Section 1: Understand Cloud Concepts

Understand cloud concepts (15-20%)

Below you will find helpful links to Microsoft docs and blogs which will enhance your learning and understanding around the AZ-900 topics covered. The topics align with subjects found in each module of the Skylines Academy AZ-900 course as well as the Microsoft Skills Measured Curriculum.

Describe the benefits and considerations of using cloud services

• AZ-900: Cloud Concepts Overview

• What is cloud computing?

• What is elastic computing or cloud elasticity?

• AZ-900: High Availability

• Overview of the resiliency pillar

• Scalability checklist

• AZ-900: Cloud Concepts – Scalability and Elasticity

• Backup and disaster recover for Azure applications

• Create a financial model for cloud transformation 

• Examples of fiscal outcomes 

Describe the differences between Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

• What is IaaS? 

• Azure infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

• Introduction to Azure IaaS 

• What is PaaS? 

• What is SaaS? 

• What are the different types of cloud computing services? 

Describe the differences between Public, Private and Hybrid cloud models

• What are public, private, and hybrid clouds? 

• What is a public cloud? 

• What is a private cloud? 

• Scenario: Deploy a private VMM cloud 

• Scenario: Create a private cloud 

• Private Cloud Simulator for Windows Server 2019 

• What is a hybrid cloud? 

• Hybrid cloud solutions 

• Microsoft Azure: The only consistent, comprehensive hybrid cloud 

• What are the different types of cloud computing services? 

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