Four-course source inventory
This inventory separates the course teaching baseline from the certification skills baseline. The vault paraphrases these sources and uses them as maintenance evidence; it does not rely on an external page to explain an in-scope concept.
Baseline records
| ID | Course | Source and title | Date/status checked | Inventory use and re-audit trigger |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRC-AZ900-COURSE | AZ-900 | Introduction to Cloud Infrastructure | Checked 2026-08-31; beginner course; course page says it covers cloud concepts, core Azure services, and management/governance | Re-read when the course syllabus or stated audience changes. |
| SRC-AZ900-SG | AZ-900 | Study guide for Exam AZ-900 | Skills measured 2026-07-20; page updated 2026-06-22; checked 2026-08-31 | Re-audit on effective-date, change-log, or domain/objective changes. |
| SRC-AZ104-COURSE | AZ-104 | Microsoft Azure Administrator | Checked 2026-08-31; intermediate course; prerequisites include virtualization, TCP/IP/DNS/VPN/firewalls/encryption, directory concepts, and backup/restore | Re-read when course objectives or prerequisites change. |
| SRC-AZ104-PREREQ | AZ-104 | Prerequisites for Azure administrators | Checked 2026-08-31; 2-module path; includes Cloud Shell and JSON ARM templates | Re-audit when module list or prerequisites change. |
| SRC-AZ104-SG | AZ-104 | Study guide for Exam AZ-104 | Skills measured 2026-04-17; checked 2026-08-31 | Re-audit on effective-date, change-log, or domain/objective changes. |
| SRC-AZ204-COURSE | AZ-204 | Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure | Checked 2026-08-31; URL redirects to course browse after retirement; courseware retired 2026-05-29 per project scope | Reconstruct against archived official structure and re-audit if Microsoft republishes or changes the retirement record. |
| SRC-AZ204-SG | AZ-204 | Study guide for Exam AZ-204 | Skills measured 2026-01-14; page warns exam retired 2026-07-31; checked 2026-08-31 | Re-audit if the retired study guide or underlying Azure product behavior changes. Never present this as a current exam/certification. |
| SRC-AZ204-RETIRE-COURSE | AZ-204 | Microsoft course retirement | Checked 2026-08-31; retirement record is the status authority for courseware | Re-audit if Microsoft changes the retirement listing. |
| SRC-AZ204-RETIRE-EXAM | AZ-204 | Microsoft retired certification exams | Checked 2026-08-31; AZ-204 certification listed retired 2026-07-31 | Re-audit if Microsoft changes the retirement listing. |
| SRC-AZ204-STRUCTURE | AZ-204 | Archived MicrosoftLearning course repository | Checked 2026-08-31; official MicrosoftLearning repository archived 2025-08-01; used only to recover final course/lab structure, not prose or diagrams | Re-audit if an authoritative replacement structure appears. |
| SRC-AZ400-COURSE | AZ-400 | Design and Implement Microsoft DevOps solutions | Checked 2026-08-31; course baseline | Re-read when course objectives or audience change. |
| SRC-AZ400-SG | AZ-400 | Study guide for Exam AZ-400 | Skills measured 2026-07-27; checked 2026-08-31 | Re-audit on effective-date, change-log, or domain/objective changes. |
Course syllabus inventory status
| Course | Current syllabus/learning-path inventory | Objective ledger | Remaining work |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZ-900 | Three official course themes mapped to the ordered foundation route; the rendered course page exposes no unit labels in its current HTML | 57 study-guide rows plus 2 course/prerequisite rows | Re-audit if Microsoft publishes unit-level syllabus labels or changes the three themes. |
| AZ-104 | Course overview and two-module prerequisite path mapped to foundation plus five administration paths | 82 study-guide rows plus 2 course/prerequisite rows | Re-audit path/module names when the course page changes; study-guide rows have separate conceptual evidence. |
| AZ-204 | Retired URL, retirement record, archived MicrosoftLearning structure, and current study guide mapped to four foundation domains | 37 study-guide rows plus 2 course/prerequisite rows | Re-audit if Microsoft republishes an authoritative structure; preserve retired labeling. |
| AZ-400 | Course overview mapped to eight ordered learning-path areas and the current study guide domains | 86 study-guide rows plus 2 course/prerequisite rows | Re-audit path/module names when the course page changes. |
Teaching-baseline structure inventory
The course pages are the teaching baseline. Their syllabus widgets are dynamically rendered and currently expose only summary themes in the accessible page text, so the table records the stable published structure available for audit and maps it to the vault’s richer beginner route. The study-guide ledgers remain the independently assessable objective baseline.
| ID | Course source heading | Published teaching scope (paraphrased) | Local route evidence | Re-audit trigger |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYL-AZ900-FOUNDATIONS | AZ-900 course — Overview | Cloud concepts; core Azure services; Azure management and governance tools | [[00-az900/1-cloud-foundations | cloud foundations]] → [[00-az900/2-azure-architecture |
| SYL-AZ104-PREREQUISITES | AZ-104 prerequisite path — prerequisite modules | Cloud Shell, Azure portal, CLI/PowerShell, JSON, ARM, and the network/identity/storage vocabulary needed before administration | [[10-az104/0-foundation/0-foundation-moc | Azure from Zero]] → [[00-az900/0-start-from-zero |
| SYL-AZ104-ADMINISTRATION | AZ-104 course — Overview | Subscriptions; identities; infrastructure; virtual networking and hybrid connection; traffic; storage; VMs; web apps and containers; backup/sharing; monitoring | [[10-az104/2-identity/2-identity-moc | identity]] → [[10-az104/3-networking/3-networking-moc |
| SYL-AZ204-FOUNDATION | AZ-204 archived structure and course — Overview | Containers and compute; storage and security; APIs/events/messages; monitoring and application lifecycle | [[15-az204/1-runtime/1-runtime-moc | runtime]] → [[15-az204/2-data-security/2-data-security-moc |
| SYL-AZ400-PROCESS | AZ-400 course — Overview | DevOps planning; source control; artifacts and dependencies; secrets; CI and container builds; release/deployment; feedback | [[20-az400/0-processes-communications/0-processes-communications-moc | processes]] → [[20-az400/1-git-enterprise/1-git-enterprise-moc |
Scope notes
AZ-204 remains in this vault as a historical, useful application-development foundation: containers, App Service, Functions, Cosmos DB, Blob Storage, identity, Key Vault, managed identities, Application Insights, API Management, Event Grid, Event Hubs, Service Bus, and Queue Storage. It is not an available exam or certification. AI-200 is not part of this inventory or route.
The course source and study guide overlap but are not interchangeable. Course rows preserve teaching sequence and stated prerequisites; study-guide rows preserve independently assessable skills. Related prerequisite concepts are added when a beginner cannot understand a source bullet without them.
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