Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Foundation Level

Your foundation for a career in Azure.

Understand Microsoft Azure and demonstrate the cloud knowledge to move forward with confidence. Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals validates your understanding of cloud concepts, core Azure services, and Azure management and governance.

Whether you’re beginning to work with Azure or bringing existing IT experience to the cloud, this certification helps you connect services, security, and costs with the environments your organization uses.

Prepare for certification through Trainocate Malaysia’s one-day instructor-led training with practical Azure exercises, HRD Corp Claimable.

What will you learn in Azure Fundamentals training?

Build your cloud foundation with Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamental. Gain essential skills in cloud concepts, services, and security to unlock new technical opportunities and advance your career.

Connect cloud concepts with the Azure services and tools behind them. The AZ-900T00: Introduction to Cloud Infrastructure course introduces cloud models, Azure architecture, compute, networking, storage, identity, security, and governance.

Through instructor-led explanations, demonstrations, and hands-on exercises, explore how Azure resources are organized, protected, monitored, and priced. The course helps you prepare for AZ-900 while establishing a foundation for further Azure learning.

Choose an upcoming intake and take your first structured step toward Microsoft Azure certification.

Level up in 2026:

Fees:

RM1,200 – RM1,425

Intakes:

6 Nov 2026 | 10 Dec 2026 | 11 Jan 2027 | 1 Mar 2027

Your skills will be measured by how you:

  • Describe cloud concepts (25–30%)
  • Describe Azure architecture and services (35–40%)
  • Describe Azure management and governance (30–35%)

Who is this for?

  • AI Engineer

  • DevOps Engineer

  • Cloud Administrator

  • Cloud Developer

  • Solutions Architect

Why build your Azure foundation in 2027?

43%

Azure and other cloud services revenue grew 43% year over year in Microsoft’s quarter ended June 30, 2026

Source: Microsoft Earnings Release FY26 Q4

3x

Microsoft’s Malaysia West cloud region launched with three availability zones

Source: Microsoft AI Tour KL May 2025

82%

of surveyed IT professionals gained confidence to explore and pursue new job opportunities after earning a certification

Source: Pearson VUE Value of IT Certification Candidate Report (2025)

Validate your Azure foundation

Demonstrate your understanding of cloud concepts, core Azure services, and management and governance capabilities. A Microsoft-issued credential gives employers, colleagues, and customers a recognizable reference point for your foundational knowledge.

Understand how Azure environments fit together

Connect compute, networking, storage, and identity services with their purposes in a cloud environment. This understanding helps you follow technical discussions and ask more informed questions about how services support business requirements.

Bring cost and governance into the conversation

Understand why cloud consumption, access controls, and governance matter alongside technical capabilities. Use this foundation to recognize the questions teams should address when discussing Azure resources, responsibilities, and spending.

Choose your next Azure specialization

Explore the breadth of Azure before committing to deeper role-based training. Use that perspective to identify whether administration, networking, or another technical direction best fits your interests and existing experience.

Why choose Trainocate?

As an authorized Microsoft training partner and winner of the 2024 Microsoft Training Partner of the Year award, Trainocate offers expert-led training and access to industry-recognized resources, ensuring you are fully equipped to pursue your certification. With our support, you’ll gain the confidence and skills needed to succeed in the Microsoft Cloud ecosystem.

Certification Details

Level:

Beginner

Role:

Administrator

Product:

Azure

Cost:

50 USD

Language offered:

English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, Spanish, German, French, Indonesian (Indonesia), Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Chinese (Traditional), Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian

Exam Duration:

45 minutes

Required Exam:

AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

Open up new possibilities for your career in 2026

Frequent Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. Is Azure Fundamentals certification worth it in Malaysia?

AZ-900 is a worthwhile starting point when Azure knowledge supports the work you do or the career you want.

Microsoft’s Malaysia West cloud region adds local relevance, but the practical value comes from understanding the platform your employer or customers use.

At Trainocate, we recommend connecting your certification goal with a specific outcome, such as contributing to cloud projects or preparing for administrator training.

Azure Fundamentals can strengthen your profile for work involving cloud support, IT coordination, technology sales, and Azure-related projects. For engineering and administrator positions, build on it with practical experience and role-specific skills.

Make your knowledge more convincing by explaining an Azure exercise you completed, the services involved, and the decisions you made.

Yes. Trainocate’s course has no formal prerequisites and introduces the platform through explanations, demonstrations, and practical exercises. Familiarity with basic IT concepts will help you get more from the day.

If you are changing careers or starting from scratch, share your background with our team so you can identify useful preparation before attending.

Yes. The AZ-900 course includes exercises such as creating an Azure virtual machine, configuring network access, creating a storage blob, and estimating workload costs. These activities help you connect concepts with the platform. Continue practicing afterward so you can explain your work confidently and build familiarity beyond the classroom.

Choose AZ-900 if you need a clear understanding of Azure before taking on deeper technical learning.

If you already work with Azure and want to develop administration capabilities, assess your readiness for Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) instead. AZ-900 is not a mandatory prerequisite; the right starting point depends on your experience and whether you can already work confidently with core cloud concepts.

The Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals certification serves as a starting point for the following associate-level tracks:

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator

This course teaches IT Professionals how to manage their Azure subscriptions, secure identities, administer the infrastructure, configure virtual networking, connect Azure and on-premises sites, manage network traffic, implement storage solutions, create and scale virtual machines, implement web apps and containers, back up and share data, and monitor your solution.

Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Cloud Developer Associate

This course teaches developers how to create end-to-end solutions in Microsoft Azure. Students will learn how to implement Azure compute solutions, create Azure Functions, implement and manage web apps, develop solutions utilizing Azure storage, implement authentication and authorization, and secure their solutions by using KeyVault and Managed Identities.

Microsoft Certified: Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate

This certification validates your ability to design, implement, and manage end‑to‑end security controls across Azure, hybrid, and AI-enabled environments to protect identities, data, applications, infrastructure, and maintain regulatory compliance.

Microsoft Learn is a valuable option for self-paced preparation. Trainocate adds a scheduled learning experience with instructor-led explanations, demonstrations, and hands-on exercises, giving you opportunities to ask questions as you learn. Choose the format that helps you make progress: independent study offers flexibility, while a structured course can help you work through unfamiliar concepts with guidance.

Yes. Understanding compute, storage, networking, identity, and governance gives you useful context for the cloud environments that support AI applications. AZ-900 establishes that cloud foundation; specialist AI development requires additional learning.

If AI is your destination, use Azure Fundamentals to strengthen the infrastructure knowledge you will build on.

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