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Azure concepts, core cloud services, security, governance, pricing, and support models. Ideal for projects that need a solid Azure baseline, clear cloud conversations, and practical platform awareness. Get fast, precise matching with vetted freelancers holding this certification.
About the certification
What it covers
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals, often called AZ-900, is the entry-level Microsoft certification for cloud basics on Azure. It shows that a professional can explain the core ideas behind Microsoft Azure and speak clearly about where cloud services fit in business and technical work.
- Core cloud concepts and shared responsibility
- Azure architecture, services, and common use cases
- Security, compliance, privacy, and identity basics
- Pricing, support, and service lifecycle concepts
Who earns it
This certification is common among freelancers who support cloud adoption, pre-sales, training, IT coordination, and junior Azure work. It is also useful for analysts, project team members, and technical profiles who need to understand Azure without being deep specialists.
In Munich, it often helps when companies want external support for international teams, mixed German-English collaboration, or early cloud projects where stakeholders need a shared vocabulary.
Why companies value it
A freelancer with AZ-900 is not claiming advanced engineering depth. The value is broader and more practical: the person understands Azure terminology, can follow cloud discussions, and can contribute without confusion in planning, documentation, or stakeholder meetings.
- Supports cloud migration conversations
- Helps with basic Azure governance and cost awareness
- Fits workshops, enablement, and documentation work
- Useful as a foundation before deeper Azure specialisation
Knowledge behind the badge
The Azure Fundamentals exam is built around everyday cloud understanding rather than hands-on build tasks. It covers infrastructure and platform ideas, service categories, identity and access basics, security principles, and the commercial side of Azure such as consumption and support models.
That makes the certification a good signal when you need someone who can explain Azure clearly, compare options, and work confidently with architects, developers, or business owners. It is also a sensible first step for people moving toward more advanced Microsoft Azure certifications.
Meet FRATCH Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
Karen Manukyan
Senior .NET Backend Engineer | Applied AI | Agentic Systems, RAG & Distributed Architecture
Last position:
Personal AI Engineering Project — Croky AI at Crocky AI
Product:
- Built a production-ready AI platform for generating brand-aware marketing images and videos from product data, user requirements, and uploaded media.
- Own the platform architecture, technical roadmap, API design, security, deployment workflow, operational reliability, and model-provider strategy.
- Developed the core platform in .NET and built supporting AI and workflow prototypes in Python, applying language-independent API contracts and structured interfaces between services and model providers.
- Implemented reliable background processing with RabbitMQ, persisted workflow state, idempotent handling, retries, failure recovery, logging, secure storage, authorization, and credit accounting.
- Made pragmatic build-versus-buy and model-routing decisions based on reliability, latency, cost, and maintainability rather than novelty.
Agent Orchestration & RAG Systems
- Built and compared agent workflows using Microsoft Agent Framework, LangGraph, and LangChain, including tool use, conditional routing, clarification steps, state management, and hand-offs between agents.
- Implemented reusable .NET components for agents, prompts, tools, model providers, structured responses, and retrieval with pyvector, making it easier to change AI providers without rewriting the core workflow.
Michael Nelz
Senior ML Engineer | AI Engineer | Problem Solver
Last position:
Senior ML Engineer, AI Engineer at Lanxess AG
- Deployment and scaling of existing ML initiatives, including demand and cash flow forecasts.
- Building robust monitoring with mlflow for data stability, model performance, and drift detection, as well as implementing additional ML use cases.
- Further development of an Agentic AI chatbot for transparent and easy-to-understand model explanations.
Azadeh Tavassoli
AI Engineer | RAG, AI Agents & Multimodal Systems | Ex-Data Analyst (6+ yrs)
Last position:
AI Engineering Fellow at Turing College
- Completed an intensive AI Engineering Program focused on LLM evaluation, retrieval, agent orchestration, and multimodal workflows.
- Designed retrieval pipelines with document ingestion, semantic search, and citation-aware outputs using LangChain and ChromaDB.
- Built LangGraph-based agent workflows with state handling, clarification loops, and human-in-the-loop approval steps.
- Applied prompt engineering and evaluation patterns, including scoring logic and guardrails, to improve output quality and reliability.
- Worked extensively with Python, FastAPI, OpenAI APIs, LangChain, LangGraph, and ChromaDB in end-to-end implementations.
Srinivasu Kakaraparti
Fullstack Developer
Last position:
Atruvia
Project: Tax Exemption Order Application
The client has an existing application for creating and maintaining tax exemption orders for end customers; design and implementation of a comparable application for internal employees.
- Design and implementation of microservices and the UI for the business area "tax exemption orders" using Domain Driven Design as well as Spring Boot and Angular.
- Implementation of reactive, non-reactive, and asynchronous APIs (Spring REST, WebFlux, GraphQL).
- Development of the Angular application, including state management using Signals, RxJS Observables, and subscriptions.
- Securing the API and the application using OAuth2, JWT, and OpenID Connect.
- Configuration and setup of CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins.
- Collaboration with cross-functional teams and conducting code reviews.
Environment: Java, Spring Boot, Angular 18 & 19 (standalone, signals), RxJs, Bootstrap CSS, Vitesting, OpenShift, Istio, microservices, Kafka, Dynatrace, Jenkins, GitLab, Graylog, Sonar, Oauth2, OracleDB
Florian Krebs
Self-employed IT and Security Consultant
Last position:
LAN Planner at Global Network AG
- As-is assessment of the current network infrastructure and its documentation, including on-site inspections
- Independent planning of new distribution and main distribution rooms in the individual district offices (components used, rack layout, connectivity), considering the BSI IT-Grundschutz and InfoSic requirements
- Planning of new copper and fiber optic cabling, including patch panels
- Coordination with building services engineering (TGA) to ensure compliance with relevant on-site requirements
- Development of detailed execution plans and high-level concepts for the rollout of the new infrastructure
- Additional support after the components go live (hypercare phase)
- Regular communication with project management and client stakeholders
Rallis Tsetinis
Senior Project Manager Datacenter, Cloud, Network and Collocation
Last position:
Senior Project Manager Datacenter, Cloud, Network and Collocation at Noris Network AG
- Successfully led IT infrastructure projects with budgets up to €10M, including data center migrations and cloud transformations, improving operational efficiency by 30%.
- Managed project specifications, resources, and stakeholder alignment, delivering 95% of projects on time and within budget, ensuring seamless execution.
- Reduced project risks by 40% through proactive risk, cost, and claim management while maintaining 99.9% system uptime and effective C-level communication.
- Optimized team performance by 25% using agile methodologies like Scrum, enhancing service readiness and ensuring a 20% faster go-live for IT solutions.
Vedran Kljajic
Zeiss Smart Services Dashboard
Last position:
Zeiss Smart Services Dashboard at Zeiss
Realtime monitoring and analysis of individual devices, device groups, or the entire machine park
Data evaluation of one or more measurement systems or a complete machine park to compare devices
Data export as .csv file for: utilization, usage, collisions, measurement plans and temperatures
Notifications via browser and email
Analysis of project requirements and goals
Implementation of UI components and features based on design specifications
Development of RESTful APIs with C# .NET
Implementation of business logic and server-side data processing
Review of code changes by other developers
Azure IoT infrastructure, Cosmos DB, Angular, .NET 6
C#, Typescript, REST
Pete Klement
Principal Consultant
Last position:
Principal Consultant at INOVIA Solutions
Digital Strategy & Enterprise Architecture Industry 4.0 Sustainable Supply Chains Digital Twins, Data Spaces and Digital Product Passports Manufacturing, Energy, Automotive, Transport&Logistics, Mining Management Consulting Business Architecture Digital Business Model
Philipp Schmidt
MS365 Consultant/Solution Architect
Last position:
MS365 Consultant/Solution Architect at Self-employed
- Setup and configuration of an M365 tenant on a hybrid basis
- SSO integration of the existing app infrastructure like Metamost, Huhu, etc.
- License consulting, Entra ID initial configuration, MFA, Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management
- Intune: initial configuration, Windows 11 Autopilot, iPhone AES
- Takeover of the tenant and preparation of a security audit
- Rollout of iPhones with AES (formerly DEP) as COPE (Corporate Owned, Business Enabled)
- Connecting external customers with enhanced security through Conditional Access
- Consulting on cloud-first strategy and migration to a cloud-only business
- Connecting various apps via SSO/SCIM (e.g. Atlassian, Personio, Adobe)
- On-premises AD: security audit and project management for replacing the local AD (migration of file servers, Navision2016, user clients joined to Entra ID)
- Copilot rollout with connection to external data sources and configuration via Intune
- Support for TISAX and ISO27001 preparation
- Setup and hardening of Entra ID, switching MFA to phishing resistant via Conditional Access
- Intune management for Windows and Apple clients, web enrollment switch to AES, introduction of Autopilot, app management, integration of Microsoft Defender
- Building a device baseline for Windows (COBO) and iOS/Android (BYOD)
- Teams/SharePoint Online: access concepts and integration into Teams
- Maintenance and backup of Entra ID and Intune tenants (drift management)
- M365 backup with Veeam
- Extending Conditional Access policies, introduction of Privileged Identity Management with hardware tokens and an on-premises admin tier concept
- Revision of existing GPOs regarding structure, security, and compliance
- Security audit and hardening of on-premises Active Directory and cloud tenant, SAML VPN, PIM introduction
- Support for the HR department in introducing a booking portal and general system engineering administration & security
- Introduction of Conditional Access and passwordless MFA, platform SSO, Defender for macOS/iOS, macOS compliance with Intune, Code2 signature configuration
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Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) statistics
Typical experience
16 years
Average project duration
2.1 years
Certifications per freelancer
8
Top business areas
Information Technology, Operations, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Manufacturing
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Bachelor's degree or higher
78%
Master's degree or higher
44%
Salary / Daily Rate Distribution
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Average rates for Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) & Seniority distribution
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The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Frequently Asked Questions
Have questions? See our quick guide to FRATCH
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) validates basic understanding of Microsoft Azure and cloud concepts. It shows that the freelancer can explain core services, security ideas, pricing concepts, and the shared responsibility model. It is a foundation credential, not an advanced engineering certification.
AZ-900 focuses on breadth, not deep implementation. More advanced Azure certifications test design, administration, development, or security work in much more detail. If you need someone to build, migrate, or operate complex workloads, AZ-900 alone is usually not enough, but it is a useful signal of cloud literacy.
The AZ-900 is a strong fit for people who work around Azure, not only inside it. That includes project managers, consultants, sales engineers, business analysts, support staff, and junior technical professionals. It is especially useful for anyone who needs to join cloud discussions with confidence.
Preparation for Azure Fundamentals is usually straightforward and conceptual. Candidates review cloud basics, Azure service categories, identity and security fundamentals, and pricing or support models. Hands-on lab work can help, but the exam mainly checks understanding and the ability to recognize the right Azure service for a business need.
No formal prerequisite is typically required for Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals. That is one reason it is popular as an entry point into the Microsoft cloud path. Still, people with some experience in IT, business technology, or cloud projects usually find the material easier to absorb.
The renewal process for AZ-900 is simpler than for many higher-level certifications. Microsoft updates certification maintenance through online renewal or related current requirements, so holders should check the latest Microsoft guidance. The key point for companies is that the credential signals recent baseline Azure knowledge, not a one-time exam from years ago.
This certification matters most in projects where Azure is part of the conversation, even if the freelancer is not the main engineer. Typical examples are cloud migration planning, governance workshops, documentation, enablement, and stakeholder alignment. In Munich, it can also help in international teams that need clear English cloud communication.
Usually not by itself. Azure Fundamentals proves that the freelancer understands the platform at a basic level, but design and operations work normally require deeper Microsoft Azure certifications or strong project experience. For infrastructure design, administration, or security tasks, look for a more advanced credential alongside AZ-900 or substitute it with proven hands-on expertise.
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