Developing for the Cloud (AZ-300T06-A)

Successful Cloud Solutions Architects begin this role with practical experience with operating systems, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, storage structures, billing, and networking.

Length

1 Day

Course Outline

Module 1: Developing Long-Running Tasks and Distributed Transactions

Topics for this module include: implementing large-scale, parallel, and high-performance apps using batches; HPC using Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines; implementing resilient apps by using queues; as well as implementing code to address application events by using webhooks. Implementing a webhook gives an external resource a URL for an application; the external resource then issues an HTTP request to that URL whenever a change is made that requires the application to take an action.

Module 2: Configuring a Message-Based Integration Architecture

Lessons

• Configure an app or service to send emails
• Configure an event publish and subscribe model
• Configure the Azure Relay service
• Configure apps and services with Microsoft Graph

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Configure a message-based integration architecture

Module 3: Developing for Asynchronous Processing

Lessons

• Implement parallelism, multithreading, and processing
• Implement Azure Functions and Azure Logic Apps
• Implement interfaces for storage or data access
• Implement appropriate asynchronous computing models
• Implement autoscaling rules and patterns

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand how to develop for Asynchronous Processing

Module 4: Developing for Autoscaling

Lessons

• Implementing autoscaling rules and patterns
• Implementing code that addresses singleton application instances
• Implementing code that addresses a transient state

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Begin creating apps for Autoscaling

Module 5: Developing Azure Cognitive Services Solutions

Lessons

• Developing Solutions using Computer Vision
• Developing solutions using Bing Web Search
• Developing solutions using Custom Speech Service
• Developing solutions using QnA Maker

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand Azure Cognitive Services Solutions

Module 6: Develop for Azure Storage

Lessons

• Develop Solutions that use Azure Cosmos DB Storage
• Develop Solutions that use a Relational Database
• Modeling a Database by using Entity Framework Core
• Develop Solutions that use Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
• Manipulating Blob Container Properties in .NET

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand Azure Storage services such as blobs and Cosmos DB