MCA Microsoft Azure Admin & MCE Solutions Architect Accelerated Certification Boot Camp

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Course Details

MCA Microsoft Azure Admin & MCE Solutions Architect Accelerated Certification Boot Camp

Duration

6 Days

Exams Covered

AZ-104 / AZ-305

Delivery

Classroom Live
Remote Live

Included

Vouchers + Retake + Official Labs

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Course Description

Description

Career Camps offers accelerated boot camps for experienced Azure Admins & Architects. This camp covers Microsoft MCA Azure Admin + MCE Azure Architect in a 6 day format. Career Camps exclusively offers Microsoft Official Boot Camps where students learn to advance their skills and test to achieve certification while attending.

While attending this 6 day camp – students will take two exams (AZ-104 / AZ-305) to achieve the Microsoft Certified Associate (MCA) Azure Administrator & Microsoft Certified Expert (MCE) Azure Solutions Architect certifications. This hands on, instructor led live camp teaches the knowledge to administer / architect an Azure environment along with the knowledge needed for the certification exams which are administered while attending.

EXAMS INCLUDED

AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator
AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Infrastructure Solutions

Our Facilities

CAREER CAMPS FACILITIES

CAMPUS – Career Camps built out a stand alone training center (not a hotel conference room) with spacious classrooms, new desk, Herman Miller Aeron chairs & comfortable common areas. Each student has a dedicated desk with two monitors. Each classroom has a maximum of two rows – so everyone is able to be engaged without the “back row” feeling.

CLASSROOM EQUIPMENT – Students work on a dedicated Dell Client Desktop with 32GB memory with 512GB SSD drives – All Labs are executed the extremely fast Microsoft Data Center Hosted Lab Environment.

CAMPUS INTERNET – The campus is connected with a 1Gbps (1,000 Mbps) Verizon Fios Business Connection which provides complete internet (including VPN) access for students.

COMMON AREA – Amenities including snacks, drinks (Coffee, 100% juices, sodas, etc) all complimentary.

LODGING – We use the Hyatt Place Lakewood Ranch. This “upgraded” hotel offers extremely comfortable beds, great breakfast and very fast internet access.

NEAR BY AMENITIES – Many shops, restaurants and grocery options are available within walking distance. Additionally – the hotel provided scheduled shuttle services. Restaurants like Bone Fish Grill, Ruby Tuesday’s, Five Guys, Chipotle, Quiznos, Chili’s and over 20 additional choices in the immediate area. All of these options are offered in a pedestrian walking village.

Why Choose Us

CAREER CAMPS DIFFERENCE

Career Camps provides an in-depth hands on learning environment. Our instructors teach using demonstrations and explain concepts beyond the scope of the courseware. The best instructors are contracted from all across the US. These professionals are real world consultants who actually implement these technologies. Career Camps knows our clients work in the “real world” and it only makes sense to have an instructor with the experience in the real world.

Facilities – Many of our competitors over-crowd classrooms by placing 2 to 3 students per desk and 20+ students per instructor. Often these companies “extend” the life of very old equipment with slow performance on the software used today. Our average class size is 8 students. Our facilities have the best equipment with the most comfortable, focused environment for learning.

Instructors – Our CEO, Chester Flake holds one of the rarest Microsoft Certifications – the Microsoft Certified Learning Consultant (MCLC) Certification. This certification reflects a commitment to make sure our instructors are also actively engaged in real world consulting projects. Students expect a professional who can answer questions and demonstrate the technology.

Face to Face Training – We believe the best way to interact and learn is face to face training. Many of our competitors which offer local training are simply providing students with headphones/mic to attend class with an instructor at a remote location.

Test Pass – We offer a free retake voucher (if needed) for each of the exams required for certification. Any training center offering a “100% pass guarantee” would have to use unethical practices or unlimited test vouchers (which is not likely or practical).

Distractions – Students often look for a “local” training center so they can be close to home and work. Boot camp requires a tremendous time commitment during the program. Long class hours combined with self study each evening. The goal of boot camp is to achieve certification in a fraction of the time. We strongly recommend students attend camp away from home and work in a focused, distraction free environment.

Boot Camp – Boot camp is an accelerated training focused on teaching technology and testing students on the official exams. Most training providers “added” boot camps to the existing standard training classes they offer. These training centers think a boot camp is just a regular class where you send the student home with a voucher on the last day. Career Camps administers exams throughout the camp. Equally important – not every trainer can teach a boot camp and not all courseware is designed for boot camp format. Our trainers know the boot camp format and our courseware is designed for accelerated learning.

Florida – Career Camps has one of the most scenic locations boasting some of the best weather in US. We believe students should have a comfortable and inviting atmosphere while attending these otherwise intense programs. We place our location, facilities and amenities up against that any competitor.

What You'll Learn

Manage Azure identities and governance
Implement and manage storage
Deploy and manage Azure compute resources
Configure and manage virtual networking
Monitor and back up Azure resources
Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions
Design data storage solutions
Design business continuity solutions
Design infrastructure solutions

Course Outline

Use Azure Resource Manager

Identify the features and usage cases for Azure Resource Manager.
Describe each Azure Resource Manager component and its usage.
Organize your Azure resources with resource groups.
Apply Azure Resource Manager locks.
Move Azure resources between groups, subscriptions, and regions.
Remove resources and resource groups.
Apply and track resource limits.
Review Azure Resource Manager benefits
Review Azure resource terminology
Create resource groups
Create Azure Resource Manager locks
Reorganize Azure resources
Remove resources and resource groups
Determine resource limits

Introduction to Azure Cloud Shell

Experience with Azure virtual machines (VMs)
Experience with Azure virtual networks
Experience with routing and routing protocols
The ability to navigate the Azure portal and use Azure PowerShell
What is Azure Cloud Shell?
How does Azure Cloud Shell work?
When should you use Azure Cloud Shell?

Introduction to Bash

Learn what shells are and what Bash is.
Learn about the syntax of Bash commands.
Learn about important Bash commands, such as ls, cat, and ps.
Learn how to use I/O operators to redirect input and output.
Learn how to update a server’s operating system.
Learn how to find and terminate rogue processes.
Learn how to use Bash to filter Azure CLI output.
What is Bash?
Bash fundamentals
Bash commands and operators
Exercise – Try Bash
Exercise – Terminate a misbehaving process
Exercise – Use Bash and grep to filter CLI output

Introduction to PowerShell

Basic familiarity with using a command-line shell like Command Prompt or Git Bash
Visual Studio Code installed
Ability to install Visual Studio Code extensions
Ability to install software on your computer, if you’re not using a Windows operating system
What is PowerShell?
Exercise – Run your first PowerShell commands
Locate commands
Exercise – Locate commands

Configure resources with Azure Resource Manager templates

List the advantages of Azure templates.
Identify the Azure template schema components.
Specify Azure template parameters.
Locate and use Azure Quickstart Templates.
Review Azure Resource Manager template advantages
Explore the Azure Resource Manager template schema
Explore the Azure Resource Manager template parameters
Consider Bicep templates
Review QuickStart templates
Interactive lab simulation – templates

Understand Microsoft Entra ID

Describe Microsoft Entra ID.
Compare Microsoft Entra ID to Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).
Describe how Microsoft Entra ID is used as a directory for cloud apps.
Describe Microsoft Entra ID P1 and P2.
Describe Microsoft Entra Domain Services.
Examine Microsoft Entra ID
Compare Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory Domain Services
Examine Microsoft Entra ID as a directory service for cloud apps
Compare Microsoft Entra ID P1 and P2 plans
Examine Microsoft Entra Domain Services

Configure user and group accounts

Configure users accounts and user account properties.
Create new user accounts.
Import bulk user accounts with a template.
Configure group accounts and assignment types.
Create user accounts
Manage user accounts
Create bulk user accounts
Create group accounts
Create administrative units
Interactive lab simulation

Configure Subscriptions

Determine the correct region to locate Azure services.
Review features and use cases for Azure subscriptions.
Obtain an Azure subscription.
Understand billing and features for different Azure subscriptions.
Use Microsoft Cost Management for cost analysis.
Discover when to use Azure resource tagging.
Identify ways to reduce costs.
Identify Azure regions
Implement Azure subscriptions
Obtain an Azure subscription
Identify Azure subscription usage
Implement Microsoft Cost Management
Apply resource tagging
Apply cost savings

Configure Azure Policy

Create management groups to target policies and spending budgets
Implement Azure Policy with policy and initiative definitions
Scope Azure policies and determine compliance
Create management groups
Implement Azure policies
Create Azure policies
Create policy definitions
Create an initiative definition
Scope the initiative definition
Determine compliance
Interactive lab simulation

Configure role-based access control

Identify features and use cases for role-based access control.
List and create role definitions.
Create role assignments.
Identify differences between Azure RBAC and Microsoft Entra roles.
Manage access to subscriptions with RBAC.
Review built-in Azure RBAC roles.
Implement role-based access control
Create a role definition
Create a role assignment
Compare Azure roles to Microsoft Entra roles
Apply role-based access control
Review fundamental Azure RBAC roles
Interactive lab simulation

Create Azure users and groups in MIcrosoft Entra ID

Add users to Microsoft Entra ID.
Manage app and resource access by using Microsoft Entra groups.
Give guest users access in Microsoft Entra business to business (B2B).
What are user accounts in Microsoft Entra ID?
Exercise – Add and delete users in Microsoft Entra ID
Manage app and resource access by using Microsoft Entra groups
Exercise – Assign users to Microsoft Entra groups
Collaborate by using guest accounts and Microsoft Entra B2B
Exercise – Give guest users access in Microsoft Entra B2B

Secure your Azure resources with Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC)

Verify access to resources for yourself and others.
Grant access to resources.
View activity logs of Azure RBAC changes.
What is Azure RBAC?
Knowledge check – What is Azure RBAC?
Exercise – List access using Azure RBAC and the Azure portal
Exercise – Grant access using Azure RBAC and the Azure portal
Exercise – View activity logs for Azure RBAC changes

Allow users to reset their password with Microsoft Entra self-service password reset

Decide whether to implement self-service password reset.
Implement self-service password reset to meet your requirements.
Configure self-service password reset to customize the experience.
What is self-service password reset in Microsoft Entra ID?
Implement Microsoft Entra self-service password reset
Exercise – Set up self-service password reset
Exercise – Customize directory branding

Configure storage accounts

Implement Azure Storage
Explore Azure Storage services
Determine storage account types
Determine replication strategies
Access storage
Secure storage endpoints

Configure Azure Blob Storage

Understand the purpose and benefits of Azure Blob Storage.
Create and configure Azure Blob Storage accounts.
Manage containers and blobs within Azure Blob Storage.
Optimize blob storage performance and scalability.
Implement lifecycle management policies to automate data movement and deletion.
Determine the best pricing plans for your Azure Blob Storage.
Implement Azure Blob Storage
Create blob containers
Assign blob access tiers
Add blob lifecycle management rules
Determine blob object replication
Upload blobs
Determine Blob Storage pricing
Interactive lab simulation

Configure Azure Storage security

Configure a shared access signature (SAS), including the uniform resource identifier (URI) and SAS parameters.
Configure Azure Storage encryption.
Implement customer-managed keys.
Recommend opportunities to improve Azure Storage security.
Review Azure Storage security strategies
Create shared access signatures
Identify URI and SAS parameters
Determine Azure Storage encryption
Create customer-managed keys
Apply Azure Storage security best practices
Interactive lab simulation

Configure Azure Flies and Azure File Sync

Identify storage for file shares versus blob data.
Configure Azure file shares and file share snapshots.
Identify features and use cases of Azure File Sync.
Identify Azure File Sync components and configuration steps.
Compare storage for file shares and blob data
Manage Azure file shares
Create file share snapshots
Implement soft delete for Azure Files
Use Azure Storage Explorer
Deploy Azure File Sync

Create an Azure Store account

Decide how many storage accounts you need for your project
Determine the appropriate settings for each storage account
Create a storage account using the Azure portal
Decide how many storage accounts you need
Choose your account settings
Choose an account creation tool
Exercise – Create a storage account using the Azure portal

Control access to Azure Storage with shared access signatures

Identify the features of a shared access signature for Azure Storage.
Identify the features of stored access policies.
Programmatically generate and use a shared access signature to access storage.
Authorization options for Azure Storage
Use shared access signatures to delegate access to Azure Storage
Exercise – Use shared access signatures to delegate access to Azure Storage
Use stored access policies to delegate access to Azure Storage
Exercise – Use stored access policies to delegate access to Azure Storage

Upload, download, and manage data with Azure Storage Explorer

Describe the features of Azure Storage Explorer.
Install Storage Explorer.
Use Storage Explorer to connect to Azure Storage services and manipulate stored data.
Connect Azure Storage Explorer to a storage account
Exercise – Connect Azure Storage Explorer to a storage account
Connect Azure Storage Explorer to Azure Data Lake Storage
Exercise – Connect Azure Storage Explorer to Azure Data Lake Storage

Configure virtual machines

Determine the responsibilities of cloud service providers and customers in a cloud computing environment.
Identify the key considerations and factors involved in planning for virtual machines. Considerations include workload requirements, resource allocation, and secure access.
Configure virtual machine storage and virtual machine sizing.
Create a virtual machine in the Azure portal.
Practice deploying an Azure virtual machine and verify the configuration.
Review cloud services responsibilities
Plan virtual machines
Determine virtual machine sizing
Determine virtual machine storage
Create virtual machines in the Azure portal
Connect to virtual machines
Interactive lab simulation

Configure virtual machine availability

Implement availability sets and availability zones.
Implement update and fault domains.
Implement Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets.
Autoscale virtual machines
Plan for maintenance and downtime
Create availability sets
Review update domains and fault domains
Review availability zones
Compare vertical and horizontal scaling
Implement Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
Create Virtual Machine Scale Sets
Implement autoscale
Configure autoscale
Interactive lab simulation

Configure Azure App Service plans

Identify features and usage cases for Azure App Service.
Select an appropriate Azure App Service plan pricing tier.
Scale an Azure App Service plan.
Implement Azure App Service plans
Determine Azure App Service plan pricing
Scale up and scale out Azure App Service
Configure Azure App Service autoscale

Configure Azure App Service

Identify features and usage cases for Azure App Service.
Create an app with Azure App Service.
Configure deployment settings, specifically deployment slots.
Secure your Azure App Service app.
Configure custom domain names.
Back up and restore your Azure App Service app.
Configure Azure Application Insights.
Implement Azure App Service
Create an app with App Service
Explore continuous integration and deployment
Create deployment slots
Add deployment slots
Secure your App Service app
Create custom domain names
Back up and restore your App Service app
Use Azure Application Insights
Interactive lab simulation

Configure Azure Container Instances

Identify when to use containers versus virtual machines.
Identify the features and usage cases of Azure Container Instances.
Implement Azure container groups.
Compare containers to virtual machines
Review Azure Container Instances
Implement container groups
Review Azure Container Apps
Interactive lab simulation

Manage virtual machines with the Azure CLI

Create a virtual machine with the Azure CLI.
Resize virtual machines with the Azure CLI.
Perform basic management tasks using the Azure CLI.
Connect to a running VM with SSH and the Azure CLI.
Exercise – Create a virtual machine
Exercise – Test your new virtual machine
Exercise – Explore other VM images
Exercise – Sizing VMs properly
Exercise – Query system and runtime information about the VM
Exercise – Start and stop your VM with the Azure CL
Exercise – Install software on your VM

Create a Windows virtual machine in Azure

Create a Windows virtual machine using the Azure portal.
Connect to a running Windows virtual machine using Remote Desktop.
Install software and change the network configuration on a VM using the Azure portal.
Create a Windows virtual machine in Azure
Exercise – Create a Windows virtual machine
Use RDP to connect to Windows Azure virtual machines
Exercise – Connect to a Windows virtual machine using RDP
Configure Azure virtual machine network settings

Host a web application with Azure App Service

Use the Azure portal to create an Azure App Service web app.
Use developer tools to create the code for a starter web application.
Deploy your code to Azure App Service.
Create a web app in the Azure portal
Exercise – Create a web app in the Azure portal
Prepare the web application code
Exercise – Write code to implement a web application
Deploy code to App Service
Exercise – Deploy your code to App Service

Configure virtual networks

Describe Azure virtual network features and components.
Identify features and usage cases for subnets and subnetting.
Identify usage cases for private and public IP addresses.
Create a virtual network and assign IP address.
Plan virtual networks
Create subnets
Create virtual networks
Plan IP addressing
Create public IP addressing
Associate public IP addresses
Allocate or assign private IP addresses
Interactive lab simulation

Configure network security groups

Determine when to use network security groups.
Create network security groups.
Implement and evaluate network security group rules.
Describe the function of application security groups.
Implement network security groups
Determine network security group rules
Determine network security group effective rules
Create network security group rules
Implement application security groups
Interactive lab simulation

Configure Azure Virtual Network peering

Identify usage cases and product features of Azure Virtual Network peering.
Configure your network to implement Azure VPN Gateway for transit connectivity.
Extend peering by using a hub and spoke network with user-defined routes and service chaining.
Determine Azure Virtual Network peering uses
Determine gateway transit and connectivity
Create virtual network peering
Extend peering with user-defined routes and service chaining
Interactive lab simulation

Configure network routing and endpoints

Implement system routes and user-defined routes.
Configure a custom route.
Implement service endpoints.
Identify features and usage cases for Azure Private Link and endpoint services.
Review system routes
Identify user-defined routes
Determine service endpoint uses
Determine service endpoint services
Identify private link uses
Interactive lab simulation

Configure Azure Load Balancer

Identify features and usage cases for Azure Load Balancer.
Implement public and internal Azure load balancers.
Compare features of load balancer SKUs and configuration differences.
Configure back-end pools, load-balancing rules, session persistence, and health probes
Determine Azure Load Balancer uses
Implement a public load balancer
Implement an internal load balancer
Determine load balancer SKUs
Create back-end pools
Create health probes
Create load balancer rules

Configure Azure Application Gateway

Identify features and usage cases for Azure Application Gateway.
Implement an Azure application gateway, including selecting a routing method.
Configure gateway components, such as listeners, health probes, and routing rules.
Implement Azure Application Gateway
Determine Azure Application Gateway routing
Configure Azure Application Gateway components

Design an IP adressing schema for your Azure deployment

Identify the private IP addressing capabilities of Azure virtual networks.
Identify the public IP addressing capabilities of Azure.
Identify the requirements for IP addressing when integrating with on-premises networks.
Network IP addressing and integration
Public and private IP addressing in Azure
Plan IP addressing for your networks
Exercise – Design and implement IP addressing for Azure virtual networks

Distribute your services across Azure virtual networks and integrate them by using virtual network peering

Identify use cases for virtual network peering.
Identify the features and limitations of virtual network peering.
Configure peering connections between virtual networks.
Connect services by using virtual network peering
Exercise – Prepare virtual networks for peering by using Azure CLI commands
Exercise – Configure virtual network peering connections by using Azure CLI commands
Exercise – Verify virtual network peering by using SSH between Azure virtual machines

Host your domain on Azure DNS

What is Azure DNS?
Configure Azure DNS to host your domain
Exercise – Create a DNS zone and an A record by using Azure DNS
Dynamically resolve resource name by using alias record
Exercise – Create alias records for Azure DNS

Manage and control traffic flow in your Azure deployment with routes

Identify the routing capabilities of an Azure virtual network
Configure routing within a virtual network
Deploy a basic network virtual appliance
Configure routing to send traffic through a network virtual appliance
Identify routing capabilities of an Azure virtual network
Exercise – Create custom routes
What is an NVA?
Exercise – Create an NVA and virtual machines
Exercise – Route traffic through the NVA

Improve application scalability and resiliency by using Azure Load Balancer

Identify the features and capabilities of Azure Load Balancer.
Deploy and configure an Azure Load Balancer.
Azure Load Balancer features and capabilities
Configure a public load balancer
Exercise – Configure a public load balancer
Internal load balancer

Introduction to Azure Backup

Basic knowledge of navigating the Azure portal
Basic knowledge of file and folder backup concepts
Basic knowledge of Azure Files shares, Azure VMs, and Azure Managed Disks
Basic knowledge of on-premises backup scenarios
What is Azure Backup?
How Azure Backup works
When to use Azure Backup

Configure virtual machine backups

Identify features and usage cases for different Azure backup methods.
Configure virtual machine snapshots and backup options.
Implement virtual machine backup and restore, including soft delete.
Perform site-to-site recovery by using Azure Site Recovery.
Explore options to protect virtual machine data
Create virtual machine snapshots in Azure Backup
Set up Azure Recovery Services vault backup options
Back up your virtual machines
Restore your virtual machines
Implement soft delete for your virtual machines
Implement Azure Site Recovery
Interactive lab simulation

Configure Azure Monitor

Identify the features and usage cases for Azure Monitor.
Configure and interpret metrics and logs.
Identify the Azure Monitor components and data types.
Configure the Azure Monitor activity log.
Describe Azure Monitor key capabilities
Describe Azure Monitor components
Define metrics and logs
Identify monitoring data and tiers
Describe activity log events
Query the activity log
Interactive lab simulation

Configure Log Analytics

Identify the features and usage cases for Log Analytics.
Create a Log Analytics workspace.
Structure a Log Analytics query and review results.
Determine Log Analytics uses
Create a Log Analytics workspace
Create Kusto (KQL) queries
Structure Log Analytics queries

Configure Network Watcher

Identify the features and usage cases for Azure Network Watcher.
Configure diagnostic capabilities like IP Flow Verify, Next Hop, and Network Topology.
Describe Azure Network Watcher features
Review IP flow verify diagnostics
Review next hop diagnostics
Visualize the network topology

Improve incident response with Azure Monitor alerts

Configure alerts on events in your Azure resources based on metrics, log events, and activity log events.
Learn how to use action groups in response to an alert, and how to use alert processing rules to override action groups when necessary.
Explore the different alert types that Azure Monitor supports
Use metric alerts for alerts about performance issues in your Azure environment
Exercise – Use metric alerts to alert on performance issues in your Azure environment
Use log alerts to alert on events in your application
Use activity log alerts to alert on events within your Azure infrastructure
Use action groups and alert processing rules to send notifications when an alert is fired
Exercise -Use an activity log alert and an action group to notify users about events in your Azure infrastructure

Analyze your Azure infrastructure by using Azure Monitor logs

Identify the features and capabilities of Azure Monitor logs.
Create basic Azure Monitor log queries to extract information from log data.
Features of Azure Monitor logs
Create basic Azure Monitor log queries to extract information from log data
Exercise – Create basic Azure Monitor log queries to extract information from log data

Monitor your Azure virtual machines with Azure Monitor

Understand which monitoring data you need to collect from your VM.
Enable and view recommended alerts and diagnostics.
Use Azure Monitor to collect and analyze VM host metrics data.
Use Azure Monitor Agent to collect VM client performance metrics and event logs.

Describe the core architectural components of Azure

Describe Azure regions, region pairs, and sovereign regions
Describe Availability Zones
Describe Azure datacenters
Describe Azure resources and Resource Groups
Describe subscriptions
Describe management groups
Describe the hierarchy of resource groups, subscriptions, and management groups
What is Microsoft Azure
Get started with Azure accounts
Exercise – Explore the Learn sandbox
Describe Azure physical infrastructure
Describe Azure management infrastructure
Exercise – Create an Azure resource

Describe Azure compute and networking services

Compare compute types, including container instances, virtual machines, and functions
Describe virtual machine (VM) options, including VMs, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, availability sets, Azure Virtual Desktop
Describe resources required for virtual machines
Describe application hosting options, including Azure Web Apps, containers, and virtual machines
Describe virtual networking, including the purpose of Azure Virtual Networks, Azure virtual subnets, peering, Azure DNS, VPN Gateway, and ExpressRoute
Define public and private endpoints
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 – Configure network access
Describe Azure virtual private networks
Describe Azure ExpressRoute
Describe Azure DNS

Describe azure storage services

Compare Azure storage services
Describe storage tiers
Describe redundancy options
Describe storage account options and storage types
Identify options for moving files, including AzCopy, Azure Storage Explorer, and Azure File Sync
Describe migration options, including Azure Migrate and Azure Data Box
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

Describe directory services in Azure, including Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Entra Domain Services
Describe authentication methods in Azure, including single sign-on (SSO), multifactor authentication (MFA), and passwordless
Describe external identities and guest access in Azure
Describe Microsoft Entra Conditional Access
Describe Azure Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
Describe the concept of Zero Trust
Describe the purpose of the defense in depth model
Describe the purpose of Microsoft Defender for Cloud
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

Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

Learn how to leverage the Cloud Adoption Framework to identify where your organization is in the digital transformation journey.
Identify triggers and opportunities for cloud adoption.
Recognize the components needed to develop a digital transformation strategy around your business, people, and technology.
Define strategy
Plan
Ready
Adopt
Govern and manage

Introduction to the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework

Describe the pillars of the Azure Well-Architected Framework
Identify key principles for creating a solid architectural foundation
Azure Well-Architected Framework pillars
Cost optimization
Operational excellence
Performance efficiency
Reliability
Security

Design governance

Design for governance.
Design for management groups.
Design for Azure subscriptions.
Design for resource groups.
Design for resource tagging.
Design for Azure Policy.
Design for Azure role-based access control.
Design for Azure landing zones.
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

Design for identity and access management.
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 for managed identities.
Design for service principals for applications.
Design for Azure Key Vault.
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

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
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

Define recovery time objective and recovery point objective
Explore the available high availability and disaster recovery options for both IaaS and PaaS
Devise an appropriate high availability and disaster recovery strategy
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 options for PaaS deployments
Explore an IaaS high availability and disaster recovery solution
Describe hybrid solutions

Design a solution for backup and disaster recovery

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 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 for non-relational data

Design for data storage.
Design for Azure storage accounts.
Design for Azure blob storage.
Design for data redundancy.
Design for Azure files.
Design an Azure disk solution.
Design for storage security.
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

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 protection for data at rest, data in transmission, and data in use.
Design for Azure SQL Edge.
Design for Azure Cosmos DB.
Design for Azure Table Storage.
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 SQL Edge
Design for Azure Cosmos DB and Table Storage

Design data integration

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

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.
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

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

Recommend a network architecture solution based on workload requirements
Design for on-premises connectivity to Azure Virtual Network
Design for Azure network connectivity services
Design for application delivery services
Design for application protection services
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

Evaluate migration with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
Describe the Azure Migration and Modernization Program (Azure Migration Framework)
Assess your on-premises workloads
Select a migration tool
Migrate your databases
Select an online storage migration tool
Migrate offline data
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

Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Cost Optimization

Build a team culture that has awareness of budget, expenses, reporting, and cost tracking
Spend only on what you need to achieve the highest return on your investments
Maximize the use of resources and operations
Increase efficiency without redesigning, renegotiating, or sacrificing requirements
Continuously right-size investment as your workload evolves
Develop cost-management discipline
Design with a cost-efficiency mindset
Design for usage optimization
Design for rate optimization
Monitor and optimize over time

Micrososft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Operational excellence

Apply modern practices to design, build, and orchestrate resources on Azure
Gain operational insights by using monitoring and analytics
Reduce effort and error by using automation
Identify issues and improve quality in your application by using tests
Embrace DevOps culture
Establish development standards
Evolve operations with observability
Deploy with confidence
Automate for efficiency
Adopt safe deployment practices

Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Performance efficiency

Scale your capacity based on workload.
Optimize network performance.
Optimize storage and database performance.
Improve application performance by identifying bottlenecks.
Negotiate realistic performance targets
Design to meet capacity requirements
Achieve and sustain performance
Improve efficiency through optimization

Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Reliability

Determine the reliability requirements from the business and apply those requirements to your workload design.
Design your workload to be fault-tolerant and able to degrade gracefully.
Design your workload to recover from malfunctions ranging from component-level faults to disasters.
Build observability and testing into your workload design and operations practices.
Design your workload with a focus on simplicity to minimize risks.
Design for business requirements
Design for resilience
Design for recovery
Design for operations
Keep it simple

Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Security

Create a security readiness plan that’s aligned with business priorities.
Properly handle confidentiality requirements.
Strengthen the integrity of your workload against security risks.
Strengthen the availability of your workload against security incidents.
Continuously maintain and improve your workload’s security posture
Plan your security readiness
Design to protect confidentiality
Design to protect integrity
Design to protect availability
Sustain and evolve your security posture

Getting started with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

Understand common roadblocks that prevent adoption success.
Evaluate one or more guides that can help you get things started or move faster.
Get started on the proper course of action by using shared guidance and related Learn modules.
Customer narrative
Common blockers

Prepare for successful cloud adoption with a well-defined strategy

Create clarity for a corporate strategy to ensure that all team members are working toward common goals.
Establish metrics to create clarity, help the team learn, and systematically work toward your organizational objectives.
Evaluate financial considerations to understand the value of cloud adoption.
Assess your strategy using the Cloud Adoption Strategy.
Evaluate technical considerations to help the team prepare for successful cloud adoption projects.
Customer narrative
Capture strategic motivation
Define objectives and key results
Evaluate financial considerations
Understand technical considerations
Create a business case

Prepare for cloud adoption with a data-driven plan

Create an actionable cloud adoption plan.
Understand your digital estate.
Assess the digital estate with Azure Migrate and refine your plan.
Exercise – Deploy your first cloud adoption plan
Exercise – Assess your digital estate
Exercise – Customize your cloud adoption plan

Choose the best Azure landing zone to support your requirements for cloud operations

Compare your management, governance, and security requirements for operations to common operating models.
Evaluate options for implementing Azure landing zones against your short-term and long-term requirements.
Choose the best Azure landing zone and Learn modules to support your needs for cloud adoption.
Common operating models
Design areas for Azure landing zones
Design principles for Azure landing zones
Journey to the target architecture
Choose an Azure landing zone option
Deploy the Azure landing zone accelerator
Enhance your landing zone

Migrate to Azure through repeatable processes and common tools

Understand the tools commonly used in migration
Learn about the migration processes required to migrate effectively
Demonstrate a migration (hands-on if possible)
Understand options for properly migrating various platforms and workloads
Choose the best learning path to continue on with migrating a specific platform or workload
Migration process
Migration tools
Common tech platforms
Exercise – Migration and modernization

Address tangible risks with the Govern methodology of the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

Establish processes to properly govern cloud adoption.
Classify tangible risks based on the reference cloud adoption plan.
Integrate corporate policies to mitigate tangible risks.
List implementation strategies to mitigate risks.
Demonstrate Azure Policy additions that implement risk mitigation strategies.
Prioritize future governance investments.
Govern methodology
Corporate policies
Governance disciplines
Knowledge check
Deploy a cloud governance foundation
The Cost Management discipline

Ensure stable operations and optimization across all supported workloads deployed to the cloud

Evaluate levels of business commitment across your portfolio of workloads
Deploy an operations baseline
Customize the baseline to meet operations needs
Centralize operations for core platforms
Partner with workload teams for richer decentralized operations
Establish business commitments
Deploy an operations baseline
Protect and recover
Enhance an operations baseline
Manage platform and workload specialization

Innovate applications by using Azure Cloud technologies

Understand the innovation cycle
Map Azure services to the phases of the innovation cycle
Correlate technologies to business outcomes of innovation
Follow the innovation lifecycle
Azure technologies for the build process
Infuse your applications with AI
Azure technologies for measuring business impact
Azure technologies for the learn process

Prepare for cloud security by using the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

Understand cloud security methodology.
Identify security roles and responsibilities.
Assess cultural and role and responsibility changes that typically come with cloud adoption.
Learn how to simplify compliance and security implementation in the cloud.
Methodology
Security roles and responsibilities
Simplify compliance and security
Simplify security implementation
Security tools and policies

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Microsoft Azure Administrator & Solutions Architect Accelerated Boot Camp?

This intensive 6-day Microsoft Azure certification boot camp combines Azure Administrator (AZ-104) and Azure Solutions Architect (AZ-305) training into one accelerated program. The course is designed for experienced IT professionals who want to develop advanced Azure administration and cloud architecture skills while preparing for two Microsoft certification exams.

What Microsoft certifications does this Azure boot camp prepare me for?

The boot camp prepares students for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) and Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) certification exams. Together, these certifications demonstrate skills in administering Azure environments and designing enterprise-level Azure solutions.

Who should take this accelerated Azure certification boot camp?

This program is best suited for Azure administrators, cloud engineers, systems administrators, network engineers, DevOps professionals, cloud architects, and experienced IT professionals who want to advance their Microsoft Azure skills and certifications.

Do I need previous Azure experience to take this boot camp?

Yes. Because this is an accelerated program covering both administrator- and architect-level material, participants should have practical IT and cloud experience. Familiarity with Azure administration, networking, virtualization, operating systems, security, and cloud infrastructure is highly recommended.

Can I take both Microsoft certification exams during the boot camp?

Yes, the program is structured to allow participants to prepare for and take both the AZ-104 and AZ-305 certification exams during the 6-day training experience, assuming the exams are included in your specific enrollment package.

Is this Azure boot camp good for someone new to Azure?

Because the program covers two advanced Azure certifications in only six days, it is not intended as an introductory Azure course. Professionals who are new to Azure should generally establish foundational Azure knowledge before attempting this accelerated administrator and solutions architect program.