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Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

Standardize your team on Microsoft Azure Fundamentals with a structured Microsoft training path — a blueprint-weighted practice exam and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets Teams seat.

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Course
1
Practice exam
9
Core skills
$99
Exam fee (Microsoft)
Microsoft Azure / 365 admin team at workstations with PowerShell and identity consoles
Difficulty
Difficulty: 3 of 5 (Moderate)
Moderate
Exam fee (Microsoft)
$99
Courses on path
1
Official source
Microsoft’s official exam page
Exam code
  • AZ-900

Exam datasheet

Format
The exam is proctored and may include interactive components.
Prerequisites
None
Recommended experience
Skills and experience working with an area of IT, such as infrastructure management, database management, or software development.
Recertification
Lifetime
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Exams

Exams for this certification

Exam fees per engineer, paid to the exam vendor$99

Exam — Required

Every engineer on the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals path takes AZ-900.

  1. AZ-900Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)Practice exam included on every Teams seat
    Exam fee
    $99
    Exam length
    45 minutes
    Questions
    40-60
    Passing score
    700/1000

    Exam blueprint: AZ-900

Skills your team builds

Cloud Computing ConceptsAzure Architecture and RegionsAzure Compute and VMsAzure PaaS Compute OptionsAzure Networking FundamentalsAzure Storage OperationsAzure Identity and SecurityAzure Cost Analysis ToolsAzure Management and Monitoring

Training path

Your team's training path

One CBT Nuggets course covers the full Microsoft Azure Fundamentals path. Your team can start today and have admin reporting visible from day one.

  1. Start here · primary course

    AZ-900

    This AZ-900 training prepares your team for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals certification. It covers the core Azure services, including virtual networking, Azure storage services, and serverless computing, along with the shared responsibility model, cloud pricing models, and the differences between infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS). The training also covers role-based access control (RBAC) and working in the Azure portal and the Azure CLI. For an IT Director moving workloads to Azure, AZ-900 gives every role on the team, from help desk to procurement, the same vocabulary for Azure services, pricing, and shared responsibility before deeper role-based training begins. IT professionals new to cloud computing earn the same Microsoft certification on the same path.

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Every certification course includes

  • Expert-led video training
  • Certification practice exams
  • Per-team completion reporting

Microsoft career ladder

Where Microsoft Azure Fundamentals sits in your team's Microsoft progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

  1. Entry level

    6 certs

    Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)

    AI-900

    Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900)

    DP-900

    Microsoft 365 Certified: Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals (AB-900)

    AB-900

    Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

    AZ-900

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    Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals

    PL-900

    Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900)

    SC-900

  2. Associate level

    13 certs

    Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300)

    DP-300

    Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700)

    AZ-700

    Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)

    AZ-500

    Endpoint Administrator Associate (MD-102)

    MD-102

    Exam MO-310: Microsoft PowerPoint (Microsoft 365 Apps)

    MO-310

    Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (DP-600)

    DP-600

    Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)

    SC-300

    Microsoft 365 Certified: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer Associate (MS-721)

    MS-721

    Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700)

    MS-700

    Microsoft Azure Administrator

    AZ-104

    Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300)

    PL-300

    Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate (PL-200)

    PL-200

    Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200)

    SC-200

  3. Professional level

    10 certs

    AI Business Professional

    AB-730

    AI Transformation Leader

    AB-731

    Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop

    AZ-140

    Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution

    AI-103

    Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions

    AZ-400

    Exam MO 211: Microsoft Excel Expert (Microsoft 365 Apps)

    MO-211

    Exam MO-110: Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365 Apps)

    MO-110

    Exam MO-210: Microsoft Excel (Microsoft 365 Apps)

    MO-210

    Microsoft Word Expert (Microsoft 365 Apps)

    MO-111

    Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate (AZ-800 & AZ-801)

    AZ-800, AZ-801

  4. Expert level

    3 certs

    Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)

    SC-100

    Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

    AZ-305

    Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert (MS-102)

    MS-102

Customer outcome

Build AZ-900 capability across the whole team, not one engineer

Assign the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals course to the engineers who need it, and the team report shows who has started, who has finished, and who has passed the practice exam — the view leadership uses to see Microsoft skills coverage across the team and where the gaps are.

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Team capability

Make AZ-900 a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on AZ-900 gives leadership a clear picture of Microsoft skills coverage — who has completed the training, who is still on the path, and where the gaps are — so staffing and escalation plans rest on known capability instead of on one engineer.

Credential: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

Exam
  • AZ-900

Frequently asked questions about Microsoft Azure Fundamentals training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating Microsoft Azure Fundamentals training for their team.

How does Microsoft Azure Fundamentals fit into our internal compliance and governance program?

IT leaders often cite AZ-900 when documenting that staff who touch Azure share a verified baseline in cloud concepts, identity and security options, and management and monitoring tools. Team reporting provides per-learner completion, cohort views, and completion exports that can serve as audit evidence. Your auditor's control crosswalk decides how the credential maps to any formal framework requirement.

Who on the team should hold Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, and what can a certified team own?

AZ-900 suits help desk staff, junior administrators, team leads, and anyone moving into cloud work who needs a common Azure vocabulary. The linked course covers the physical and logical layout of Azure, VM compute, PaaS compute options, networking, storage operations, identity and security options, and management and monitoring tools. That lets a certified team triage Azure tickets accurately, explain cost analysis and prediction results to stakeholders, and hand off cleanly to role-based specialists.

What does CBT Nuggets Microsoft Azure Fundamentals training include for a team?

CBT Nuggets Microsoft Azure Fundamentals courses are built by named expert trainers. Where a course includes hands-on virtual labs or a practice exam mapped to Microsoft's published exam objectives, the course list on this page says so. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion and exam readiness per engineer — the view managers use to run a team training program.

How do I assign and track Microsoft Azure Fundamentals training for my team?

From the admin console, managers assign the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals courses directly to specific engineers or role groups and track completion and practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can review or export for leadership reviews or compliance reporting.

How long does it take to certify a team on Microsoft Azure Fundamentals?

The linked CBT Nuggets training runs about 10 hours of video across the live courses. Actual time to certify depends on the team's starting point, including prior cloud exposure and the hours each person can commit to the training. Training Managers can track per-learner course completion in team reporting before exams are scheduled.

What if Microsoft updates the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates Microsoft course content as exam objectives refresh, and this page shows the current exam's status and any retirement date the vendor has announced. When Microsoft restructures or renames a track, the assigned training stays aligned with the same team training plan, and the training stays current without anyone losing their progress mid-stream.

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