AZ-204 Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure

This 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 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.

Module 1: Creating Azure App Service Web Apps
Students will learn how to build a web application on the Azure App Service platform. They will learn how the platform functions and how to create, configure, scale, secure, and deploy to the App Service platform.
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
This module covers creating Functions apps, and how to integrate triggers and inputs/outputs in to the app.
Lessons

Azure Functions overview
Developing Azure Functions
Implement Durable Functions

Module 3: Develop solutions that use blob storage
Students will learn how Azure Blob storage works, how to manage data through the hot/cold/archive blob storage lifecycle, and how to use the Azure Blob storage client library to manage data and metadata.
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
Students will learn how Cosmos DB is structured and how data consistency is managed. Students will also learn how to create Cosmos DB accounts and create databases, containers, and items by using a mix of the Azure Portal and the .NET SDK.
Lessons

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

Module 5: Implement IaaS solutions
This module instructs students on how to use create VMs and container images to use in their solutions. It covers creating VMs, using ARM templates to automate resource deployment, create and manage Docker images, publishing an image to the Azure Container Registry, and running a container in Azure Container Instances.
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
Students will learn how to leverage the Microsoft Identity Platform v2.0 to manage authentication and access to resources. Students will also learn how to use the Microsoft Authentication Library and Microsoft Graph to authenticate a user and retrieve information stored in Azure, and how and when to use Shared Access Signatures.
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
This module covers how to secure the information (keys, secrets, certificates) an application uses to access resources. It also covers securing application configuration information.
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
Students will learn how to publish APIs, create policies to manage information shared through the API, and to manage access to their APIs by using the Azure API Management service.
Lessons

API Management overview
Defining policies for APIs
Securing your APIs

Module 9: Develop App Service Logic Apps
This module teaches students how to use Azure Logic Apps to schedule, automate, and orchestrate tasks, business processes, workflows, and services across enterprises or organizations.
Lessons

Azure Logic Apps overview
Creating custom connectors for Logic Apps

Module 10: Develop event-based solutions
Students will learn how to build applications with event-based architectures.
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
Students will learn how to build applications with message-based architectures.
Lessons

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

Module 12: Monitor and optimize Azure solutions
This module teaches students how to instrument their code for telemetry and how to analyze and troubleshoot their apps.
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
Students will learn how to use different caching services to improve the performance of their apps.
Lessons

Develop for Azure Cache for Redis
Develop for storage on CDNs