Azure Development Online Training

The exam associated with this course was retired. However, this course still retains value as a training resource.

In this intermediate Microsoft skills training, Ben Finkel covers how to develop, implement, monitor, and troubleshoot resilient and scalable solutions on the Azure platform.

Microsoft’s Azure platform continues to grow rapidly in popularity. Many DevOps teams use Azure to deploy highly scalable web applications and cloud services. As a result, DevOps pros who can build websites, create virtual machines, and architect a storage strategy are in demand. This training will help you validate your Azure Development skills and gain an understanding of development best practices.

While this Microsoft skill isn't mapped to a certification exam, it's valuable training for anyone who wants to prove they're ready to step into DevOps engineer positions. After finishing this Azure Development training, you'll know how to develop, implement, monitor, and troubleshoot resilient and scalable solutions on the Azure platform.

For managers of Microsoft products, this Microsoft training can be used to onboard new DevOps professionals, curated into individual or team training plans, or as a Microsoft reference resource.

Azure Development: What You Need to Know

This Azure Development training contains videos that cover Azure infrastructure topics including:

• Configuring and scaling Azure websites
• Creating Azure virtual machines
• Configuring endpoints, ACLs, and load balancing for Azure virtual machines
• Configuring and managing Azure Cloud Services
• Working with Azure storage accounts
• Working with SQL databases
• Azure Active Directory
• Azure networks

Who Should Take Azure Development Training?

This Azure Development training is considered professional-level Microsoft training, which means it was designed for DevOps professionals. This development best practices skills course is designed for DevOps professionals with three to five years of experience with Azure infrastructure.

New or aspiring DevOps professionals. Azure is the second most popular public cloud platform for deploying applications, and it’s gaining ground on AWS. If you’re looking forward to a career in DevOps, you’ll want to cover all your bases when it comes to which platform and environment you’re familiar with. This training prepares you to manipulate Azure functionality to optimize your DevOps procedures and processes, which is the backbone of a career in DevOps.

Experienced DevOps professionals. Microsoft’s Azure platform continues to grow rapidly in popularity. Many DevOps teams use Azure to deploy highly scalable web applications and cloud services. As a result, DevOps pros that can build websites, create virtual machines, and architect a storage strategy are in-demand. This training will help you validate your Azure Development skills and gain an understanding of development best practices.