Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) Practice Exams & Study Guide

Implement containerized solutions including creating and managing container images, publishing images to Azure Container Registry, running containers using Azure Container Instances, and creating solutions using Azure Container Apps. Implement Azure App Service Web Apps including creating App Service Web Apps, configuring and implementing diagnostics and logging, deploying code and containerized solutions, configuring settings including TLS, API settings, and service connections, implementing autoscaling, and configuring deployment slots. Implement Azure Functions including creating and configuring Azure Functions apps, implementing input and output bindings, and implementing function triggers using data operations, timers, and webhooks.

Develop solutions that use Azure Cosmos DB including performing operations on containers and items using the SDK, setting the appropriate consistency level for operations, and implementing change feed notifications. Develop solutions that use Azure Blob Storage including setting and retrieving properties and metadata, performing operations on data using the appropriate SDK, and implementing storage policies and data lifecycle management.

Implement user authentication and authorization including authenticating and authorizing users using the Microsoft Identity platform, authenticating and authorizing users and apps using Microsoft Entra ID, creating and implementing shared access signatures, and implementing solutions that interact with Microsoft Graph. Implement secure Azure solutions including securing app configuration data using Azure App Configuration or Azure Key Vault, developing code that uses keys, secrets, and certificates stored in Azure Key Vault, and implementing Managed Identities for Azure resources.

Monitor and troubleshoot solutions by using Azure Monitor Application Insights including monitoring and analyzing metrics, logs, and traces, implementing availability tests and alerts, and instrumenting an app or service to use Application Insights.

Implement Azure API Management including creating an Azure API Management instance, creating and documenting APIs, configuring access to APIs, and implementing policies for APIs. Develop event-based solutions including implementing solutions that use Azure Event Grid and implementing solutions that use Azure Event Hubs. Develop message-based solutions including implementing solutions that use Azure Service Bus and implementing solutions that use Azure Queue Storage.