AZ-700: Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions

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

This course teaches network engineers how to design, implement, and maintain Azure network solutions. It covers the design, implementation, and management of Azure's core network infrastructure, hybrid network connections, traffic load balancing, network routing, private access to Azure services, and network monitoring and security. Learn to design and implement a secure and reliable network infrastructure in Azure and establish hybrid connectivity, routing, private access to Azure services, and monitoring in Azure.

Online course with a free certification exam included. Don't miss this opportunity! The exam is valued at €126 + VAT and is included at no extra cost.

Promotion valid until June 30, 2026. One-opportunity exam available only in Virtual - E-learning format. Not applicable to Self-Learning format.

Course aimed at

This course is designed for network engineers looking to specialize in Azure networking solutions. An Azure network engineer designs and implements Azure's core network infrastructure, hybrid network connections, traffic load balancing, network routing, private access to Azure services, and network monitoring and security. The Azure network engineer manages network solutions to achieve optimal performance, resilience, scalability, and security.

Elements of the AZ-700 formation

• Introduction to Azure Virtual Networks (11 Units)
• Design and implementation of hybrid networks (9 Units)
• Azure ExpressRoute Design and Implementation (11 Units)
• Load balancing of non-HTTP(S) traffic in Azure (7 Units)
• Load balancing of HTTP(S) traffic in Azure (7 Units)
• Network Security Design and Implementation (11 Units)
• Design and implementation of private access in Azure services (7 Units)
• Design and implementation of network monitoring (5 Units)

Course content AZ-700: Design and implementation of solutions for Microsoft Azure Networks

Unit 1: Introduction to Azure Virtual Networks

Lessons

• Exploring Azure virtual networks
  
• Configuring public IP addresses
  
• Exercise: Design and implementation of a virtual network in Azure
  
• Design of name resolution for the virtual network
  
• Exercise: Configuring DNS in Azure
  
• Enabling connectivity between virtual networks with peering
  
• Exercise: Connecting two Azure virtual networks using global virtual network peering
  
• Implementation of virtual network traffic routing
  
• Configuring Internet access with Azure Virtual NAT
  

Unit 2: Design and implementation of hybrid networks

Lessons

• Design and implementation of Azure VPN Gateway
  
• Exercise: Creating and configuring a virtual network gateway
  
• Network connection with site-to-site VPN connections
  
• Connecting devices to networks with point-to-site VPN connections
  
• Connecting remote resources using Azure virtual WANs
  
• Exercise: Creating a Virtual WAN instance using the Azure Portal
  
• Creating a Network Virtual Application (NVA) in a virtual connectivity hub
  

Unit 3: Azure ExpressRoute Design and Implementation

• Exploring Azure ExpressRoute
  
• Designing an ExpressRoute Implementation
  
• Exercise: Configuring an ExpressRoute Gateway
  
• Exercise: Provisioning an ExpressRoute circuit
  
• Pairing configuration for an ExpressRoute deployment
  
• Connecting an ExpressRoute circuit to a virtual network
  
• Connect geographically dispersed networks with ExpressRoute's Global Reach
  
• Improve data path performance between networks with ExpressRoute's FastPath
  
• Troubleshooting ExpressRoute connection issues
  

Unit 4: Load balancing of non-HTTP(S) traffic

• Exploring load balancing options in the Azure Portal
  
• Design and implementation of Azure Load Balancer using the Azure Portal
  
• Exercise: Creating and configuring an internal load balancer using the Azure Portal
  
• Azure Traffic Manager Exploration
  
• Exercise: Creating a Traffic Manager profile using the Azure Portal
  

Unit 5: Load Balancing of HTTP(S) Traffic in Azure

• Azure Application Gateway Design
  
• Azure Application Gateway configuration
  
• Exercise: Azure Application Gateway Implementation
  
• Azure Front Door Design and Configuration
  
• Exercise: Creating a Front Door instance for a highly available web application using the Azure Portal
  

Unit 6: Network Security Design and Implementation

• Obtaining network security recommendations with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  
• Deploy Azure DDoS Protection using the Azure portal
  
• Exercise: Configuring DDoS Protection in a virtual network
  
• Implementation and configuration of network security groups
  
• Azure Bastion design and implementation
  
• Design and implement Azure Firewall
  
• Exercise: Implementing and configuring Azure Firewall using the Azure Portal
  
• I work with Azure Firewall Manager
  
• Exercise: Protecting a virtual connectivity hub with Azure Firewall Manager
  
• Implementing a web application firewall
  

Unit 7: Design and implementation of private access in Azure services

• Explanation of virtual network service connection points
  
• Definition of Private Link services and private connection points
  
• Integration of the private endpoint with DNS
  
• Exercise: Restricting network access to PaaS resources using virtual network service endpoints
  
• Exercise: Creating a private Azure endpoint using Azure PowerShell
  

Unit 8: Design and implementation of network monitoring

• Network monitoring using Azure Monitor
  
• Exercise: Monitoring a load balancer resource using Azure Monitor
  
• Using Azure Network Watcher to troubleshoot and analyze the network
  

Prerequisites

Azure network engineers start this role with experience in enterprise networking, on-premises or cloud infrastructure, and network security.

• Understanding of local virtualization technologies, including virtual machines, virtual networks, and virtual hard disks.
• Description of network configuration, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies.
• Understanding software-defined networks
• Understanding hybrid network connectivity methods, such as VPN
• Understanding resilience and recovery from disasters, including backup and restore operations.

Language

• Course: English / Spanish
• Labs: English / Spanish

Microsoft Associate Certification: Azure Network Engineer Associate

Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate

Demonstrate the design, implementation, and maintenance of Azure network infrastructure, load balancing, network routing, etc.

Level: Intermediate
Role: Network Engineer
Product: Azure
Subject: Technical infrastructure