We recommend Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ-900 Exam Prep by Microsoft on Coursera. Certificate earned at December 6, 2021

It should take you between four and six months to complete this Specialization. You will be assigned approximately one hours worth of work to complete every week for the seventeen weeks it takes to complete the four courses.

To succeed in this course, you should have a basic understanding of general technology concepts and terminology. You should be familiar with the general technology concepts, including concepts of networking, storage, compute, application support, and application development.

Yes. We highly recommend taking the courses of each certificate program in the order they are presented. The content in the first three courses builds on information from earlier courses. The final course, Preparing for the AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Exam, contains practice exams that assess your knowledge of the content covered in the previous three courses. It makes the most sense to take them in the order they come in.

In short, no. Completing this Specialization will not earn you professional or academic credits.

If you need to know whether a Coursera Certificate will count toward accreditation for a specific organization or program, please ask a representative of that organization or program.

This Specialization will prepare you to take the AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals exam. The Azure Fundamentals exam is an opportunity to prove knowledge of cloud concepts, Azure services, Azure workloads, security and privacy in Azure, as well as Azure pricing and support. Each course teaches you the core concepts and skills that are measured by the exam.

When you complete the specialization, you will receive a Coursera Specalization Certificate of Completion. This is an official Coursera credential that confirms that you successfully completed a Specalization on Coursera. You can see all the Course Certificates you've earned on your Accomplishments page. From there, you can download, print, or share your Certificates.

If you want to switch careers or find a job in cloud computing, this Specialization is for you.

If you are looking for ways to advance in your career field and upskill in a competitive work environment, this Specialization is for you.

If you are just beginning to work with cloud-based solutions and services or are new to Microsoft Azure, this Specialization is for you.