Cloud Certification:
Cloud computing is one of the fastest-growing technology in this modern era , "public cloud spending will grow from $229 billion in 2019 to nearly $500 billion in 2023.Therefore, nobody can deny the rapid growth of cloud computing in recent years.
Many big names have made their presence in the cloud arena with their unique services in a cloud computing environment such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), IBM Cloud, Rackspace, etc. - and Microsoft Azure is an emerging market-leader with 29% application workload of the overall cloud market.
Becoming a Microsoft Azure certified professional is the most demanding certification path in the cloud market. In this article, we'll cover the 12 Microsoft Azure certification exams and provide vital information to help you choose a career path.
Microsoft Azure Role-Based Certifications
Microsoft has announced some changes in its Azure role-based certifications such as Azure Administrator, Azure Solution Architect, Azure, Developer, Azure AI Engineer, and also announced three new certifications. Two of the certifications are fundamental paths: Azure AI Fundamentals (beta) Exam AI-900 and Azure Data Fundamentals (beta) Exam DP-900. And the other certification is an associate path: Azure Database Administrator (beta) Exam DP-300.
Microsoft now has 12 Microsoft Azure certifications with 14 exams, which are organized into three levels: Fundamental, Associate, and Expert. These certifications purely focus on building knowledge and skills related to market job roles. This revolution was made with the engagement of the community after identifying the job requirements.
Microsoft also announced two new fundamental level certifications, Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (beta) Exam AI-900 and Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals Exam DP-900.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure - Fundamentals Exam AZ-900
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI - Fundamentals Exam AI-900 (beta)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Data - Fundamentals Exam DP-900 (beta)
- Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator - Associate Exam AZ-103
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer - Associate Exam AZ-203
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer - Associate Exam AZ-500
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer - Associate Exam AI-100
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist - Associate Exam DP-100
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer - Associate Exams DP-200 and DP-201
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator - Associate Exam DP-300 (beta)
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Architect - Expert Exams AZ-300 and AZ-301
- Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer - Expert Exam AZ-400
Fundamental-Level Microsoft Azure Certification:
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Exam AZ-900
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This certification is designed to validate the foundational knowledge level of Azure cloud services. It also helps non-technical candidates understand cloud services that are offering services such as sales, purchasing, and marketing Azure cloud services.
Areas Covered
- Understand foundational cloud concepts such as High Availability (HA), Scalability, Fault Tolerance (FT), Disaster Recovery, scalability, and the difference between CapEx and OpEx
- Describe Regions, Availability Zones, Resource Groups, Azure Resource Manager, and Azure architectural components
- Describe Azure Firewall, DDoS protection, Network Security Group (NSG)
- Describe Azure subscription, understand purchasing of Azure services and products, Azure free account, and pricing calculator
Exam Information
- Prerequisites: No special prerequisites
- Number of Questions: 30 - 40
- Duration: 60 Minutes
- Passing Score Required: 700
- Cost: $99
Exam AI-900: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals (beta)
Candidates who are interested in earning this new fundamental level certification must have a basic knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) and how to implement them on Microsoft Azure.
Areas Covered
- Describe AI workloads and considerations, identify features of common AI workloads, and guiding principles for responsible AI
- Describe fundamental principles of machine learning on Azure, identify common machine learning types and scenarios
- Describe features of computer vision workloads on Azure, identify common types of computer vision solution, identify Azure tools and services for computer vision tasks, and identify Azure tools and services for NLP workloads
- Describe features of conversational AI workloads on Azure and identify common use cases for conversational AI Azure services for conversational AI
Exam Information
- Prerequisites: No special prerequisites
- Cost: $99
Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
Skills measured
- The content of this exam was updated on November 9, 2020. Please download the exam skills outline below to see what changed.
- Describe cloud concepts (20-25%)
- Describe core Azure services (15-20%)
- Describe core solutions and management tools on Azure (10-15%)
- Describe general security and network security features (10-15%)
- Describe identity, governance, privacy, and compliance features (20-25%)
- Describe Azure cost management and Service Level Agreements (10-15%)
Exam AI-900: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals
Skills measured
- The content of this exam was updated on October 22, 2020. Please download the exam skills outline below to see what changed.
- Describe AI workloads and considerations (15-20%)
- Describe fundamental principles of machine learning on Azure (30-35%)
- Describe features of computer vision workloads on Azure (15-20%)
- Describe features of Natural Language Processing (NLP) workloads on Azure (15-20%)
- Describe features of conversational AI workloads on Azure (15-20%)
