AZ-204

1: Developing Azure Infrastructure as a Service compute solution (10-15%)

The first and foremost module covers about 10-15% of the examination question. Further this has been sub categorized under three more subtopics.

Implementing solutions that are used by virtual machines (VM)

• Provisioning VMs

• Creating ARM templates

• Configuring Azure Disk Encryption for VMs

Implementing batch jobs by the use of Azure Batch Services

• Managing batch jobs with the help of Batch Service API

• Running a batch job with the help of Azure CLI, Azure portal, and other tools

• Writing code to run an Azure Batch Services batch job

Create containerized solutions

• Creating Azure Managed Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster

• Creating container images for solutions

• Publishing an image to the Azure Container Registry

• Running containers with the help of Azure Container Instance or AKS

2: Developing Azure Platform as a Service compute solution (20-25%)

This particular module is one of the most important among all. Since this particular module covers about 20-25% of the exam. This is further divided into four subtopics.

Creating Azure App Service Web Apps

• Creating Azure App Service Web App

• Creating Azure App Service background task with the help of using WebJobs

• Enabling diagnostics logging

• Creating Azure Web App for containersMonitoring service heath by using Azure Monitor

Creating Azure App Service mobile apps

• Adding push notifications for mobile apps

• Enabling offline sync for mobile app

• Implementing remote instrumentation strategy for mobile devices

Creating Azure App Service API apps

• Creating an Azure App Service API app

• Creating documentation for the API by using open source and other tools

Implementing Azure functions

• Implementation of input and output bindings for a function

• Implementation of function triggers with the help of data operations, timers, and webhooks

• Implementing Azure Durable Functions Creation of any Azure Function apps by using Visual Studio

• Implementing Python Azure functions

3: Development for Azure storage (15 – 20%)

This particular module is relevantly important too, as this covers almost 15-20% of AZ-203 exam. This module comprises of just four subtopics, which are as follows.

Developing of solutions that make use of storage tables

• Designing and implementation of policies for tables

• Query table storage with the help of code

• Implementing partitioning schemes

Developing of solutions that make use of Cosmos DB storage

• Creating, reading, updating, and deleting data with the help of appropriate APIs

• Implementing partitioning schemes

• Setting of the appropriate consistency level for operations

Developing of solutions that make use of a relational database

• Provisioning and configuring relational databases

• Configuring of elastic pools for Azure SQL Database

• Creating, reading, updating, and deleting data tables with the help of code

• Provisioning and configuring Azure SQL Database serverless instances

• Provisioning and configuring Azure SQL and Azure PostgreSQL Hyperscale instances

Developing solutions that make use of blob storage

• Moving items in Blob storage between storage accounts or containers

• Setting and retrieving properties and metadata

• Implementing blob leasing

• Implementing data archiving and retention

• Implementing Geo Zone Redundant storage

4: Implementing Azure Security (10-15%)

This section has a weight age of 10-15% in the exam. Further categorized under three basic subcategories.

Implementing authentication

• Implementing authentication by making use of certificates, forms-based authentication, or token

• Implementing multi-factor or Windows authentication by making use of Azure AD

• Implementing OAuth2 authentication

• Implementing Managed identities/Service Principal authentication

• Implementing Microsoft identity platform

Implementing access control

• Implementing CBAC (Claims-Based Access Control) authorization

• Implementing RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) authorization

• Creating shared access signatures

Implementing secure data solutions

• Encrypting and decrypting the data at rest and in transit

• Creating, reading, updating, and deleting keys, secrets, and certificates by making use of the KeyVault API

5: Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Azure Solutions (10-15%)

This module is also as important as are the above mentioned modules for Microsoft AZ-203 exam. Though this module only covers 10-15% of the AZ-203 exam. It also includes some of the important topics. Let’s get this over this people.

Developing code to support scalability of apps and services

• Implementing autoscaling rules and patterns (schedule, operational/system metrics, singleton applications)

• Implementing code that handles transient faults

• Implementing AKS scaling strategies

Integration of caching and content delivery within solutions

• Storing and retrieving data in Azure Redis cache

• Developing code to implement CDN’s in solutions

• Invalidating cache content (CDN or Redis)

Instrument solutions for providing support monitoring and logging

• Configuring instrumentation in an app or service by making use of Application Insights

• Analysis and troubleshoot solutions by making use of Azure Monitor

• Implementing Application Insights Web Test and Alerts

6: Connection and consumption of Azure services and third-party services (20-25%)

This module covers 20-25% of the questions in Microsoft AZ-203 exam that is going to come from this particular section. This is also further divided into five sections.

Developing of an App Service Logic App

• Creating a Logic App

• Creating a custom connector for Logic Apps

• Creating a custom template for Logic Apps

Integrating Azure Search within solutions

• Creating an Azure Search index

• Importing searchable data

• Querying the Azure Search index

• Implementing cognitive search

Implementation of API management

• Establishing API Gateways

• Creating an APIM instance

• Configuring authentication for APIs

• Defining of policies for APIs

Developing of event-based solutions

• Creating solutions that use Azure Event Grid

• Implementing solutions that use Azure Notification Hubs

• Implementing solutions that use Azure Event Hub

Developing of message-based solutions

• Implementing solutions that use Azure Service Bus

• Implementing solutions that use Azure Queue Storage queues