Inquiry Regarding how to get Hands-on Experience after AZ-900 Certification. For AZ -104 certification.

Question

As an aspiring candidate, I am interested in pursuing the AZ-900 certification to gain a foundational understanding of Azure and cloud computing. However, I noticed that a prerequisite for the AZ-104 certification, which I plan to pursue in the future, is at least six months of hands-on experience with AZ-900.

I would greatly appreciate it if you could provide guidance on how I can acquire the necessary hands-on experience with AZ-900. Are there any specific resources, programs, or initiatives available through Microsoft or its partners that can help individuals without prior industry experience gain practical exposure to Azure? I am particularly interested in opportunities that can be pursued alongside or after obtaining the AZ-900 certification.

Answer 1

@Yogendra Dwivedi Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Forum, Thank you for posting your query here!

I see that you wanted to pursue the Az900 / 104 certifications and need the hands on experience.

Az 104

• Watch AZ-104 exam prep videos on Learn.
• Review the AZ-104 study guide to help you prepare for the exam
• Demo the exam experience by visiting our exam sandbox
• Cloud Academy Az104 preparation Link is here.
• You can schedule the Az104 exam here.

Az 900

• Review the AZ-900 study guide to help you prepare for the exam
• Demo the exam experience by visiting our exam sandbox
• Cloud Academy Az900 preparation Link is here.
• You can schedule the Az900 exam here.

Resources and initiatives to get exposure to the Microsoft cloud:

• Microsoft Learning path for new skills and discover the power of Microsoft products with step-by-step guidance here.
• Azure for students: Build in the cloud free with Azure for Students, see here.
• Microsoft Virtual Training on azure is here.
• To Set up virtual labs for classes, hands on, training, hackathons, and other related scenarios. see here.
• Get latest Azure news, updates and announcements on Azure through our blogs here.

Hope this helps.

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