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Candidates for this exam should have foundational knowledge of cloud services and how those services are provided with Microsoft Azure. The exam is intended for candidates who are just beginning to work with cloud-based solutions and services or are new to Azure. Azure Fundamentals exam is an opportunity to prove knowledge of cloud concepts, Azure services, Azure workloads, security and privacy in Azure, as well as Azure pricing and support. Candidates should be familiar with the general technology concepts, including concepts of networking, storage, compute, application support, and application development. Azure Fundamentals can be used to prepare for other Azure role-based or specialty certifications, but it is not a prerequisite for any of them. You may be eligible for ACE college credit if you pass this certification exam. SKILLS MEASURED Cloud concepts (25–30%) Cloud computing • Define cloud computing • The shared responsibility model • Cloud models, including public, private, and hybrid • Identify appropriate use cases for each cloud model • The consumption-based model • Compare cloud pricing models the benefits of using cloud services • High availability and scalability in the cloud • Benefits of reliability and predictability in the cloud • The benefits of security and governance in the cloud • the benefits of manageability in the cloud cloud service types • Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) • platform as a service (PaaS) • software as a service (SaaS) • Identify appropriate use cases for each cloud service (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) Azure architecture and services (35–40%) Architectural components of Azure • Azure regional, regional pairs, and sovereign regions • Availability zones • Azure datacenters • Azure resources and resource groups • Subscriptions • Management groups • The hierarchy of resource groups, subscriptions, and management groups Azure compute and networking services • Compute types, including container instances, virtual machines (VMs) and functions • VM options, including Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets, availability sets, and Azure Virtual Desktop • Resources required for virtual machines • Application hosting options, including the Web Apps feature of Azure App Service, containers, and virtual machines • Virtual networking, including the purpose of Azure Virtual Networks, Azure virtual subnets, peering, Azure DNS, Azure VPN Gateway, and Azure ExpressRoute • Define public and private endpoints Azure storage services • Compare Azure storage services • Storage tiers • redundancy options • Storage account options and storage types • Identify options for moving files, including AzCopy, Azure Storage Explorer, and Azure File Sync • Migration options, including Azure Migrate and Azure Data Box Azure identity, access, and security • Directory services in Azure, including Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS) • Authentication methods in Azure, including single sign-on (SSO), multifactor authentication, and passwordless • External identities and guest access in Azure • AD Conditional Access • Role-based access control (RBAC) • The concept of Zero Trust • The defense in depth model • Microsoft Defender for Cloud Azure management and governance (30–35%) Cost management in Azure • Factors that can affect costs in Azure • Pricing calculator and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator • the Azure Cost Management and Billing tool • Tags Features and tools in Azure for governance and compliance • Azure Blueprints • Azure Policy • Resource locks • The Service Trust Portal features and tools for managing and deploying Azure resources • Azure portal • Cloud Shell, including Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell • The purpose of Azure Arc • Resource Manager and Azure Resource Manager templates (ARM templates) Monitoring in Azure • Azure Advisor • Service Health • Azure Monitor, including Log Analytics, alerts and Application Insights

Preparing for a .NET interview, the AWS SAA-C03 or the Claude Developer Foundations exam? DeveloperCards 2.0 turns the prep into a card collection: studying earns most of the draws that fill it. WHAT'S INSIDE Three free decks, all in English: • .NET & C# Interview: 217 cards for .NET 8 / C# 12, junior to mid. 90 question-and-answer cards and 127 multiple-choice cards; every wrong option is explained and every card quotes Microsoft Learn. • AWS Associate Architect: 371 cards for the SAA-C03, including 165 multiple-choice cards with every wrong option explained. • Claude Developer Foundations (CCDV-F): 441 cards across all 8 exam domains, including 142 multiple-choice cards. HOW DRAWS WORK • Pick a goal (add an exam date if you have one: reviews finish the day before the exam), then take a 5-card starter lesson: study each card, then check what you recall. The lesson ends with 3 draws for that pack. • Learn a new card to earn a draw for its pack: the first time you answer Remembered, Hard, Good or Easy, or get a multiple-choice card right. Clearing all due cards adds one more draw, once a day. Every other pack gives 3 draws the first time you open it. • Draws are earned, never sold. • No repeat draws: a card you have drawn never comes up again. • After 10 Commons in a row, a rare card is guaranteed: the next card is Rare or better while the pack still has a Rare or Legendary you are missing. • Open 1 or Open 10. You only spend draws for cards you receive. • Each pack saves up to 60 draws, plus 5 extra draws waiting. With nothing left to study and no draws, you get 1 free draw a day per pack. HOW STUDY WORKS Two buttons by default, Forgot and Remembered; turn on all four (Again / Hard / Good / Easy) in Settings › Study. On a multiple-choice card you decide first, tap Show options, then answer Sure, Not sure or I don't know. Reviews are scheduled with FSRS, the open-source spaced-repetition algorithm (default parameters), never more than 90 days out. A card counts as Mastered once its next review is 15 or more days away. Cards you miss go to the Mistake Book. Progress by domain shows card counts for each exam domain, never a score. Many cards show their source. Reminders are optional and you can turn them off. OFFLINE AND ACCOUNT The first cards of each deck ship inside the app, so your first lesson works with no connection. The full deck downloads when your phone is online; after that, study works offline. An account is optional: signing in adds cloud backup and lets you report a problem with a card. FROM ONE DEVELOPER DeveloperCards is an indie project: one developer built the app and the backend. Cards are drafted with AI assistance from official documentation (AWS, Anthropic, Microsoft Learn), checked by automated checks and AI review passes. If a card looks wrong, sign in and tap Report a problem under its answer. All three decks are free. LINKS Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tartan-tortoise-e81.notion.site/DevCards-Spaced-Recall-Privacy-Policy-2bfa758eb54580db99a3ed89369f9a13 Not official exam material and not an exam simulator. AWS is a trademark of Amazon.com, Inc. Claude and Anthropic are trademarks of Anthropic, PBC. .NET and C# are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. DeveloperCards is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Amazon, Anthropic or Microsoft.