Microsoft certifications
Microsoft certifications split into Fundamentals, role-based and specialty tracks across Azure, security and data. Fundamentals exams do not expire; role-based and specialty credentials are valid for one year and renew through a free online assessment.
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
BeginnerAzure Fundamentals is the entry point to the Microsoft Azure certification track: a broad, non-engineering exam covering cloud concepts, core Azure services and architecture, and the management and governance tooling around them. It is the usual first Azure credential, and the one most often taken by people who need to discuss Azure credibly without building on it — sales, procurement, project managers and analysts.
Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104)
IntermediateAZ-104 is the working Azure administrator's credential: identity and governance, storage, compute, networking and monitoring, tested as operational judgment rather than recall. Unlike AZ-900 it assumes you actually run Azure — questions routinely show a portal state, a CLI command or an ARM/Bicep fragment and ask what to do next.
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