Microsoft Certified Azure Developer Associate - Getting Started

AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure exam is a part of requirements for Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate

This is an opportunity to prove knowledge & expertise for cloud developers who participate in all phases of development from requirements definition and design to development, deployment, and maintenance. They partner with cloud DBAs, cloud administrators, and clients to implement solutions.

Candidates attempting this exam, should have 1-2 years professional development experience & experience with Microsoft Azure. They should be proficient in Azure SDKs, data storage options, data connections, APIs, app authentication and authorization, compute, and container deployment, debugging, performance tuning, and monitoring. They should be able to program in an Azure-supported language, and should be proficient using Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, and other tools.

The exam tests candidate for following set of skills

  • Develop Azure compute solutions (25-30%)
  • Develop for Azure storage (15-20%)
  • Implement Azure security (20-25%)
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Azure solutions (15-20%)
  • Connect to and consume Azure services and third-party services (15-20%)

Refer to the study guide for the exam and we will discuss in detail related to each topic related to the certification exam in the following posts.

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