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Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

AZ-900 practice

Microsoft's entry-level Azure exam, for anyone who wants to show they understand cloud concepts and what the core Azure services are for. Practice covers cloud models and service types, Azure regions, compute, networking, storage and identity, and the cost, governance and monitoring tools. Every question is original and maps to Microsoft's current skills outline.

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413Questions
3Domains
30Sections
80%To Pass

What you'll study

Every section follows the official AZ-900 exam outline. Click a domain to see its sections.

Cloud computing and the shared responsibility model, public, private and hybrid cloud, consumption-based pricing and serverless, the benefits of high availability, scalability, reliability, security and manageability, and when to choose IaaS, PaaS or SaaS.

1-01 Cloud computing & shared responsibility
12 questions
1-02 Public, private & hybrid cloud
12 questions
1-03 Consumption-based & pricing models
12 questions
1-04 Serverless
11 questions
1-05 High availability & scalability
12 questions
1-06 Reliability & predictability
12 questions
1-07 Security, governance & manageability
12 questions
1-08 Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
10 questions
1-09 Platform as a service (PaaS)
11 questions
1-10 SaaS & choosing a service type
12 questions

Regions, availability zones and datacenters, resource groups, subscriptions and management groups, compute and VM options, application hosting, virtual networking and endpoints, storage services, tiers, redundancy and migration, then Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access, RBAC, Zero Trust, defense in depth and Defender for Cloud.

2-01 Regions, availability zones & datacenters
16 questions
2-02 Resource groups, subscriptions & management groups
16 questions
2-03 Compute types & VM options
16 questions
2-04 VM resources & application hosting
16 questions
2-05 Virtual networking & endpoints
16 questions
2-06 Storage services, accounts & types
16 questions
2-07 Storage tiers & redundancy
16 questions
2-08 Moving files & migration
16 questions
2-09 Microsoft Entra ID, authentication & Conditional Access
16 questions
2-10 RBAC, Zero Trust, defense in depth & Defender for Cloud
16 questions

Cost factors, the pricing calculator, cost management and tags, Microsoft Purview, Azure Policy and resource locks, the Azure portal, Cloud Shell, CLI and PowerShell, Azure Arc, infrastructure as code and ARM templates, and monitoring with Azure Advisor, Service Health and Azure Monitor.

3-01 Cost factors & pricing calculator
14 questions
3-02 Cost management & tags
14 questions
3-03 Microsoft Purview
13 questions
3-04 Azure Policy & resource locks
14 questions
3-05 Azure portal, Cloud Shell, CLI & PowerShell
14 questions
3-06 Azure Arc
12 questions
3-07 Infrastructure as code & ARM templates
14 questions
3-08 Azure Advisor
14 questions
3-09 Azure Service Health
14 questions
3-10 Azure Monitor
14 questions

Study, Quiz, Exam

Read the concepts, practice in short rounds, then test yourself on a mock exam with targeted feedback on where you need to focus more. Every question is original and maps to the official AZ-900 outline.

1 · Study

Learn the concept first

Short study cards cover each section before you answer a single question.

1-01 · Cloud computing & shared responsibility
Managed services and customer duties

Software you install yourself on a virtual machine is yours to patch and update. A managed database service such as Azure SQL Database has its software maintained by the provider, though the data inside remains the customer's. In SaaS, Microsoft runs the sign-in platform, but the customer still sets its own access policies, such as requiring MFA.

Exam tip
Running in Azure does not make Microsoft patch everything. Who patches depends on the service type, not on who owns the workload.
2 · Quiz Try it

Ten-question rounds

Every answer explained. Score 80% and the next section unlocks.

Contoso has two database workloads in Azure. Team A installed SQL Server on an Azure virtual machine. Team B uses Azure SQL Database, a PaaS service.

Who is responsible for patching the database software in each workload?

3 · Exam

Know exactly where to focus

Timed practice exams any time, with a study plan built from your mistakes.

760 / 1000 Likely pass
Pass mark 700
4Blind spots: sure, but wrong
Study next
2-01Regions, availability zones & datacentersDrill
3-01Cost factors & pricing calculatorDrill
Sample result

What to expect on the AZ-900

Made for anyone curious about the cloud, technical or not. No experience is needed, which makes it a natural first step into Azure.

Questions
40–60
typical for most Microsoft exams; no AZ-900 count is published
Time
45 min
Microsoft's general seat time for Fundamentals exams is 65 minutes
Passing score
700
on a 1–1,000 scale
Question types
Mixed
Microsoft doesn't list formats in advance; try its exam sandbox
Where
Online
or at a Pearson VUE test center

Source: Study guide for Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, checked October 16, 2026

Where this cert takes you

Real job titles where AZ-900 knowledge helps you get started.

Entry-level
$41K – $56K
  • Help Desk Technician
  • IT Support Specialist
  • Service Desk Analyst
  • Desktop Support Technician
  • Technical Support Specialist
  • Cloud Support Associate
2 Years Experience
$56K – $72K
  • Desktop Support Specialist
  • IT Support Analyst
  • Microsoft 365 Support Specialist
  • Cloud Support Engineer
  • Junior Systems Administrator
  • Junior Azure Administrator
4+ Years Experience
$72K – $100K+
  • Senior IT Support Specialist
  • IT Support Team Lead
  • Service Desk Manager
  • Systems Administrator
  • Azure Administrator
  • Cloud Operations Engineer

Ranges based on BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2025) for Computer User Support Specialists: 10th percentile $40,980, median $61,860, 90th percentile $100,540. Adjusted by metro. AZ-900 is an entry-level fundamentals credential, so the matching BLS occupation is user support, the most common first IT role; cloud administrator roles that build on it pay more (see AZ-104). The first role in each column is the most common entry point.

Questions

No. There's no required exam or certification. Microsoft says candidates should have some experience in an area of IT, such as infrastructure, databases or software development, but no prior Azure or cloud work is expected.
No. Every question is original, written against Microsoft's published skills outline and checked against Microsoft's documentation. Real exam questions are covered by Microsoft's exam agreement, so any site selling them is selling braindumps.
Pick a domain, then a study section, and answer a ten-question round. Every answer comes with an explanation of why it's right and why the others aren't. Score 80% or better and the next section in that domain unlocks.
Many people prepare in two to five weeks, and it can be quicker if you already work with cloud services. CertPrep+ splits the AZ-900 into 30 sections, so at one or two a day you can work through the whole bank in about 3 to 5 weeks.
The whole AZ-900 track is free, every domain and every section, with no account needed. A free account saves your progress and unlocks the full practice exam. The other certs are included with an opnf.sh subscription ($15/month or $120/year), which also includes every Pro course.
The price varies by country or region, so see Microsoft's AZ-900 exam page for the price where you'll test. That fee is paid to Microsoft when you book the exam. It's separate from CertPrep+, which is a practice tool.
No. Microsoft Fundamentals certifications don't expire, so once you pass AZ-900 there's nothing to renew.
It's written to the skills outline that took effect on July 20, 2026. When Microsoft updates the outline, the sections are updated to match.

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