Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure (AZ-204T00)

Course Duration

5 Days

Audience

Employees of federal, state and local governments; and businesses working with the government.

Prerequisites

Experience with Azure fundamentals and basic Azure administration. Proficiency in at least one Azure-supported programming language such as C# or Python. Recommended: AZ-900 or equivalent.

Course Description

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 by 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.

Learning Objectives

• You will learn,
• Creating Azure App Service Web Apps
• Implement Azure functions
• Develop solutions that use blob storage
• Develop solutions that use Cosmos DB storage
• Implement IaaS solutions
• Implement user authentication and authorization
• Implement secure cloud solutions
• Implement API Management
• Develop App Service Logic Apps
• Develop event-based solutions
• Develop message-based solutions
• Monitor and optimize Azure solutions
• Integrate caching and content delivery within solutions

Course Outline

Module 1: Creating Azure App Service Web Apps

Lessons

• 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

Module 2: Implement Azure functions

Lessons

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

Module 3: Develop solutions that use blob storage

Lessons

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

Module 4: Develop solutions that use Cosmos DB storage

Lessons

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

Module 5: Implement IaaS solutions

Lessons

• 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

Module 6: Implement user authentication and authorization

Lessons

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

Module 7: Implement secure cloud solutions

Lessons

• 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

Module 8: Implement API Management

Lessons

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

Module 9: Develop App Service Logic Apps

Lessons

• Azure Logic Apps overview
• Creating custom connectors for Logic Apps

Module 10: Develop event-based solutions

Lessons

• Implement solutions that use Azure Event Grid
• Implement solutions that use Azure Event Hubs
• Implement solutions that use Azure Notification Hubs

Module 11: Develop message-based solutions

Lessons

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

Module 12: Monitor and optimize Azure solutions

Lessons

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

Module 13: Integrate caching and content delivery within solutions

Lessons

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

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