Azure Solution Architect Boot Camp (AZ-300 and AZ-301)

AZ-301T01:  Designing for Identity and Security
Lab : Securing Secrets in Azure
After completing this module, students will be able to:
· Integrate their existing solutions with external identity providers using Azure AD B2B or B2C.
· Design a hybrid identity solution.
· Determine when to use advanced features of Azure AD such as Managed Service Identity, MFA and Privileged Identity Management.
· Secure application secrets using Key Vault.
· Secure application data using SQL Database and Azure Storage features.

Lab : Deploying Service Instances as Components of Overall Azure Solutions
After completing this module, students will be able to:
· Detail the various APIs available in Cognitive Services.
· Identify when to use the Face API, Speech API or Language Understanding (LUIS) service.
 
AZ-301T02:  Designing a Data Platform Solution
Lab : Deploying Database Instances in Azure
After completing this module, students will be able to:
· Compare and contrast monitoring services for applications, the Azure platform, and networking.
· Identify data streaming options for large-scale data ingest.
· Identify longer-term data storage options.

Lab : Deploying Configuration Management Solutions to Azure
After completing this module, students will be able to:
· Compare and contrast monitoring services for applications, the Azure platform, and networking.
· Design an alert scheme for a solution hosted in Azure.
· Select the appropriate backup option for infrastructure and data hosted in Azure.
Automate the deployment of future resources for backup recovery or scaling purposes.
 
AZ-301T03:  Designing for Deployment, Migration, and Integration
Lab : Deploying Resources with Azure Resource Manager
After completing this module, students will be able to:
· Create a resource group.
· Add resources to a resource group.
· Deploy an ARM template to a resource group.
· Filter resources using tags.
· Author a complex deployment using the Azure Building Blocks tools.

Lab : Deploying Managed Containerized Workloads to Azure
After completing this module, students will be able to:
· Select between hosting application code or containers in an App Service instance.
· Describe the differences between API, Mobile, and Web Apps.
· Integrate an API or Logic App with the API Management service.
· Design an App Service Plan or multi-region deployment for high performance and scale.

Lab : Deploying Serverless Workloads to Azure
After completing this module, students will be able to:
· Select between hosting application code or containers in an App Service instance.
· Describe the differences between API, Mobile, and Web Apps.
· Integrate an API or Logic App with the API Management service.
· Design an App Service Plan or multi-region deployment for high performance and scale.
 
AZ-301T04:  Designing an Infrastructure Strategy
Lab : Building Azure IaaS-Based Server Applications.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
· Design an availability set for one or more virtual machines.
· Describe the differences between fault and update domains.
· Author a VM Scale Set ARM template.
· Join a virtualized machine to a domain either in Azure or on a hybrid network.

Lab : Deploying Network Infrastructure for Use in Azure Solutions
After completing this module, students will be able to:
· Describe DNS and IP strategies for VNETs in Azure.
· Compare connectivity options for ad-hoc and hybrid connectivity.
· Distribute network traffic across multiple loads using load balancers.
· Design a hybrid connectivity scenario between cloud and on-premise.

Lab : Integrating Azure Solution Components using Messaging Services
After completing this module, students will be able to:
· Compare Storage Queues to Service Bus Queues.
· Identify when to use Azure Functions or Logic Apps for integration components in a solution.
· Describe the differences between IoT Hubs, Event Hubs and Time Series Insights.