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The Azure portal: https://portal.azure.com
Azure on-demand demo series: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/get-started/on-demand/?OCID=AZ_ODD_RM

Azure cloud-shell: https://shell.azure.com
"Azure Cloud Shell requires an Azure file share to persist files."
"This will create a new storage account for you and this will incur a small monthly cost."

(Azure fundamentals "AZ-900".)

Azure App Service is a PaaS (platform as a service) offering.
 (it supports many development languages, including .NET)

Azure Container Instances (ACI) is the Azure service that gives you the ability to create and deploy containerized applications

AKS is a container orchestration service that monitors container health, provides container scalability, and enables resource sharing among containers in a Kubernetes cluster. Each of the containers in the Kubernetes cluster is called a node. AKS simplifies deployment because once you've defined a container image, you can use AKS to easily deploy as many instances of that image as needed within a cluster, as well as deploy multiple clusters.
 
Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) is an Azure service that enables users to run a Windows client in the cloud. The user accesses the Windows client either through a Virtual Desktop client application on their Windows device or through an HTML 5 browser like Edge or Chrome. 

Azure free services: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/free-services
 
Before you can begin using storage in Azure, you must create a storage account. A storage account contains Azure Storage objects and provides a unique namespace through which you can access those storage objects via HTTP and HTTPS. As you might expect, Azure offers several types of storage accounts, each intended for specific purposes and each with different costs. Below are 2 examples of storage accounts:

  • General-purpose v1: This is a legacy account type intended for blobs, files, queues, and tables.
  • General-purpose v2: This storage account type is also intended for blobs, files, queues, and tables, as well as Data Lake Gen2. 


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Submitted by benzzon on Thu, 2023-12-07 - 09:58

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The 5 blocks (with details) for Azure AZ-204:

Develop Azure Compute Solutions
 Implement Iaas Solutions
  Provision Virtual Machines (VMs)
  Configure, validate, and deploy ARM templates
  Configure container images for solutions
  Publish an image to the Azure Container Registry
  Run containers by using Azure Container Instance

 Create Azure App Service Web Apps
  Create an Azure App Service Web App
  Enable diagnostic logging
  Deploy code to a web app
  Configure web app settings
  Implement autoscaling rules, including scheduled autoscaling,
  and scaling by operational or system metrics

 Implement Azure Functions
  Create and deploy Azure Functions
  Implement input and output bindings for a function
  Implement function triggers by using data operations, timers, and webhooks
  Implement Azure Durable Functions
  Implement custom handlers

Develop for Azure Storage
 Develop Solutions that use Cosmos DB Storage
  Select the appropriate API and SDK for a solution
  Implement partitioning schemes and partition keys
  Perform operations on data and Cosmos DB containers
  Set the appropriate consistency level for operations
  Manage change feed notifications

Implement Azure Security
 Implement User Authentication and Authorization
  Authenticate and authorize users by using the Microsoft Identity Platform
  Authenticate and authorize users and apps by using Azure Active Directory (Entra)
  Create and implement shared access signatures

 Implement Secure Cloud Solutions
  Secure app configuration data by using the App Configuration and Azure Key Vault
  Develop code that uses keys, secrets, and certificates stored in the Azure Key Vault
  Implement solutions that interact with Microsoft Graph

Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Azure Solutions
 Integrate Caching and Content Delivery Within Solutions
  Configure cache and expiration policies for Azure Redis cache
  Implement secure and optimized application cache patterns including data sizing, connections, encryption and expiration

 Instrument Solutions to Support Monitoring and Logging
  Configure an app or service to use Application Insights
  Analyze and troubleshoot solutions by using Azure Monitor
  Implement Application Insights web tests and alerts

Connect to and consume Azure Services and third-party services
 Implement API Managment
  Create an APIM instance
  Configure authentication for APIs
  Define policies for APIs

 Develop Event-Based Solutions
  Implement solutions that use Azure Event Grid
  Implement solutions that use Azure Event Hub

 Develop Message-Based Solutions
  Implement solutions that use Azure Service Bus
  Implement solutions that use Azure Queue Storage Queues