Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure

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Study guide for Exam AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure

AZ-204 Exam Updates for April 2023

Develop Azure compute solutions (25–30%)

Implement containerized solutions

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

Implement Azure App Service Web Apps

Create an Azure App Service Web App
Configure and implement diagnostics and logging
Deploy code and containers
Configure settings including Transport Layer Security (TLS), API settings, and service connections
Implement autoscaling
Configure deployment slots

Implement Azure Functions

Create and configure an Azure Function App
Implement input and output bindings
Implement function triggers by using data operations, timers, and webhooks

Develop for Azure storage (15–20%)

Develop solutions that use Azure Cosmos DB

Perform operations on containers and items by using the SDK
Set the appropriate consistency level for operations
Implement change feed notifications

Develop solutions that use Azure Blob Storage

Set and retrieve properties and metadata
Perform operations on data by using the appropriate SDK
Implement storage policies and data lifecycle management

Implement Azure security (15–20%)

Implement user authentication and authorization

Authenticate and authorize users by using the Microsoft Identity platform
Authenticate and authorize users and apps by using Microsoft Entra ID
Create and implement shared access signatures
Implement solutions that interact with Microsoft Graph

Implement secure Azure solutions

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

Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Azure solutions (10–15%)

Implement caching for solutions

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 Content Delivery Network endpoints and profiles

Troubleshoot solutions by using Application Insights

Monitor and analyze metrics, logs, and traces
Implement Application Insights web tests and alerts
Implement an app or service to use Application Insights

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

Implement API Management

Create an Azure API Management instance
Create and document APIs
Configure access to APIs
Implement policies for APIs

Develop event-based solutions

Implement solutions that use Azure Event Grid
Implement solutions that use Azure Event Hub

Develop message-based solutions

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

Topics

API Documentation

Exam preparation

Study resources

Emojis

Emojis are used to represent common concepts with shared meanings. However, during the exam, different variations of the same meaning may be utilized.
In these study notes, emojis may be ambiguous and the correct meaning has to be guessed from the context.

⭐: Recommended
❌: Not recommended / Not Supported
⏺️: Default
🏷️: Cheap / Cost-effective
💲: High price (cost) / Expensive
⚡: Low latency / High throughput (transactions) / Fast
🐌: High ("flexible") latency / Low throughput (transactions)
🎲: Random
💎: Premium only
🦺: Standard / Not premium
🏋🏿: Transaction-intensive / Heavy traffic
🙋‍♂️: High availability
⏫: Ingress / Upload
⏬: Egress / Download
🧊: Immutable / Cannot be changed
🙂: Simple / Easy
🔑: Microsoft Managed Keys
🗝️: User Managed Keys

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