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Implementing Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies: AZ-303 Exam Prep and Beyond - Second Edition

By : Brett Hargreaves, Sjoukje Zaal
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Implementing Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies: AZ-303 Exam Prep and Beyond - Second Edition

By: Brett Hargreaves, Sjoukje Zaal

Overview of this book

From designing solutions on Azure to configuring and managing virtual networks, the AZ-303 certification validates your knowledge and skills for all this and much more. Whether you want to take the certification exam or gain hands-on experience in administering, developing, and architecting Azure solutions, this study guide will help you get started. Divided into four modules, this book systematically takes you through the wide range of concepts and features covered in the AZ-303 exam. The first module demonstrates how to implement and monitor infrastructure. You'll develop the skills required to deploy and manage core Azure components such as virtual machines, networking, storage, and Active Directory (AD). As you progress, you'll build on that knowledge and learn how to create resilient and secure applications before moving on to working with web apps, functions, and containers. The final module will get you up to speed with data platforms such as SQL and Cosmos DB, including how to configure the different high availability options. Finally, you'll solve mock tests and assess yourself with the answers provided to get ready to take the exam with confidence. By the end of this book, you'll have learned the concepts and techniques you need to know to prepare for the AZ-303 exam and design effective solutions on Microsoft Azure.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Section 1: Implement and Monitor Azure Infrastructure
10
Section 2: Implement Management and Security Solutions
14
Section 3: Implement Solutions for Apps
18
Section 4: Implement and Manage Data Platforms
21
Chapter 17: Mock Exam Questions
22
Chapter 18: Mock Exam Answers

Chapter 13: Designing and Developing Apps for Containers

In the previous chapter, we covered the first part of the Implement Solutions for Apps objective by learning how to create web apps using Platform as a Service (PaaS). Then, we covered Azure App Service and App Service plans. We also looked at using Azure Functions for creating smaller, microservices-based services and Logic Apps for building business workflows using a GUI.

In this chapter, we are going to learn how to design and develop apps that run in containers by implementing an application that runs on an Azure container instance, as well as creating a container image using a Dockerfile and publishing it to Azure Container Registry (ACR).

We are going to start by creating a container using Azure Container Instances (ACI), and then again through Azure Web Apps for Containers.

Finally, we are going to create an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) instance, deploy a simple web application to it, and view the generated...