Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure AZ-204 Exam Guide: Discover the essentials for success when developing and maintaining cloud-based solutions on Azure

Build a thorough understanding of the technology, concepts, and development patterns used in building applications in Azure, through detailed explanations, hands-on exercises, and downloadable code samples

Key Features

• Written by two Microsoft technical trainers to help you explore the exam topics in a structured way
• Understand the “why”, and not just “how” behind design and solution decisions
• Follow along examples with downloadable code samples to help cement each topic’s learning objective

Book Description

With the prevalence of cloud technologies and DevOps ways of working, the industry demands developers who can build cloud solutions and monitor them throughout their life cycle. Becoming a Microsoft-certified Azure developer can differentiate developers from the competition, but with such a plethora of information available, it can be difficult to structure learning in an effective way to obtain certification.

Through easy-to-understand explanations and exercises, this book will provide a more palatable learning experience than what you may expect from an exam preparation book. You’ll start off with a recap of some important cloud concepts, such as IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. From there, you’ll learn about each relevant solution area, with use cases. The chapters also cover different implementation methodologies, both manual and programmatic – ranging from compute resources such as App Service and serverless applications to storage, database, security, monitoring solutions, and connecting to third-party services.

By the end of this book, you'll have learned everything you need to pass the AZ-204 certification exam and have a handy, on-the-job reference guide.

What you will learn

• Develop Azure compute solutions
• Discover tips and tricks from Azure experts for interactive learning
• Use Cosmos DB storage and blob storage for developing solutions
• Develop secure cloud solutions for Azure
• Use optimization, monitoring, and troubleshooting for Azure solutions
• Develop Azure solutions connected to third-party services

Who this book is for

This book is for Azure developers looking to improve their Azure development knowledge to pass the AZ-204 exam. This book assumes at least one year of professional development experience with Azure, with the ability to program in at least one language supported by Azure. Existing Azure CLI and PowerShell skills will also be useful.

Table of Contents

1. Azure and Cloud Fundamentals
2. Implementing IaaS Solutions
3. Creating Azure App Service Web Apps
4. Implementing Azure Functions
5. Developing Solutions That Use Cosmos DB Storage
6. Developing Solutions That Use Azure Blob Storage
7. Implementing User Authentication and Authorization
8. Implementing Secure Cloud Solutions
9. Integrating Caching and Content Delivery within Solutions
10. Troubleshooting Solutions by Using Metrics and Log Data
11. Implementing API Management
12. Developing Event-Based Solutions
13. Developing Message-Based Solutions
14. Mock Exam Questions

Paul Ivey is a Microsoft Technical Trainer delivering Microsoft exam preparation courses on a regular basis. Prior to that, he became an expert in on-premises Microsoft infrastructure and Windows technologies before changing focus to cloud technologies and application development, where he was an App Innovation Customer Engineer. As an App Innovation Customer Engineer at Microsoft, Paul worked with many enterprises to help them modernize their development practices and help them on their digital transformation journey into the cloud. Paul has also coached many of Microsoft’s DevOps OpenHack events over the years. Originally from Sidmouth, Devon, Paul currently lives in Cheltenham within the beautiful Cotswolds area of the UK.

Alex Ivanov is an experienced cloud engineer with a primary focus of supporting companies in their journey to adopt Azure services. He has been working for Microsoft for 8 years as a Cloud Support Engineer and 4 years as an Azure Technical Trainer. He became an expert in software engineering and digital transformation that helped customers to migrate their solutions to Azure. His experience helped him achieve multiple certifications in Software Development, AI, and Data platforms. As a professional trainer, Alex has already educated thousands of clients and helped them to prepare and pass the Azure certification exams. In his free time while not being jumped on by his 3 kids, he enjoys camping, boating, running, and building yachts models.