AZ-204: Developing solutions for Microsoft Azure

Course description

This course teaches developers how to build end-to-end solutions on Microsoft Azure. Students will learn how to implement Azure computing solutions, create Azure functions, implement and manage web applications, develop solutions that use Azure storage, implement authentication and authorization, and secure their solutions using KeyVault and Managed Identities. Students will also learn how to connect to and consume Azure services and third-party services, and include message and event-based models in their solutions. The course also covers monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimization of Azure solutions.

Audience profile

Students in this course are interested in Azure development or in passing the Microsoft Azure Developer Associate certification exam.

Items in this collection

• Explore Azure App Service (9 Units)
• Configuring web applications (9 Units)
• Application scaling in Azure App Service (7 Units)
• Explore Azure App Service Deployment Slots (7 Units)
• Exploration of Azure Functions (6 Units)
• Azure Functions Development (7 Units)
• Implementation of Durable Functions (9 Units)
• Exploration of Azure Blob Storage (8 Units)
• Azure Blob Storage Lifecycle Management (7 Units)
• Working with Azure Blob Storage (7 Units) 
• Exploration of Azure Cosmos DB (10 Units)
• Implementation of partitioning in Azure Cosmos DB (6 Drives)
• Work with Azure Cosmos DB (7 Units)
• Provisioning of virtual machines in Azure (7 Units)
• Creation and implementation of Azure Resource Manager teams (8 Units)
• Managing container images in Azure Container Registry (8 Units)
• Running container images on Azure Container Instances (8 Units)
• Microsoft Identity Platform Exploration (7 Units)
• Implementation of authentication using the Microsoft Authentication Library (6 Units)
• Implementation of shared access signatures (6 Units)
• Microsoft Graph Exploration (7 Units)
• Implementation of Azure Key Vault (7 Units)
• Implementation of managed identities (7 Units)
• Implementation of Azure App Configuration (7 Units)
• API Management Exploration (10 Units)
• Azure Event Grid Scan (10 Units) 
• Explore Azure Event Hubs (8 Units)
• Azure Message Queues (10 Units)
• Application Performance Monitoring (9 Units)
• Development for Azure Cache for Redis (7 Units)
• CDN storage development (6 Units)

Course outline

Module 1: Create Azure App Service web apps

Learn about Azure App Service features and how to create and update an app. Explore authentication and authorization, configuring app settings, scalable apps, and how to use deployment slots in App Service.

lessons

• Explore Azure App Service

• configure web applications

• Application scaling in Azure App Service

• Explore Azure App Service deployment slots

Module 2: Implementation of Azure Functions

Learn how to create and deploy Azure Functions. Explore hosting options, hooks, triggers, and how to use Durable Functions to define stateful workflows.

lessons

• Azure Functions Exploration

• Azure Function development

• Implementation of Durable Functions

Module 3: Developing solutions that use blob storage

Learn how to create Azure Blob Storage resources, how to manage data throughout the Blob Storage lifecycle, and how to work with containers and items using the Azure Blob Storage V12 Client Library for .NET.

lessons

• Explore Azure Blob Storage

• Azure Blob storage lifecycle management

• Work with Azure Blob Storage

Module 4: Developing solutions using Azure Cosmos DB

Learn how to create Azure Cosmos DB resources with the appropriate consistency levels, how to choose and create a partition key, and how to perform data operations using the Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK V3.

lessons

• Explore Azure Cosmos DB

• Implement partitioning in Azure Cosmos DB

• Work with Azure Cosmos DB

Module 5: Implementation of infrastructure-as-a-service solutions

Learn how to create and deploy virtual machines, how to deploy resources using Azure Resource Manager templates, and how to manage and deploy containers.

lessons

• Provisioning virtual machines in Azure

• Creation and implementation of Azure Resource Manager templates

• Manage container images in Azure Container Registry

• Running container images on Azure Container Instances

Module 6: Implementation of user authentication and authorization

Learn how to implement authentication and authorization functionality in resources using the Microsoft identity platform, the Microsoft Authentication Library, shared access signatures, and using the Microsoft Graph.

lessons

• Explore the Microsoft identity platform

• Implementation of authentication using the Microsoft Authentication Library

• Implementation of shared access signatures

• Microsoft Graph exploration

Module 7: Implementation of secure cloud solutions

Learn how to more securely deploy apps to Azure using Azure Key Vault, managed identities, and Azure App Configuration.

lessons

• Implementation of Azure Key Vault

• Implementation of managed identities

• Azure App Configuration deployment

Module 8: Implementation of API Management

Learn how the API Management service works, how to transform and secure your APIs, and how to create a back-end API.

lessons

• API Management exploration

Module 9: Development of event-based solutions

Learn how to build applications with event-driven architectures by integrating Azure Event Grid and Azure Event Hubs into your solution.

lessons

• Explore Azure Event Grid

• Explore Azure Event Hubs

Module 10: Developing Message-Based Solutions

See how to build applications with message-based architectures by integrating Azure Service Bus and Azure Queue Storage into the solution.

lessons

• Azure message queues

Module 11: Implementation of solutions to support monitoring and logging

Learn how to instrument applications to enable Application Insights to monitor performance and help troubleshoot.

lessons

• Application performance monitoring

Module 12: Integrating caching and content delivery into solutions

Learn how to improve the performance and scalability of your applications by integrating Azure Cache for Redis and Azure Content Delivery Network with into your solution.

lessons

• Azure Cache for Redis development

• CDN storage development

Previous requirements

To be successful in this course, students must have the following:

• Hands-on experience with Azure IaaS and PaaS solutions and the Azure portal

• Intermediate level writing experience in an Azure-supported language (C#, JavaScript, Python, or Java)

• Ability to write code to connect to and perform operations on a SQL or NoSQL database product (SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra or similar)

• Experience writing code to control authentication, authorization, and other security principles at an intermediate level

• General knowledge of HTML, the HTTP protocol, and REST API interfaces

Language

• Course: English / Spanish

• Labs: English