Every link below was opened and checked by RoleMath, labelled official or independent, and shown with the date it was last checked where one is recorded. Nothing here is sponsored, and no exam dumps are listed.
RoleMath has checked 3 free resources for this certification: 2 learning resources and 1 official scope document.
See the certification itself: Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate.
Best free resources
| Resource | Type | Publisher | Cost | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study guide for Exam AZ-204: Microsoft Azure Developer Associate | Exam objectives / outline | Official: Microsoft | Free (see notes) | official |
| Azure Developer Associate Practice Assessment (official, free) | Free practice questions | Official: Microsoft | Free (see notes) | official |
| freeCodeCamp AZ-204 course (free, ~13.5 hours) | Free structured course | Independent community: freeCodeCamp | Free (see notes) | independent community |
What to know
- Study guide for Exam AZ-204: Microsoft Azure Developer Associate: RoleMath records this against exam AZ-204 and has not verified whether that is still the current exam — check the vendor's page before relying on it. Official skills-measured outline. Microsoft Learn states this exam was retired on 2026-07-31; read 2026-08-03. (noted when we read this source, 2026-06-30)
- Azure Developer Associate Practice Assessment (official, free): RoleMath records this against exam AZ-204 and has not verified whether that is still the current exam — check the vendor's page before relying on it. Official free interactive practice assessment. The AZ-204 exam was retired on 2026-07-31, so this is reference material rather than preparation for a bookable exam. (noted when we read this source, 2026-06-30)
- freeCodeCamp AZ-204 course (free, ~13.5 hours): Published August 2022. Core SDK, compute and storage concepts are stable, but check the January 2026 skills update for anything newer before relying on it for current objectives. (noted when we read this source, 2026-06-29)
The free path, in order
1. Start from the exam objectives / outline — it is the scope the certifying body itself publishes, and where a vendor also publishes domain weightings they are in it. It may not be a comprehensive list of every exam topic. Study against it, not against a course's table of contents. Where the entry below records an exam version RoleMath has not verified as current, confirm on the vendor's page that you are reading the outline for your exam before you study against it.
2. Work the free structured course(s) above to build the skills — first check each one against What to know above, and where a course was written for a different exam version than the one you will sit, treat it as background rather than as your main preparation. Treat official material as scope authority and community material as instruction; use official sample questions where they exist.
3. Free study lowers what you spend preparing, not what the exam itself costs — verify the current price on the vendor's official exam page before budgeting.
Free resources reduce what you spend to study. No resource guarantees a pass, and a course is not the certification.