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The Azure
Certifications For 2019 By Iain Fielding 11th April 2019 No Comments
With the first full set of revised Azure certifications now coming out of beta, I figured now
would be a good time to summarise what is available if you are looking to get your Azure
skills certified.
Microsoft announced at Ignite 2018 that they would be introducing new role-based
certifications and by the end of the year they have delivered on the first step of this journey
with lots more to come in 2019. The idea of the new certifications is that they should map to
job roles and that you should be able to see a route from Foundation to Associate then on to
Expert. I’ve put together a quick graphic showing how this flows together.
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The Changes
Microsoft took this opportunity to revamp the way that the questions are asked focusing more
on familiarisation than memorisation. For Azure exams this means that to be proficient
enough to pass the exam you’ll need to know how to do tasks via the Azure Portal, Azure
CLI and PowerShell.
The first thing I noticed was a mix of how the questions are asked, some were presented with
a case study giving lots of detail around current configuration, requirements and deliverables
and then a series of questions were asked in relation to that case study, which you had to
ensure your solution dealt with all of the requirements and deliverables. Once you had
answered those questions you had an opportunity to review them then but you cant go back to
them once you move on to the next case study. The exam does warn you before hand.
The second thing was not all the questions are multiple choice anymore, some were put these
tasks in the correct order, others were drop downs with CLI or PowerShell examples which
you had to complete. In one exam I was even presented with a live Azure Portal and asked to
complete a series of tasks.
The third thing is that each exam will have between 40-60 questions, some being worth more
than 1 point and Microsoft will be rotating the pool of questions regularly to ensure that the
questions are always fresh and cover the latest features!
Each exam has a “cut score” set at 700 out of a maximum 1000, the thing to remember here is
that it is a scaled score and NOT 70%
Azure Fundamentals
I wasn’t able to sit the AZ-900 exam in beta because it was released straight to the public in
January 2019.
This exam is listed as optional for each certification path, and covers the core understanding
of Azure. The guidance on this exam is that its for both technical and non-technical people
looking to validate their foundation knowledge of Microsoft Azure services.
AZ-900
Understanding Cloud Concepts (15-20%)
Understanding Core Azure Services (30-35%)
Understanding Security, Privacy, Compliance and Trust (25-30%)
Understanding Azure Pricing and Support (25-30%)
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exam (AZ-103 Microsoft Azure Administrator ). For all of the details for whats been merged
from each exam check out the AZ-103 Exam design document. As this is a replacement for
the old 70-533 exam if you have already passed it you can sit the transition exam (AZ-
102 Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification Transition) but be quick as this exam is only
available until June 2019.
To earn the Azure Administrator Associate certification you have to be able to demonstrate
an understanding of services across the IT life-cycle, and ability to take requests for
infrastructure services, applications, and environments. Candidates for this certification are
typically Azure Administrators who manage cloud services spanning storage, security,
networking, and compute cloud capabilities. They recommend services to use for optimal
performance and scale, as well as provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources.
Each exam measures the candidates ability to accomplish the tasks listed below, please use
the tabs to navigate through each exam’s learning objectives.
AZ-103
AZ-102
Manage Azure subscriptions and resources (15-20%)
Implement and manage storage (20-25%)
Deploy and manage virtual machines (VMs) (20-25%)
Configure and manage virtual networks (20-25%)
Manage identities (15-20%)
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Kudos to Microsoft as all these changes bring a fresh look to the certifications.
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