Preface
Azure is Microsoft's cloud computing platform; it provides organizations on-demand access to compute, storage, networking, and many other resources to meet their needs.
The content of this book is intended to provide complete coverage of the skills measured exam requirements to prepare you for the Microsoft certification exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals; it also aims to go beyond the exam objectives, providing an extra depth of knowledge with demonstrable hands-on skills to master, which will be of value in a day-to-day Azure-focused role.
Each chapter provides thought exercises and hands-on exercises where appropriate to assist in learning the topics covered for every exam objective's skills measured area; each chapter then closes with a skills check, further reinforcing the learning of the skills covered.
The book closes with an exam preparation test.
It is important to note that some Microsoft Security Services have been renamed in November 2021. These are renamed as follows:
- Azure Security Center and Azure Defender are now called Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Azure Defender plans to Microsoft Defender plans
- Azure Sentinel is now called Microsoft Sentinel
- Azure Defender for IoT is now called Microsoft Defender for IoT
- Azure Defender for SQL is now called Microsoft Defender for SQL
- Microsoft Cloud App Security is now called Microsoft Defender for Cloud App
- Microsoft Defender for Business is introduced as a new Service SKU
You can learn more about the update to Microsoft security services at this url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-cloud-introduction