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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
Implementing Secure Data Solutions

In the previous chapter, we covered the first part of the Implement Authentication and Secure Data objective by covering how to implement authentication for your web apps, APIs, and more.

In this chapter, we are going to cover how to implement secure data solutions. We are going to cover how to encrypt and decrypt data at rest and in transit, how to encrypt data with Always Encrypted, how to implement Azure confidential computing and SSL/TLS communications for your data, and how to create, read, update, and delete keys, secrets, and certificates by using the Key Vault API.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • Understanding data security in Azure
  • Encrypting and decrypting data at rest
  • Encrypting and decrypting data in transit
  • Encrypting data with Always Encrypted
  • Understanding Azure confidential computing
  • Creating, reading, updating...