New to the cloud? Microsoft Azure fundamentals is a three-part series that teaches you basic cloud concepts, provides a streamlined overview of many Azure services, and guides you with hands-on exercises to deploy your very first services for free. Complete all of the learning paths in the series if you are preparing for Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals. This is the first learning path in the series, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals: Describe cloud concepts. The other learning paths in the series are Part 2: Describe Azure architecture and services and Part 3: Describe Azure management and governance.

Describe Microsoft Azure Cloud Shell, learn how it works, and explore basic steps for its usage.

Learn the fundamental principles of analytical data modeling and data visualization, using Microsoft Power BI as a platform to explore these principles in action.

This module covers tools that you can use to monitor your Azure environment.

Azure AI services enable you to integrate artificial intelligence into your applications and services. It's important to be able to monitor Azure AI Services in order to track utilization, determine trends, and detect and troubleshoot issues.

This module explains the basic infrastructure components of Microsoft Azure. You'll learn about the physical infrastructure, how resources are managed, and have a chance to create an Azure resource.