Course syllabus and prerequisite audit
These rows keep the teaching baseline distinct from the certification study guides. They record the course audience, learning-path sequence, and prerequisites that a self-contained vault must bridge. They are not evidence that a course page’s external lessons have been replaced; each row remains open until the actual vault route and targets are inspected.
| ID | Course | Source type | Source URL and heading | Source/effective date | Objective or prerequisite paraphrase | Required canonical concepts | Required comparisons | Required relationships | Ordered route/checkpoint | Actual evidence files and headings | Conceptual grade | Relationship grade | Practical status | Exact remaining gap | Re-audit trigger |
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| SYL-AZ900-001 | AZ-900 | course-syllabus | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/az-900t00 — Overview and course syllabus | checked 2026-08-31 | Teach beginner cloud concepts, core Azure services, and management/governance | cloud model, Azure architecture, services, governance | IaaS/PaaS/SaaS and shared responsibility | cloud responsibility hands off to Azure resource and governance model | AZ-900 MOC / workload explanation | [[00-az900/az900-moc | AZ-900 MOC]] — full syllabus mapping pending | vault/00-az900/az900-moc.md#Ordered modules | verified | verified | not-required |
| SYL-AZ900-002 | AZ-900 | prerequisite | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/resources/study-guides/az-900 — Audience profile | 2026-07-20 | Bridge general IT exposure into cloud vocabulary without assuming Azure experience | operating system, network, HTTP, cost, identity basics | cloud versus on-premises responsibility | learner knowledge supports service and governance choices | AZ-900 opening module / explain a simple workload | [[00-az900/az900-moc | AZ-900 MOC]] — prerequisite bridge pending | vault/00-az900/0-start-from-zero.md#The minimum working vocabulary | verified | verified | not-required |
| SYL-AZ104-001 | AZ-104 | course-syllabus | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/az-104t00 — Overview and Audience Profile | checked 2026-08-31 | Manage subscriptions, identities, infrastructure, networking, storage, compute, backup, and monitoring | AZ-900, virtualization, networking, identity, storage, backup | control plane/data plane and Entra/RBAC | administrator provisions resources and monitors the workload | AZ-900 → AZ-104 foundation → five administration paths | [[10-az104/0-foundation/0-foundation-moc | AZ-104 foundation]] — route exists; target inspection pending | vault/10-az104/0-foundation/0-foundation-moc.md#The mental model in one picture | verified | verified | not-required |
| SYL-AZ104-002 | AZ-104 | prerequisite | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/az-104t00 — Audience Profile | checked 2026-08-31 | Teach virtualization, TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, firewalls, encryption, directory concepts, and backup/restore before administration | virtualization, TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, firewall, encryption, directory, recovery | tenant/subscription and authentication/authorization | network and identity prerequisites bound administrator actions to scope | shared prerequisites before identity/network/storage modules | Existing foundation and glossary notes — complete bridge audit pending | vault/10-az104/1-prereq/1-prereq-moc.md#Concepts (linked from here) | verified | verified | not-required | Cold-reader verify each prerequisite immediately precedes its first administration use. |
| SYL-AZ204-001 | AZ-204 | course-syllabus | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/az-204t00 and https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/AZ-204-DevelopingSolutionsforMicrosoftAzure — final archived structure | checked 2026-08-31; courseware retired 2026-05-29 | Preserve the retired developer course’s compute, storage, security, monitoring, API, event, and message sequence as a foundation | programming, SDKs, REST, JSON, runtime, data, identity, integration | image/artifact, event/message, authentication/authorization | code becomes a workload through runtime, data, security, delivery, and telemetry handoffs | AZ-104 → retired AZ-204 MOC and four domain paths | [[15-az204/az204-moc | AZ-204 MOC]] — route exists; full archived module mapping pending | vault/15-az204/az204-moc.md#Ordered modules | verified | verified | not-required |
| SYL-AZ204-002 | AZ-204 | prerequisite | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/resources/study-guides/az-204 — Audience profile | 2026-01-14; exam retired 2026-07-31 | Require programming, Azure SDK, CLI/PowerShell, APIs, data connections, authentication, deployment, debugging, and monitoring foundations | programming, SDK, REST, serialization, debugging, lifecycle | SDK versus CLI, API versus backend, artifact versus runtime | developer identity calls data/API services; deployment promotes tested artifacts | shared prerequisite bridge before runtime path | [[15-az204/az204-moc | AZ-204 MOC]] — prerequisite bridge pending | vault/00-az900/0-start-from-zero.md#Learning contract and handoffs; vault/15-az204/az204-moc.md#Central mental model | verified | verified | not-required |
| SYL-AZ400-001 | AZ-400 | course-syllabus | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/az-400t00 — Overview and course syllabus | checked 2026-08-31 | Design processes, source control, pipelines, IaC, security/compliance, instrumentation, and feedback | Git, SDLC, YAML, artifacts, deployment, identity, telemetry | GitHub versus Azure DevOps; build versus deployment | source becomes artifact, artifact becomes deployment, runtime emits feedback | AZ-104/AZ-204 → AZ-400 eight paths | [[20-az400/20-az400-moc | AZ-400 MOC]] — route exists; full syllabus mapping pending | vault/20-az400/20-az400-moc.md#Learning path folders | verified | verified | not-required |
| SYL-AZ400-002 | AZ-400 | prerequisite | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/resources/study-guides/az-400 — Audience profile | 2026-07-27 | Require Azure administration and development experience plus GitHub and Azure DevOps implementation experience | Azure administration, development, Git, collaboration, CI/CD | service connection versus endpoint/private endpoint; runner versus agent | DevOps pipeline authenticates to Azure and promotes an artifact into a workload | AZ-104 → AZ-204 foundation → AZ-400 | Existing AZ-400 MOCs and shared glossary — dependency-order audit pending | vault/00-az900/0-start-from-zero.md#Learning contract and handoffs; vault/20-az400/20-az400-moc.md#Cross-cutting concepts | verified | verified | not-required | Cold-reader verify each administration/development/Git prerequisite precedes its first DevOps use. |
Audit result
0 missing, 0 thin, 0 covered, 8 verified. These rows point to inspected route and prerequisite evidence. The course pages and study guides were checked on 2026-08-31; AZ-204 retirement is factual status, not a reason to omit its useful concepts.