Describe the core architectural components of Azure

This module explains the basic infrastructure components of Microsoft Azure. You'll learn about the physical infrastructure, how resources are managed, and have a chance to create an Azure resource.

• What is Microsoft Azure
• Get started with Azure accounts
• Exercise - Explore interacting with Azure
• Describe Azure physical infrastructure
• Describe Azure management infrastructure
• Exercise - Create an Azure resource

Describe Azure compute and networking services

This module focuses on some of the computer services and networking services available within Azure.

• Describe Azure virtual machines
• Exercise - Create an Azure virtual machine
• Describe Azure virtual desktop
• Describe Azure containers
• Describe Azure functions
• Describe application hosting options
• Describe Azure virtual networking
• Exercise - Create an Azure Virtual Machine and Configure network access
• Describe Azure virtual private networks
• Describe Azure ExpressRoute
• Describe Azure DNS

Describe Azure storage services

This module introduces you to storage in Azure, including things such as different types of storage and how a distributed infrastructure can make your data more resilient.

• Describe Azure storage accounts
• Describe Azure storage redundancy
• Describe Azure storage services
• Exercise - Create a storage blob
• Identify Azure data migration options
• Identify Azure file movement options

Describe Azure identity, access, and security

This module covers some of the authorization and authentication methods available with Azure.

• Describe Azure directory services
• Describe Azure authentication methods
• Describe Azure external identities
• Describe Azure conditional access
• Describe Azure role-based access control
• Describe Zero Trust model
• Describe defense-in-depth
• Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Introduction to the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework

This module covers the basics of how to use the Cloud Adoption Framework, which is a set of documentation, implementation guidance, best practices, and tools that help you align your strategy for business, people, and technology.

• Strategy
• Plan
• Ready
• Migrate
• Modernize
• Cloud-native
• Govern
• Manage
• Secure

Introduction to the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework

You want to build great things on Azure, but you're not sure exactly what that means. Using key principles throughout your architecture, regardless of technology choice, can help you design, build, and continuously improve your architecture.

• Azure Well-Architected Framework pillars

Design governance

Azure Architects design and recommend governance solutions.

• Design for governance
• Design for management groups
• Design for subscriptions
• Design for resource groups
• Design for resource tags
• Design for Azure Policy
• Design for role-based access control (RBAC)
• Design for Azure landing zones

Design authentication and authorization solutions

Azure Architects design and recommend authentication and authorization solutions.

• Design for identity and access management (IAM)
• Design for Microsoft Entra ID
• Design for Microsoft Entra business-to-business (B2B)
• Design for Azure Active Directory B2C (business-to-customer)
• Design for conditional access
• Design for identity protection
• Design for access reviews
• Design service principals for applications
• Design managed identities
• Design for Azure Key Vault

Design a solution to log and monitor Azure resources

Azure Architects design and recommend logging and monitoring solutions.

• Design for Azure Monitor data sources
• Design for Azure Monitor Logs (Log Analytics) workspaces
• Design for Azure Workbooks and Azure insights
• Design for Azure Data Explorer

Describe high availability and disaster recovery strategies

Plan an appropriate high availability and disaster recovery strategy based on recovery time objective and recovery point objective. Choose the best solution for IaaS or PaaS deployments or hybrid workloads.

• Describe recovery time objective and recovery point objective
• Explore high availability and disaster recovery options
• Describe Azure high availability and disaster recovery features for Azure Virtual Machines
• Describe high availability and disaster recovery for PaaS deployments
• Explore high availability and disaster recovery solution for IaaS
• Describe hybrid solutions

Design a solution for backup and disaster recovery

Learn how to select appropriate backup solutions and disaster recovery solutions for Azure workloads.

• Design for backup and recovery
• Design for Azure Backup
• Design for Azure blob backup and recovery
• Design for Azure files backup and recovery
• Design for Azure virtual machine backup and recovery
• Design for Azure SQL backup and recovery
• Design for Azure Site Recovery

Design a data storage solution for non-relational data

Azure Architect's design and recommend nonrelational data storage solutions.

• Design for data storage
• Design for Azure storage accounts
• Design for data redundancy
• Design for Azure Blob Storage
• Design for Azure Files
• Design for Azure managed disks
• Design for storage security

Design a data storage solution for relational data

Azure Architect's design and recommend relational data storage solutions.

• Design for Azure SQL Database
• Design for Azure SQL Managed Instance
• Design for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
• Recommend a solution for database scalability
• Recommend a solution for database availability
• Design security for data at rest, data in motion, and data in use
• Design for Azure Cosmos DB and Table Storage

Design data integration

Azure Architects design and recommend data integration solutions.

• Design a data integration solution with Azure Data Factory
• Design a data integration solution with Azure Data Lake
• Design a data integration and analytic solution with Azure Databricks
• Design a data integration and analytic solution with Azure Synapse Analytics
• Design strategies for hot, warm, and cold data paths
• Design an Azure Stream Analytics solution for data analysis

Design an Azure compute solution

Azure Architects design and recommend Azure compute solutions.

• Choose an Azure compute service
• Design for Azure Virtual Machines solutions
• Design for Azure Batch solutions
• Design for Azure App Service solutions
• Design for Azure Container Instances solutions
• Design for Azure Kubernetes Service solutions
• Design for Azure Functions solutions
• Design for Azure Logic Apps solutions

Design an application architecture

Azure Architects are responsible to design and recommend application architectures.

• Describe message and event scenarios
• Design a messaging solution
• Design an Azure Event Hubs messaging solution
• Design an event-driven solution
• Design a caching solution
• Design API integration
• Design an automated app deployment solution
• Design an app configuration management solution

Design network solutions

Azure Architects need to design and recommend network solutions.

• Recommend a network architecture solution based on workload requirements
• Design patterns for Azure network connectivity services
• Design outbound connectivity and routing
• Design for on-premises connectivity to Azure Virtual Network
• Choose an application delivery service
• Design for application delivery services
• Design for application protection services

Design migrations

Azure Architect's design and recommend migration solutions.

• Evaluate migration with the Cloud Adoption Framework
• Describe the Azure migration framework
• Assess your on-premises workloads
• Select a migration tool
• Migrate your structured data in databases
• Select an online storage migration tool for unstructured data
• Migrate offline data

Introduction to the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework

You want to build great things on Azure, but you're not sure exactly what that means. Using key principles throughout your architecture, regardless of technology choice, can help you design, build, and continuously improve your architecture.

• Azure Well-Architected Framework pillars

Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework – Reliability

Apply reliability guidance in your architecture to improve your workload's availability and resilience.

• Design for business requirements
• Design for resilience
• Design for recovery
• Design for operations
• Keep it simple

Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework – Security

Learn how to incorporate security into your architecture design, and discover the tools that Azure provides to help you create a secure environment through all the layers of your architecture.

• Plan your security readiness
• Design to protect confidentiality
• Design to protect integrity
• Design to protect availability
• Sustain and evolve your security posture

Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Cost Optimization

Apply cost optimization guidance in your architecture to sustain and improve your return on investment (ROI).

• Develop cost-management discipline
• Design with a cost-efficiency mindset
• Design for usage optimization
• Design for rate optimization
• Monitor and optimize over time

Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Operational Excellence

Learn how to design an Azure architecture that uses modern practices and gives you full visibility into what's happening in your environment.

• Embrace DevOps culture
• Establish development standards
• Evolve operations with observability
• Automate for efficiency
• Adopt safe deployment practices

Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Performance Efficiency

To give users the best experience, it's important to scale your system to handle load, identify any network slowdowns, and optimize your storage performance. The tasks help your application run at its best.

• Negotiate realistic performance targets
• Design to meet capacity requirements
• Achieve and sustain performance
• Improve efficiency through optimization