How to Get Microsoft Azure Certified ???
Tags: azure, cloud, career, beginners
Published: 2021-03-13 05:15:46

Tips and Tricks for everyone to get Microsoft Azure Certified within days for free.

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My Background: I am Cloud and Big Data Enthusiast , 4x AWS Certified , 3x Oracle Cloud Certified , 3x Azure Certified , recently cleared AZ-900 fundamentals Exam , Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate Exam and Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert Exam.

For anyone wanting to start their journey into the Microsoft Azure , now is the perfect time as Microsoft Azure is Offering free Azure Training and AZ-900 Exam Voucher . 

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Microsoft Azure certifications carry great value and can increase your salary exponentially. Normally these costs around $100-$300.

# What are the steps required to prepare for AZ-900 fundamentals Exam ?

->Start with AZ-900 Exam Blueprint also called the Skills Measured.
->After going through the Exam Blueprint , start with Azure Fundamentals Learning Path .
->Azure Fundamentals Contains 12 Modules . After completing all modules , the basic concepts of Azure will be clear .
->Practice Tests are Important as they test your Understanding related to different Azure Concepts. There are some courses on Udemy which offer practice test but are paid courses .

Focus more on Cloud Service Offering like IAAS , PAAS and SAAS . Differences in cloud deployment model like Public Cloud , Private Cloud and Hybrid Cloud .
Core Azure Services like
1) Compute — Azure Virtual Machine, Container, Kubernetes Service
2) Network — Azure Virtual Network, Load Balancer, VPN Gateway, Application Gateway and Content Delivery Network
3) Internet of Things (IoT) — Azure IoT Hub, IoT Central
4) Big Data & Analytics — Azure HDInsight, Data Lake Analytics, Databricks
5) Artificial Intelligence — Azure ML, ML Studio
6)Serverless Computing — Azure Function, Logic Apps
7)Storage — Azure Blob Storage, Disk Storage, File Storage, Data Lake Storage
8)Database — Azure SQL DB, SQL DW, CosmosDB
9)Management tools — Azure CLI, Powershell, Portal, Advisor
10)Azure Marketplace — Azure service for deploying ready to use services by Azure or the 3rd party. Such as a package to install and setup R Studio

AZ-900 is the exam that test on foundational level knowledge of cloud concepts and Azure services.
Those who have experiences in other major cloud providers might find the most of AZ-900 materials to be very similar to they have learned.

I found the content of this exam to be very beneficial for anyone who would like to break in cloud computing on Azure.

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Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate Exam contains two Exams , one is AZ-103 Exam which expires in august , 2020 and other is AZ-104 Exam which is Beta Exam currently new in the Microsoft Platform .

I have passed the AZ-103 Exam with a score of 844/1000 . The Exam requires to Know how to implement solutions for the Microsoft Azure platform .

# What are the steps required to prepare for Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate Exam ?

->Start with AZ-103 Exam Blueprint also called the Skills Measured.
->After going through the Exam Blueprint , start with Azure Learning Path .
->Azure Learning path includes administer-infrastructure-resources-in-azure , architect-storage-infrastructure , architect-network-infrastructure , architect-infrastructure-operations , architect-compute-infrastructure , Architect migration, business continuity, and disaster recovery in Azure , manage-resources-in-azure , manage-identity-and-access , manage-security-operations , Implement resource management security in Azure and administer-containers-in-azure .

->In Total there are 11 Learning Paths , Completing all the modules will ensure complete knowledge required to pass the AZ-103 Exam .

->Another approach of Learning could be Enroll in a course like
Scott Duffy’s Course on Udemy about AZ-103 / AZ-104 Exam .
2.A-Cloud-Guru’s Course on AZ-103 Exam.
After going through any one of the two courses , you will be clear regarding the Azure Services .
>Practice Tests are Important as they test your Understanding related to different Azure Concepts. There are some courses on Udemy which offer practice test but are paid courses .

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Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert contains two exams , AZ-300 and AZ-301 Exam . In order to get Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert Certified one has to clear both the AZ-300 and AZ-301 Exams .The AZ-300 and AZ-301 Exams will expire on or around 30 September, 2020 . Microsoft Azure has recently launched AZ-303 and AZ-304 Exams (Beta Level ). I have cleared both AZ-300 and AZ-301 Exams .

# How to prepare and pass the AZ-300 Exam ?
Start with AZ-300 Exam Blueprint also called the Skills Measured.
->After going through the Exam Blueprint , start with Azure Learning Path .
->Azure Learning path includes Architect network infrastructure , Architect storage infrastructure , Architect compute infrastructure , Architect-data-platform , Architect-infrastructure-operations , Architect-messaging-serverless , architect-modern-apps , Architect-api-integration , Architect-migration-bcdr , Architect-network-infrastructure etc .
->In Total there are 9 Learning Paths , Completing all the modules will ensure complete knowledge required to pass the AZ-300 Exam .
->Another approach of Learning could be Enroll in a course like
Scott Duffy’s Course on Udemy about AZ-300 Exam .
2.A-Cloud-Guru’s Course on AZ-300 Exam.

Focus more on how to deploy and configure infrastructure , first of all , start with a free Azure Account and practice the Azure Services , focus more on developing application on cloud , implementing workload and security . Take a few months to practice the infrastructure , storage and automating tasks using ARM templates etc .

# How to prepare and pass the AZ-301 Exam ?

Start with AZ-301 Exam Blueprint also called the Skills Measured.
->After going through the Exam Blueprint , start with Azure Learning Path .
->Azure Learning path includes Architect network infrastructure , Architect storage infrastructure , Architect compute infrastructure , Architect-data-platform , Architect-infrastructure-operations , Architect-messaging-serverless , architect-modern-apps , Architect-api-integration , Architect-migration-bcdr , Architect-network-infrastructure etc .
->In Total there are 9 Learning Paths , Completing all the modules will ensure complete knowledge required to pass the AZ-301 Exam .
->Another approach of Learning could be Enroll in a course like
Nick Colyer’s Course on Udemy about AZ-301 Exam .
2.A-Cloud-Guru’s Course on AZ-301 Exam.

Focus more on how to Design a data platform solution , first of all , start with a free Azure Account and practice the Azure Services , focus more on Designing an infrastructure strategy also on designing a business continuity strategy.

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**My Experience from being a Beginner to getting Azure Certified has been really great** . I was unaware about the Microsoft Azure as a Cloud Service but it truly is an amazing platform to learn Cloud Concepts and it’s Security related Concepts are one of the best in any Cloud Architecture . You need to Practice the Azure concepts and Understand the Architecture throughly in order to schedule and pass any Azure Exam .

**My Suggestion for any beginner** is to start with Understanding the Cloud Concepts then after Start Learning Path offered by Microsoft for Azure Exams . It takes time if you want to truly learn Azure Cloud Model and if you are interested in how Azure Cloud operates .

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