So I finally passed my az-900 last Tuesday and honestly I'm still a little shocked it went as smoothly as it did. I'd been putting it off for months because I kept hearing mixed things about how technical it gets. For context, I work in sales at an IT company and have basically zero hands-on cloud experience — I was coming at this completely cold.
I spent about 3 weeks studying, maybe 45 minutes to an hour a day. The biggest shift for me was when I stopped just watching YouTube videos and started doing actual practice questions. I found a bunch of free resources including FREE AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Certification Questions and Answers which really helped me figure out where my weak spots were. The CapEx vs OpEx questions and the shared responsibility model kept tripping me up until I drilled them repeatedly.
My final score was 812 — passing is 700, so I had some room to spare. If you're on the fence about whether the az-900 certification is worth it for a non-technical role, I'd say absolutely yes. Happy to answer any questions about my study approach!