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.
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Skills Covered
- 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
Who Should Attend
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
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.
If you are new to Azure and cloud computing consider the following recommendation:
- Instructor-led course: AZ-900T00: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
- Instructor-led course: AZ-900T01: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
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Course Modules
Learn about the key components of Azure App Service and how App Service can help you create, maintain, and deploy web apps more efficiently.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Describe Azure App Service key components and value.
- Explain how Azure App Service manages authentication and authorization.
- Identify methods to control inbound and outbound traffic to your web app.
- Deploy an app to App Service using Azure CLI commands.
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
- To complete the exercise in this module you will need an Azure account with an active subscription.
Learn how to create and manage application settings, install SSL/TLS certificates to secure web traffic, enable diagnostic logging, create virtual app to directory mappings, and manage app features.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Create application settings that are bound to deployment slots.
- Explain the options for installing SSL/TLS certificates for your app.
- Enable diagnostic logging for your app to aid in monitoring and debugging.
- Create virtual app to directory mappings.
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how autoscale operates in App Service and how to identify autoscale factors, enable autoscale, and how to create sound autoscale conditions.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Identify scenarios for which autoscaling is an appropriate solution.
- Create autoscaling rules for a web app.
- Monitor the effects of autoscaling.
Prerequisites
- Experience using the Azure portal to create and manage App Service web apps
In this module you will learn how slot swapping operates and how to perform a swap. You will also learn how to route traffic to different slots manually and automatically.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Describe the benefits of using deployment slots.
- Understand how slot swapping operates in App Service.
- Perform manual swaps and enable auto swap.
- Route traffic manually and automatically.
Prerequisites
- Experience using the Azure portal to create and manage App Service web apps
Learn how Azure Functions can be a great solution for data processing, systems integration, and building simple APIs and microservices.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Explain functional differences between Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, and WebJobs
- Describe Azure Functions hosting plan options
- Describe how Azure Functions scale to meet business needs
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how to create and deploy Azure Functions.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Explain the key components of a function and how they are structured
- Create triggers and bindings to control when a function runs and where the output is directed
- Connect a function to services in Azure
- Create a function by using Visual Studio Code and the Azure Functions Core Tools
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how Durable Functions can simplify complex, stateful coordination requirements in serverless applications.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Describe the app patterns typically used in durable functions
- Describe the four durable function types
- Explain the function Task Hubs perform in durable functions
- Describe the use of durable orchestrations, timers, and events
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn the core features and functionality of Azure Blob storage.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Identify the different types of storage accounts and the resource hierarchy for blob storage.
- Explain how data is securely stored and protected through redundancy.
- Create a block blob storage account by using the Azure Cloud Shell.
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- Experience working with unstructured data solutions.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how to manage data availability throughout the Azure Blob storage lifecycle.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe how each of the access tiers are optimized.
- Create and implement a lifecycle policy.
- Rehydrate blob data stored in an archive tier.
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- Experience working with unstructured data solutions.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how to use the Azure Blob storage client library to create and update Blob storage resources.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Create an application to create and manipulate data by using the Azure Storage client library for Blob storage.
- Manage container properties and metadata by using .NET and REST.
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- Experience working with unstructured data solutions.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn the core features and functionality of Azure Cosmos DB.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Identify the key benefits provided by Azure Cosmos DB
- Describe the elements in an Azure Cosmos DB account and how they are organized
- Explain the different consistency levels and choose the correct one for your project
- Explore the APIs supported in Azure Cosmos DB and choose the appropriate API for your solution
- Describe how request units impact costs
- Create Azure Cosmos DB resources by using the Azure portal.
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- Experience working with data solutions.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how partitions are organized in Azure Cosmos DB and how to choose an appropriate partition key for your solution.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Describe the differences between logical and physical partitions
- Choose the appropriate partition key for your solution
- Create a synthetic partition key
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- Experience working with data solutions.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how to develop client and server-side programming solutions on Azure Cosmos DB.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Identify classes and methods used to create resources
- Create resources by using the Azure Cosmos DB .NET v3 SDK
- Write stored procedures, triggers, and user-defined functions by using JavaScript
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- Experience working with data solutions.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn the availability and sizing options of Azure Virtual Machines, and how to create a virtual machine by using the Azure CLI.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Describe the design considerations for creating a virtual machine to support your apps needs.
- Explain the different availability options for Azure VMs.
- Describe the VM sizing options.
- Create an Azure VM by using the Azure CLI.
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with virtual machine concepts and terminology.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how Azure Resource Manager (ARM) can help streamline deployments, choose the correct deployment mode for your solution, and create and deploy an ARM template.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Describe what role Azure Resource Manager (ARM) has in Azure and the benefits of using ARM templates.
- Explain what happens when ARM templates are deployed and how to structure them to support your solution.
- Create a template with conditional resource deployments.
- Choose the correct deployment mode for your solution.
- Create and deploy an ARM template by using Visual Studio Code.
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how to use Azure Container Registry to store your container images, and automate builds and deployments.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Explain the features and benefits Azure Container Registry offers.
- Describe how to use ACR Tasks to automate builds and deployments.
- Explain the elements in a Dockerfile.
- Build and run an image in the ACR by using Azure CLI.
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with container concepts and terminology.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal
Learn how Azure Container Instances can help you quickly deploy containers, how to set environment variables, and specify container restart policies.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Describe the benefits of Azure Container Instances and how resources are grouped.
- Deploy a container instance in Azure by using the Azure CLI.
- Start and stop containers using policies.
- Set environment variables in your container instances.
- Mount file shares in your container instances.
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with container concepts and terminology.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn the core features and functionality of the Microsoft identity platform which includes authentication service, open-source libraries, and application management tools to enable and control access to resources.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Identify the components of the Microsoft identity platform.
- Describe the three types of service principals and how they relate to application objects.
- Explain how permissions and user consent operate, and how conditional access impacts your application.
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- Experience working with OAuth or other authentication protocols.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how to implement authentication by using the Microsoft Authentication Library.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Explain the benefits of using Microsoft Authentication Library and the application types and scenarios it supports.
- Instantiate both public and confidential client apps from code.
- Register an app with the Microsoft identity platform.
- Create an app that retrieves a token by using the MSAL.NET library.
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how to use shared access signatures to authorize access to storage resources.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Identify the three types of shared access signatures.
- Explain when to implement shared access signatures.
- Create a stored access policy.
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how Microsoft Graph facilitates the access and flow of data and how to form queries through REST and code.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Explain the benefits of using Microsoft Graph.
- Perform operations on Microsoft Graph by using REST and SDKs.
- Apply best practices to help your applications get the most out of Microsoft Graph.
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- Experience working with OAuth.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how Azure Key Vault can help you keep your apps more secure, and how to set and retrieve secrets by using the Azure CLI.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Describe the benefits of using Azure Key Vault
- Explain how to authenticate to Azure Key Vault
- Set and retrieve a secret from Azure Key Vault by using the Azure CLI
Prerequisites
- You should be experienced with developer concepts and terminology.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how managed identities can help you deploy secure solutions on Azure without the need to manage credentials.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Explain the differences between the two types of managed identities
- Describe the flows for user- and system-assigned managed identities
- Configure managed identities
- Acquire access tokens by using REST and code
Prerequisites
- You should be experienced with developer concepts and terminology.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how to use Azure App Configuration service to centrally manage and secure your configuration settings, and to manage app features.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Explain the benefits of using Azure App Configuration
- Describe how Azure App Configuration stores information
- Implement feature management
- Securely access your app configuration information
Prerequisites
- You should be experienced with developer concepts and terminology.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how the API Management service functions, how to transform and secure APIs, and how to create a backend API.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Describe the components (and their functions) of the API Management service.
- Explain how API gateways can help manage calls to your APIs.
- Secure access to APIs by using subscriptions and certificates.
- Create a backend API.
Prerequisites
- At least one year of experience developing scalable solutions through all phases of software development.
- Have a base understanding of Azure and cloud concepts, services, and the Azure portal.
Learn how to integrate Azure Event Grid in to your solution, implement access control to events, and how to route custom events to web endpoint by using Azure CLI.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Describe how Event Grid operates and how it connects to services and event handlers.
- Explain how Event Grid delivers events and how it handles errors.
- Implement authentication and authorization.
- Route custom events to web endpoint by using Azure CLI.
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how Azure Event Hubs captures events and how to scale your processing application.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Describe the benefits of using Event Hubs and how it captures streaming data.
- Explain how to process events.
- Perform common operations with the Event Hubs client library.
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how to integrate Azure Service Bus and Azure Queue storage in to your solution, and how to send and receive message by using .NET.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Choose the appropriate queue mechanism for your solution.
- Explain how the messaging entities that form the core capabilities of Service Bus operate.
- Send and receive message from a Service Bus queue by using .NET.
- Identify the key components of Azure Queue Storage
- Create queues and manage messages in Azure Queue Storage by using .NET.
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how to use the tools offered in Application Insights to enhance the performance and stability of your applications.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Explain how Azure Monitor operates as the center of monitoring in Azure.
- Describe how Application Insights works and how it collects events and metrics.
- Instrument an app for monitoring, perform availability tests, and use Application Map to help you monitor performance and troubleshoot issues.
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how to configure Azure Cache for Redis, interact with the cache, and connect an application to Azure Cache for Redis by using .NET.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Explain the key scenarios Azure Cache for Redis covers and its service tiers.
- Identify the key parameters for creating an Azure Cache for Redis instance and interact with the cache.
- Connect an app to Azure Cache for Redis by using .NET Core.
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
Learn how the Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) functions, how to control cache behavior, and how to perform actions by using .NET.
Learning objectives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
- Explain how the Azure Content Delivery Network works and how it can improve the user experience.
- Control caching behavior and purge content.
- Perform actions on Azure CDN by using the Azure CDN Library for .NET.
Prerequisites
- You should be familiar with developer concepts and terminology.
- An understanding of cloud computing and some experience with the Azure portal.
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- ILT: Instructor-Led Training
- VILT: Virtual Instructor-Led Training
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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Spend less time managing server infrastructure and more time building great apps. Get your solutions to market faster using Azure Functions, a fully managed compute platform for processing data, integrating systems, and building simple APIs and microservices. The Azure Serverless Computing Cookbook will, through the development of basic back-end wep API that performs simple operations, helps you understand how to persist data in Azure Storage services.
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:
- AZ-204-AO: Azure Application and Data Modernization
- AZ-220T00: Microsoft Azure IoT Developer
- AZ-305T00: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
- AZ-400T00: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
- AZ-700T00: Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions
- AI-900T00: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals
- AI-102T00: Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution
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