Exam Tips AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure

Learn about the basic skills you need to pass the AZ-204 exam: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure.

Introduction

• Developing solutions for Microsoft Azure
• Why get Azure certified?
• What you should know

1. Overview

• An introduction to the new Azure exams
• What is covered in AZ-204?

2. Develop Azure Compute Solutions

• Overview
• IaaS solutions
• Azure App Service
• Azure Functions

3. Develop for Azure Storage

• Overview
• Cosmos DB
• Blob Storage

4. Implement Azure Security

• Overview
• Authentication and authorization
• Secure cloud solutions

5. Monitor, Troubleshoot, and Optimize Azure Solutions

• Overview
• Caching and content delivery
• Monitoring and logging

6. Connect to and Consume Azure Services and Third-Party Services

• Overview
• Logic Apps
• APIM
• Event-based solutions
• Message-based solutions

7. Managing Solutions with the Azure CLI and .NET SDK

• Question format: Azure Automation tools
• What is the Azure CLI?
• What is the .NET SDK?

8. Choosing the Appropriate Azure Resources

• Question format: Azure resources
• Resource groupings
• Things to consider

9. What to Expect

• Online proctoring
• How and where to access sample tests

Conclusion

• Where do you go from here?