Exam Ref AZ-304 Microsoft Azure Architect Design Certification and Beyond

Master the Microsoft Azure platform and prepare for the AZ-304 certification exam by learning the key concepts needed to identify key stakeholder requirements and translate these into robust solutions

Key Features

• Build secure and scalable solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform
• Learn how to design solutions that are compliant with customer requirements
• Work with real-world scenarios to become a successful Azure architect, and prepare for the AZ-304 exam

Book Description

The AZ-304 exam tests an architect's ability to design scalable, reliable, and secure solutions in Azure based on customer requirements. Exam Ref AZ-304 Microsoft Azure Architect Design Certification and Beyond offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the AZ-304 exam content to help you prepare for it confidently, pass the exam first time, and get ready for real-world challenges.

This book will help you to investigate the need for good architectural practices and discover how they address common concerns for cloud-based solutions. You will work through the CloudStack, from identity and access through to infrastructure (IaaS), data, applications, and serverless (PaaS). As you make progress, you will delve into operations including monitoring, resilience, scalability, and disaster recovery. Finally, you'll gain a clear understanding of how these operations fit into the real world with the help of full scenario-based examples throughout the book.

By the end of this Azure book, you'll have covered everything you need to pass the AZ-304 certification exam and have a handy desktop reference guide.

What you will learn

• Understand the role of architecture in the cloud
• Ensure security through identity, authorization, and governance
• Find out how to use infrastructure components such as compute, containerization, networking, and storage accounts
• Design scalable applications and databases using web apps, functions, messaging, SQL, and Cosmos DB
• Maintain operational health through monitoring, alerting, and backups
• Discover how to create repeatable and reliable automated deployments
• Understand customer requirements and respond to their changing needs

Who this book is for

This book is for Azure Solution Architects who advise stakeholders and help translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and reliable solutions. Junior architects looking to advance their skills in the Cloud will also benefit from this book. Experience with the Azure platform is expected, and a general understanding of development patterns will be advantageous.

Table of Contents

1. Architecture for the Cloud
2. Principles of Modern Architecture
3. Understanding User Authentication
4. Managing User Authorization
5. Ensuring Platform Governance
6. Building Application Security
7. Designing Compute Solutions
8. Network Connectivity And Security
9. Exploring Storage Solutions
10. Migrating Workloads to Azure
11. Comparing Application Components
12. Creating Scalable and Secure Databases
13. Options for Data Integration
14. High Availability and Redundancy Concepts
15. Designing for Logging and Monitoring
16. Developing Business Continuity
17. Scripted Deployments and DevOps Automation
18. Engaging with Real-World Customers
19. Enterprise Design Considerations

Based in the UK, Brett Hargreaves is a lead Azure consultant who has worked for some of the world's biggest companies for over 25 years, helping them design and build cutting-edge solutions. With a career spanning infrastructure, development, consulting, and architecture, he has been involved in projects covering the entire solution stack, including hardware, virtualization, databases, storage, software development, and the cloud. He loves passing on his knowledge to others through books, blogging, and his online training courses, which have over 20,000 students (and counting!).