AZ-204 Microsoft Azure Developer Associate Exam Prep

LU1 Implement Azure App Service web apps

Topic 1 Explore Azure App Service

• Examine Azure App Service
• Examine Azure App Service plans
• Deploy to App Service
• Explore authentication and authorization in App Service
• Discover App Service networking features
• Exercise: Create a static HTML web app by using Azure Cloud Shell

Topic 2 Configure web app settings

• Configure application settings
• Configure general settings
• Configure path mappings
• Enable diagnostic logging
• Configure security certificates

Topic 3 Scale apps in Azure App Service

• Examine autoscale factors
• Identify autoscale factors
• Enable autoscale in App Service
• Explore autoscale best practices

Topic 4 Explore Azure App Service deployment slots

• Explore staging environments
• Examine slot swapping
• Swap deployment slots
• Route traffic in App Service

LU2 Implement Azure Functions

Topic 5 Explore Azure Functions

• Discover Azure Functions
• Compare Azure Functions hosting options
• Scale Azure Functions

Topic 6 Develop Azure Functions

• Explore Azure Functions development
• Create triggers and bindings
• Connect functions to Azure services
• Exercise: Create an Azure Function by using Visual Studio Code

LU3 Develop solutions that use Blob storage

Topic 7 Explore Azure Blob storage

• Explore Azure Blob storage
• Discover Azure Blob storage resource types
• Explore Azure Storage security features
• Discover static website hosting in Azure Storage

Topic 8 Manage the Azure Blob storage lifecycle

• Explore the Azure Blob storage lifecycle
• Discover Blob storage lifecycle policies
• Implement Blob storage lifecycle policies
• Rehydrate blob data from the archive tier

Topic 9 Work with Azure Blob storage

• Explore Azure Blob storage client library
• Create a client object
• Exercise: Create Blob storage resources by using the .NET client library
• Manage container properties and metadata by using .NET
• Set and retrieve properties and metadata for blob resources by using REST

LU4 Develop solutions that use Azure Cosmos DB

Topic 10 Explore Azure Cosmos DB

• Identify key benefits of Azure Cosmos DB
• Explore the resource hierarchy
• Explore consistency levels
• Choose the right consistency level
• Explore supported APIs
• Discover request units
• Exercise: Create Azure Cosmos DB resources by using the Azure portal

Topic 11 Work with Azure Cosmos DB

• Explore Microsoft .NET SDK v3 for Azure Cosmos DB
• Exercise: Create resources by using the Microsoft .NET SDK v3
• Create stored procedures
• Create triggers and user-defined functions
• Explore change feed in Azure Cosmos DB

LU5 Implement containerized solutions

Topic 12 Manage container images in Azure Container Registry

• Discover the Azure Container Registry
• Explore storage capabilities
• Build and manage containers with tasks
• Explore elements of a Dockerfile
• Exercise: Build and run a container image by using Azure Container Registry Tasks

Topic 13 Run container images in Azure Container Instances

• Explore Azure Container Instances
• Exercise - Deploy a container instance by using the Azure CLI
• Run containerized tasks with restart policies
• Set environment variables in container instances
• Mount an Azure file share in Azure Container Instances

Topic 14 Implement Azure Container Apps

• Explore Azure Container Apps
• Exercise - Deploy a container app
• Explore containers in Azure Container Apps
• Implement authentication and authorization in Azure Container Apps
• Manage revisions and secrets in Azure Container Apps
• Explore Dapr integration with Azure Container Apps

LU6 Implement user authentication and authorization

Topic 15 Explore the Microsoft identity platform

• Explore the Microsoft identity platform
• Explore service principals
• Discover permissions and consent
• Discover conditional access

Topic 16 Implement authentication by using the Microsoft Authentication Library

• Explore the Microsoft Authentication Library
• Initialize client applications
• Exercise - Implement interactive authentication by using MSAL.NET

Topic 17 Implement shared access signatures

• Discover shared access signatures
• Choose when to use shared access signatures
• Explore stored access policies

Topic 18 Explore Microsoft Graph

• Discover Microsoft Graph
• Query Microsoft Graph by using REST
• Query Microsoft Graph by using SDKs
• Apply best practices to Microsoft Graph

LU7 Implement secure Azure solutions

Topic 19 Implement Azure Key Vault

• Explore Azure Key Vault
• Discover Azure Key Vault best practices
• Authenticate to Azure Key Vault
• Exercise: Set and retrieve a secret from Azure Key Vault by using Azure CLI

Topic 20 Implement managed identities

• Explore managed identities
• Discover the managed identities authentication flow
• Configure managed identities
• Acquire an access token

Topic 21 Implement Azure App Configuration

• Explore the Azure App Configuration service
• Create paired keys and values
• Manage application features
• Secure app configuration data

LU8 Implement API Management

Topic 22 Explore API Management

• Discover the API Management service
• Explore API gateways
• Explore API Management policies
• Create advanced policies
• Secure APIs by using subscriptions
• Secure APIs by using certificates
• Exercise - Create a backend API

LU9 Develop event-based solutions

Topic 23 Explore Azure Event Grid

• Explore Azure Event Grid
• Discover event schemas
• Explore event delivery durability
• Control access to events
• Receive events by using webhooks
• Filter events
• Exercise - Route custom events to web endpoint by using Azure CLI

Topic 24 Explore Azure Event Hubs

• Discover Azure Event Hubs
• Explore Event Hubs Capture
• Scale your processing application
• Control access to events
• Perform common operations with the Event Hubs client library

LU10 Develop message-based solutions

Topic 25 Discover Azure message queues

• Choose a message queue solution
• Explore Azure Service Bus
• Discover Service Bus queues, topics, and subscriptions
• Explore Service Bus message payloads and serialization
• Exercise: Send and receive message from a Service Bus queue by using .NET
• Explore Azure Queue Storage
• Create and manage Azure Queue Storage and messages by using .NET

LU11 Troubleshoot solutions by using Application Insights

Topic 26 Monitor app performance

• Explore Application Insights
• Discover log-based metrics
• Instrument an app for monitoring
• Select an availability test
• Troubleshoot app performance by using Application Map

LU12 Implement caching for solutions

Topic 27 Develop for Azure Cache for Redis

• Explore Azure Cache for Redis
• Configure Azure Cache for Redis
• Interact with Azure Cache for Redis by using .NET
• Exercise - Connect an app to Azure Cache for Redis by using .NET Core

Topic 28 Develop for storage on CDNs

• Explore Azure Content Delivery Networks
• Control cache behavior on Azure Content Delivery Networks
• Interact with Azure Content Delivery Networks by using .NET

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Minimum Entry Requirement

Knowledge and Skills

• Able to operate using computer functions
• Minimum 3 GCE ‘O’ Levels Passes including English or WPL Level 5 (Average of Reading, Listening, Speaking & Writing Scores)

Attitude

• Positive Learning Attitude
• Enthusiastic Learner

Experience

• Minimum of 1 year of working experience.

Target Age Group: 18-65 years old

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• Cloud Developer
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