Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure (AZ-204)

Module 1: Building Azure App Service Web Applications
participants will learn how to build a web application on the Azure App Service platform. They will learn how the platform works and how to build, configure, scale, secure and deploy on the App Service platform.

Lessons

• Core concepts of the Azure App Service
• Creating an Azure App Service web application
• Configuring and monitoring App Service applications
• Scaling of app service applications
• Azure App Service Staging environments

Module 2: Implementing Azure functions
This module covers the creation of function apps and the integration of triggers and inputs/outputs into the app.

Lessons

• Overview of Azure functions
• Develop Azure functions
• Implementing permanent functions

Module 3: Developing solutions that use blob storage
participants will learn how Azure blob storage works, how to manage data across the hot/cold/archive blob storage lifecycle, and how to use the Azure blob storage client library to manage data and metadata.

Lessons

• Azure Blob storage core concepts
• Management of the Azure Blob storage lifecycle
• Working with Azure blob storage

Module 4: Developing solutions using Cosmos DB storage
participants will learn how Cosmos DB is structured and how data consistency is managed. participants will also learn how to create Cosmos DB accounts and how to create databases, containers, and objects using a mix of Azure Portal and the .NET SDK.

Lessons

• Azure Cosmos DB Overview
• Azure Cosmos DB data structure
• Working with the resources and data of the Azure Cosmos DB

Module 5: Implementing IaaS Solutions
In this module, participants will learn how to create VMs and container images for use in their solutions. The module covers creating VMs, using ARM templates to automate resource provisioning, creating and managing Docker images, publishing an image to the Azure Container Registry, and running a container in Azure Container Instances.

Lessons

• Provision of VMs in Azure
• Creating and distributing ARM templates
• Create container images for solutions
• Publishing a container image in the Azure Container Registry
• Creating and running container images in Azure Container instances

Module 6: Implementing User Authentication and Authorization
participants will learn how to use the Microsoft Identity Platform v2.0 to manage authentication and access to resources. participants will also learn how to use the Microsoft Authentication Library and Microsoft Graph to authenticate users and retrieve information stored in Azure, and how and when to use shared access signatures.

Lessons

• Microsoft Identity Platform v2.0
• Authentication with the Microsoft Authentication Library
• Use of Microsoft Graph
• Authorization of data transactions in Azure storage

Module 7: Implementing secure cloud solutions
This module deals with securing the information (keys, secrets, certificates) that an application uses to access resources. It also covers securing application configuration information.

Lessons

• Manage keys, secrets and certificates using the KeyVault API
• Implementation of managed identities for Azure resources
• Secure app configuration data through the use of Azure App Configuration

Module 8: Implementing API Management
participants will learn how to publish APIs, create policies to manage the information shared through the API, and manage access to their APIs using the Azure API Management Service.

Lessons

• Overview of API management
• Defining guidelines for APIs
• Backing up your APIs

Module 9: Developing Logic Apps with App Service
In this module, participants learn how Azure Logic Apps can be used to plan, automate and orchestrate tasks, business processes, workflows and services in companies or organizations.

Lessons

• Azure Logic Apps overview
• Create custom connectors for Logic apps

Module 10: Developing event-based solutions
participants learn how to create applications with event-based architectures.

Lessons

• Implementation of solutions that use Azure Event Grid
• Implementation of solutions that use Azure Event Hubs
• Implementation of solutions that use Azure Notification Hubs

Module 11: Developing message-based solutions
participants learn how to create applications with message-based architectures.

Lessons

• Implementation of solutions that use Azure Service Bus
• Implement solutions that use Azure Queue Storage queues

Module 12: Monitoring and Optimizing Azure Solutions
In this module, participants learn how to instrument their code for telemetry and how to analyze and troubleshoot their applications.

Lessons

• Overview of monitoring in Azure
• Instrumenting an app for monitoring
• Analyzing and troubleshooting applications
• Implementing a code for handling transient errors

Module 13: Integration of caching and content delivery in solutions
participants learn how to use different caching services to improve the performance of their apps.

Lessons

• Developing for Azure Cache for Redis
• Develop for storage on CDNs