This Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure Training (AZ-204) course teaches developers how to create end-to-end solutions in Microsoft Azure. Students will learn how to implement Azure compute solutions, create Azure Functions, implement and manage web apps, develop solutions utilizing Azure storage, implement authentication and authorization, and secure their solutions using KeyVault and Managed Identities. Students will also learn how to connect to and consume Azure services and third-party services and include event- and message-based models in their solutions. The course also covers monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing Azure solutions.
AZ-204 Training Course Delivery Methods
AZ-204 Training Course Information
In this AZ-204 Training Course, you will learn how to:
- Create Azure App Service Web Apps.
- Implement Azure functions.
- Develop solutions that use blob storage.
- Develop solutions that use Cosmos DB storage.
- Implement IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) solutions.
- Implement user authentication and authorization.
- Implement secure cloud solutions.
- Implement API (Application Programming Interface) Management.
- Develop App Service Log Apps.
- Develop Event-based solutions.
- Develop message-based solutions.
- Monitor and optimize Azure solutions.
Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure Training Prerequisites
To be successful in this course, learners should have the following:
- Hands-on experience with Azure IaaS and PaaS (Platform as a Service) solutions and the Azure Portal.
- Experience writing in an Azure-supported language at the intermediate level (C#, JavaScript, Python, or Java).
- Ability to write code to connect and perform operations on a SQL or NoSQL database product (SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra, or similar).
- Experience writing code to handle authentication, authorization, and other security principles at the intermediate level.
- A general understanding of HTML (HyperText Markup Language), the HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) protocol, and REST API interfaces.
- Attended Learning Tree course 8566, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Training (AZ-900T00).
AZ-204 Exam Information
This course can help you prepare for the following Microsoft role-based certification exam — Exam AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure
Developing Solutions for Azure Course Outline
Learn how Azure App Service functions and how to create and update an app. Explore App Service authentication and authorization, configuring app settings, scale apps, and how to use deployment slots.
Lessons
- Explore Azure App Service
- Configure web app settings
- Scale apps in Azure App Service
- Scaling App Service apps
- Explore Azure App Service deployment slots
Learn how to create and deploy Azure Functions. Explore hosting options, bindings, triggers, and how to use Durable Functions to define stateful workflows.
Lessons
- Explore Azure Functions
- Develop Azure Functions
- Implement Durable Functions
Learn how to create 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.
Lessons
- Explore Azure Blob storage
- Manage the Azure Blob storage lifecycle
- Work with Azure Blob storage
Learn how to 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 (software development kit) V3 for Azure Cosmos DB.
Lessons
- Explore Azure Cosmos DB
- Implement partitioning in Azure Cosmos DB
- Work with Azure Cosmos DB
Learn how to create and deploy virtual machines, deploy resources using Azure Resource Manager templates, and manage and deploy containers.
Lessons
- Provision virtual machines in Azure
- Create and deploy Azure Resource Manager templates
- Manage container images in Azure Container Registry
- Run container images in Azure Container Instances
Learn how to implement authentication and authorization to resources by using the Microsoft identity platform, Microsoft Authentication Library, shared access signatures, and use Microsoft Graph.
Lessons
- Explore the Microsoft identity platform
- Implement authentication by using the Microsoft Authentication Library
- Implement shared access signatures
- Explore Microsoft Graph
Learn how to deploy apps more securely in Azure by using Azure Key Vault, managed identities, and Azure App Configuration.
Lessons
- Implement Azure Key Vault
- Implement managed identities
- Implement Azure App Configuration
Learn how the API Management service functions, how to transform and secure APIs (Application Programming Interface), and how to create a backend API.
Lessons
Learn how to build applications with event-based architectures by integrating Azure Event Grid and Azure Event Hubs into your solution.
Lessons
- Explore Azure Event Grid
- Explore Azure Event Hubs
Learn how to build applications with message-based architectures by integrating Azure Service Bus and Azure Queue Storage into your solution.
Lessons
- Discover Azure message queues
Learn how to instrument apps to enable Application Insights to monitor performance and help troubleshoot issues.
Lessons
Learn how to improve the performance and scalability of your applications by integrating Azure Cache for Redis and Azure Content Delivery Network into your solution.
Lessons
- Develop for Azure Cache for Redis
- Develop for storage on CDNs (content delivery networks)
