Azure AZ-204 Exam is for Developing solutions for Microsoft Azure. The AZ-204 exam covers a range of topics related to Azure development, such as creating Azure App Service web apps, implementing Azure functions, integrating Azure services, and more. Review the exam objectives to ensure that you clearly understand what will be covered. I have documented the most practical Azure AZ-204 exam preparation notes. This guide is designed based on my experience and hopefully will save you time finding appropriate resources.
Pre-requisites
1. Professionals with a minimum of 1-2 years of development experience and experience with Microsoft Azure
2. One should also be able to code in Azure-supported programming languages and should be proficient using Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, and other Azure tools.
Before you Begin
The first thing you need to do is download( and maybe take a print and put it up on the wall of your room) the Exam Skills Outline.
Exam study references
1. The official study guide on the exam home page is the first place to start preparing for the exam topics
Besides being entirely free, the best thing about this guide is that it gives you around ten 4-hour sandboxes, which you can use to complete the labs in this guide, plus some extra hands-on practice.
2. You should get enough confidence when you finish the study guide. But to get more worth out of the material, look at the Learning paths specific to the exam topics (specified in the skills outline). Following are some of the valuable learning paths and MS DOC links:
a. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/secure-azure-storage-account/
b. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/intro-to-azure-ad/
c. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/automate-azure-tasks-with-powershell/
d. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/manage-virtual-machines-with-azure-cli/
e. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/intro-to-docker-containers/
f. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/create-serverless-logic-with-azure-functions/
g. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/azure-data-fundamentals-explore-core-data-concepts/
h. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/store-app-data-with-azure-blob-storage/
i. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/build-serverless-api-with-functions-api-management/
j. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/internal-lb
k. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-auth-aad-app
l. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/reference-app-manifest
m. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/app-service-web-tutorial-rest-api
n. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/container-registry-authentication
o. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/event-hubs/event-hubs-about
p. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/import-and-publish
q. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/mock-api-responses
r. https://www.itexams.com/exam/AZ-204
s. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cdn/cdn-optimization-overview
t. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blob-event-overview
u. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blob-change-feed?tabs=azure-portal
v. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/containers/app-service-linux-faq
w. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview
y. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/event-grid/compare-messaging-services
z. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blob-event-overview
aa. https://medium.com/@satish1v/devops-your-way-to-azure-web-apps-with-azure-cli-206ed4b3e9b1
bb. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/sql-api-get-started
cc. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/soft-delete-overview
dd. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-auth-aad-app
ee. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/reference-app-manifest
ff. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/synthetic-partition-keys
gg. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/container-registry-authentication
hh. https://github.com/projectkudu/kudu/wiki/Customizing-deployments
3. There are some readymade study guide recommendations like the following:
a. https://ravikirans.com/?s=az-204
Practice Tests for AZ 204 Exam
After you have crammed all this material related to the az-204 exam preparation, it is time to put your skull to the test with some practice tests. Practice tests are available from many sites; most have smaller sets of questions for free and fuller versions of the timed test. I recommend these:
a. https://www.whizlabs.com/microsoft-azure-certification-az-204/
b. An online course on Udemy by Scott Duffy is good, with short video content explaining all sections covered in the Exam.
c. Udemy has a good practice test with more than 100 questions. You might find most questions standard across various online tests, but you should expect a changed version of those questions asking about another aspect of the same scenario.
I hope the above material helps you achieve your az-204 exam certification goal. Study this material for around 4-5 weeks and then go to the practice tests. Try building a sample application using Azure App Service or implementing an Azure function, and use Azure documentation and resources to help you learn and troubleshoot. Remember going through the material this way will prepare you to take real work in the mentioned topics and not just ace the exams, so do as many labs as possible. Also, review the CLI and PowerShell versions of everything you use in the portal.
Happy Studying! And All the Best!
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Srirang Netake
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