Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure

Exam AZ-203

Course outlines

Develop Azure Infrastructure as a Service Compute Solutions (10-15%)

Implement solutions that use virtual machines (VM)

• Provision VMs
• Create ARM templates
• Configure Azure Disk Encryption for VMs

• Implement batch jobs by using Azure Batch Services
  • Manage batch jobs by using Batch Service API
  • Run a batch job by using Azure CLI, Azure portal, and other tools
  • Write code to run an Azure Batch Services batch job
• Create containerized solutions
  • Create an Azure Managed Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster
  • Create container images for solutions
  • Publish an image to the Azure Container Registry
  • Run containers by using Azure Container Instance or AKS

Develop Azure Platform as a Service Compute Solutions (20-25%)

Create Azure App Service Web Apps

• Create an Azure App Service Web App
• Create an Azure App Service background task by using Web Jobs
• Enable diagnostics logging

Create Azure App Service mobile apps

• Add push notifications for mobile apps
• Enable offline sync for mobile app
• Implement a remote instrumentation strategy for mobile devices

Create Azure App Service API apps

• Create an Azure App Service API app
• Create documentation for the API by using open source and other tools

Implement Azure functions

• Implement input and output bindings for a function
• Implement function triggers by using data operations, timers, and web hooks
• Implement Azure Durable Functions
• Create Azure Function apps by using Visual Studio

Develop for Azure storage (15-20%)

Develop solutions that use storage tables

• Design and implement policies for tables
• Query table storage by using code
• Implement partitioning schemes

Develop solutions that use Cosmos DB storage

• Create, read, update, and delete data by using appropriate APIs
• Implement partitioning schemes
• Set the appropriate consistency level for operations

Develop solutions that use a relational database

• Provision and configure relational databases
• Configure elastic pools for Azure SQL Database
• Create, read, update, and delete data tables by using code

Develop solutions that use blob storage

• Move items in blob storage between storage accounts or containers
• Set and retrieve properties and metadata
• Implement blob leasing
• Implement data archiving and retention

Implement Azure security (10-15%)

Implement authentication

• Implement authentication by using certificates, forms-based authentication, or tokens
• Implement multi-factor or Windows authentication by using Azure AD
• Implement OAuth2 authentication
• Implement Managed Service Identity (MSI)/Service Principal authentication

Implement access control

• Implement CBAC (Claims-Based Access Control) authorization
• Implement RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) authorization
• Create shared access signatures

Implement secure data solutions

• Encrypt and decrypt data at rest and in transit
• Create, read, update, and delete keys, secrets, and certificates by using the KeyVault API

Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Azure solutions (15-20%)

Develop code to support scalability of apps and services

• Implement auto scaling rules and patterns
• Implement code that handles transient faults

Integrate caching and content delivery within solutions

• Store and retrieve data in Azure Redis cache
• Develop code to implement CDNs in solutions
• Invalidate cache content (CDN or Redis)

Instrument solutions to support monitoring and logging

• Configure instrumentation in an app or service by using Application Insights
• Analyze and troubleshoot solutions by using Azure Monitor
• Implement Application Insights Web Test and Alerts

Connect to and Consume Azure Services and Third-party Services (20-25%)

Develop an App Service Logic App

• Create a Logic App
• Create a custom connector for Logic Apps
• Create a custom template for Logic Apps

Integrate Azure Search within solutions

• Create an Azure Search index
• Import searchable data
• Query the Azure Search index

Establish API Gateways

• Create an APIM instance
• Configure authentication for APIs
• Define policies for APIs

Develop event-based solutions

• Implement solutions that use Azure Event Grid
• Implement solutions that use Azure Notification Hubs
• 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