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

By : Brett Hargreaves
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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 17: Scripted Deployments and DevOps Automation

In Chapter 16, Developing Business Continuity, we looked at how to ensure our solutions have adequate backups in the event that the unexpected happens.

In this chapter, we continue the operational theme, looking at how we can deploy components into Azure, specifically using scripts, templates, and automation tools.

We will begin by exploring what options are available and then start to investigate in more detail how Azure exposes a series of REST APIs. We will then continue looking at using the APIs via command-line tools and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates.

Finally, we will look at how to automate deployments using ARM templates and Azure DevOps, along with a brief overview of agile DevOps processes.

We will specifically explore the following topics:

  • Exploring provisioning options
  • Looking at the Azure RESTful API
  • Choosing between PowerShell and Azure CLI
  • Understanding ARM templates
  • Looking at Azure...