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Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure (AZ-204T00) Certification Training Course is Instructor-led and guided and is being delivered November 30, 2020 - January 27, 2021 US Pacific Time for 40 hours over 10 weeks, 20 sessions, 2 sessions per week, 2 hours per session.

• All Published Ticket Prices are in US Dollars
• The course will be taught in English language

This course will teach developers how to create end-to-end solutions in Microsoft Azure.

Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure (AZ-204T00) Certification Training Course Schedule

• November 30, 2020 - January 27, 2020 US Pacific time
• 10 Weeks | 2 Hours on Mondays, 2 Hours on Wednesdays every week US Pacific time
• 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM US Pacific time each of those days
• Please click here to add your city name and check your local date and time for the first session to be held on November 30, 2020 at 5.30 PM US Pacific Time

Features and Benefits

• 10 Weeks, 20 sessions, 40 hours of total Instructor-led and guided training
• Training material, instructor handouts and access to useful resources on the cloud provided
• Every Session is recorded and the recordings are provided to students after each session
• Practical Hands-on Lab exercises provided
• Real-life Scenarios
• Unlimited repetition.

Course Overview

In this course, the students will learn how to:

• Implement Azure compute solutions, create Azure Functions, implement and manage web apps, develop solutions utilizing Azure storage, implement authentication and authorization, and secure their solutions by using KeyVault and Managed Identities.
• Connect to and consume Azure services and third-party services, and include event- and message-based models in their solutions.
• Monitor, troubleshoot and optimize Azure solutions.

Who can take this course

• Those who are interested in developing in Azure environment
• Those interested in passing the Microsoft Azure Developer associate certification exam

Prerequisites

• 1-2 years of professional software development experience in Microsoft Azure environment.
• Must be able to program in an azure supported language.

Course Outline

\\Module 1: Creating Azure App Service Web Apps

Students will learn how:

• To build a web application on the Azure App Service platform.
• The platform functions and how to create, configure, scale, secure, and deploy to the App Service platform.

\Lessons:

• Azure App Service core concepts
• Creating an Azure App Service Web App
• Configuring and Monitoring App Service apps
• Scaling App Service apps
• Azure App Service staging environments

\\Module 2: Implement Azure functions

This module covers creating Functions apps, and how to integrate triggers and inputs/outputs in to the app.

\Lessons:

• Azure Functions overview
• Developing Azure Functions
• Implement Durable Functions

\\Module 3: Develop solutions that use blob storage

Students will learn how:

• Azure Blob storage works
• To manage data through the hot/cold/archive blob storage lifecycle
• To use the Azure Blob storage client library to manage data and metadata.

\Lessons:

• Azure Blob storage core concepts
• Managing the Azure Blob storage lifecycle
• Working with Azure Blob storage

\\Module 4: Develop solutions that use Cosmos DB storage

Students will learn how:

• Cosmos DB is structured and how data consistency is managed.
• To create Cosmos DB accounts and create databases, containers, and items by using a mix of the Azure Portal and the .NET SDK.

\Lessons:

• Azure Cosmos DB overview
• Azure Cosmos DB data structure
• Working with Azure Cosmos DB resources and data

\\Module 5: Implement IaaS solutions

This module instructs students on how:

• To use create VMs and container images to use in their solutions.
• To create VMs, using ARM templates to automate resource deployment
• To create and manage Docker images
• To publish an image to the Azure Container Registry
• To run a container in Azure Container Instances.

\Lessons:

• Provisioning VMs in Azure
• Create and deploy ARM templates
• Create container images for solutions
• Publish a container image to Azure Container Registry
• Create and run container images in Azure Container Instances

\\Module 6: Implement user authentication and authorization

Students will learn how:

• To leverage the Microsoft Identity Platform v2.0 to manage authentication and access to resources.
• To use the Microsoft Authentication Library and Microsoft Graph to authenticate a user and retrieve information stored in Azure
• And when to use Shared Access Signatures.

\Lessons:

• Microsoft Identity Platform v2.0
• Authentication using the Microsoft Authentication Library
• Using Microsoft Graph
• Authorizing data operations in Azure Storage

\\Module 7: Implement secure cloud solutions

This module covers how:

• To secure the information (keys, secrets, certificates) an application uses to access resources.
• To secure application configuration information.

\Lessons:

• Manage keys, secrets, and certificates by using the KeyVault API
• Implement Managed Identities for Azure resources
• Secure app configuration data by using Azure App Configuration

\\Module 8: Implement API Management

Students will learn how to publish APIs, create policies to manage information shared through the API, and to manage access to their APIs by using the Azure API Management service.

\Lessons:

• API Management overview
• Defining policies for APIs
• Securing your APIs

\\Module 9: Develop App Service Logic Apps

This module teaches students how to use Azure Logic Apps to schedule, automate, and orchestrate tasks, business processes, workflows, and services across enterprises or organizations.

\Lessons:

• Azure Logic Apps overview
• Creating custom connectors for Logic Apps

\\Module 10: Develop event-based solutions

Students will learn how to build applications with event-based architectures.

\Lessons:

Implement solutions that use:

• Azure Event Grid
• Azure Event Hubs
• Azure Notification Hubs

\\Module 11: Develop message-based solutions

Students will learn how to build applications with message-based architectures.

\Lessons:

Implement solutions that use:

• Azure Service Bus
• Azure Queue Storage queues

\\Module 12: Monitor and optimize Azure solutions

This module teaches students how to instrument their code for telemetry and how to analyze and troubleshoot their apps.

\Lessons:

• Overview of monitoring in Azure
• Instrument an app for monitoring
• Analyzing and troubleshooting apps
• Implement code that handles transient faults

\\Module 13: Integrate caching and content delivery within solutions

Students will learn how to use different caching services to improve the performance of their apps.

\Lessons:

Develop for:

• Azure Cache for Redis
• Storage on CDNs