Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure Certification Companion: Hands-On Preparation and Practice for Exam Az-204

Improve your odds of passing one of the most highly sought-after exams for developers working with Microsoft's cloud platform: Exam AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure. This book guides you through practical examples of each of the technologies covered by the exam while exposing you to the settings and interactions between platform solutions that you will need to be in command of to prepare for the exam and to use on your job in Azure development.
Chapters in this book correspond directly to the exam skills outline and are delivered in a "from-the-ground-up" approach, allowing you to build your knowledge as you go. This approach serves to help even novice developers get up to speed quickly, while allowing more experienced developers to find the exact topics and scenarios they need to hone their skill sets as they both prepare for the exam and reference information for real-world solutions.
As you work through each chapter, you will get an introduction to the topic of the chapter followed by a comprehensive discovery of the key elements of the Azure service(s) being covered. You'll be guided through solutions by studying typical, real-world scenarios. Each chapter concludes with review questions to solidify your learning and includes links to the corresponding Microsoft Learn modules that are relevant to the concepts in the chapter and associated with each section of the AZ-204 exam.

What You Will Learn

• Know the essential platform services of Azure
• Develop and deploy secure and robust web solutions
• Architect and create serverless solutions
• Manage containers in the Azure Containers ecosystem
• Choose the correct messaging and event-handling tools for your applications
• Master real-world examples and challenges that help prepare you for the AZ-204 exam

Who This Book Is For
Developers planning to take the AZ-204 exam, and developers who want to learn more about development on the most common Azure platform services

提升通過微軟雲平台開發者最受追捧的考試之一的機會：《Exam AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure》。本書通過實際示例引導您瞭解考試涵蓋的每項技術，同時讓您熟悉平台解決方案之間的設置和互動，這些知識將有助於您在準備考試和在Azure開發工作中使用。
本書的章節直接對應考試技能大綱，並以“從頭開始”的方式呈現，讓您在學習的過程中逐步建立知識。這種方法不僅有助於新手開發者快速上手，還能讓有經驗的開發者找到他們需要精進技能的確切主題和場景，無論是為了考試準備還是參考實際解決方案的信息。
在每個章節中，您將首先獲得該章節主題的介紹，然後全面了解所涵蓋的Azure服務的關鍵元素。通過研究典型的實際場景，您將被引導解決方案。每個章節都以回顧問題作為結尾，以鞏固您的學習，並包含與該章節中概念相關的相應Microsoft Learn模塊的鏈接，以及與AZ-204考試的每個部分相關聯的鏈接。

您將學到什麼

• 瞭解Azure的基本平台服務


• 開發並部署安全可靠的Web解決方案


• 設計並創建無伺服器解決方案


• 管理Azure容器生態系統中的容器


• 為應用程序選擇正確的消息傳遞和事件處理工具


• 掌握準備AZ-204考試所需的真實世界示例和挑戰

本書適合對象
計劃參加AZ-204考試的開發者，以及想要更多瞭解最常見的Azure平台服務開發的開發者。

​Brian L. Gorman is a Microsoft Azure MVP, developer, computer science instructor, and trainer. He has been working in .NET technologies as long as they have existed. He was originally MCSD certified in .NET 1 and re-certified with MCSA: Web Apps and MCSD: App Builder certifications in 2019. From 2019 on, Brian has earned 11 Azure certifications, including the Azure, Security, and Data Fundamentals certifications, the Azure Administrator, Database Administrator, Security Engineer, and Developer Associate certifications, the Azure Solutions Architect and DevOps Expert certifications, and the IoT and Cosmos DB Specialty certifications.

Additionally, Brian became an MCT as of April 2019, and is focusing on developing and training developers with full-stack web solutions with .NET Core and Azure. Most recently, Brian has found purpose as an instructor for the Microsoft Software and Systems Academy (MSSA) in the cloud application development program.

In addition to working with .NET technologies, Brian was also an adjunct faculty member in the computer science department for Franklin University for over 10 years, where his courses included data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and, full-stack solutions in the computer science capstone practicum course. Brian has created many online technical training courses that can be found online on various platforms. Brian is also the author of Apress books Practical Entity Framework, and Practical Entity Framework Core 6.

Brian L. Gorman 是一位微軟 Azure MVP、開發人員、計算機科學講師和培訓師。他從.NET技術開始就一直在這個領域工作。他最初在.NET 1中獲得了MCSD認證，並在2019年重新獲得了MCSA: Web Apps和MCSD: App Builder認證。從2019年開始，Brian已經獲得了11個Azure認證，包括Azure、安全性和數據基礎認證，Azure管理員、數據庫管理員、安全工程師和開發人員副認證，Azure解決方案架構師和DevOps專家認證，以及物聯網和Cosmos DB專業認證。

此外，Brian於2019年4月成為MCT，並專注於使用.NET Core和Azure開發和培訓全棧網絡解決方案的開發人員。最近，Brian在微軟軟體和系統學院（MSSA）的雲應用開發計劃中擔任講師，並找到了自己的目標。

除了使用.NET技術外，Brian還是富蘭克林大學計算機科學系的兼職教師超過10年，他的課程包括數據結構、算法、設計模式和計算機科學頂點實習課程中的全棧解決方案。Brian創建了許多在各種平台上可以找到的在線技術培訓課程。Brian還是Apress書籍《實用Entity Framework》和《實用Entity Framework Core 6》的作者。