This 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.

Students in this course are interested in Azure development or in passing the Microsoft Azure Developer Associate certification exam.

Students should have 1-2 years professional development experience and experience with Microsoft Azure. They must be able to program in an Azure Supported Language.

Creating Azure App Service Web Apps

Azure App Service core concepts
Creating an Azure App Service Web App
Configuring and Monitoring App Service apps
Scaling App Service apps
Azure App Service staging environments

Implement Azure functions

Azure Functions overview
Developing Azure Functions
Implement Durable Functions

Develop solutions that use blob storage

Azure Blob storage core concepts
Managing the Azure Blob storage lifecycle
Working with Azure Blob storage

Develop solutions that use Cosmos DB storage

Azure Cosmos DB overview
Azure Cosmos DB data structure
Working with Azure Cosmos DB resources and data

Implement IaaS solutions

Provisioning VMs in Azure
Create and deploy ARM templates
Create container images for solutions
Publish a container image to Azure Container Registry
Create and run container images in Azure Container Instances

Implement user authentication and authorization

Microsoft Identity Platform v2.0
Authentication using the Microsoft Authentication Library
Using Microsoft Graph
Authorizing data operations in Azure Storage

Implement secure cloud solutions

Manage keys, secrets, and certificates by using the KeyVault API
Implement Managed Identities for Azure resources
Secure app configuration data by using Azure App Configuration

Implement API Management

API Management overview
Defining policies for APIs
Securing your APIs

Develop App Service Logic Apps

Azure Logic Apps overview
Creating custom connectors for Logic Apps

Develop event-based solutions

Implement solutions that use Azure Event Grid
Implement solutions that use Azure Event Hubs
Implement solutions that use Azure Notification Hubs

Develop message-based solutions

Implement solutions that use Azure Service Bus
Implement solutions that use Azure Queue Storage queues

Monitor and optimize Azure solutions

Overview of monitoring in Azure
Instrument an app for monitoring
Analyzing and troubleshooting apps
Implement code that handles transient faults

Integrate caching and content delivery within solutions

Develop for Azure Cache for Redis
Develop for storage on CDNs