Azure is an ever-evolving platform. It offers an environment on the cutting edge of technology that suits different industry requirements. New capabilities and features are coming out fast, which makes it difficult to stay up to date. This book will give you a complete overview of all the current features and capabilities that Azure has to offer, and is a complete guide to preparing for the 70-535 exam.
This book will cover all the exam objectives. It will start with designing compute infrastructures, where you will learn about designing solutions with virtual machines, web applications, serverless and microservices, high-performance computing (HPC), and other compute-intensive applications. You will learn how to design effective networking implementations using Azure Virtual Networks and how to design connectivity for hybrid applications. You will learn about designing data implementations using different data services, relational database storage, and NoSQL storage. You will also learn how to keep your solutions and applications secure and how and when to use the different platform services in Azure, such as platforms and services for IoT and artificial intelligence. Finally, you will learn about all the monitoring capabilities and solutions that Azure has to offer.
Each chapter will conclude with a Further reading section, which is a very important part of the book as well, because it will give you extra and sometimes crucial information for passing the 70-535 exam. As the questions of the exam will change slightly over time and this book will become outdated soon, the further reading section will be the place that will provide you with all the updates.