Upon completion of this course and successful assessment, learners will have acquired these skills 

• Understand the benefits of cloud computing in Azure and how it can save you time and money 
• Explain concepts such as high availability, scalability, elasticity, agility, and disaster recovery 
• Describe core Azure architecture components such as subscriptions, management groups, resources 
• Summarize geographic distribution concepts such as Azure regions, region pairs, and availability 
• Understand the breadth of services available in Azure including compute, network, storage, and databases 
• Identify virtualization services such as Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Container Instances, Azure Ku 
• Compare Azure's database services such as Azure Cosmos DB, Azure SQL, Azure Database for MySQL 
• Examine Azure networking resources such as Virtual Networks, VPN Gateways, and Azure ExpressRoute 
• Summarize Azure storage services such Azure Blob Storage, Azure Disk Storage, and Azure File Storage 
• Choose the correct Azure Artificial Intelligence service to address different kinds of business challenges 
• Choose the best software development process tools and services for a given business scenario. 
• Choose the correct cloud monitoring service to address different kinds of business challenges. 
• Choose the correct Azure management tool to address different kinds of technical needs and challenge 
• Choose the right serverless computing technology for your business scenario. 
• Choose the best Azure IoT service for a given business scenario. 
• Strengthen your security posture and protect against threats by using Azure Security Center. 
• Collect and act on security data from many different sources by using Azure Sentinel. 
• Manage dedicated physical servers to host your Azure VMs for Windows and Linux by using Azure 
• Identify the layers that make up a *defense in depth* strategy. 
• Explain how Azure Firewall enables you to control what traffic is allowed on the network. 
• Configure network security groups to filter network traffic to and from Azure resources within a Mic 
• Explain how Azure DDoS Protection helps protect your Azure resources from DDoS attacks. 
• Explain the difference between authentication and authorization. 
• Describe how Azure Active Directory provides identity and access management. 
• Explain the role single sign-on (SSO), multifactor authentication, and Conditional Access play. 
• Make organizational decisions about your cloud environment by using the CAF for Azure. 
• Define who can access cloud resources by using Azure role-based access control. 
• Apply a resource lock to prevent accidental deletion of your Azure resources. 
• Apply tags to your Azure resources to help describe their purpose. 
• Control and audit how your resources are created by using Azure Policy. 
• Enable governance at scale across multiple Azure subscriptions by using Azure Blueprints. 
• Explain the types of compliance offerings that are available on Azure. 
• Gain insight into regulatory standards and compliance on Azure. 
• Explain Azure capabilities that are specific to government agencies. 
• Use the Total Cost of Ownership Calculator. 
• Describe the different ways you can purchase Azure products and services. 
• Use the Pricing calculator to estimate the monthly cost of running your cloud workloads. 
• Define the major factors that affect total cost and apply recommended practices to minimize cost. 
• Describe what a service-level agreement (SLA) is and why SLAs are important. 
• Identify factors, such as the service tier you choose, that can affect an SLA. 
• Combine SLAs to compute a composite SLA. 
• Describe the service lifecycle in Azure.