Functional Group

Introduction

Understand cloud concepts

Understand core Azure services

Describe Core Solutions and Management Tools on Azure

Describe General Security and Network Security Features

Describe Identity, Governance, Privacy, and Compliance

Features

Describe Azure Pricing and Support

Objective

Describe the benefits and considerations of using cloud

services

Describe the differences between Infrastructure-as-a-

Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-
as-a-Service (SaaS)
Describe the differences between Public, Private and
Hybrid cloud models
Understand the core Azure architectural components

Describe some of the core products available in Azure

WVD, ACI, AKS, ExpressRoute, Azure DB for MySQL,

PostgreSQL,

Describe core solutions available on Azure

Describe Azure management tools

Describe Azure security features

Describe Azure network security

Describe core Azure identity services

Describe Azure governance features

Describe privacy and compliance resources

Describe methods for planning and management of costs

Describe Azure SLAs and service lifecycles

Skill

Understand terms such as High Availability, Scalability,

Elasticity, Agility, Fault Tolerance, and Disaster Recovery
Understand the principles of economies of scale
Understand the differences between Capital Expenditure
(CapEx) and Operational Expenditure (OpEx)
Understand the consumption-based model

Describe and contrast IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS

Describe and contrast public, private, hybrid cloud

Describe Regions and availability zones
Describe Azure Resource manager and resource groups

Describe products available for Compute such as Virtual

Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, App Service and
Functions

Describe products available for Networking such as Virtual

Network, Load Balancer, VPN Gateway, Application
Gateway and Content Delivery Network
Describe products available for Storage such as Blob
Storage, Disk Storage, File Storage, and Archive Storage

Describe products available for Databases such as

CosmosDB, Azure SQL Database, Azure Database Migration
service, and Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Describe the Azure Marketplace and its usage scenarios

May 2020 Content Catch-Up

Describe the benefits and usage of IoT Hub, IoT Central,
and Azure Sphere
Describe the benefits and usage of Azure Synapse
Analytics, HDInsight, and Azure Databricks
Describe the benefits and usage of Azure Machine
Learning, Cognitive Services, and Azure Bot Service

Describe the benefits and usage of serverless computing

solutions that include Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and
Event Grid
Describe solutions for software development including
Azure DevOps and Azure DevTest Labs
Describe the functionality and usage of the Azure portal,
Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, Cloud Shell, and Azure Mobile
App
Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Advisor
Describe
Describe the
the functionality
functionality and
and usage
usage of
of Azure
Azure Monitor
Service
Health

Describe basic features of Azure Security Center, policy

compliance, security alerts, secure score, and resource
hygiene
Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Key Vault
Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Sentinel
Describe defense in depth
Describe the functionality and usage of NSGs
Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Firewall
Describe the functionality and usage of DDoS Protection
Explain the difference between authentication and
authorization
Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Active
Directory
Describe the functionality and usage of Conditional Access
and MFA
Describe the functionality and usage of RBAC
Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Policy
Describe the functionality and usage of resource locks
Describe the functionality and usage of tags
Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Blueprints
Describe the purpose of the MS Privacy Statement and the
Cloud Adoption Framework
Describe the purpose of the Trust Center
Describe the purpose of the Service Trust Portal
Describe the purpose of Azure Sovereign Regions (Azure
Government cloud services and Azure China cloud services)

Identity the factors affecting costs (resource types,

services, locations, ingress/egress traffic, reserved
instances, hybrid use benefit)
Describe the functionality and usage of the Pricing
Calculator and TCO Calculator

Describe the functionality and usage of Azure Cost

Management
Describe the purpose of an Azure SLA
Interpret the terms of an SLA
Describe the service lifecycle in Azure (public preview and
general availability)
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Overview

Cloud Computing Vocabulary

Economies of Scale

CapEx vs. OpEx

Consumption Pricing Model

IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS

Cloud Deployment Models

Regions and Availability Zones
Azure Resource Manager

Azure Compute Products

Azure Networking Products

Azure Storage Products

Azure Database Products

Azure Marketplace

Content Catch-Up

Azure IoT Products

Azure Big Data Analytics Products

Azure AI Products

Azure Serverless Computing Products

Azure Software Dev Products

Azure Management Tools
Azure Advisor