Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate

Prepare to pass the AZ-700: Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions certification exam to be awarded the Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate.

Course Level: Intermediate

Role: Network Engineer

Duration: 4 Days

View Course Schedule

Exam AZ-700: Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions

Candidates for this exam should have subject matter expertise in planning, implementing, and maintaining Azure networking solutions, including hybrid networking, connectivity, routing, security, and private access to Azure services.

Candidates for this exam should also have expert Azure administration skills, in addition to extensive experience and knowledge of networking, hybrid connections, and network security.

Course Outline

Design, Implement, and Manage Hybrid Networking (10–15%)

Design, implement, and manage a site-to-site VPN connection

design a site-to-site VPN connection for high availability
select an appropriate virtual network (VNet) gateway SKU
identify when to use policy-based VPN versus route-based VPN
create and configure a local network gateway
create and configure an IPsec/IKE policy
create and configure a virtual network gateway
diagnose and resolve VPN virtual network gateway connectivity issues

Design, implement, and manage a point-to-site VPN connection

select an appropriate virtual network gateway SKU
plan and configure RADIUS authentication
plan and configure certificate-based authentication
plan and configure OpenVPN authentication
plan and configure Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication
implement a VPN client configuration file
diagnose and resolve client-side and authentication issues

Design, implement, and manage Azure ExpressRoute

choose between provider and direct model (ExpressRoute Direct)
design and implement Azure cross-region connectivity between multiple ExpressRoute
locations
select an appropriate ExpressRoute SKU and tier
design and implement ExpressRoute Global Reach
design and implement ExpressRoute FastPath
choose between private peering only, Microsoft peering only, or both
configure private peering
configure Microsoft peering
create and configure an ExpressRoute gateway
connect a virtual network to an ExpressRoute circuit
recommend a route advertisement configuration
configure encryption over ExpressRoute
implement Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
diagnose and resolve ExpressRoute connection issues

Design and Implement Core Networking Infrastructure (20–25%)

Design and implement private IP addressing for VNets

create a VNet
plan and configure subnetting for services, including VNet gateways, private endpoints,
firewalls, application gateways, and VNet-integrated platform services
plan and configure subnet delegation
plan and configure subnetting for Azure Route Server

Design and implement name resolution

design public DNS zones
design private DNS zones
design name resolution inside a VNet
configure a public or private DNS zone
link a private DNS zone to a VNet

Design and implement cross-VNet connectivity

design service chaining, including gateway transit
design VPN connectivity between VNets
implement VNet peering

Design and implement an Azure Virtual WAN architecture

design an Azure Virtual WAN architecture, including selecting types and services
connect a VNet gateway to Azure Virtual WAN
create a hub in Virtual WAN
create a network virtual appliance (NVA) in a virtual hub
configure virtual hub routing
create a connection unit

Design and Implement Routing (25–30%)

Design, implement, and manage VNet routing

design and implement user-defined routes (UDRs)
associate a route table with a subnet
configure forced tunneling
diagnose and resolve routing issues
design and implement Azure Route Server

Design and implement an Azure Load Balancer

choose an Azure Load Balancer SKU (Basic versus Standard)
choose between public and internal
create and configure an Azure Load Balancer (including cross-region)
implement a load balancing rule
create and configure inbound NAT rules
create explicit outbound rules for a load balancer

Design and implement Azure Application Gateway

recommend Azure Application Gateway deployment options
choose between manual and autoscale
create a back-end pool
configure health probes
configure listeners
configure routing rules
configure HTTP settings
configure Transport Layer Security (TLS)
configure rewrite policiessets

Implement Azure Front Door

choose an Azure Front Door SKU
configure health probes, including customization of HTTP response codes
configure SSL termination and end-to-end SSL encryption
configure multisite listeners
configure back-end targets
configure routing rules, including redirection rules

Implement an Azure Traffic Manager profile

configure a routing method (mode)
configure endpoints
create HTTP setting

Design and implement an Azure Virtual Network NAT

choose when to use a Virtual Network NAT
allocate public IP or public IP prefixes for a NAT gateway
associate a Virtual Network NAT with a subnet

Secure and Monitor Networks (15–20%)

Design, implement, and manage an Azure Firewall deployment

design an Azure Firewall deployment
create and implement an Azure Firewall deployment
configure Azure Firewall rules
create and implement Azure Firewall Manager policies
create a secure hub by deploying Azure Firewall inside an Azure Virtual WAN hub
integrate an Azure Virtual WAN hub with a third-party NVA

Implement and manage network security groups (NSGs)

create an NSG
associate an NSG to a resource
create an application security group (ASG)
associate an ASG to a NIC
create and configure NSG rules
interpret NSG flow logs
validate NSG flow rules
verify IP flow

Implement a Web Application Firewall (WAF) deployment

configure detection or prevention mode
configure rule sets for Azure Front Door, including Microsoft managed and user defined
configure rule sets for Application Gateway, including Microsoft managed and user
defined
implement a WAF policy
associate a WAF policy

Monitor networks

configure network health alerts and logging by using Azure Monitor
create and configure a Connection Monitor instance
configure and use Traffic Analytics
configure NSG flow logs
enable and configure diagnostic logging
configure Azure Network Watcher

Design and Implement Private Access to Azure Services (10–15%)

Design and implement Azure Private Link service and Azure Private Endpoint

create a Private Link service
plan private endpoints
create private endpoints
configure access to private endpoints
integrate Private Link with DNS
integrate a Private Link service with on-premises clients

Design and implement service endpoints

create service endpoints
configure service endpoint policies
configure service tags
configure access to service endpoints

Configure VNet integration for dedicated platform as a service (PaaS) services

configure App Service for regional VNet integration
configure Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for regional VNet integration
configure clients to access App Service Environment

Popular Courses

Learn new skills to boost your productivity and enable your organization to accomplish more with Microsoft Certifications.

Enterprise Admin

Modern Desktop Admin

Developer

DevOps Engineer

Data Scientist

Security Engineer

Administrator

Build An In-house Team Of Cloud Experts With Dedicated Courses!

Learn fundamental to advanced skills using Azure, Microsoft 365, and related business applications. Meet with a Microsoft Certified Training Specialist to design a custom learning plan for your organization!