Before attending this course, students must have the following technical knowledge: Create resources and resource group in Azure. Manage users, groups, and subscriptions in an Azure Active Directory instance. Build an Azure Virtual Machine with related resources. Manage containers and blobs stored in an Azure Storage account. Create App Service Plans and manage apps related to the plan. Configure an Azure Virtual Network and enable S2S and P2S connectivity. Protect networked application components using Network Security Groups. Automate everyday Azure resource tasks using Azure CLI or Azure PowerShell. Deploy an Azure SQL, MySQL, Postgres or Cosmos database instance. Monitor existing Azure solutions using built-in metrics, Application Insights, or Operational Insights. Monitor existing Azure solutions using built-in metrics, Application Insights, or Operational Insights.

This course is intended for architects who have experience building infrastructure and applications on the Microsoft Azure platform. Students should have a thorough understanding of most services offered on the Azure platform. The students typically work for organizations that have an active solution on Azure and are planning to enhance existing solutions or deploy more solutions to the Azure platform. This course also is intended for architects who want to take the Microsoft Certification exam, 70-535, Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions.