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Azure Fundamentals: The Complete AZ-900 Field Guide

1st Edition · 2026

Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Field Guide

A complete, beginner-friendly walkthrough of every AZ-900 exam domain — cloud concepts, Azure architecture, management & governance, and pricing & support — with original diagrams, real-world case studies, hands-on walkthroughs, and a full 6-week study planner.

150Pages
80+Mock exam questions
72Glossary terms
FreeNo signup
  • Cloud concepts & service models
  • Global infrastructure & architecture
  • Compute, networking & storage
  • Databases & identity/security
  • Governance, monitoring & pricing
  • Hands-on walkthroughs
  • 7 scenario-based case studies
  • Rapid-recall flashcard deck
  • Two full 40-question mock exams
  • 6-week study planner
  • Exam-day strategy & FAQ
  • Glossary & cheat sheet
PrepKloud Field Guide Series

Azure AI Fundamentals: The Complete AI-901 Field Guide

1st Edition · 2026

Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-901) Field Guide

A complete walkthrough of the active AI-901 blueprint — responsible AI, generative AI & language model concepts, model selection, and building AI solutions with Microsoft Foundry (agents, prompt engineering, NLP, speech, vision, and Content Understanding) — with original diagrams, case studies, and a full study planner.

19Chapters
40Practice questions
19Glossary terms
FreeNo signup
  • AI workloads & considerations
  • Responsible AI principles
  • Generative AI & language models
  • Choosing the right model
  • Microsoft Foundry foundations
  • Prompt engineering
  • Building a Foundry client
  • AI agents in Foundry
  • NLP, speech & vision workloads
  • Content Understanding (multimodal)
  • Cost, monitoring & operations
  • 5-week study planner
  • 40 practice questions
  • Glossary & cheat sheet
  • Exam-day strategy & FAQ
PrepKloud Field Guide Series

AWS Solutions Architect Associate: The Complete SAA-C03 Field Guide

1st Edition · 2026

AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) Field Guide

A scenario-first walkthrough of the current SAA-C03 blueprint: secure, resilient, high-performing, and cost-optimized AWS architecture. Learn how to turn business constraints into practical designs with IAM, VPC networking, storage, databases, load balancing, queues, disaster recovery, observability, and infrastructure as code.

17Chapters
40Practice questions
4Architecture domains
FreeNo signup
  • Architecture decision framework
  • AWS global infrastructure
  • IAM, access & multi-account design
  • Network, application & data security
  • Resilient compute & messaging
  • Backups, DR, RPO & RTO
  • Performance & caching
  • Networking, DNS & CloudFront
  • Cost optimization patterns
  • Migration & hybrid decisions
  • Observability, governance & IaC
  • Architecture scenario patterns
  • Hands-on lab blueprint
  • 40 practice questions
  • 6-week study planner & cheat sheet
PrepKloud Field Guide Series

Azure Administrator: AZ-104 Field Guide

First Edition · 2026

Azure Administrator (AZ-104) Field Guide

Go beyond Azure fundamentals with a scenario-first guide to the five current AZ-104 skills domains: identity and governance, storage, compute, networking, and monitoring. Includes a safe administrator lab, practical decision tables, 30 original explained questions, and a six-week study plan.

13Chapters
30Explained questions
5Skills domains
FreeNo signup
  • Entra identity & Azure RBAC
  • Policy, locks, tags & budgets
  • Storage access & redundancy
  • Blobs, files & lifecycle
  • ARM/Bicep & virtual machines
  • App Service & containers
  • VNets, NSGs, DNS & private access
  • Azure Monitor, Backup & Site Recovery
  • Lab, practice questions & study plan
PrepKloud Field Guide Series

AWS Cloud Practitioner: CLF-C02 Field Guide

First Edition · 2026

AWS Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) Field Guide

A beginner-friendly guide to the four current CLF-C02 domains: cloud concepts, security and compliance, AWS technology and services, and billing and support. Learn the important service distinctions, work through 30 original explained questions, and follow a four-week study plan.

12Chapters
30Explained questions
4Exam domains
FreeNo signup
  • Cloud economics & elasticity
  • Regions, AZs & edge locations
  • Shared responsibility & IAM
  • Audit, security & governance
  • Compute, storage & networking
  • Databases, analytics & messaging
  • Pricing, budgets & support
  • Scenario workshop & safe lab
  • Practice questions & study plan
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FMS MBA Executive Preparation Guide

First Edition · 2026

FMS MBA Executive Preparation Guide

A 31-page application and interview workbook for working professionals: build an evidence bank, draft the 150-word executive-experience and purpose write-up, and practise extempore and business-affairs discussion. Check your intake's official bulletin for current instructions.

31Pages
13Chapters
18Rehearsal prompts
FreeNo signup
  • Eligibility and document readiness
  • Experience and impact evidence bank
  • 150-word write-up workshop
  • Why MBA, why FMS and why now
  • Extempore and business-affairs practice
  • Mock discussion and four-week plan
PrepKloud Field Guide Series

CCSK v5 Cloud Security Field Guide

First Edition · 2026

CCSK v5 Cloud Security Field Guide

A vendor-neutral, scenario-first guide to all twelve CSA Security Guidance v5 domains behind the Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge: shared responsibility, governance, IAM, workload and data security, zero trust and incident response. Includes 30 original explained questions and a six-week plan.

45Pages
15Chapters
30Explained questions
FreeNo signup
  • Open-book exam strategy
  • Cloud governance & risk
  • Shared responsibility models
  • Identity & access management
  • Security monitoring
  • Infrastructure & workload security
  • Data security & encryption
  • Zero trust & generative AI security
  • Practice questions & study plan
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CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-004) Field Guide

First Edition · 2026

CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-004) Field Guide

A blue-team study guide for the CySA+ CS0-004 exam, organized around its four published domains: security operations, vulnerability management, incident response and management, and reporting and communication. Includes SOC scenarios, 30 original explained questions and a six-week plan.

43Pages
15Chapters
30Explained questions
FreeNo signup
  • Exam format & domain weights
  • Log analysis & SIEM
  • Threat intelligence & hunting
  • Vulnerability scanning & CVSS
  • Risk-based prioritization
  • Incident response lifecycle
  • Forensics & containment
  • Reporting & metrics
  • Practice questions & study plan
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Google Cloud Digital Leader Field Guide

First Edition · 2026

Google Cloud Digital Leader Field Guide

A business-first guide to all six sections of the current Cloud Digital Leader exam guide (launched August 2026): digital transformation, data, AI, modernization, security and trust, and cost and operations. Includes product decision tables, 30 original explained questions and a six-week plan.

51Pages
15Chapters
30Explained questions
FreeNo signup
  • Exam format & six sections
  • Cloud models & global infrastructure
  • Data products & storage classes
  • Analytics, Looker & streaming
  • AI & ML for business
  • Migration, compute & APIs
  • Security & trust
  • Cost, hierarchy & SRE
  • Practice questions & study plan
PrepKloud Field Guide Series

CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1202) Field Guide

First Edition · 2026

CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1202) Field Guide

A help-desk-first guide to the four 220-1202 V15 domains: operating systems, security, software troubleshooting and operational procedures. Covers Windows tools and commands, macOS and Linux, malware removal, backups and change management, with 30 original explained questions and a six-week plan.

51Pages
15Chapters
30Explained questions
FreeNo signup
  • Exam format & domain weights
  • File systems & installation
  • Windows editions & tools
  • Command line essentials
  • macOS & Linux
  • Security & malware removal
  • Social engineering & hardening
  • Troubleshooting Windows & mobile
  • Backups, change & professionalism
PrepKloud Field Guide Series

AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01) Field Guide

First Edition · 2026

AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01) Field Guide

A foundational guide to all five AIF-C01 domains: AI and ML fundamentals, generative AI, applications of foundation models, responsible AI, and AI security and governance. Covers Amazon Bedrock, RAG, agents, prompt engineering, Guardrails and SageMaker AI, with 30 original explained questions and a five-week plan.

53Pages
15Chapters
30Explained questions
FreeNo signup
  • Exam format & domain weights
  • AI, ML & model metrics
  • AWS AI services & SageMaker AI
  • GenAI concepts & Amazon Bedrock
  • Inference parameters & RAG
  • Agents & prompt engineering
  • Fine-tuning & evaluation
  • Responsible AI & Guardrails
  • Security & governance
PrepKloud Field Guide Series

Developing AI Apps and Agents on Azure (AI-103) Field Guide

First Edition · 2026

Developing AI Apps and Agents on Azure (AI-103) Field Guide

An engineer-focused guide to the five AI-103 skill areas: planning and managing Azure AI solutions, generative AI and agents, computer vision, text analysis, and information extraction. Covers Microsoft Foundry, managed identity, RAG with Azure AI Search, multi-agent patterns, Content Understanding and speech, with 30 original explained questions.

46Pages
15Chapters
30Explained questions
FreeNo signup
  • Skills measured & weights
  • Foundry models & deployments
  • Security, quotas & monitoring
  • Responsible AI & prompt shields
  • RAG & evaluation
  • Agents & tool schemas
  • Vision & multimodal
  • Text, translation & speech
  • Retrieval & document extraction

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