What you'll learn

Essential cloud concepts, including High Availability, Scalability, Elasticity, Agility, Fault Tolerance, and Disaster Recovery
The difference between CapEX and OpEX and how they relate to cloud computing
What IaaS is, what it offers, common use cases, examples, and how it compares to PaaS and SaaS
What PaaS is, what it offers, common use cases, examples, and how it compares to IaaS and SaaS
What SaaS is, what it offers, common use cases, examples, and how it compares to PaaS and IaaS
What a Public Cloud is and why it is used
What a Private Cloud is and why it is used
What a Hybrid Cloud is and why it is used

Requirements

Students should have a general understanding of Azure.
No software or hardware is needed, since this course covers terminology and concepts.
This is a FOUNDATIONAL-LEVEL course

Description

This Azure Certification course prepares the student for the AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals course. By the end of this course, the student will be able to:

Describe the Benefits and Considerations of Using Cloud Services

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 the Differences Between Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

Describe Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

Describe Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)

Describe Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

Compare and contrast the three different service types

Describe the Differences Between Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud Models

Describe Public cloud

Describe Private cloud

Describe Hybrid cloud

Compare and contrast the three different cloud models

This course should be viewed as a first step in learning about cloud services and how those concepts are exemplified by Microsoft Azure. It can be taken as a precursor to the more technical Microsoft Azure or Microsoft cloud services exams.

Who this course is for:

IT Professionals Interested in Preparing for the AZ-900 Azure Certification Exam
This Course Covers the "Understanding Cloud Concepts" Exam Objectives for the AZ-900 Exam
This Course DOES NOT Offer Practice Activities Because the Course Covers Terminology and Concepts