Azure Fundamentals AZ-900: Free Course

About this course

Understand the main ideas behind Azure before moving into deeper cloud administration. This free John Savill course includes the full AZ-900 teaching playlist: 65 videos covering cloud concepts, Azure resources, identity, security, governance, cost and a concluding study-cram session. It supports study without including a certification exam.

Course at a glance

What you’ll learn

• Explain cloud benefits, consumption-based costs and the differences between cloud service categories.
• Identify how Azure resources are organised and how compute, networking and storage support an application.
• Distinguish identity, access, security and governance responsibilities across a cloud environment.
• Use cost and service-level concepts to reason about a simple cloud scenario without assuming that video completion awards certification.

Skills you’ll gain

• Cloud fundamentals
• Azure services
• Identity concepts
• Cloud governance
• Cost awareness
• AZ-900 study

Course Overview

The curriculum begins with cloud benefits, consumption models and service categories. It then examines regions, resource organisation, compute, networking, storage and other Azure services before turning to management, security, identity and governance. Cost considerations and service-level concepts appear near the end, followed by closing thoughts and the extended cram session. The source contains recordings made and updated at different times, including an older cram. Keep every part available, while using current Microsoft exam guidance when deciding what an examination requires. Understanding a service category is more useful than memorising a list of product names.

How to study the course

• Start with the cloud-concept lessons and explain a service choice in plain language. Keep the scenario small enough that its requirements remain visible.
• Use the resource, management and security lessons to connect individual services with responsibilities. Identify what the customer must configure or monitor.
• Retain the closing and cram videos as revision resources. Compare dated product terminology with current documentation when it matters for your study.

Use the searchable classroom lesson list to revisit a specific explanation. Pause after a useful demonstration, reproduce a small example and explain the result in your own words. Keep a short note of what worked, what changed and what you still need to understand before moving on.

Who is this for?

This course suits newcomers to cloud computing, professionals working around Azure projects and learners preparing a foundation for further technical study. It is an independent instructor’s training, not a Microsoft exam or a guarantee of passing.

Before you start

No advanced cloud administration is needed to begin. Familiarity with basic computing helps. An Azure subscription is optional for viewing and may incur costs for practice; no subscription, exam voucher or certification is included.

Put the lessons into practice

Describe a small website that needs a place to run, a way to store information and a method of controlling access. Identify the Azure service categories that could address those needs, then explain the customer’s responsibilities. List a few factors that could change the cost and one condition that affects availability. Revisit the relevant lessons if a choice is unclear. Finish by separating the concepts you understand from product names or current exam requirements that you still need to verify.

This optional activity is provided by WikiFree for independent practice. It is not a graded assignment from the instructor. Keep your working notes, check the result against the task you defined and return to the relevant lesson when an assumption or technique is unclear.

Certificate / Assessment

Watching the public videos and using WikiFree progress tracking does not award a certificate, exam voucher, academic credit or instructor assessment. The training is by John Savill; it is not a Microsoft certification exam or a guarantee of passing one.

Use your practice output to review what you can now explain and repeat independently. Completion tracking records your study progress; it does not replace an assessed qualification or professional experience.

Frequently asked questions

Provider: John Savill. Videos play from the John Savill's Technical Training channel on YouTube.