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Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies Study Companion

Hands-on Preparation and Practice for Exam AZ-300 and AZ-303

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  • Includes exercises to prepare for exam lab assignments
  • Provides mock exam questions for practice
  • Discusses architecture best practices to optimize Azure deployments

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. Setting Expectations

    • Rahul Sahay
    Pages 1-18
  3. Virtual Machines

    • Rahul Sahay
    Pages 19-101
  4. ARM Templates

    • Rahul Sahay
    Pages 103-119
  5. Virtual Machine Encryption

    • Rahul Sahay
    Pages 121-138
  6. Azure Monitoring

    • Rahul Sahay
    Pages 139-167
  7. Azure Recommendations

    • Rahul Sahay
    Pages 169-183
  8. Storage Solutions

    • Rahul Sahay
    Pages 185-235
  9. Managing Virtual Networks

    • Rahul Sahay
    Pages 237-264
  10. Connecting Networks

    • Rahul Sahay
    Pages 265-292
  11. Azure Active Directory

    • Rahul Sahay
    Pages 293-391
  12. Implement and Manage Hybrid Identities

    • Rahul Sahay
    Pages 393-397
  13. Migrate Servers to Azure

    • Rahul Sahay
    Pages 399-431
  14. Serverless Computing

    • Rahul Sahay
    Pages 433-496
  15. Load Balancing

    • Rahul Sahay
    Pages 497-559
  16. Multifactor Authentication

    • Rahul Sahay
    Pages 561-584
  17. App Services

    • Rahul Sahay
    Pages 585-621
  18. Service Fabric

    • Rahul Sahay
    Pages 623-659
  19. Apps with Containers

    • Rahul Sahay
    Pages 661-680
  20. Data Security

    • Rahul Sahay
    Pages 681-698

About this book

Use this invaluable study companion and hands-on guide to help you prepare for the AZ-300 and AZ-303 certification exam and get well on your way to becoming an Azure Solutions Architect.


The book starts with an overview of public, private, and hybrid clouds and then goes into configuration of virtual machines. Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and VM encryption are discussed along with Azure Monitor. You will learn how to work with Azure recommendations and analyze your resource configuration. Storage solutions, connecting to networks, and Azure Active Directory are discussed in depth, with examples. You will be able to migrate servers to Azure and demonstrate server-less computing, load balancing, and app services in Azure. You also will learn about Service Fabric, Azure Kubernetes services, and data security in Azure. Cosmos DB and Relational DB are covered and you will know how to connect to cloud databases using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). The book presents exercises, practice questions, and Azure architecture best practices.




What Will You Learn
  • Be able to speak with customers, understand their infrastructure, and provide a blueprint to migrate their framework to Azure
  • Go beyond moving on-premise frameworks to Azure and design solutions on Azure from the start
  • Know Azure architecture best practices to optimize Azure deployments
  • Complete practice exercises to prepare for exam lab assignments
  • Take a mock exam for practice



Who This Book Is For


Azure developers, Azure Solution Architects, and those aspiring to fill these roles, who possess some familiarity with cloud computing




Authors and Affiliations

  • Bangalore, India

    Rahul Sahay

About the author

Rahul Sahay is a Microsoft MVP specializing in web technologies. He is Software Development Engineer at Kongsberg Digital. He has been working in various aspects of the software development life cycle for 11+ years, focusing on web stack development. He is part of software development in different applications, ranging from client applications to web services to websites. Rahul is well versed with C#, ASP.NET, .Net Core, Angular, Microservices, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, DevOps, Power BI, etc. He is also involved in designing application architecture from scratch. He spends most of his time in writing platform-agnostic and cloud-agnostic code.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies Study Companion

  • Book Subtitle: Hands-on Preparation and Practice for Exam AZ-300 and AZ-303

  • Authors: Rahul Sahay

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6200-9

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Rahul Sahay 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-6199-6Published: 22 September 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-6200-9Published: 21 September 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 792

  • Number of Illustrations: 986 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Microsoft and .NET

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 64.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access