AZ-204T00: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure

• Develop Azure compute solutions (25–30%)

• Develop for Azure storage (15–20%)

• Implement Azure security (20–25%)

• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Azure solutions (15–20%)

• Connect to and consume Azure services and third-party services (15–20%)

• Create and manage container images for solutions

• Publish an image to Azure Container Registry

• Run containers by using Azure Container Instance

• Create solutions by using Azure Container Apps

• Create an Azure App Service Web App

• Enable diagnostics logging

• Deploy code to a web app

• Configure web app settings including SSL, API settings, and connection strings

• Implement autoscaling

• Create and configure an Azure Function App

• Implement input and output bindings

• Implement function triggers by using data operations, timers, and webhooks

• Perform operations on containers and items by using the SDK

• Set the appropriate consistency level for operations

• Implement change feed notifications

• Set and retrieve properties and metadata

• Perform operations on data by using the appropriate SDK

• Implement storage policies and data lifecycle management

• Implement static site hosting

• Authenticate and authorize users by using the Microsoft Identity platform

• Authenticate and authorize users and apps by using Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), part of Microsoft Entra

• Create and implement shared access signatures

• Implement solutions that interact with Microsoft Graph

• Secure app configuration data by using App Configuration or Azure Key Vault

• Develop code that uses keys, secrets, and certificates stored in Azure Key Vault

• Implement Managed Identities for Azure resources

• Configure cache and expiration policies for Azure Cache for Redis

• Implement secure and optimized application cache patterns including data sizing, connections, encryption, and expiration

• Implement Azure CDN endpoints and profiles

• Configure an app or service to use Application Insights

• Monitor and analyze metrics, logs, and traces

• Implement Application Insights web tests and alerts

• Create an APIM instance

• Create and document APIs

• Configure authentication for APIs

• Implement policies for APIs

• Implement solutions that use Azure Event Grid

• Implement solutions that use Azure Event Hub

• Implement solutions that use Azure Service Bus

• Implement solutions that use Azure Queue Storage queues

To be successful in this course, learners should have the following:

• Hands-on experience with Azure IaaS and PaaS 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, the HTTP protocol and REST API interfaces.

 If you are new to Azure and cloud computing consider:

• Instructor-led course: AZ-900: Azure Fundamentals