Microsoft Azure Basics: 100 Practice Questions

Microsoft Azure is one of the world's largest cloud platforms, used by organizations of every size. This beginner-friendly course gives you 100 simple practice questions that build a solid foundation, from cloud concepts, regions and resource groups to virtual machines, storage, networking, Microsoft Entra ID, databases, Azure AI and cost management. No prior cloud experience is needed. Every question includes a hint to guide your thinking, plus a clear explanation of the right answer.

You will explore 10 topics, 10 questions each, organized into 5 practice tests of 20 questions:

Test 1 - Cloud Concepts & Azure Architecture: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, public, private and hybrid cloud, and the shared responsibility model, then regions, availability zones, subscriptions, management groups, resource groups and Azure Resource Manager.

Test 2 - Compute & Storage: virtual machines, scale sets, App Service, Azure Functions, containers and AKS, then Blob Storage tiers, redundancy options, Azure Files, disks and data migration.

Test 3 - Networking, Identity & Security: virtual networks, NSGs, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, load balancing and DNS, then Microsoft Entra ID, MFA, Conditional Access, RBAC, Key Vault and Defender for Cloud.

Test 4 - Data & AI on Azure: Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB, Microsoft Fabric, Synapse and Data Factory, then Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI services, Copilot and responsible AI.

Test 5 - Management, Governance & Costs: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Azure Policy, tags, locks and Azure Advisor, then pricing factors, the pricing and TCO calculators, Cost Management, reservations and AZ-900.

How to use it: read each question, try to answer on your own, use the hint if you get stuck, then read the explanation. Use Practice mode to learn and Exam mode to test yourself. Then try the ideas hands-on with an Azure free account.

Great for students, career changers, IT professionals and anyone preparing to start with Azure or the AZ-900 exam.

This is an independent course and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft. Cloud products and features evolve over time, so the questions focus on core concepts.

Created by a Senior Salesforce and AI Architect, Salesforce trainer and Dreamforce speaker with 15+ years of enterprise cloud and data experience.