AZURE ARCHITECT TECHNOLOGIES PROFESSIONAL

MODULE 1: AZ-300T01: Deploying and Configuring Infrastructure

I.  Managing Azure Subscriptions and Resources

• Azure monitoring capabilities using Azure alerts
• Azure activity logs and Log Analytics
• Query analyze and interpret the data viewed in Log Analytics

II.  Implementing and Managing Storage

• Azure storage accounts
• Data replication
• How to use Azure Storage Explorer and monitor storage.

III.  Deploying and Managing Virtual Machines (VMs)

• Create Virtual Machines (VM)s within the Azure Portal
• Create Virtual Machines (VM)s using Azure PowerShell
• Create Virtual Machines (VM)s using ARM templates
• Deploy Linux Virtual Machines (VM)s
• Monitor Virtual Machines (VM)s Additionally

IV.  Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks

• Network routing using routing tables and algorithms
• Inter-site connectivity using VNet-to-VNet connections and VPNs
• Virtual network peering for regional and global considerations
• Gateway transit

V.  Managing Identities

• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Built-in roles
• Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR)
• Authentication methods for password reset

MODULE 2: AZ-300T02: Implementing Workloads and Security

I.  Evaluating and Performing Server Migration to Azure

• Creating a project
• Creating a collector
• Assessing readiness and estimating costs.
• Overview of Azure Site Recovery (ASR) with end-to-end scenarios.

II.  Implementing and Managing Application Services

• Deploying Web Apps
• Managing Web Apps
• App Service Security
• Serverless Computing Concepts
• Managing Event Grid
• Managing Service Bus
• Managing Logic App

III.  Implementing Advanced Virtual Networking

• Azure Load Balancer
• Azure Application Gateway
• Site-to-Site VPN Connections
• Overview of ExpressRoute

IV.  Securing Identities

• Azure AD Identity Protection
• Azure Domains and Tenants
• Azure Users and Groups
• Azure Roles
• Overview of Azure AD integration

MODULE 3: AZ-300T03: Understanding Cloud Architect Technology Solutions

I.  Selecting Compute and Storage Solutions

• Azure Architecture Center
• Cloud design patterns
• Competing consumers pattern
• Cache-aside pattern
• Sharding patterns to divide a data store into horizontal partitions or shards.

II.  Hybrid Networking

• Site-to-site connectivity
• Point-to-site connectivity
• Combining site-to-site and point-to-site connectivity
• Virtual network–to–virtual network connectivity
• Connecting across cloud providers for failover backup or even migration between providers such as AWS

III.  Measuring Throughput and Structure of Data Access

• DTUs – Azure SQL Database
• RUs – Azure Cosmos DB
• Structured and unstructured data
• Using structured data stores

MODULE 4:  AZ-300T04: Creating and Deploying Apps

I.  Creating Web Applications using PaaS

• Using shell commands to create an App Service Web App
• Creating Background Tasks
• Using Swagger to document an API
• Logic Apps

II.  Creating Apps and Services Running on Service Fabric

• Creating a reliable service
• Creating a Reliable Actors app
• Working with Reliable collections

III.  Using Azure Kubernetes Service

• Azure Container Registry
• Azure Container Instances

MODULE 5: AZ-300T06: Developing for the Cloud

I.  Developing Long-Running Tasks and Distributed Transactions

• Implementing large-scale parallel and high-performance apps using batches
• HPC using Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines
• Implementing resilient apps by using queues
• Implementing code to address application events by using webhooks

II.  Configuring a Message-Based Integration Architecture

• Configure an app or service to send emails
• Configure an event publish and subscribe model
• Configure the Azure Relay service
• Configure apps and services with Microsoft Graph

III.  Developing for Asynchronous Processing

• Implement parallelism multithreading and processing
• Implement Azure Functions and Azure Logic Apps
• Implement interfaces for storage or data access
• Implement appropriate asynchronous computing models
• Implement autoscaling rules and patterns

IV.  Developing for Autoscaling

• Implementing autoscaling rules and patterns
• Implementing code that addresses singleton application instances
• Implementing code that addresses a transient state

V.  Developing Azure Cognitive Services Solutions

• Developing Solutions using Computer Vision
• Developing solutions using Bing Web Search
• Developing solutions using Custom Speech Service
• Developing solutions using QnA Maker

AZURE ARCHITECT DESIGN PROFESSIONAL

MODULE 1:  AZ-301T01: Designing for Identity and Security

1. Managing Security & Identity for Azure Solutions
2. Integrating SaaS Services Available on the Azure Platform

MODULE 2:  AZ-301T02: Designing a Data Platform Solution

1. Backing Azure Solutions with Azure Storage
2. Comparing Database Options in Azure
3. Monitoring & Automating Azure Solutions

MODULE 3:  AZ-301T03: Design for Deployment Migration and Integration

1. Deploying Resources with Azure Resource Manager
2. Creating Managed Server Applications in Azure
3. Authoring Serverless Applications in Azure

MODULE 4:  AZ-301T04: Designing an Infrastructure Strategy

1. Application Architecture Patterns in Azure
2. Building Azure IaaS-Based Server Applications (ADSK)
3. Networking Azure Application Components
4. Integrating Azure Solution Components Using Messaging Services

Labs, Quizzes and Final Exam

This program will have labs, quizzes and a final exam.  The labs will provide delegates the opportunity to practice the specific tools and techniques discussed in the program.  The labs anticipated for this program are listed below:

AZ-301T01:  Designing for Identity and Security

   ONLINE LAB: Securing Secrets in Azure

This lab enables delegates to:

1. Integrate their existing solutions with external identity providers using Azure AD B2B or B2C.
2. Design a hybrid identity solution.
3. Determine when to use advanced features of Azure AD such as Managed Service Identity, MFA and Privileged Identity Management.
4. Secure application secrets using Key Vault.
5. Secure application data using SQL Database and Azure Storage features.

   ONLINE LAB: Deploying Service Instances as Components of Azure Solutions

This lab enables delegates to:

1. Detail the various APIs available in Cognitive Services.
2. Identify when to use the Face API, Speech API or Language Understanding (LUIS) service.

 

AZ-301T02:  Designing a Data Platform Solution

   ONLINE LAB: Deploying Database Instances in Azure

This lab enables delegates to:

1. Compare and contrast monitoring services for applications, the Azure platform, and networking.
2. Identify data streaming options for large-scale data ingest.
3. Identify longer-term data storage options.

   ONLINE LAB: Deploying Configuration Management Solutions to Azure

This lab enables delegates to:

1. Compare and contrast monitoring services for applications, the Azure platform, and networking.
2. Design an alert scheme for a solution hosted in Azure.
3. Select the appropriate backup option for infrastructure and data hosted in Azure. Automate the deployment of future resources for backup recovery or scaling purposes.

 

AZ-301T03:  Designing for Deployment, Migration, and Integration

   ONLINE LAB: Deploying Resources with Azure Resource Manager

This lab enables delegates to:

1. Create a resource group.
2. Add resources to a resource group.
3. Deploy an ARM template to a resource group.
4. Filter resources using tags.
5. Author a complex deployment using the Azure Building Blocks tools.

   ONLINE LAB: Deploying Managed Containerized Workloads to Azure

This lab enables delegates to:

1. Select between hosting application code or containers in an App Service instance.
2. Describe the differences between API, Mobile, and Web Apps.
3. Integrate an API or Logic App with the API Management service.
4. Design an App Service Plan or multi-region deployment for high performance and scale.

   ONLINE LAB: Deploying Serverless Workloads to Azure

This lab enables delegates to:

1. Select between hosting application code or containers in an App Service instance.
2. Describe the differences between API, Mobile, and Web Apps.
3. Integrate an API or Logic App with the API Management service.
4. Design an App Service Plan or multi-region deployment for high performance and scale.

AZ-301T04:  Designing an Infrastructure Strategy

   ONLINE LAB: Building Azure IaaS-Based Server Applications.

This lab enables delegates to:

1. Design an availability set for one or more virtual machines.
2. Describe the differences between fault and update domains.
3. Author a VM Scale Set ARM template.
4. Join a virtualized machine to a domain either in Azure or on a hybrid network.

   ONLINE LAB: Deploying Network Infrastructure for Use in Azure Solutions

This lab enables delegates to:

1. Describe DNS and IP strategies for VNETs in Azure.
2. Compare connectivity options for ad-hoc and hybrid connectivity.
3. Distribute network traffic across multiple loads using load balancers.
4. Design a hybrid connectivity scenario between cloud and on-premise.

   ONLINE LAB: Integrating Azure Solution Components using Messaging Services

This lab enables delegates to:

1. Compare Storage Queues to Service Bus Queues.
2. Identify when to use Azure Functions or Logic Apps for integration components in a solution.
3. Describe the differences between IoT Hubs, Event Hubs and Time Series Insights.