What Is Microsoft Azure?

Azure is Microsoft’s Cloud Computing platform. It is a combination of services for creating, deploying and managing applications that run in Microsoft’s secure worldwide data centers.

Almost any software that can be imagined can be written to take advantage of Azure services and can run in the Microsoft Cloud.

Roles of Azure Cloud Developers

Candidates should also know about the important roles that they would have to take on in their jobs as Microsoft Azure Cloud Developer. The role of an Azure cloud developer involves collaboration with clients, Database Administrators, and Cloud Administrators for effectively implementing Azure cloud solutions.

In addition, candidates will also have to specialize in the use of Azure APIs, SDKs, Data Connections, and Data Storage Options. Furthermore, a Microsoft Azure Cloud Developer would also have to manage tasks such as in-App Authentication and Authorization, Performance Tuning, Compute and Container Deployment, Monitoring, and Debugging.

Why You Should Learn About Azure?

  • Azure is 5 times more Cheaper than AWS for Windows Server and SQL Server.
  • The organization looks for who has good knowledge in Cloud
  • Azure provides flexible purchasing and pricing options for all your cloud scenarios.
  • Azure is the only consistent hybrid cloud, has more regions than any cloud provider, delivers unparalleled developer productivity and offers more comprehensive compliance coverage.
  • If you are already working on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Microsoft and Oracle customers will soon be able to migrate and run mission-critical enterprise workloads across Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud thanks to a new cloud interoperability partnership between the two companies. For more details on this Click here

Why Azure Certification?

  • Advantage(Unfair): Two CVs with same experience but one with Certification
  • Better Job Prospects & Higher Salary
  • 70% Agree, Certification improved Earning
  • 83% Find more Productive in Jobs
  • 84% seen better Job Prospects
  • 87% Enhances Professional Credibility
  • Stand Out by Displaying Digital Badge on LinkedIn

Introducing: Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Certification [AZ-303 & AZ-304] Training

Become expert in Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Certification [AZ-303 & AZ-304] by mastering these 12 critical core skills…


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Managing Subscriptions
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Managing Storage
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Managing VMs
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Configuring & Managing VNet
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Managing Identities
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Performing Server Migration
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Design for Migration
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Design Governance
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Design Solution for DB
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Data Integration
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Logging & Monitoring
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Design for HA

COURSE BREAKDOWN FOR AZ-303


  1. VIRTUAL NETWORKING
  2. VIRTUAL NETWORK PEERING
  3. IMPLEMENT VNET PEERING
  4. IMPLEMENT VIRTUAL NETWORKING REVIEW QUESTIONS
  5. ACTIVITY GUIDE: CONFIGURING VNET PEERING

  1. OVERVIEW RUNNING LINUX AND WINDOWS VIRTUAL MACHINES ON AZURE
  2. SELECT VIRTUAL MACHINE SIZE
  3. CONFIGURE HIGH AVAILABILITY
  4. DEPLOY AND CONFIGURE SCALE SETS
  5. CONFIGURE AZURE DISK ENCRYPTION
  6. IMPLEMENT VMS FOR WINDOWS AND LINUX REVIEW QUESTIONS
  7. ACTIVITY GUIDE: CREATE A VIRTUAL MACHINE WITH CUSTOM VM IMAGES
  8. ACTIVITY GUIDE: DEPLOYING A VIRTUAL MACHINE SCALE SET
  9. ACTIVITY GUIDE: HOW TO ENCRYPT A VIRTUAL MACHINE

  1. AZURE RESOURCE MANAGER TEMPLATES
  2. SAVE A TEMPLATE FOR A VM
  3. EVALUATE LOCATION OF NEW RESOURCES
  4. CONFIGURE A VIRTUAL HARD DISK TEMPLATE
  5. DEPLOY FROM A TEMPLATE
  6. CREATE AND EXECUTE AN AUTOMATION RUNBOOK
  7. AUTOMATE DEPLOYMENT AND CONFIGURATION OF RESOURCES REVIEW QUESTIONS
  8. ACTIVITY GUIDE: CREATE AND DEPLOY AN ARM TEMPLATE

  1. IMPLEMENT AZURE LOAD BALANCER
  2. IMPLEMENT AN APPLICATION GATEWAY
  3. WEB APPLICATION FIREWALL
  4. IMPLEMENT AZURE FIREWALL
  5. IMPLEMENT AZURE FRONT DOOR
  6. IMPLEMENTING AZURE TRAFFIC MANAGER
  7. IMPLEMENT NETWORK SECURITY GROUPS AND APPLICATION SECURITY GROUPS
  8. IMPLEMENT AZURE BASTION
  9. IMPLEMENT LOAD BALANCING AND NETWORK SECURITY REVIEW QUESTIONS
  10. ACTIVITY GUIDE: LOAD BALANCER AND TRAFFIC MANAGER IN AZURE

  1. STORAGE ACCOUNTS
  2. BLOB STORAGE
  3. STORAGE SECURITY
  4. MANAGING STORAGE
  5. ACCESSING BLOBS AND QUEUES USING AAD
  6. CONFIGURE AZURE STORAGE FIREWALLS AND VIRTUAL NETWORKS
  7. IMPLEMENT STORAGE ACCOUNTS REVIEW QUESTIONS
  8. ACTIVITY GUIDE: CREATING STORAGE ACCOUNTS AND ACCESSING THEM VIA STORAGE EXPLORER

  1. OVERVIEW OF AZURE ACTIVE DIRECTORY
  2. USERS AND GROUPS
  3. DOMAINS AND CUSTOM DOMAINS
  4. AZURE AD IDENTITY PROTECTION
  5. IMPLEMENT CONDITIONAL ACCESS
  6. CONFIGURE FRAUD ALERTS FOR MFA
  7. IMPLEMENT BYPASS OPTIONS
  8. CONFIGURE TRUSTED IPS
  9. CONFIGURE GUEST USERS IN AZURE AD
  10. MANAGE MULTIPLE DIRECTORIES
  11. IMPLEMENT AZURE ACTIVE DIRECTORY REVIEW QUESTIONS
  12. ACTIVITY GUIDE: IMPLEMENTING USER-ASSIGNED MANAGED IDENTITIES FOR AZURE RESOURCES

  1. CREATE MANAGEMENT GROUPS, SUBSCRIPTIONS, AND RESOURCE GROUPS
  2. OVERVIEW OF ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL (RBAC)
  3. ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL (RBAC) ROLES
  4. AZURE AD ACCESS REVIEWS
  5. IMPLEMENT AND CONFIGURE AN AZURE POLICY
  6. AZURE BLUEPRINTS
  7. LAB
  8. IMPLEMENT AND MANAGE AZURE GOVERNANCE SOLUTIONS REVIEW QUESTIONS
  9. ACTIVITY GUIDE: IMPLEMENTING CUSTOM ROLE BASED ACCESS CONTROL (RBAC) ROLES
  10. ACTIVITY GUIDE: ROLE BASED ACCESS CONTROL IN AZURE

  1. INSTALL AND CONFIGURE AZURE AD CONNECT
  2. CONFIGURE PASSWORD SYNC AND PASSWORD WRITEBACK
  3. CONFIGURE AZURE AD CONNECT HEALTH
  4. IMPLEMENT AND MANAGE HYBRID IDENTITIES REVIEW QUESTIONS

  1. MIGRATE WORKLOADS USING AZURE MIGRATE
  2. VMWARE AGENTLESS MIGRATION
  3. VMWARE AGENT-BASED MIGRATION
  4. IMPLEMENT AZURE BACKUP
  5. AZURE TO AZURE SITE RECOVERY
  6. IMPLEMENT AZURE UPDATE MANAGEMENT
  7. LAB
  8. MANAGE WORKLOADS IN AZURE REVIEW QUESTIONS
  9. ACTIVITY GUIDE: VIRTUAL MACHINE APPLICATION VIA ASR

  1. AZURE INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY MONITORING
  2. AZURE MONITOR
  3. AZURE WORKBOOKS
  4. AZURE ALERTS
  5. LOG ANALYTICS
  6. NETWORK WATCHER
  7. AZURE SERVICE HEALTH
  8. MONITOR AZURE COSTS
  9. AZURE APPLICATION INSIGHTS
  10. UNIFIED MONITORING IN AZURE
  11. IMPLEMENT CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING REVIEW QUESTIONS
  12. ACTIVITY GUIDE : EXPLORING MONITORING CAPABILITIES IN AZURE

  1. AZURE KEY VAULT
  2. AZURE MANAGED IDENTITY
  3. MANAGE SECURITY FOR APPLICATIONS REVIEW QUESTIONS

  1. CREATE AND CONFIGURE AZURE APP SERVICE
  2. CREATE AN APP SERVICE WEB APP FOR CONTAINERS
  3. CREATE AND CONFIGURE AN APP SERVICE PLAN
  4. CONFIGURE NETWORKING FOR AN APP SERVICE
  5. CREATE AND MANAGE DEPLOYMENT SLOTS
  6. IMPLEMENT LOGIC APPS
  7. IMPLEMENT AZURE FUNCTIONS
  8. LABS
  9. IMPLEMENT AN APPLICATION INFRASTRUCTURE REVIEW QUESTIONS
  10. ACTIVITY GUIDE: HOW TO IMPLEMENT AZURE FUNCTIONS
  11. ACTIVITY GUIDE: CONFIGURING A MESSAGE-BASED INTEGRATION ARCHITECTURE

  1. AZURE CONTAINER INSTANCES
  2. CONFIGURE AZURE KUBERNETES SERVICE
  3. IMPLEMENT CONTAINER-BASED APPLICATIONS REVIEW QUESTIONS
  4. ACTIVITY GUIDE: CREATE AN AZURE KUBERNETES SERVICE

  1. CONFIGURE STORAGE ACCOUNT TABLES
  2. SELECT APPROPRIATE COSMOSDB APIS
  3. IMPLEMENT NOSQL DATABASES REVIEW QUESTIONS
  4. ACTIVITY GUIDE: DEPLOYING DATABASE INSTANCES IN AZURE

  1. CONFIGURE AZURE SQL DATABASE SETTINGS
  2. IMPLEMENT AZURE SQL DATABASE MANAGED INSTANCES
  3. HIGH-AVAILABILITY AND AZURE SQL DATABASE
  4. IMPLEMENT AZURE SQL DATABASES REVIEW QUESTIONS

COURSE BREAKDOWN F0R AZ 304


  1. CHOOSE AN AZURE COMPUTE SERVICE
  2. DETERMINE APPROPRIATE COMPUTE TECHNOLOGIES
  3. RECOMMEND A SOLUTION FOR CONTAINERS
  4. PROVISIONING SOLUTIONS FOR AZURE COMPUTE INFRASTRUCTURE
  5. ACTIVITY GUIDE: IMPLEMENTING CONTAINERS ON AZURE

  1. PLANNING VIRTUAL NETWORKS
  2. RECOMMEND A SOLUTION FOR NETWORK ADDRESSING AND NAME RESOLUTION
  3. RECOMMEND SOLUTIONS FOR NETWORK SECURITY
  4. RECOMMENDATION FOR HYBRID NETWORKS
  5. IMPLEMENT A SECURE HYBRID NETWORK

  1. PLANNING AZURE MIGRATION
  2. ASSESSMENT USING AZURE MIGRATE
  3. MIGRATE SERVERS WITH AZURE MIGRATE
  4. MIGRATE DATABASES WITH AZURE DATABASE MIGRATION SERVICE
  5. MIGRATE ON: PREMISES DATA TO CLOUD STORAGE WITH AZCOPY
  6. ACTIVITY GUIDE: MIGRATING HYPER-V VMS TO AZURE BY USING AZURE MIGRATE

  1. TIPS FOR IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT
  2. RECOMMEND A SOLUTION FOR MULTI FACTOR AUTHENTICATION
  3. FIVE STEPS FOR SECURING IDENTITY INFRASTRUCTURE
  4. RECOMMEND A SOLUTION FOR SINGLE SIGN ON (SSO)
  5. RECOMMEND A SOLUTION FOR A HYBRID IDENTITY
  6. RECOMMEND A SOLUTION FOR B2B INTEGRATION
  7. RECOMMEND A HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE FOR MANAGEMENT GROUPS, SUBSCRIPTIONS AND RESOURCE GROUPS
  8. ACTIVITY GUIDE: MANAGING AZURE AD AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION

  1. GOVERNANCE
  2. RECOMMEND A SOLUTION FOR USING AZURE POLICY
  3. RECOMMEND A SOLUTION FOR USING AZURE BLUEPRINT

  1. SELECT AN APPROPRIATE DATA PLATFORM BASED ON REQUIREMENTS
  2. OVERVIEW OF AZURE DATA STORAGE
  3. RECOMMEND DATABASE SERVICE TIER SIZING
  4. DYNAMICALLY SCALE AZURE SQL DATABASE AND AZURE SQL MANAGED INSTANCES
  5. RECOMMEND A SOLUTION FOR ENCRYPTING DATA AT REST, TRANSMISSION, AND IN USE
  6. ACTIVITY GUIDE: IMPLEMENTING AZURE SQL DATABASE-BASED APPLICATIONS

  1. CHOOSE BETWEEN STORAGE TIERS
  2. RECOMMEND STORAGE MANAGEMENT TOOLS

  1. AZURE DATA PLATFORM END-TO-END
  2. RECOMMEND A SOLUTION FOR DATA INTEGRATION
  3. RECOMMEND A SOLUTION FOR DATA WAREHOUSING AND BIG DATA ANALYTICS INTEGRATION
  4. MIGRATE ON-PREMISES DATA TO CLOUD STORAGE WITH AZCOPY

  1. MONITORING
  2. AZURE MONITOR
  3. ACTIVITY GUIDE: SETTING UP AZURE CONTAINER MONITORING SOLUTION

  1. ARCHITECTURAL BEST PRACTICES FOR RELIABILITY
  2. RECOMMEND AN AZURE SITE RECOVERY SOLUTION
  3. DESIGN A SOLUTION FOR DATA ARCHIVING AND RETENTION

  1. HIGH AVAILABILITY
  2. APPLICATIONS IN MULTIPLE AZURE REGIONS FOR HIGH AVAILABILITY
  3. DESIGN HA APPLICATIONS TO HANDLE DISASTER RECOVERY

  1. RECOMMEND SOLUTIONS FOR COST MANAGEMENT
  2. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MINIMIZING COSTS
  3. COST OPTIMIZATION CHECKLISTS
  4. ACTIVITY GUIDE: MANAGING BUDGETS AND ALERTS IN AZURE COST MANAGEMENT

  1. RECOMMEND EVENT: BASED CLOUD AUTOMATION ON AZURE
  2. MICROSERVICES ARCHITECTURE ON AZURE SERVICE FABRIC
  3. DESIGNING APIS FOR MICROSERVICES
  4. ACTIVITY GUIDE: IMPLEMENT AZURE LOGIC APPS INTEGRATION WITH AZURE EVENT GRID

  1. SECURITY FOR APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES
  2. RECOMMEND A SOLUTION USING KEY VAULT
  3. RECOMMEND SOLUTIONS USING AZURE AD MANAGED IDENTITIES
  4. ACTIVITY GUIDE: CREATING AND MANAGING SECRETS IN AZURE KEY VAULT