Free AZ-900 practice test 2026: 20 questions without signup

Questions on the exam

about 45 — vendor indicates, no fixed count published

Time allowed

45 minutes format →

Passing score

700 of 1000 — vendor, checked September 4, 2026 detail →

Exam fee

$99 — vendor, checked September 5, 2026 detail →

1200 practice test questions for Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ-900, grouped by exam domain. Every question below shows all four options, which one is correct, and why each of the other three is not — the wrong answers are where most candidates lose marks.

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Questions by domain

• Describe Azure architecture and services — 456 questions →
• Describe Azure management and governance — 408 questions →
• Describe cloud concepts — 336 questions →

Sample questions

Microsoft Entra ID: Which Azure service meets this requirement?

1. Azure Storage account

   A storage account provides namespaces and settings for storage services, not a general-purpose cloud identity directory.
2. Microsoft Entra ID ✓

   Microsoft Entra ID is Azure’s cloud identity and access directory for authentication and access to applications.
3. Azure Resource Manager

   Azure Resource Manager organizes and deploys Azure resources; it is not the cloud directory for user identities.
4. Microsoft Entra Domain Services

   Microsoft Entra Domain Services supplies managed domain capabilities such as LDAP, Kerberos, and domain join.

All 456 Describe Azure architecture and services questions →

Microsoft Purview: Which Azure service best matches this requirement?

1. Azure Monitor

   Azure Monitor collects and analyzes operational metrics and logs, rather than cataloging and classifying organizational data assets.
2. Microsoft Purview ✓

   Microsoft Purview supports data discovery, cataloging, classification, and governance across supported organizational data sources.
3. Azure Advisor

   Azure Advisor provides personalized best-practice recommendations, not discovery and classification of data across connected sources.
4. Azure Policy

   Azure Policy evaluates resource configurations against organizational rules, but does not provide a data catalog for source discovery.

All 408 Describe Azure management and governance questions →

Obtain resources on demand over a network: Which cloud concept lets it obtain resources when needed without bu

1. Purchase and install servers before demand occurs.

   This requires upfront hardware ownership and does not provide on-demand cloud resource acquisition.
2. Build a private environment with scheduled project capacity.

   This describes dedicated infrastructure planning rather than obtaining provider resources on demand.
3. Reserve capacity for the semester.

   Reserved fixed capacity does not address changing weekly demand and may leave resources underused.
4. Obtain resources on demand over a network, without buying servers. ✓

   Cloud computing provides network-accessible resources that can be obtained as needed without purchasing equivalent physical infrastructure.

All 336 Describe cloud concepts questions →

Configure a network interface and suitable access: Which complementary step is required?

1. Configure a network interface and suitable access. ✓

   A VM requires a network interface and appropriate private or public network access for its intended connectivity.
2. Create an Entra ID group for application users.

   An Entra ID group organizes identities and permissions, but it does not provide network reachability to the VM.
3. Create a second VM image.

   A second image can support deployment or recovery, but it does not establish network connectivity to the running VM.
4. Register a DNS name without configuring network connectivity.

   DNS can resolve a name, but it cannot connect customers to a VM without suitable networking and access controls.

All 456 Describe Azure architecture and services questions →

Size and runtime affect compute cost: What can the provider conclude?

1. The larger size establishes the complete invoice regardless of storage or transfer.

   Compute size does not determine storage, networking, region, or other charges that can contribute to the invoice.
2. Size and runtime affect compute cost. ✓

   A virtual machine’s selected size and duration of allocation influence its compute charges, while other resources may add costs.
3. Continuous runtime guarantees a fixed total cost once the virtual machine is created.

   Runtime contributes to cost, but pricing also depends on configuration, region, storage, transfer, and pricing arrangements.
4. The provider can infer the exact invoice from size and runtime alone.

   Exact invoices require additional assumptions, including region, disks, network usage, and applicable pricing arrangements.

All 408 Describe Azure management and governance questions →

Maintain the guest operating system inside the virtual: Which responsibility remains with the company?

1. Maintain the guest operating system inside the virtual machine. ✓

   In IaaS, the customer manages the guest operating system, applications, data, identities, and access configuration.
2. Maintain the provider's physical servers.

   The provider manages the physical infrastructure that hosts the virtual machine.
3. Manage the hypervisor on the physical host.

   The provider manages the hypervisor that supports the virtual machine.
4. Operate the provider's physical datacenter facilities and network infrastructure.

   The provider operates the physical datacenter facilities and infrastructure supporting the service.

All 336 Describe cloud concepts questions →

A geography can contain regions: Which statement is accurate?

1. A region is broader than a geography and defines the wider data-residency boundary for its resources.

   A region is a deployment area, whereas a geography can group regions and represent broader residency boundaries.
2. A geography is a single Azure datacenter.

   A geography is broader than a datacenter and can contain multiple Azure regions.
3. A region is a billing and management boundary for subscriptions.

   A subscription is a billing and management boundary; a region is a deployment area containing datacenters.
4. A geography can contain regions. ✓

   An Azure geography can contain multiple regions and can represent broader data-residency boundaries.

All 456 Describe Azure architecture and services questions →

Review actual and forecast costs against workload: Which complementary action should the university take befor

1. Open Azure Service Health to confirm whether a regional outage affects the recommendation.

   Service Health reports Azure service issues and maintenance, not whether a cost recommendation fits usage and workload requirements.
2. Apply a resource lock to prevent accidental changes while assessing the recommendation.

   Resource locks protect management-plane operations but do not assess savings or determine whether changing utilization is suitable.
3. Review actual and forecast costs against workload requirements before implementation. ✓

   Cost Management helps examine actual and forecast spending, while workload requirements determine whether the recommendation is appropriate.
4. Use Microsoft Purview to classify the resource data before reviewing the recommendation.

   Purview supports data discovery and classification, but does not validate the financial impact of an Advisor recommendation.

All 408 Describe Azure management and governance questions →

AZ-900 exam: the facts

How many questions are on the AZ-900 exam?

Around 45. The vendor does not publish a fixed count for AZ-900, so this is the figure it indicates rather than a guaranteed number.

How long is the AZ-900 exam?

45 minutes. Across 45 questions that is about 60 seconds per question.

What topics does the AZ-900 exam cover?

3 domains: Describe Azure architecture and services, Describe Azure management and governance, Describe cloud concepts. Weights: Describe Azure architecture and services 37.5%, Describe Azure management and governance 32.5%, Describe cloud concepts 27.5%.

How many AZ-900 practice test questions does Certsqill have?

1200, spread across 3 exam domains. Every one shows all options, which is correct, and why each of the others is not.

What AZ-900 exam questions test

AZ-900 exam questions are written against Microsoft’s published skills outline, which was last revised on 20 July 2026. Every question belongs to one of three areas: cloud concepts (25–30%), Azure architecture and services (35–40%), and Azure management and governance (30–35%).

The verbs in the outline tell you what kind of question to expect. Almost every objective starts with “describe”, “compare” or “identify” — for example, compare cloud pricing models, describe availability zones, identify options for moving files such as AzCopy and Azure File Sync, or describe the purpose of Azure Policy and resource locks. Azure Fundamentals exam questions ask you to recognise the right service or concept for a situation; they do not ask you to configure it.

That is also how to judge any set of AZ-900 sample questions you find. If a question tests something the current outline does not mention, or uses a product name Microsoft has since changed — the outline now says Microsoft Entra ID, for instance — it was written for an older version of the exam.

How many questions is AZ-900?

Microsoft does not publish a fixed number for AZ-900. Its general guidance is that “most Microsoft Certification exams typically contain between 40-60 questions; however, the number can vary depending on the exam”, and that the number is subject to change as exams are updated.

What Microsoft does fix is the time: Fundamentals exams have an exam duration of 45 minutes and a seat time of 65 minutes, which includes reading the instructions, accepting the candidate agreement and leaving comments. Microsoft also says it does not announce question types in advance; its list of possible formats includes multiple choice, drag and drop, hot area and build list items.

So the useful question is not “AZ900 how many questions” but how quickly you can read a short scenario and match it to the right Azure service. Timed practice answers that better than any number.

The free Microsoft Learn AZ-900 practice test

Microsoft runs its own practice assessment for AZ-900 on Microsoft Learn. It is free, and Microsoft states it “can be attempted as many times as desired”. If you want an Azure AZ-900 practice test free of charge from the exam owner itself, this is it.

Microsoft is clear about what it is not: “These questions are not the same as what you will see on the exam nor is this document illustrative of the length of the exam or its complexity.” Treat the Microsoft Learn AZ-900 practice test as a check of the style and wording, not as a preview of your exam.

Microsoft also offers an exam sandbox, which shows the look and feel of the exam interface without any real content. Using it once before exam day means the navigation, review screen and timer hold no surprises.

AZ-900 dumps and “questions and answers PDF” files

An AZ-900 dump is a collection of questions claimed to come from the live exam. Microsoft’s certification program agreement treats exam questions and answers as confidential information and forbids candidates to “distribute, copy, display, publish, summarize, photograph, record, download, transmit or post” them. Microsoft states that it may invalidate exam results, prohibit further exams or revoke certifications when the agreement is breached.

Apart from that risk, Microsoft AZ-900 dumps and AZ-900 exam dumps have a practical problem: you cannot tell whether the answers in them are right, or whether the questions still match the July 2026 outline. The same applies to any file sold as “AZ-900 questions and answers PDF”. AZ-900 test questions written against the published study guide, with the reasoning shown, stay useful when Microsoft rotates its question pool.

How Certsqill’s AZ-900 practice questions work

The AZ-900 practice questions here are expert-developed and follow the three skill areas of Microsoft’s study guide. Every question comes with an explanation for each answer option — why the right one is right and why each of the others is wrong. On a fundamentals exam, a wrong option can be a real Azure service that solves a neighbouring problem, so the explanations are where much of the learning happens.

Your answers feed a readiness score per domain, so you can see whether cloud concepts, architecture and services, or management and governance still costs you points, instead of relying on one overall percentage. Access comes with a 7-day money-back guarantee.

Use it alongside the official Microsoft Azure Fundamentals practice test rather than instead of it: the Microsoft AZ-900 practice test shows you Microsoft’s wording, and a second bank of AZ-900 questions with full explanations shows you whether you understand the concepts or only recognise familiar answers.

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals training and practice: how they fit together

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals training comes in two official forms. Microsoft’s study guide lists self-paced learning paths and modules on Microsoft Learn, and an instructor-led course, AZ-900T00-A: Introduction to Cloud Infrastructure, which Microsoft lists as a one-day, beginner-level course combining lecture, demonstrations and hands-on labs. Microsoft says the course “will also help prepare someone for the AZ-900 exam”. Neither route is mandatory: Microsoft names no prerequisites and no training Azure Fundamentals candidates must complete before booking.

Whichever Azure Fundamentals AZ-900 certification training you choose, a simple study order works well: read the study guide to see the scope, work through the learning material, then switch to practice questions and close the gaps your domain scores show. Microsoft itself recommends that you “train and get hands-on experience before you take the exam”.

AZ-900 practice: questions people ask

AZ-900: how many questions are on the exam?

Microsoft does not publish a fixed number for AZ-900. It states that most Microsoft Certification exams typically contain between 40 and 60 questions and that the number can vary by exam. Fundamentals exams have 45 minutes of exam time. Source: Microsoft Learn, checked 9 October 2026.

Is there an official AZ-900 free practice test?

Yes. Microsoft offers a free practice assessment on Microsoft Learn that can be taken as often as you like. Microsoft states that its questions are not the same as those on the exam. Checked 9 October 2026.

Are AZ-900 dumps a safe way to prepare?

No. Microsoft’s certification program agreement treats exam questions and answers as confidential and allows Microsoft to invalidate results or revoke certifications when it is breached. Dumps also give you no way of checking whether their answers are correct.

Do the AZ-900 exam questions and answers here come from the real exam?

No. They are expert-developed practice questions written against Microsoft’s published skills outline, each with an explanation for every answer option.

What is the best way to use a Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ-900 practice test?

Start with Microsoft’s free practice assessment to see the wording, then use a question bank with explanations and domain scores to find out which of the three skill areas — cloud concepts, architecture and services, or management and governance — still needs work.

Is a Microsoft AZ-900 practice exam the same as the real exam?

No practice exam can be. Microsoft states that the questions in its own practice assessment are not the same as those on the exam, and the real exam draws on a question pool Microsoft keeps confidential. A practice exam shows you whether you understand the skills outline; it cannot show you the live questions.

Is there official Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification training?

Yes. Microsoft lists self-paced learning paths on Microsoft Learn and the one-day instructor-led course AZ-900T00-A: Introduction to Cloud Infrastructure. Checked 9 October 2026.

AZ-900 in detail

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• The AZ-900 exam: objectives, format and how to schedule it →
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• AZ-900 training and courses: what Microsoft offers and how to choose →