Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure

This course is about communication between apps and services. Students will gain insight into various Azure services and features which can be implemented in their development solutions. Specifically, students will obtain the knowledge
and skills needed to: 

• Implement Azure IaaS services and features 
• Implement Azure Platform as a Service 
• Leverage Azure storage 
• Apply Azure authentication and authorization services 
• Ensure applications hosted in Azure are operating efficiently and as intended 

Audience profile 

• 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’ experience as a developer. This course assumes students know how to code and
  have a fundamental knowledge of Azure. 
• It is recommended that students have some experience with PowerShell or Azure CLI, working in the Azure
  portal, and with at least one Azure-supported programming language. Most of the examples in this course are
  presented in C\# .NET. 

At course completion 

After completing this course, students will be able to: 

• Provisioning virtual machines 
• Using Batch Service to deploy/maintain resources 
• Learn how to create containerized solutions by using Azure Kubernetes Service. 
• Create and manage Azure App Service resources 
• Integrate push and offline sync in their mobile apps 
• Learn how to document an API. 
• Learn how to create and test Azure Functions. 
• Azure Table storage 
• Azure Cosmos DB 
• Azure Blob 
• Developing against relational databases in Azure. 
• Learn how identity is managed and utilized in Azure solutions by using the Microsoft identity platform 
• Learn about access control (claims-based authorization and role-based access control) and how to implement
  secure data solutions. 
• Learn how to create and integrate these resources by using the Azure CLI, REST, and application code. 
• Learn how Azure Monitor operates 
• Learn how to use tools like Log Analytics and Application Insights to better understand what is happening in
  their application. 
• Learn how to implement autoscale, instrument their solutions to support monitoring and logging, and use Azure
  Cache and CDN options to enhance the end-user experience. 
• Learn how to create and manage their own APIs by using API Management. 
• Learn how to use the different event- and message-based services in Azure within their development solutions. 
• Learn how to create and integrate these resources by using the Azure Portal, Azure CLI, REST, and application
  code.