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Cloud Infrastructure and Services Foundations

Exam Number: D-CIS-FN-01

Available Languages: Chinese Simplified, English, French, Japanese, Portuguese-Brazilian

Certification Overview

This exam focuses on various aspects of cloud such as applications, cloud services and orchestration, modern infrastructure, business continuity, security, and service management that are essential for building a cloud infrastructure. This exam also covers the concepts of cloud and its related technologies with key product examples to reinforce the knowledge of technology and concepts.

Target Audience

Associate Sales Engineers; Cloud Architects; Cloud Consultants; Cloud Integration Managers; Cloud Product Leads/Managers; Implementation Specialists; Infrastructure Administrators; Pre-Sales Engineers; Pre-Sales Solution Architects; Product Specialists; Solution Architects; Storage Administrators; Storage Architects; Storage Implementation Engineers; Systems Engineers; Technical Consultants; Technical Support

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Exam Topics

The table below lists the topics that are included in this exam, and the approximate percentage of the exam devoted to each topic.

Category	Topics	Coverage
Digital Transformation, Cloud Computing Reference Architecture, and Introduction to Cloud Computing	Describe digital transformation. Describe business and IT challenges. Describe IT transformation key focus areas. Describe enablers of digital transformation. Describe essential characteristics of cloud computing. Describe essential characteristics of cloud service models. Describe essential characteristics of cloud deployment models. Describe cloud reference architecture.	16%
Application, Cloud Services, Orchestration, and Modern Infrastructure	Describe the need for application modernization. Describe the approaches of application modernization. Describe the characteristics of modern applications. Explain cloud service functions. Explain cloud service portal. Explain cloud service lifecycle. Explain cloud service automation. Explain cloud service orchestration. Distinguish between physical, virtual, and software-defined infrastructure. Distinguish between physical, virtual, and software-defined infrastructure deployment options.	28%
Cloud Security and Business Continuity	Describe security threats and security control mechanisms. Explain the role of GRC. Describe business continuity mechanisms. Describe fault tolerance mechanisms. Describe data protection solutions.	42%
Cloud Service Management and IT Transformation	Plan and design cloud services. Summarize cloud service portfolio. Summarize operation management. Describe the key focus areas of transforming IT.	14%

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Cloud Infrastructure and Services Foundations