Exam Ref AZ-204 Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure

Exam Ref AZ-204 Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure

by Santiago Fernández Muñoz
Released September 2020
Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
ISBN: 9780136798255

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Book description

Prepare for Microsoft Exam AZ-204 and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of Microsoft Azure solution development. Designed for working Azure developers, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate level.

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

Develop Azure compute solutions

Develop for Azure storage

Implement Azure security

Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Azure solutions

Connect to and consume Azure services and third-party services

This Microsoft Exam Ref:

Organizes its coverage by exam objectives

Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you

Assumes you want to show your ability to design and build diverse Microsoft Azure cloud solutions, and successfully participate in all phases of their development

About the Exam

Exam AZ-204 focuses on knowledge needed to implement IaaS solutions; create Azure App Service Web Apps; implement Azure Functions; develop solutions using Cosmos DB and Blob Storage; implement user authentication, authorization, and secure cloud solutions; integrate caching and content delivery within solutions; instrument solutions to support monitoring and logging; develop an App Service Logic App; implement API Management; develop event- and message-based solutions.

About Microsoft Certification

Passing this exam fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate credential, demonstrating your readiness to design, build, test, and maintain Microsoft Azure cloud solutions, and partner with other cloud professionals and clients to implement them. This exam is also a prerequisite for the Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert credential.

See full details at: microsoft.com/learn

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Contents at a glance
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. About the author
  9. Introduction
    1. Organization of this book
    2. Microsoft certifications
    3. Errata, updates, and book support
    4. Stay in touch
  10. Important: How to use this book to study for the exam
  11. Chapter 1. Develop Azure Infrastructure as a service compute solution
    1. Skill 1.1: Implement solutions that use virtual machines (VM)
    2. Skill 1.2: Create Azure App Service web apps
    3. Skill 1.3: Implement Azure Functions
    4. Chapter summary
    5. Thought experiment
    6. Thought experiment answers
  12. Chapter 2. Develop for Azure storage
    1. Skill 2.1: Develop solutions that use Cosmos DB storage
    2. Skill 2.2: Develop solutions that use Blob Storage
    3. Chapter summary
    4. Thought experiment
    5. Thought experiment answers
  13. Chapter 3. Implement Azure security
    1. Skill 3.1: Implement user authentication and authorization
    2. Skill 3.2: Implement secure cloud solutions
    3. Chapter summary
    4. Thought experiment
    5. Thought experiment answers
  14. Chapter 4. Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Azure solutions
    1. Skill 4.1: Integrate caching and content delivery within solutions
    2. Skill 4.2: Instrument solutions to support monitoring and logging
    3. Chapter summary
    4. Thought experiment
    5. Thought experiment answers
  15. Chapter 5. Connect to and consume Azure services and third-party services
    1. Skill 5.1: Develop an App Service Logic App
    2. Skill 5.2: Implement API Management
    3. Skill 5.3: Develop event-based solutions
    4. Skill 5.4: Develop message-based solutions
    5. Chapter summary
    6. Thought experiment
    7. Thought experiment answers
  16. Index
  17. Exam Ref AZ-204 Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure
  18. Code Snippets

Product information

  • Title: Exam Ref AZ-204 Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure
  • Author(s): Santiago Fernández Muñoz
  • Release date: September 2020
  • Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
  • ISBN: 9780136798255