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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

Understanding ACI

With ACI, you can run your workloads in containers. It allows you to run both Linux and Windows containers. You can deploy containers that consist of applications, databases, caches, queues, and more. Everything that runs on a VM can also run inside ACI, without the need for us to manage the infrastructure. This is all handled for you so that you can focus on designing and building your applications.

ACI is a suitable solution for any scenario that can run in isolated containers, including simple applications, build jobs, and task automation. For scenarios where you need full container orchestration, including automatic scaling, service discovery across multiple containers, and coordinated application upgrades, AKS is recommended.

Important note

We will cover AKS in more depth later in this chapter.

Container image deployments can be automated and simplified using continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) capabilities with Docker Hub, ACR,...