AZ-204 Training: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure

Certification: Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate

Become a Developer and learn how to create end-to-end solutions in Microsoft Azure.

Course Overview – Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure Course AZ-204

Learn to develop Solutions for Microsoft Azure.  Create end-to-end solutions in Microsoft Azure. Learn how to implement Azure compute solutions, create Azure Functions,  manage web apps, use Azure storage.  Discover implement authentication and authorization, and secure their solutions by using KeyVault &  Managed Identities. Connect to Azure services and third-party services, include event- and message-based models in their solutions. Learn monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing Azure solutions.

Course outline

Module 1: Explore Azure App Service

• Examine Azure App Service
• Examine Azure App Service plans
• Deploy to App Service
• Explore authentication and authorization in App Service
• Discover App Service networking features

Module 2: Configure web app settings

• Configure application settings
• Configure general settings
• Configure path mappings
• Enable diagnostic logging
• Configure security certificates

Module 3: Scale apps in Azure App Service

• Examine autoscale factors
• Identify autoscale factors
• Enable autoscale in App Service
• Explore autoscale best practices

Module 4: Explore Azure App Service deployment slots

• Explore staging environments
• Examine slot swapping
• Swap deployment slots
• Route traffic in App Service

Module 5: Explore Azure Functions

• Discover Azure Functions
• Compare Azure Functions hosting options
• Scale Azure Functions

Module 6: Develop Azure Functions

• Explore Azure Functions development
• Create triggers and bindings
• Connect functions to Azure services

Module 7:  Explore Azure Blob storage

• Explore Azure Blob storage
• Discover Azure Blob storage resource types
• Explore Azure Storage security features
• Discover static website hosting in Azure Storage

Module 8: Manage the Azure Blob storage lifecycle

• Explore the Azure Blob storage lifecycle
• Discover Blob storage lifecycle policies
• Implement Blob storage lifecycle policies
• Rehydrate blob data from the archive tier

Module 9: Work with Azure Blob storage

• Explore Azure Blob storage client library
• Create a client object
• Manage container properties and metadata by using .NET
• Set and retrieve properties and metadata for blob resources by using REST

Module 10: Explore Azure Cosmos DB

• Identify key benefits of Azure Cosmos DB
• Explore the resource hierarchy
• Explore consistency levels
• Choose the right consistency level
• Explore supported APIs
• Discover request units

Module 11: Work with Azure Cosmos DB

• Explore Microsoft .NET SDK v3 for Azure Cosmos DB
• Create stored procedures
• Create triggers and user-defined functions
• Explore change feed in Azure Cosmos DB

Module 12: Manage container images in Azure Container Registry

• Discover the Azure Container Registry
• Explore storage capabilities
• Build and manage containers with tasks
• Explore elements of a Dockerfile

Module 13:  Run container images in Azure Container Instances

• Explore Azure Container Instances
• Run containerized tasks with restart policies
• Set environment variables in container instances
• Mount an Azure file share in Azure Container Instances

Module 14:  Implement Azure Container Apps

• Explore Azure Container Apps
• Explore containers in Azure Container Apps
• Implement authentication and authorization in Azure Container Apps
• Manage revisions and secrets in Azure Container Apps
• Explore Dapr integration with Azure Container Apps

Module 15:  Explore the Microsoft identity platform

• Explore the Microsoft identity platform
• Explore service principals
• Discover permissions and consent
• Discover conditional access

Module 16: Implement authentication by using the Microsoft Authentication Library

• Explore the Microsoft Authentication Library
• Initialize client applications

Module 17: Implement shared access signatures

• Discover shared access signatures
• Choose when to use shared access signatures
• Explore stored access policies

Module 18: Explore Microsoft Graph

• Discover Microsoft Graph
• Query Microsoft Graph by using REST
• Query Microsoft Graph by using SDKs
• Apply best practices to Microsoft Graph

Module 19: Implement Azure Key Vault

• Explore Azure Key Vault
• Discover Azure Key Vault best practices
• Authenticate to Azure Key Vault

Module 20: Implement managed identities

• Explore managed identities
• Discover the managed identities authentication flow
• Configure managed identities
• Acquire an access token

Module 21 : Implement Azure App Configuration

• Explore the Azure App Configuration service
• Create paired keys and values
• Manage application features
• Secure app configuration data

Module 22:  Explore API Management

• Discover the API Management service
• Explore API gateways
• Explore API Management policies
• Create advanced policies
• Secure APIs by using subscriptions
• Secure APIs by using certificates

Module 23: Explore Azure Event Grid

• Explore Azure Event Grid
• Discover event schemas
• Explore event delivery durability
• Control access to events
• Receive events by using webhooks
• Filter events

Module 24:  Explore Azure Event Hubs

• Discover Azure Event Hubs
• Explore Event Hubs Capture
• Scale your processing application
• Control access to events
• Perform common operations with the Event Hubs client library

Module 25:  Discover Azure message queues

• Choose a message queue solution
• Explore Azure Service Bus
• Discover Service Bus queues, topics, and subscriptions
• Explore Service Bus message payloads and serialization
• Explore Azure Queue Storage
• Create and manage Azure Queue Storage and messages by using .NET

Module 26: Monitor app performance

• Explore Application Insights
• Discover log-based metrics
• Instrument an app for monitoring
• Select an availability test
• Troubleshoot app performance by using Application Map

Module 27: Develop for Azure Cache for Redis

• Explore Azure Cache for Redis
• Configure Azure Cache for Redis
• Interact with Azure Cache for Redis by using .NET

Module 28: Develop for storage on CDNs

• Explore Azure Content Delivery Networks
• Control cache behavior on Azure Content Delivery Networks
• Interact with Azure Content Delivery Networks by using .NET