Microsoft Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) Training

About Course

The Microsoft Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) certification validates skills in designing, building, testing, and maintaining cloud applications and services on Microsoft Azure. It covers topics such as Azure SDKs, Azure App Service, Azure Functions, container-based applications, and implementing security and authentication. Aimed at developers, AZ-204 ensures proficiency in leveraging Azure services to develop scalable and resilient cloud solutions. Certification holders demonstrate the ability to deploy applications, integrate Azure services, optimize performance, and ensure security compliance, enabling them to innovate and deliver robust cloud-based solutions that meet business needs effectively in today’s digital landscape.

Course Content

Module 1: Managing Azure subscription and resources

1.1 Managing Azure subscriptions
1.2 assigning administrator permissions
1.3 configuring Azure subscription
1.4 utilizing and consuming Azure resources
1.5 analyzing alerts and metrics
1.6 configuring diagnostic settings
1.7 monitoring unused resources
1.8 utilizing Log Search query functions
1.9 viewing alerts in Log Analytics
1.10 managing resource groups
1.11 configuring resource locks and policies
1.12 moving resources across resource groups
1.13 Managed role-based access control (RBAC)

Module 2: Implementing and managing storage

2.1 Creating and configuring storage accounts
2.2 installing Azure Storage Explorer
2.3 monitoring activity using Log Analytics
2.4 deploying Azure storage replication
2.5 exporting from and importing into Azure job
2.6 Azure Data Box
2.7 configuring blob storage
2.8 Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN)
2.9 creating Azure file share and file sync
2.10 implementing Azure backup
2.11 creating Recovery Services Vault
2.12 configuring backup policy

Module 3: Deploying and managing Virtual Machines

3.1 Configuring VM for Windows and Linux
3.2 configuring monitoring
3.3 networking
3.4 storage
3.5 deploying and configuring scale sets
3.6 modifying Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
3.7 configuring VHD template
3.8 deploying Windows and Linux VMs
3.9 managing Azure VM
3.10 automate configuration management with PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)
3.11 managing VM sizes
3.12 moving VMs from one resource to another
3.13 managing VM backups
3.14 configuring VM backup
3.15 performing VM restore
3.16 Azure Site Recovery

Module 4: Configuring and managing Virtual Networks

4.1 Creating connectivity between virtual networks
4.2 creating and configuring VNET peering
4.3 virtual network connectivity
4.4 creating virtual network gateway
4.5 implement and manage virtual networking
4.6 configuring private and public IP addresses
4.7 network routes and network interface
4.8 configuring name resolution
4.9 configuring Azure DNS
4.10 configuring private and public DNS zones
4.11 configuring Network Security Group (NSG)
4.12 creating security rules
4.13 associating NSG to a subnet or network interface
4.14 implement Azure load balancer
4.15 monitor and troubleshoot virtual networking
4.16 integrate on premises network with Azure virtual network

Module 5: Developing Azure IaaS Solutions

5.1 Implementing solutions with Virtual Machines (VM)
5.2 provision VMs
5.3 configure VMs for remote access
5.4 create ARM templates
5.5 create container images for solutions by using Docker
5.6 publish an image to the Azure Container Registry
5.7 run containers by using Azure Container Instance
5.8 creating Azure Managed Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster
5.9 configuring Azure Disk Encryption for VMs
5.10 deploying Azure batch jobs with Azure Batch Services
5.11 Batch Service API
5.12 running batch job with Azure CLI
5.13 Azure portals
5.14 Azure Batch Services batch job coding

Module 6: Developing Azure PaaS Solutions

6.1 Creating Azure App Service Web Apps
6.2 configure web app settings including SSL
6.3 API, and connection strings
6.4 creating background task with WebJobs
6.5 enabling diagnostic logging
6.6 creating Azure App Service mobile apps
6.7 enabling mobile app offline sync
6.8 deploying mobile device remote instrumentation
6.9 Azure App service API apps
6.10 API documentation with open source tools
6.11 Azure function implementation
6.12 function input and output binding
6.13 function trigger with timer
6.14 webhooks and data operations
6.15 Azure Durable Functions
6.16 creating Azure Function apps with Visual Studio

Module 7: Developing for Azure Storage

7.1 Developing solutions with storage tables
7.2 table policy implementation
7.3 using code to query table storage
7.4 deploying partitioning schemes
7.5 using Cosmo DB storage for solution development
7.6 create Cosmos DB containers
7.7 data creation, read, update and delete with the right API
7.8 operations consistency level
7.9 developing solutions for relational databases
7.10 relational database configuration and provisioning
7.11 Azure SQL database elastic pool configuration
7.12 using code to create, read, update and delete data tables
7.13 developing solutions for blob storage
7.14 moving item between containers and storage accounts
7.15 deploying blob leasing
7.16 data archiving and retention
7.17 hot, cool, and archive storage

Module 8: Implementing Azure security

8.1 Deploying authentication
8.2 using forms-based authentication
8.3 tokens, certificates
8.4 using Azure AD for Windows authentication
8.5 OAuth2 authentication
8.6 Managed Service Identity
8.7 Service Principle authentication
8.8 role-based and claims-based authorization
8.9 shared access signature
8.10 secure data solutions
8.11 decrypting and encrypting data in transit and rest
8.12 using App Configuration & KeyVault API for securing app data and key creation and deletion

Module 9: Monitor, troubleshoot and optimize Azure solutions

9.1 Code development for apps and services scalability
9.2 autoscaling rules
9.3 scheduled autoscaling
9.4 scaling by operational or system metrics
9.5 handling transit faults with code
9.6 caching and content delivery integration with solutions
9.7 Azure Redis Cache data storage and retrieval
9.8 developing code for CDNs, invalidating cache content
9.9 support monitoring and logging solutions
9.10 deploying Application Insights for configuring app or service instrumentation
9.11 Azure Monitor for troubleshooting, Application Insight Web Test implementation and alerts

Module 10: Connecting and consuming Azure and third-party services

10.1 Developing App Service Logic App, creating a Logic App
10.2 creating custom connector and custom template for Logic Apps
10.3 integrating Azure search in solutions, creating Azure search index
10.4 importing search data
10.5 querying Azure Search index
10.6 API Gateways
10.7 APIM instance
10.8 API authentication
10.9 API policies
10.10 event-based solution development
10.11 deploying solutions with Event Grid
10.12 Notification and Event Hub
10.13 developing message-based solutions
10.14 Azure Service Bus and Azure Queue Storage for solution implementation

About Course

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Module 1: Managing Azure subscription and resources

1.1 Managing Azure subscriptions

1.2 assigning administrator permissions

1.3 configuring Azure subscription

1.4 utilizing and consuming Azure resources

1.5 analyzing alerts and metrics

1.6 configuring diagnostic settings

1.7 monitoring unused resources

1.8 utilizing Log Search query functions

1.9 viewing alerts in Log Analytics

1.10 managing resource groups

1.11 configuring resource locks and policies

1.12 moving resources across resource groups

1.13 Managed role-based access control (RBAC)

Module 2: Implementing and managing storage

2.1 Creating and configuring storage accounts

2.2 installing Azure Storage Explorer

2.3 monitoring activity using Log Analytics

2.4 deploying Azure storage replication

2.5 exporting from and importing into Azure job

2.6 Azure Data Box

2.7 configuring blob storage

2.8 Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN)

2.9 creating Azure file share and file sync

2.10 implementing Azure backup

2.11 creating Recovery Services Vault

2.12 configuring backup policy

Module 3: Deploying and managing Virtual Machines

3.1 Configuring VM for Windows and Linux

3.2 configuring monitoring

3.3 networking

3.4 storage

3.5 deploying and configuring scale sets

3.6 modifying Azure Resource Manager (ARM)

3.7 configuring VHD template

3.8 deploying Windows and Linux VMs

3.9 managing Azure VM

3.10 automate configuration management with PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)

3.11 managing VM sizes

3.12 moving VMs from one resource to another

3.13 managing VM backups

3.14 configuring VM backup

3.15 performing VM restore

3.16 Azure Site Recovery

Module 4: Configuring and managing Virtual Networks

4.1 Creating connectivity between virtual networks

4.2 creating and configuring VNET peering

4.3 virtual network connectivity

4.4 creating virtual network gateway

4.5 implement and manage virtual networking

4.6 configuring private and public IP addresses

4.7 network routes and network interface

4.8 configuring name resolution

4.9 configuring Azure DNS

4.10 configuring private and public DNS zones

4.11 configuring Network Security Group (NSG)

4.12 creating security rules

4.13 associating NSG to a subnet or network interface

4.14 implement Azure load balancer

4.15 monitor and troubleshoot virtual networking

4.16 integrate on premises network with Azure virtual network

Module 5: Developing Azure IaaS Solutions

5.1 Implementing solutions with Virtual Machines (VM)

5.2 provision VMs

5.3 configure VMs for remote access

5.4 create ARM templates

5.5 create container images for solutions by using Docker

5.6 publish an image to the Azure Container Registry

5.7 run containers by using Azure Container Instance

5.8 creating Azure Managed Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster

5.9 configuring Azure Disk Encryption for VMs

5.10 deploying Azure batch jobs with Azure Batch Services

5.11 Batch Service API

5.12 running batch job with Azure CLI

5.13 Azure portals

5.14 Azure Batch Services batch job coding

Module 6: Developing Azure PaaS Solutions