AZ-900 Study Guide 2026

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AZ-900 exam key facts

Microsoft does not publish a fixed AZ-900 question count on the reviewed pages and says most Microsoft Certification exams typically contain 40–60 questions, with variation by exam. Source
AZ-900 allows 45 minutes to complete the exam, with Microsoft allocating 65 minutes of seat time for Fundamentals exams. Source
AZ-900 requires a scaled score of at least 700 on Microsoft's 1–1,000 technical-exam scale. Source
AZ-900 candidates must wait 24 hours after their first failed attempt and 14 days between subsequent attempts, with no more than five attempts within 12 months of the first attempt. Source
The Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals certification earned through AZ-900 does not expire. Source

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📋 AZ-900 Exam Format at a Glance

Questions

60 min

Time Limit

70.00%

Passing Score

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📚 AZ-900 Topics to Study (67)

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✍️ Sample AZ-900 Questions & Answers

1. What does geo-redundant storage (GRS) provide?

✓ Replication of data to a secondary region

GRS replicates data to a secondary region for durability against regional outages.

2. A company wants to enforce that only specific VM sizes can be deployed across all resource groups. Which service enforces this?

✓ Azure Policy

Azure Policy enforces organizational rules such as allowed VM SKUs across resources.

3. What Azure governance tool allows you to enforce organizational standards and compliance requirements across Azure resources at scale?

✓ Azure Policy

Azure Policy allows you to create, assign, and manage policies that enforce rules and effects on resources to ensure compliance with organizational standards and regulatory requirements.

4. What is the primary purpose of Azure Cost Management + Billing?

✓ To monitor, analyze, allocate, and optimize cloud spending across your organization

Azure Cost Management + Billing provides dashboards, cost analysis, budgets, and recommendations to help organizations understand and control their Azure spending.

5. What does the Azure service lifecycle describe?

✓ The phases an Azure service moves through from private preview to general availability and eventual retirement

The Azure service lifecycle covers Private Preview, Public Preview, and General Availability (GA), ending with service retirement when a feature is deprecated.

6. What is the benefit of the Azure free account for new users?

✓ A credit and limited free services for a trial period

The Azure free account includes a credit plus a set of always-free and 12-month free services.

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