Book Image

Exam Ref AZ-304 Microsoft Azure Architect Design Certification and Beyond

By : Brett Hargreaves
Book Image

Exam Ref AZ-304 Microsoft Azure Architect Design Certification and Beyond

By: Brett Hargreaves

Overview of this book

The AZ-304 exam tests an architect's ability to design scalable, reliable, and secure solutions in Azure based on customer requirements. Exam Ref AZ-304 Microsoft Azure Architect Design Certification and Beyond offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the AZ-304 exam content to help you prepare for it confidently, pass the exam first time, and get ready for real-world challenges. This book will help you to investigate the need for good architectural practices and discover how they address common concerns for cloud-based solutions. You will work through the CloudStack, from identity and access through to infrastructure (IaaS), data, applications, and serverless (PaaS). As you make progress, you will delve into operations including monitoring, resilience, scalability, and disaster recovery. Finally, you'll gain a clear understanding of how these operations fit into the real world with the help of full scenario-based examples throughout the book. By the end of this Azure book, you'll have covered everything you need to pass the AZ-304 certification exam and have a handy desktop reference guide.
Table of Contents (30 chapters)
1
Section 1: Exploring Modern Architecture
4
Section 2: Identity and Security
9
Section 3: Infrastructure and Storage Components
14
Section 4: Applications and Databases
19
Section 5: Operations and Monitoring
23
Section 6: Beyond the Exam
26
Mock Exam
27
Mock Answers

Chapter 11

There are many components to consider when designing the solution for MegaCorp. However, the key points to address are as follows:

  • The customer-facing website will be hosted centrally.
  • Updates must be validated before going live to ensure there is no disruption.
  • Serverless options should be used where possible to keep costs low but with the ability to scale.
  • APIs and microservices are desired patterns.
  • A message queuing system that enables messages to be routed to different backend systems for local processing is required.

With these in mind, the following solution could be a good fit.

Use Azure app services for the frontend user interface and use deployment slots to test updates against live backend systems before go-live.

Use Azure app services to build APIs and use an API gateway to control and manage access to them. As serverless options are desired, use the Consumption plan for the API gateway.

When orders are placed, an API will...