Back in 2018, Microsoft released the 70-537 Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Azure Stack exam, which was the exam for Azure Stack Hub operators. Last week, the team released an updated version of the Azure Stack Hub exam called AZ-600: Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack Hub (This exam is currently in beta and you can take it with an 80% discount). When you pass the AZ-600 exam you will get the Microsoft Certified Azure Stack Hub Operator Associate certification. As always I try to take the exam early so I started to prepare for this exam, and as always I will share my AZ-600: Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack Hub Exam Study Guide with you.
To learn and prepare for the exam, I usually use a couple of online resources, mainly Microsoft Docs and Microsoft Learn, which I am going to share with you. You can find more information about how I prepare for a Microsoft Certification exam on my blog post: How to prepare and pass Microsoft Certification Exam.
Also, check out other Microsoft Azure Certification Exam Study Guides:
- Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Exam Study Guide
- Exam AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator Exam Study Guide
- Exam AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure Exam Study Guide
- Exam AZ-303: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies Exam Study Guide
- Exam AZ-304: Microsoft Azure Architect Design Certification Exam Study Guide
- Exam AZ-305: Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Certification Exam Study Guide
- Exam AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Exam Study Guide
- Exam AZ-700: Microsoft Azure Network Engineer Exam Study Guide
- Exam SC-900: Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals Exam Study Guide
- Exam DP-300: Azure Database Administrator Exam Study Guide
You can also take Microsoft exams online, check out my blog for more details.
The Azure Stack Portfolio
Azure Stack is not a single product anymore, it is a portfolio of solutions, which includes Azure Stack Hub, Azure Stack HCI, and Azure Stack Edge. If you want to learn more about the Azure Stack Portfolio, check out my blog.
Here is my AZ-600 Microsoft Certified Azure Stack Hub Operator Associate Exam Study Guide
It is essential to get familiar with the exam objectives and skills measured first. That is why I recommend reading the description of the exam and the skills measured.
Microsoft Certified: Azure Stack Hub Operator Associate
Candidates for the Azure Stack Hub Operator Associate certification are Azure administrators or Azure Stack Hub operators who provide cloud services to end users or customers from within their own datacenter using Azure Stack Hub.
Their responsibilities are to plan, deploy, package, update, and maintain the Azure Stack Hub infrastructure. They also offer hybrid cloud resources and requested services and manage infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS).
They serve as part of a larger team dedicated to cloud-based management and security or hybrid environments as part of an end-to-end infrastructure.
Candidates for this certification should have significant experience managing and operating Azure Stack Hub environments. They should have a strong understanding of Azure, in addition to some knowledge of virtualization, networking, and identity management. They need to understand how Azure Stack Hub enables DevOps processes and the hybrid development model.
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To earn the Microsoft Certified Azure Stack Hub Operator Associate Certification you will need to pass one exam.
AZ-600 Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack Hub
Candidates for Exam AZ-600 are Azure administrators or Azure Stack Hub operators who provide cloud services to end users or customers from within their own datacenter using Azure Stack Hub.
Candidates for this exam should have significant experience managing and operating Azure Stack Hub environments. They should have a strong understanding of Azure, in addition to some knowledge of virtualization, networking, and identity management. They need to understand how Azure Stack Hub enables DevOps processes and the hybrid development model.
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The high-level view of the skills measured in the exam:
- Provide services (30-35%)
- Implement data center integration (15-20%)
- Manage identity and access (10-15%)
- Manage infrastructure (30-35%)
You can find more information on the exam website.
Microsoft Docs AZ-600 Study guide resources
One thing I always used to prepare for my Microsoft exams is Microsoft Docs, which are a key part of the AZ-600 Study Guide. Here are the relevant Microsoft Docs which I used to prepare and study for the AZ-600 exam.
Provide Services (30-35%)
Manage Azure Stack Hub Marketplace
- populate Azure Stack Hub Marketplace in a disconnected environment
- create a custom Azure Stack Hub Marketplace item
- manage lifecycle for Azure Stack Hub Marketplace items
Offer an App Services resource provider
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/operator/azure-stack-app-service-overviewplan an App Services resource provider deployment
- deploy an App Services resource provider
- update an App Services resource provider
- scale roles based on capacity requirements
- rotate App Services secrets and certificates
- manage worker tiers
- back up App Services
Offer an Event Hubs resource provider
- plan an Event Hubs resource provider deployment
- deploy an Event Hubs resource provider
- update an Event Hubs resource provider
- rotate Event Hubs secrets and certificates
Offer services
- create and manage quotas
- create and manage plans
- create and manage offers
- create and manage user subscriptions
- change user subscription owner
Manage usage and billing
- set up usage data reporting
- view and retrieve usage data by using the Usage API
- manage usage and billing in multi-tenant and CSP scenarios
Implement Data Center Integration (15-20%)
Prepare for Azure Stack Hub deployment
- recommend a name resolution strategy
- recommend a public and internal IP strategy
- recommend a data center firewall integration strategy
- recommend an identity provider
- validate identity provider integration
- configure the Time Server (NTP)
Manage infrastructure certificates for Azure Stack Hub
- recommend a certificate strategy
- validate the certificates
- run secret rotation PowerShell cmdlet for external certificates
Manage Azure Stack Hub registration
- recommend a registration model
- register in a connected environment
- register in a disconnected environment
- re-register
Manage Identity and Access (10-15%)
Manage multi-tenancy
- configure Azure Stack Hub home directory
- register the guest tenant directory with Azure Stack Hub
- disable multi-tenancy
- update guest tenant directory
Manage access
- identify an appropriate method for access (service principal, users, groups)
- provision a service principal for Azure Stack Hub
- recommend a permission model
- configure access in Azure Stack Hub
- create a custom role
Manage Infrastructure (30-35%)
Manage system health
- recommend a monitoring strategy
- monitor system health by using the REST API
- includes resource providers such as Event Hubs
- manage field replacement or repair
- monitor system health by using Syslog Server
- configure automatic diagnostic log collection
- collect diagnostic logs on demand by using Powershell
- configure Syslog forwarding for Azure Stack Hub infrastructure
Plan and configure business continuity and disaster recovery
- recommend a business continuity disaster recovery (BCDR) strategy
- recommend a strategy for infrastructure backups
- configure storage target for infrastructure backups
- configure certificates for infrastructure backups
- configure frequency and retention policy for infrastructure backups
Manage capacity
- plan for system capacity
- manage partitioned GPUs
- add nodes
- manage storage capacity
- add IP pools
Update infrastructure
- update Azure Stack Hub
- download and import update packages manually
- update Azure AD Home Directory
Manage Azure Stack Hub by using privileged endpoints
- connect to a privileged endpoint
- configure the cloud admin user role
- unlock a support session
- close the session on the privileged endpoint
- stop and start Azure Stack Hub
- perform system diagnostics by using Test-AzureStack
Additional Tips and Resources for the AZ-600 Azure Stack Hub Operator Exam Study Guide
I hope this AZ-600 Azure Stack Hub Operator Associate Certification Exam Study Guide helps you pass the Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack Hub exam. I also recommend that you open a free Azure account if you don’t have one yet. You can create your free Azure account here. Mark Grimes, also has a series of videos that can help you with the Az-600 exam.
Want to learn more about how to prepare for a Microsoft Certification Exam? Check out my Video on Microsoft Channel 9.
Also, check out my blog posts about Microsoft Azure Certification:
- Why you should become Microsoft Azure certified
- How to pick the right Azure exam certification path
- How to prepare and pass a Microsoft Azure exam
I hope you enjoyed my AZ-600 Study Guide. Did I miss any link, or do you have any recommended AZ-600 Azure Stack Hub Operator Certification Exam Study resources? Let me know in the comments.
Tags: AZ-600, Azure, Azure Stack, Azure Stack HUb, Certification, Exam, Hybrid Cloud, Learn, Learning, Microsoft, Operator, Study Guide Last modified: October 13, 2021
Great Post, finding it really useful as always.
Noticed that the following area as duplicate links:
Plan an App Services resource provider deployment
-Azure App Service and Azure Functions on Azure Stack Hub overview
-Capacity planning for App Service server roles in Azure Stack Hub
Cheers,
Reece
Thank you for this guide!
Correct link for Azure App Service and Azure Functions on Azure Stack Hub overview
is https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/operator/azure-stack-app-service-overview?WT.mc_id=modinfra-0000-thmaure
Thanks :) I changed it.