This AZ-900 cheat sheet strips the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals exam down to the service names, definitions, and distinctions Microsoft actually tests, grouped by the three official skill areas. It's a premium cheat sheet built by Capital Prep — the one premium prep we trust — and it's yours free. Reinforce it with the rest of your free AZ-900 toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
AZ-900 exam at a glance
- Questions: About 40-60 (count not published; varies by candidate)
- Time: 45 minutes (roughly 65 minutes total seat time)
- Passing score: 700 on a scaled 1-1000 range (compensatory scoring, not 70% correct)
- Cost: About $99 USD; priced by region via Pearson VUE — verify at learn.microsoft.com
- Certifying body: Microsoft (scheduled through Pearson VUE; Certiport for students)
What’s on the AZ-900 cheat sheet
- Cloud Concepts (25-30%) — IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS; the shared responsibility model; public, private, and hybrid cloud; CapEx vs. OpEx; scalability, elasticity, high availability, and reliability.
- Azure Architecture & Services (35-40%) — regions, availability zones, and region pairs; the management group to subscription to resource group hierarchy; compute, networking, storage, and Microsoft Entra ID identity — the largest area.
- Management & Governance (30-35%) — Cost Management, the Pricing and TCO calculators, tags and reservations, Azure Policy, RBAC, resource locks, and the Advisor / Service Health / Monitor toolset.
How to use it in your final week
- Front-load Azure architecture and services (35-40%) — it's the single largest skill area, so master the region / availability zone / management-hierarchy chain and the compute-storage-networking service names first.
- Drill the classic distractor pairs the exam loves: Azure Policy (what a resource can be) vs. RBAC (who can act) vs. resource locks (can it be deleted), and Pricing Calculator (plan new) vs. TCO Calculator (compare on-premises).
- Say the shared responsibility split out loud until it's automatic — Microsoft always owns the physical datacenter and network; you always own your data, devices, and identities; the OS and middleware shift with IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS.
- Skim the sheet the morning of the exam, then take one short timed set (45 minutes mirrors the real clock) so the pacing feels routine before you sit down.
The cheat sheet is your review layer — your AZ-900 practice test drives the exam-readiness ring at the top of this page. Download it, review, then take a full practice exam (or drill with the study guide and flashcards) to see where you stand.
AZ-900 cheat sheet FAQ
Yes — the AZ-900 cheat sheet downloads as a PDF with no sign-up and no payment. It's part of Career Employer's free Azure Fundamentals toolkit, sitting alongside the practice test, study guide, and flashcards so you can cram, drill, and self-test all in one place.
It condenses the three official skill areas into a quick reference: cloud concepts (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, the shared responsibility model, CapEx vs. OpEx), Azure architecture and services (regions, availability zones, the management hierarchy, compute, storage, networking, and identity), and management and governance (Cost Management, Azure Policy, RBAC, resource locks, and the monitoring tools) — each tagged with its exam weight.
The cheat sheet is a rapid-review layer, not a full course — it locks in the service names, definitions, and distinctions the exam rewards. You still need a score of 700 on the scaled 1-1000 range to pass, so pair the sheet with timed practice tests to confirm you're clearing that threshold before you book.
It's built from Microsoft's current AZ-900 skills-measured outline and the official study guide, including the Microsoft Entra ID naming and the latest skill-area weights. We review it against learn.microsoft.com regularly, since Azure service names and exam content shift over time.
Click the download button or the preview card near the top of this page and the PDF opens instantly — no email required. Bookmark this page so you can pull the sheet back up for a final skim the morning of your Azure Fundamentals exam.
References
- 1.Microsoft Learn. “Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals.” learn.microsoft.com, 2026. ↑
- 2.Microsoft Learn. “Study guide for Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals.” learn.microsoft.com, 2026. ↑
- 3.Microsoft Learn. “Exam scoring and score reports.” learn.microsoft.com, 2026. ↑
- 4.Microsoft Learn. “Exam duration and exam experience.” learn.microsoft.com, 2026. ↑
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