Exam Ref 70-532 Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions

✍ Scribed by Tejada, Zoiner;Bustamante, Michele LeRoux

• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 432
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-532--and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of Microsoft Azure solution development. Designed for experienced developers ready to advance their status,Exam Reffocuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Specialist level.
Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

Design and implement Websites Create and manage Virtual Machines Design and implement Cloud Services Design and implement a storage strategy Manage application and network services
This MicrosoftExam Ref

Organizes its coverage by exam objectives Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you Will be valuable for Microsoft Azure developers, solution architects, DevOps engineers, and QA engineers Assumes you have experience designing, programming, implementing, automating, and monitoring Microsoft Azure solutions and that you are proficient with tools, techniques, and approaches for building scalable, resilient solutionsDeveloping Microsoft Azure Solutions
About the Exam
Exam 70-532 focuses on the skills and knowledge needed to develop Microsoft Azure solutions that include websites, virtual machines, cloud services, storage, application services, and network services.
About Microsoft Certification
Passing this exam earns you a Microsoft Specialist certification in Microsoft Azure, demonstrating your expertise with the Microsoft Azure enterprise-grade cloud platform.
You can earn this certification by passing Exam 70-532, Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions; or Exam 70-533, Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions; or Exam 70-534, Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions.
See full details at:microsoft.com/learning

✦ Table of Contents

Copyright page......Page 2
Microsoft certifications......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Stay in touch......Page 13
Preparing for the exam......Page 14
Chapter 1: Design and implement websites......Page 15
Defining deployment slots......Page 16
Creating hosting plans......Page 21
Migrating websites between hosting plans......Page 24
Creating a website within a hosting plan......Page 26
Objective 1.2: Configure websites......Page 27
Defining and using app settings......Page 28
Defining and using connection strings......Page 30
Defining and using request handler mappings......Page 32
Defining and using virtual directories and virtual applications......Page 34
Configure custom domains......Page 36
Configuring certificates......Page 40
Configuring SSL bindings......Page 46
Managing websites by using the API, Windows PowerShell, and the Cross-Platform Command Line Interface (xplat-cli)......Page 47
Objective summary......Page 48
Objective 1.3: Configure diagnostics, monitoring, and analytics......Page 49
Retrieving diagnostics data and viewing streaming logs......Page 50
Configuring diagnostics......Page 57
Using remote debugging......Page 59
Configuring endpoint monitoring......Page 60
Configuring alerts......Page 62
Monitoring website resources......Page 65
Objective review......Page 68
Writing WebJobs using the SDK......Page 69
Packaging and deploying WebJobs......Page 72
Scheduling WebJobs......Page 74
Objective review......Page 75
Objective 1.5: Configure websites for scale and resilience......Page 76
Configuring auto-scale using built-in and custom schedules......Page 77
Configuring auto-scale by metric......Page 78
Changing the size of an instance......Page 82
Configuring Traffic Manager......Page 83
Objective review......Page 87
Objective 1.6: Design and implement applications for scale and resilience......Page 88
Selecting a pattern......Page 89
Implementing transient fault handling for services and responding to throttling......Page 93
Disabling Application Request Routing (ARR) affinity......Page 96
Objective review......Page 97
Answers......Page 98
Objective 2.1: Deploy workloads on Azure virtual machines......Page 105
Identifying supported workloads......Page 106
Creating a VM......Page 107
Objective review......Page 110
Creating specialized and generalized VM images......Page 111
Uploading VHDs to Azure......Page 113
Creating disks......Page 114
Creating a VM using existing disks......Page 115
Creating or capturing a VM image......Page 117
Instantiating a VM instance from a VM image......Page 119
Copying images between storage accounts......Page 120
Objective review......Page 121
VM Agent and VM extensions......Page 122
Configuring VMs with Custom Script Extension......Page 123
Using PowerShell DSC......Page 124
Configuring VMs with DSC......Page 126
Enabling Puppet extensions......Page 128
Enabling Chef extensions......Page 133
Objective summary......Page 136
Objective review......Page 137
Configuring endpoints with instance-level public IP addresses......Page 138
Configuring endpoints with reserved IP addresses......Page 140
Configuring access control lists......Page 141
Load balancing endpoints and configuring health probes......Page 142
Configuring Direct Server Return and keep-alive......Page 146
Configuring firewall rules......Page 147
Objective summary......Page 149
Objective 2.5: Scale VMs......Page 150
Scaling up and scaling down VM sizes......Page 151
Configuring availability sets......Page 152
Configuring auto-scale......Page 155
Objective review......Page 158
Planning for storage capacity......Page 159
Configuring storage pools......Page 160
Configuring disk caching......Page 162
Configuring shared storage using Azure File storage......Page 164
Objective summary......Page 168
Objective 2.7: Monitor VMs......Page 169
Configuring monitoring and diagnostics......Page 170
Configuring alerts......Page 172
Monitoring metrics......Page 174
Objective summary......Page 176
Objective review......Page 177
Answers......Page 178
Objective 3.1: Design and develop a cloud service......Page 185
Installing SDKs and emulators......Page 186
Developing a web or worker role......Page 187
Design and implement resiliency......Page 194
Developing startup tasks......Page 195
Objective review......Page 198
Configuring instance size and count......Page 199
Configuring auto-scale......Page 201
Configuring cloud service networking......Page 204
Configuring local storage......Page 214
Configuring multiple websites in a web role......Page 215
Configuring custom domains......Page 218
Configuring caching......Page 219
Objective review......Page 226
Objective 3.3: Deploy a cloud service......Page 227
Upgrading a deployment......Page 228
VIP swapping a deployment......Page 232
Implementing continuous delivery from Visual Studio Online......Page 233
Implementing runtime configuration changes using the management portal......Page 236
Configuring regions and affinity groups......Page 239
Objective review......Page 242
Configuring diagnostics......Page 243
Profiling resource consumption......Page 245
Enabling remote debugging......Page 247
Enabling and using Remote Desktop Protocol......Page 248
Debugging using IntelliTrace......Page 250
Debugging using the emulator......Page 251
Objective summary......Page 253
Objective review......Page 254
Answers......Page 255
Chapter 4: Design and implement a storage strategy......Page 259
Creating a container......Page 260
Finding your account access key......Page 263
Uploading a blob......Page 264
Changing data......Page 265
Setting metadata on a container......Page 267
Accessing blobs securely......Page 269
Implementing an async blob copy......Page 270
Configuring the Content Delivery Network......Page 271
Configuring custom domains......Page 272
Working with Azure File storage......Page 273
Objective review......Page 274
Using basic CRUD operations......Page 275
Querying using ODATA......Page 279
Designing, managing, and scaling table partitions......Page 280
Objective review......Page 281
Adding messages to a queue......Page 282
Processing messages......Page 283
Scaling queues......Page 284
Objective summary......Page 285
Objective 4.4: Manage access......Page 286
Generating shared access signatures......Page 287
Regenerating storage account keys......Page 290
Configuring and using Cross-Origin Resource Sharing......Page 292
Objective review......Page 293
Configuring storage metrics......Page 294
Analyzing storage metrics......Page 297
Configuring Storage Analytics Logging......Page 299
Analyzing storage logs......Page 301
Objective review......Page 305
Choosing the appropriate database tier and performance level......Page 306
Configuring and performing point in time recovery......Page 309
Enabling geo-replication......Page 311
Importing and exporting data and schema (existing portal)......Page 315
Importing and exporting data and schema (Preview portal)......Page 316
Objective review......Page 317
Answers......Page 318
Objective 5.1: Integrate an app with Azure Active Directory......Page 327
Creating a directory......Page 328
Managing users......Page 329
Integrating applications......Page 331
Querying directories with the Graph API......Page 338
Objective summary......Page 342
Objective 5.2: Configure a virtual network......Page 343
Creating a virtual network......Page 344
Adding a VM to a virtual network......Page 346
Deploying a cloud service to a virtual network......Page 348
Objective review......Page 349
Modifying a subnet (existing portal)......Page 350
Modifying a subnet (Preview portal)......Page 351
Moving a VM or cloud service to a new subnet......Page 352
Importing network configuration......Page 353
Objective review......Page 354
Objective 5.4: Design and implement a communication strategy......Page 355
Creating a Service Bus namespace......Page 356
Selecting a protocol for messaging......Page 357
Using Service Bus relays......Page 358
Using Service Bus queues......Page 363
Using Service Bus topics and subscriptions......Page 370
Using event hubs......Page 375
Using notification hubs......Page 380
Objective summary......Page 382
Objective 5.5: Scale and monitor communication......Page 383
Choosing a pricing tier......Page 384
Scaling Service Bus features......Page 385
Monitoring Service Bus features......Page 387
Objective review......Page 391
Objective 5.6: Implement caching......Page 392
Implementing Redis Cache......Page 393
Implementing Azure Managed Cache Service......Page 397
Objective summary......Page 398
Objective review......Page 399
Answers......Page 400
Index......Page 409
About the authors......Page 429
Survey page......Page 432