- Week 2: services (compute, network, storage, identity).
- Week 3: governance and costs, then mock exams until you consistently score 80%.
3. Pitfalls #
The classic confusions.
To distinguish #
- RBAC (who can act) and Azure Policy (what is allowed).
- Availability zone and region pair.
- Service Health (incidents affecting you) and Azure Status (global status).
- ReadOnly lock (also blocks some read operations that write) and CanNotDelete.
- Composite SLA: the product of the SLAs of components in series.
