1 – MANAGING SECURITY & IDENTITY FOR AZURE SOLUTIONS
- Integrate their existing solutions with external identity providers using Azure AD B2B or B2C.
- Design a hybrid identity solution.
- Determine when to use advanced features of Azure AD such as Managed Service Identity, MFA and Privileged Identity Management.
- Secure application secrets using Key Vault.
- Secure application data using SQL Database and Azure Storage features.
2 – INTEGRATING SAAS SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THE AZURE PLATFORM
- Detail the various APIs available in Cognitive Services.
- Identify when to use the Face API, Speech API or Language Understanding (LUIS) service.
3 – BACKING AZURE SOLUTIONS WITH AZURE STORAGE
- Determine the ideal pricing option for Azure Storage based on a solution’s requirements.
- Identify performance thresholds for the Azure Storage service.
- Determine the type of Storage blobs to use for specific solution components.
- Use the Azure Files service for SMB operations.
- Identify solutions that could benefit from the use of StorSimple physical or virtual devices.
4 – COMPARING DATABASE OPTIONS IN AZURE
- Compare and contrast monitoring services for applications, the Azure platform, and networking.
- Identify data streaming options for large-scale data ingest.
- Identify longer-term data storage options.
5 – MONITORING & AUTOMATING AZURE SOLUTIONS
- Compare and contrast monitoring services for applications, the Azure platform, and networking.
- Design an alert scheme for a solution hosted in Azure.
- Select the appropriate backup option for infrastructure and data hosted in Azure.
- Automate the deployment of future resources for backup recovery or scaling purposes.
6 – DEPLOYING RESOURCES WITH AZURE RESOURCE MANAGER
- Create a resource group.
- Add resources to a resource group.
- Deploy an ARM template to a resource group.
- Filter resources using tags.
- Author a complex deployment using the Azure Building Blocks tools.
7 – CREATING MANAGED SERVER APPLICATIONS IN AZURE
- Select between hosting application code or containers in an App Service instance.
- Describe the differences between API, Mobile, and Web Apps.
- Integrate an API or Logic App with the API Management service.
- Design an App Service Plan or multi-region deployment for high performance and scale.
8 – AUTHORING SERVERLESS APPLICATIONS IN AZURE
- Select between hosting application code or containers in an App Service instance.
- Describe the differences between API, Mobile, and Web Apps.
- Integrate an API or Logic App with the API Management service.
- Design an App Service Plan or multi-region deployment for high performance and scale.
9 – CREATING WEB APPLICATIONS USING PAAS
- Use shell commands to create an App Service Web App
- Create Background Tasks
- Use Swagger to document an API
10 – CREATING APPS AND SERVICES RUNNING ON SERVICE FABRIC
- Create a reliable service
- Create a Reliable Actors app
- Hands-on with Reliable collections
11 – USING KUBERNETES SERVICE
- Understand the Azure Container Registry
- Use Azure Container instances
