Don’t just migrate. Modernize with Microsoft Azure developer training.

Whether you’re a professional developer or you write code for fun, developing with Microsoft Azure puts the latest cloud technology and best-in-class developer tools at your fingertips. You can even use your preferred language to build for the cloud. How do you prove to the world that you have these modern skills?

If your responsibilities include all phases of cloud development—from requirements definition and design, to development, deployment, and maintenance, performance tuning, and monitoring—this is the certification for you.

Important Notice: This course will retire 29 May 2026 and will be replaced with AI-200T00: Develop AI Cloud Solutions on Microsoft Azure.

Overview

Grow your skills to build and manage applications on the cloud, on-premises and at the edge.

This Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate certification course teaches developers how to create end-to-end solutions in Microsoft Azure. 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.

Students will also learn how to connect to and consume Azure services and third-party services, and include event- and message-based models in their solutions. The course also covers monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing Azure solutions.

Skills Covered

  • Explore Azure App Service
  • Configure Web App Settings
  • Scale Apps in Azure App Service
  • Explore Azure App Service Deployment Slots
  • Explore Azure Functions
  • Develop Azure Functions
  • Explore Azure Blob Storage
  • Manage the Azure Blob Storage Lifecycle
  • Work with Azure Blob Storage
  • Explore Azure Cosmos DB
  • Work with Azure Cosmos DB
  • Manage Container Images in Azure Container Registry
  • Run Container Images in Azure Container Instances
  • Implement Azure Container Apps
  • Explore the Microsoft Identity Platform
  • Implement Authentication by Using the Microsoft Authentication Library
  • Implement Shared Access Signatures
  • Explore Microsoft Graph
  • Implement Azure Key Vault
  • Implement Managed Identities
  • Implement Azure App Configuration
  • Explore API Management
  • Explore Azure Event Grid
  • Explore Azure Event Hubs
  • Discover Azure Message Queues
  • Monitor App Performance

Prerequisites

To be successful in this course, learners should have the following:

  •  Hands-on experience with Azure IaaS and PaaS solutions, and the Azure Portal.
  •  Experience writing in an Azure supported language at the intermediate level. (C#, JavaScript, Python, or Java)
  •  Ability to write code to connect and perform operations on, a SQL or NoSQL database product. (SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra or similar)
  •  Experience writing code to handle authentication, authorization, and other security principles at the intermediate level.
  •  A general understanding of HTML, the HTTP protocol and REST API interfaces.

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Target Audience

Microsoft Azure Developers who design, build, test, and maintain cloud solutions, such as applications and services, partnering with cloud solution architects, cloud DBAs, cloud administrators, and clients to implement these solutions.

This Microsoft official course prepares students for the Microsoft Certified Azure Developer Associate certification. Candidates are required to pass the Exam AZ-204 Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure and candidates for this exam are cloud developers who participate in all phases of development from requirements definition and design, to development and deployment, and maintenance. They partner with cloud DBAs, cloud administrators, and clients to implement solutions.

Course Curriculum

Module 1: Explore Azure App Service

  • Introduction
  • Examine Azure App Service
  • Examine Azure App Service Plans
  • Deploy to App Service
  • Explore Authentication and Authorization in App Service
  • Discover App Service Networking Features
  • Exercise: Create a Static HTML Web App Using Azure Cloud Shell
  • Module Assessment
  • Summary

Module 2: Configure Web App Settings

  • Introduction
  • Configure Application Settings
  • Configure General Settings
  • Configure Path Mappings
  • Enable Diagnostic Logging
  • Configure Security Certificates
  • Module Assessment
  • Summary

Module 3: Scale Apps in Azure App Service

  • Introduction
  • Examine Scale-Out Options
  • Identify Autoscale Factors
  • Enable Autoscale in App Service
  • Explore Autoscale Best Practices
  • Module Assessment
  • Summary

Module 4: Explore Azure App Service Deployment Slots

  • Introduction
  • Explore Staging Environments
  • Examine Slot Swapping
  • Swap Deployment Slots
  • Exercise: Swap Deployment Slots in Azure App Service
  • Route Traffic in App Service
  • Module Assessment
  • Summary

Module 5: Explore Azure Functions

  • Introduction
  • Discover Azure Functions
  • Compare Azure Functions hosting options
  • Scale Azure Functions
  • Module Assessment
  • Summary

Module 6: Develop Azure Functions

  • Introduction
  • Explore Azure Functions development
  • Create triggers and bindings
  • Connect functions to Azure services
  • Exercise – Create an Azure Function by using Visual Studio Code
  • Module Assessment
  • Summary

Module 7: Explore Azure Blob Storage

  • Introduction
  • Explore Azure Blob storage
  • Discover Azure Blob storage resource types
  • Explore Azure Storage security features
  • Module Assessment
  • Summary

Module 8: Manage the Azure Blob Storage Lifecycle

  • Introduction
  • Explore the Azure Blob storage lifecycle
  • Discover Blob storage lifecycle policies
  • Implement Blob storage lifecycle policies
  • Rehydrate blob data from the archive tier
  • Module Assessment
  • Summary

Module 9: Work with Azure Blob Storage

  • Introduction
  • Explore Azure Blob storage client library
  • Create a client object
  • Exercise – Create Blob storage resources by using the .NET client library
  • Manage container properties and metadata by using .NET
  • Set and retrieve properties and metadata for blob resources by using REST
  • Module Assessment
  • Summary

Module 10: Explore Azure Cosmos DB

  • Introduction
  • Identify Key Benefits of Azure Cosmos DB
  • Explore the Resource Hierarchy
  • Explore Consistency Levels
  • Choose the Right Consistency Level
  • Explore Supported APIs
  • Discover Request Units
  • Exercise: Create Azure Cosmos DB Resources Using the Azure Portal
  • Module Assessment
  • Summary

Module 11: Work with Azure Cosmos DB

  • Introduction
  • Explore Microsoft .NET SDK v3 for Azure Cosmos DB
  • Exercise – Create resources in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL using .NET
  • Create stored procedures
  • Create triggers and user-defined functions
  • Explore change feed in Azure Cosmos DB
  • Module Assessment
  • Summary

Module 12: Manage Container Images in Azure Container Registry

  • Introduction
  • Discover the Azure Container Registry
  • Explore Storage Capabilities
  • Build and Manage Containers with Tasks
  • Explore Elements of a Dockerfile
  • Exercise: Build and Run a Container Image with Azure Container Registry Tasks
  • Module Assessment
  • Summary

Module 13: Run Container Images in Azure Container Instances

  • Introduction
  • Explore Azure Container Instances
  • Exercise: Deploy a Container to Azure Container Instances Using Azure CLI
  • Run Containerized Tasks with Restart Policies
  • Set Environment Variables in Container Instances
  • Mount an Azure File Share in Azure Container Instances
  • Module Assessment
  • Summary

Module 14: Implement Azure Container Apps

  • Introduction
  • Explore Azure Container Apps
  • Exercise: Deploy a Container to Azure Container Apps Using the Azure CLI
  • Explore Containers in Azure Container Apps
  • Implement Authentication and Authorization in Azure Container Apps
  • Manage Revisions and Secrets in Azure Container Apps
  • Explore Dapr Integration with Azure Container Apps
  • Module Assessment
  • Summary

Module 15: Explore the Microsoft Identity Platform

  • Introduction
  • Explore the Microsoft identity platform
  • Explore service principals
  • Discover permissions and consent
  • Discover conditional access
  • Module Assessment
  • Summary

Module 16: Implement Authentication by Using the Microsoft Authentication Library

  • Introduction
  • Explore the Microsoft Authentication Library
  • Initialize client applications
  • Exercise – Implement interactive authentication with MSAL.NET
  • Module Assessment
  • Summary

Module 17: Implement Shared Access Signatures

  • Introduction
  • Discover shared access signatures
  • Choose when to use shared access signatures
  • Explore stored access policies
  • Module Assessment
  • Summary

Module 18: Explore Microsoft Graph

  • Introduction
  • Discover Microsoft Graph
  • Query Microsoft Graph Using REST
  • Query Microsoft Graph Using SDKs
  • Apply Best Practices to Microsoft Graph
  • Exercise: Retrieve User Profile Information with the Microsoft Graph SDK
  • Module Assessment

Module 19: Implement Azure Key Vault

  • Introduction
  • Explore Azure Key Vault
  • Discover Azure Key Vault best practices
  • Authenticate to Azure Key Vault
  • Exercise – Create and retrieve secrets from Azure Key Vault

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Exam & Certification

Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate.

As a developer, when you grow your Azure skills, you can take advantage of more than 200 services to build, deploy, and manage applications—in the cloud, on-premises, and at the edge—using the tools and frameworks of your choice.

Earn your Microsoft certification, and open up new possibilities for your career and for turning your ideas into solutions on Azure.

Training & Certification Guide

Azure developers partner with cloud solution architects, cloud DBAs, cloud administrators, and clients to implement solutions.

Responsibilities for this role include participating in all phases of cloud development from requirements, definition, and design; to development, deployment, and maintenance; to performance tuning and monitoring

 

Candidates for the Azure Developer Associate certification should have subject matter expertise in designing, building, testing, and maintaining cloud applications and services on Microsoft Azure.

A candidate for this Azure cloud certification should have 1-2 years professional development experience and experience with Microsoft Azure. In addition, the candidate for this role should have the ability to program in a language supported by Azure and proficiency in Azure SDKs, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, data storage options, data connections, APIs, app authentication and authorization, compute and container deployment, debugging, performance tuning, and monitoring.

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: develop Azure compute solutions; develop for Azure storage; implement Azure security; monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Azure solutions; and connect to and consume Azure services and third-party services. Test takers will be able to select the code language (C# or Python) that is included in the questions when they launch the exam if the exam is taken through Person VUE. However, this option is not available on exams taken through PSI. Those questions will contain C# code.

  • Develop Azure compute solutions (25-30%)
  • Develop for Azure storage (15-20%)
  • Implement Azure security (20-25%)
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Azure solutions (15-20%)
  • Connect to and consume Azure services and third-party services (15-20%)

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This article dives into the most in-demand cloud technology skills in Malaysia, backed by market data and insights from industry reports, and highlights the key roles that are shaping the future of cloud technology.

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Whether you’re launching or advancing your cloud career in 2025, Azure certifications validate your skills across identity, governance, AI, data, and infrastructure.

To guide you in selecting the most fitting Azure certification, we offer a comprehensive guide on the multiple Azure certification paths available to cloud professionals. This guide includes detailed information on various Azure certifications, their pricing, scope, and more, ensuring you make an informed decision.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been one of the hottest topics in the tech industry for the past decade. With its rapid advancements and potential to impact our daily lives, learning AI has become a highly sought-after skill.

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our Microsoft AI Mastery Program in 2024, made possible through our partnership with Microsoft, a renowned leader in AI technology. This program is tailored for individuals and tech professionals passionate about acquiring and mastering the fundamental and advanced principles of AI.

Azure Strategy & Implementation Guide

Get a step-by-step introduction to using Azure for your cloud infrastructure with this Pack e-book. Read the latest edition of the Azure Strategy and Implementation Guide for detailed guidance on how to create a successful cloud adoption strategy with new innovations, capabilities, and security features from Microsoft Azure.

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Find out how to get started launching your first Azure SQL database or find ways to make your existing SQL database work harder. Download the Azure SQL Jumpstart Guide for detailed instructions and in-depth insights to help you make your Azure SQL deployment, migration, or enhancement run smoothly.

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Discover how to build highly scalable applications using containers and how to deploy and manage those containers at scale with Kubernetes on Azure. Read the completely reviewed and updated Packet e-book, Hands-On Kubernetes on Azure, Third Edition and discover what’s new, including security enhancements, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) automation, and the latest supported technologies. Gain insight into building reliable applications in the new foreword by Kubernetes co-founder Brendan Burns.

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Frequently Asked Questions

As a candidate for this certification, you should have one or two years of professional development experience, including experience with Azure. Other requirements include the ability to program in a language supported by Azure. Proficiency in Azure SDKs, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, data storage options, data connections, and APIs is also important, along with experience in app authentication and authorization, compute and container deployment, debugging, performance tuning, and monitoring.

Further compliment skills gained from AZ-204T00 with these recommended courses:

Not sure? Do check out our latest Azure Training and Certification post to know more.

Earning a Microsoft Azure Cloud Certification is globally recognized and industry-endorsed evidence of mastering real world skills. It shows you demonstrate proficiency in keeping pace with technology. It’s a career move that yields many positive results.

Getting a Microsoft Certification is also a great way to break into the tech industry. A Microsoft Certification immediately confers a level of authority and expertise, especially helpful for someone new to the industry.

The number of questions on a certification exam is subject to change as Microsoft make updates to ensure it aligns with current changes in the technology and job role. Most Microsoft Certification exams typically contain between 40-60 questions; and around 60-140 minutes.

Starting June 30 2021, all newly earned Microsoft role-based and specialty certifications will be valid for one year from the date the certification was earned.

To stay up to date, IT pros are constantly learning and adding skills. The IDC study concluded that Microsoft Learning Partners such as Trainocate Malaysia which was recently awarded the Microsoft Learning Partner 2021 are well positioned to help organizations achieve their business and learning goals. The IT leaders who were surveyed found the most value from a Learning Partner that provides:

  • An end-to-end solution which starts with identifying skill gaps, simplifies the learning experience, and finishes by evaluating how well the Learning Partner met the organization goals.
  • Scale, flexibility, and speed to train teams of any size, in any location, amid changing circumstances.
  • Value-added services, such as hands-on labs, classroom training, and custom content that help the skills development program succeed.
  • High-quality content and delivery, meaning accurate, relevant courseware, top-notch instructors, and a path to certification, if needed.

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