Microsoft Azure Developer Associate Certification

Module 1: Azure Development Fundamentals

⏳ 1 week

• Topics: Azure architecture, resource groups, CLI/Portal basics

• Hands-on: Create and manage resources via Azure CLI and Portal

Module 2: Developing Azure compute solutions

⏳ 1 week

• Topics: App Services, Functions, Container Instances, Kubernetes basics

• Hands-on: Build and deploy a serverless function and web app

Module 3: Implementing Azure security

⏳ 1 week

• Topics: Managed identities, Key Vault, Azure AD integration

• Hands-on: Secure an API using Azure AD and store secrets in Key Vault

Module 4: Developing for Azure storage

⏳ 1 week

• Topics: Blob, Table, Queue, and File storage services

• Hands-on: Implement file upload/download and queue messaging in code

Module 5: Azure database and data persistence

⏳ 1 week

• Topics: Cosmos DB, Azure SQL, data partitioning, EF Core integration

• Hands-on: Create a Cosmos DB container and perform CRUD from an app

Module 6: Monitoring, troubleshooting & optimization

⏳ 1 week

• Topics: App Insights, logging, performance tuning, retry policies

• Hands-on: Instrument an application with telemetry and diagnose issues

Module 7: Deploying with DevOps practices

⏳ 1 week

• Topics: ARM templates, Bicep, Azure DevOps pipelines, CI/CD

• Hands-on: Build a full CI/CD pipeline deploying infrastructure and code

Module 8: Exam preparation & capstone project

⏳ 1 week

• Topics: AZ-204 exam domains, practice questions, study strategies

• Hands-on: Complete a capstone: end-to-end cloud app with CI/CD

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