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Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies: Exam Guide AZ-300

By : Sjoukje Zaal
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Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies: Exam Guide AZ-300

By: Sjoukje Zaal

Overview of this book

From designing solutions on Azure to configuring and managing virtual networks, AZ-300 certification can help you achieve all this and more. Whether you want to get certified or gain hands-on experience in administering, developing, and architecting Azure solutions, this study guide will help you get started. The book features not only the different exam objectives, but also guides you through configuring, managing, securing, and architecting Azure resources. Divided into five modules, this book will systematically take you through the different concepts and features as you advance through the sections. The first module demonstrates how to deploy and configure infrastructure. You will cover techniques related to implementing workloads and security, before learning how to create and deploy apps in the next module. To build on your knowledge, the final two modules will get you up to speed with implementing authentication, data security, and application and platform monitoring, along with covering Azure storage, alerting, and automation strategies. Finally, you’ll work through exam-based mock tests with answers to boost your confidence in passing the exam. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned the concepts and techniques you need to know in order to prepare for the AZ-300 exam, along with the skills to design effective solutions on Microsoft Azure.
Table of Contents (30 chapters)
1
Section 1: Deploying and Configuring Infrastructure
9
Section 2: Implementing Workloads and Security
16
Section 3: Creating and Deploying Apps
19
Section 4: Implementing Authentication and Secure Data
22
Section 5: Developing for the Cloud and for Azure Storage
26
Mock Questions
27
Mock Answers

Understanding App Services

App Services in Azure is part of Azure's PaaS and serverless solution, and you can use these services to host web apps, API apps, mobile apps, and logic apps. You can also host them inside App Service plans. Basically, this means that your apps are running on virtual machines that are hosted and maintained by Azure.

Azure App Services offer the following capabilities:

  • Multiple languages and frameworks: Azure App Services supports ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core, Java, Ruby, Node.js, PHP, and Python. You can also run PowerShell and other scripts, which can be executed in App Services as background services.
  • DevOps optimization: You can set up continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) with Azure DevOps, GitHub, BitBucket, Docker Hub, and Azure Container Registry. You can use the test and staging environments to deploy your apps, and you can manage these apps using PowerShell or the CLI.
  • Global scale with high availability: You can scale up or out...