Curriculums

• Introduction To Azure IaaS Compute Solutions

  Learning Objective: Get a brief overview on Microsoft Azure and its Infrastructure as a Service(IaaS) Compute Solutions. Learn how to plan for VM deployment and create VMs using Azure Portal, PowerShell, and C# code.

  Topics:
  Overview of Microsoft Azure
  Azure Virtual Machines
  Using Azure SDKs
  Hands-On:
  Provision VMs by using the Azure Portal, PowerShell, and code

• Implementing Azure Batch Service & Disk Encryption

  Learning Objective: Learn how to create and use ARM templates for repeatable deployments and encrypt Azure VM disks.
  Also, learn to use Azure Batch, which creates and manages a pool of compute nodes (VMs), installs the applications you want to run, and schedules jobs to run on the nodes.

  Topics:
  ARM templates for Azure Virtual Machines
  Azure Disk Encryption
  Azure Batch Services
  Hands-On:
  Deploy ARM templates for VM
  Run a batch job by using Azure CLI, Azure portal and Code

• Designing and Developing Applications That Use Containers

  Learning Objective: Build and run modern, portable, Microservices-based applications that benefit from Kubernetes orchestration and manage the availability of those application components.

  Topics:
  Overview of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  AKS clusters
  Azure Container Registry
  Hands-On:
  Create an Azure Managed Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster
  Create container images for solutions
  Publish an image to the Azure Container Registry
  Run containers by using Azure Container Instance or AKS

• Implementing Azure App Service Web Apps & Mobile Apps

  Learning Objective: Use Azure App Service Web Apps for hosting web applications, REST APIs, and mobile back ends. Add more power to application by implementing security, load balancing, autoscaling, and automated management. Also, build engaging cross-platform and native apps using Azure App Service Mobile Apps.

  Topics:
  Azure App Service core concepts
  Azure App Service Web Apps
  WebJobs
  Azure App Service Mobile Apps
  Registering apps for Push notifications
  Hands-On:
  Creating App Service web apps by using Azure CLI, Azure Portal, and PowerShell
  Creating continuous and triggered WebJobs
  Pushing an app on to the Mobile App service
  Registering apps for push notifications

• Implementing Azure App Service API Apps & Azure Functions

  Learning Objective: Learn how to create and document an Azure App Service API and implement Azure Functions, which is a solution for easily running small pieces of code or “functions” in the cloud.

  Topics:
  Azure App Service API Apps
  API documentation
  Azure Functions overview
  Durable functions
  Hands-On:
  Creating an APIM instance and a new API
  Using Swashbuckle to create Swagger objects in ASP.NET Core
  Creating functions, bindings, and triggers
  Creating Durable functions

• Developing Solutions That Use Azure Table Storage & Cosmos DB

  Learning Objective: Use Azure Table storage service, which stores structured NoSQL data in the cloud, providing a key/attribute store with a schema-less design. Also, learn how to use Azure Cosmos DB storage to manage containers and items, and create and update documents by using the code.

  Topics:
  Azure Table storage overview
  Authorization in Table storage
  Table service REST API
  Azure Cosmos DB overview
  Managing containers and items
  Handle documents
  Hands-On:
  Perform Shared Key Authorization
  Use the Azure Table storage REST service to manage data
  Create, read, update, and delete data by using appropriate APIs
  Creating and updating documents by using code

• Developing Solutions That Use Relational Database And Azure Blob Storage

  Learning Objective: Learn about Azure SQL Database, a managed service which is a general-purpose relational database that supports structures such as relational data, JSON, spatial, and XML.
  Also learn about Azure Blob storage, which is Microsoft’s object storage solution for the cloud. Blob storage is optimized for storing massive amounts of unstructured data.

  Topics:
  Azure SQL overview
  Database operations (CRUD)
  Azure Blob storage overview
  Working with Azure Blob storage
  Blob Leasing in Azure
  Hands-On:
  Create, read, update, and delete database tables by using code
  Set and retrieve Blob storage properties and metadata
  Replicate and copy Blobs
  Implement Blob Leasing on Portal

• Implementing Authentication and Access Control In Azure

  Learning Objective: Learn about Microsoft identity platform, which is an evolution of the Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) identity service and developer platform. It allows developers to build applications that sign in all Microsoft identities, get tokens to call Microsoft Graph, other Microsoft APIs, or APIs that developers have built. Also, learn about Claims-based and Role-based access control.

  Topics:
  Microsoft identity platform
  OAuth2 authentication
  Managed Identities
  Azure Key Vault
  Claims-based authorization
  Role-based access control (RBAC) authorization
  Hands-On:
  Implementing OAuth2 authentication in the solutions
  Using Azure Key Vault to store and retrieve authentication information
  Implementing multi-factor authentication
  Implementing Claims-based authorization
  Manage access to resources using RBAC through the REST API

• Implementing Secure Data Solutions and Integrating Caching & CDN

  Learning Objective: This module covers securing data at rest and during transmission. You will also learn how to leverage Azure Cache for Redis and Azure CDNs to deliver assets to users more quickly.

  Topics:
  Encryption options
  End-to-end encryption
  Azure confidential computing
  Managing cryptographic keys in Azure Key Vault
  Azure Cache for Redis
  Develop for storage on CDNs
  Hands-On:
  Encrypting data with Transparent Data Encryption
  Managing and utilizing encryption keys by using the Azure key Vault
  Configuring and interacting with Azure Redis Cache
  Managing Azure CDN

• Instrument Monitoring, Logging & Scalability Of Apps & Services

  Learning Objective: This module covers adding code to your app to send the data to Azure Monitor, which is the central service that includes all the tools you need to monitor and optimize your solution. This module also covers how applications scale and how to handle troubleshooting.

  Topics:
  Overview of Azure Monitor
  Application Insights
  Autoscale patterns and best practices
  Handling transient faults
  Hands On:
  Adding default code to web pages, console apps, and Windows desktop apps to support telemetry
  Using dashboards and other tools to monitor and troubleshoot their app
  Implementing Autoscale
  Implementing code that addresses singleton application instances
  Implementing code that handles transient faults

• Connecting To And Consuming Azure & Third-party Services

  Learning Objective: This module provides an overview on Logic Apps and API Management. In this module, you will also learn how to integrate Azure Search (Search-as-a-Service).

  Topics:
  Azure Logic Apps overview
  Custom connectors for Logic Apps
  Custom templates for Logic Apps
  Azure Search service
  Introduction to the API Management service
  Secure APIs
  Define API policies
  Hands-On:
  Creating Logic Apps by using Visual Studio
  Creating an Azure Search index
  Importing searchable data
  Querying the Azure Search index
  Creating an APIM instance
  Configuring authentication for APIs
  Defining policies for APIs

• Develop Event-based & Message-based Solutions In Azure

  Learning Objective: Develop event-based solutions in Azure by integrating Azure Event Grid, Event Hubs, and Notification Hubs in your applications. Also, learn about the Microsoft Azure Service Bus, which is a fully managed enterprise integration message broker.

  Topics:
  Azure Event Grid
  Azure Event Hubs
  Azure Notification Hubs
  Azure Service Bus
  Azure Queue Storage queues
  Hands-On:
  Create and integrate Event Grid, Event Hubs and Notification Hubs
  Create and integrate Azure Service Bus
  Implement Azure Queue Storage queues