Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure Certification

Curriculum

1.Creating Azure App Service Web Apps
Learning Objectives
This introductory module will get you familiar with Azure concepts and fundamentals to creating powerful Azure applications.

Topics

• Azure App Service core concepts
• Creating an Azure App Service Web App
• Configuring and Monitoring App Service apps
• Scaling App Service apps
• Azure App Service staging environments

2.Implement Azure Functions
Learning Objectives
This module helps you build a solid understanding of the core Azure functions, how to use Durable Functions, and define stateful workflows.

Topics

• Azure Functions overview
• Developing Azure Functions
• Implement Durable Functions

3. Develop Solutions that use Blob Storage
Learning Objectives
In this module, you will learn to create basic Azure Blob storage resources, manage data through the blob storage lifecycle, and work with containers and items by using the Azure Blob storage client library V12 for .NET

Topics

• Azure Blob storage core concepts
• Managing the Azure Blob storage lifecycle
• Working with Azure Blob storage

4. Develop Solutions that use Cosmos DB Storage
Learning Objectives
This module covers how you can create Azure Cosmos DB resources with the appropriate consistency levels, choose and create a partition key, and perform data operations by using the .NET SDK V3 for Azure Cosmos DB.

Topics

• Azure Cosmos DB overview
• Azure Cosmos DB data structure
• Working with Azure Cosmos DB resources and data

5. Implement IaaS Solutions
Learning Objectives
This module teaches you to create and deploy virtual machines, deploy resources using Azure Resource Manager templates, and manage and deploy containers.

Topics

• Provisioning VMs in Azure
• Create and deploy ARM templates
• Create container images for solutions
• Publish a container image to Azure Container Registry
• Create and run container images in Azure Container Instances

6. Implement User Authentication and Authorization
Learning Objectives
In this module, you will learn using the Microsoft identity platform to implement authentication and authorization to resources, Microsoft Authentication Library, shared access signatures, and how to use Microsoft Graph.

Topics

• Microsoft Identity Platform v2.0
• Authentication using the Microsoft Authentication Library
• Using Microsoft Graph
• Authorizing data operations in Azure Storage

7. Implement Secure Cloud Solutions
Learning Objectives
This module teaches you to securely deploy apps in Azure by using Azure Key Vault, managed identities, and Azure App Configuration.

Topics

• Manage keys, secrets, and certificates by using the KeyVault API
• Implement Managed Identities for Azure resources
• Secure app configuration data by using Azure App Configuration

8. Implement API Management
Learning Objectives
In this API-focused module, you will learn how the API Management service functions, how to transform and secure APIs, and how to create a backend API.

Topics

• API Management overview
• Defining policies for APIs
• Securing your APIs

9. Develop Event-based Solutions
Learning Objectives
This module will focus on how you can build applications with event-based architectures by integrating Azure Event Grid and Azure Event Hubs into your solution.

Topics

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

10. Instrument solutions to support monitoring and logging
Learning Objectives
This module will cover how to instrument apps to enable Application Insights to monitor performance and help troubleshoot issues.

Topics

• Overview of monitoring in Azure
• Instrument an app for monitoring
• Analyzing and troubleshooting apps
• Implement code that handles transient faults

11. Integrate Caching and Content Delivery within Solutions
Learning Objectives
In this module you will learn how to improve the performance and scalability of your applications by integrating Azure Cache for Redis and Azure Content Delivery Network in to your solution.

Topics

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