AZ-203 is the new certification exam announced By Microsoft few months back.

The 70-532 certification is now retired. People who have given 70-532 exam need to either appear AZ-202 to retain their certification OR they can directly appear for AZ-203.

Before we look at the AZ-203 articles…

The below sections shows the skills which will be measured in AZ-203. These skills are further mapped to other article in this blog. These articles should help everyone to prepare for the exam.

If you are new to Azure platform, then I would suggest to go through below blogs to get idea around some basic concepts.

• Learning Azure? Here is most useful tip for you !
• Most useful terms about Azure Global Infrastructure
• Azure – Setting up the command line interfaces

Develop Azure Infrastructure as a Service Compute Solutions (10-15%)

• Implement solutions that use virtual machines (VM)
  • Provision VMs
    • Automate Windows VM Creation using PowerShell
    • Automate Windows VM Creation using Azure CLI
    • Azure: Creating your first Linux VM
  • Create ARM templates
    • Introduction to Azure Resource Manager Templates
    • Writing Your First Azure Resource Manager Template
  • Configure Azure Disk Encryption for VMs
    • Azure Disk Encryption For Windows Virtual Machine
    • Azure Disk Encryption For Linux Virtual Machines

• Implement batch jobs by using Azure Batch Services
  • Manage batch jobs by using Batch Service API
  • Run a batch job by using Azure CLI, Azure portal, and other tools
  • Write code to run an Azure Batch Services batch job

• Create containerized solutions
  • Create an Azure Managed Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster
    • What Are the Docker Containers ?
    • Docker Architecture And Important Terms
    • Kubernetes Introduction and Basic Concepts
    • Azure Kubernetes Service Creating Instance
  • Create container images for solutions
    • Docker Compose for Multi-Container Applications
    • Containerize Your Application Using Dockerfile
  • Publish an image to the Azure Container Registry
    • Azure Kubernetes Service and Container Registry
  • Run containers by using Azure Container Instance or AKS
    • Azure Kubernetes Service Deploying Your Application

Develop Azure Platform as a Service Compute Solutions (20-25%)

• Create Azure App Service Web Apps
  • Create an Azure App Service Web App
    • Get Started With Azure App Service Web App
  • Create an Azure App Service background task by using WebJobs
    • Run Background Tasks using Azure Web Jobs
  • Enable diagnostics logging
    • Azure App Service and Diagnostics Logging
• Create Azure App Service mobile apps
  • Add push notifications for mobile apps
  • Enable offline sync for mobile app
  • Implement a remote instrumentation strategy for mobile devices
• Create Azure App Service API apps
  • Create an Azure App Service API app
  • Create documentation for the API by using open source and other tools
• Implement Azure functions
  • Implement input and output bindings for a function
    • Azure Functions With Triggers and Bindings
  • Implement function triggers by using data operations, timers, and webhooks
    • Azure Functions – Basic Concepts and Hello World
  • Implement Azure Durable Functions
    • Azure Durable Functions: Basic Concepts
  • Create Azure Function apps by using Visual Studio

Develop for Azure storage (15-20%)

• Introduction
  • Azure Storage Accounts Creation Using Portal and CLI
  • Azure Storage Services Introduction and Key Concepts
  • Azure Storage Data Plane And Management Plane Security Overview
  • Create Network Drive Using Azure File Storage
• Develop solutions that use storage tables
  • Design and implement policies for tables
    • Access Azure Storage Using Stored Access Policies
  • Query table storage by using code
    • Use .NET Client SDK with Azure Table Storage
  • Implement partitioning schemes
    • Azure Table Storage Partitioning for Scalable Applications
• Develop solutions that use Cosmos DB storage
  • Understanding Azure Cosmos DB Request Units
  • Create Azure Cosmos DB Account Using Portal
  • Must know terms before working with Azure Cosmos DB containers and items
  • Azure Cosmos DB replicating data globally
  • Azure Cosmos DB enable multi-region writes
  • Understanding Security in Azure Cosmos DB
  • Azure Cosmos DB understanding conflict resolution
  • Migrate your data to Azure Cosmos DB using data migration tool
  • Create, read, update, and delete data by using appropriate APIs
    • Using .NET Client SDK with Azure Cosmos DB
  • Implement partitioning schemes
    • Partitioning Schemes For Azure Cosmos DB
  • Set the appropriate consistency level for operations
    • Understanding Consistency Levels in Azure Cosmos DB
• Develop solutions that use a relational database
  • Understanding deployment models in Azure SQL
  • Understand the basics of purchasing models in Azure SQL
  • Provision and configure relational databases
    • Creating your first single database in Azure SQL
    • Create your first Managed Instance in Azure SQL
  • Configure elastic pools for Azure SQL Database
    • Creating elastic pool in Azure SQL using Azure Portal
    • Add your existing Azure SQL single databases to elastic pool
  • Create, read, update, and delete data tables by using code
    • Designing schema in Azure SQL Database using SSMS
    • Basic operations on Azure SQL Database using ADO.NET
    • What is the difference between DACPAC and BACPAC ?
    • How to export the Azure SQL database using BACPAC
    • How to import the Azure SQL database using BACPAC
• Develop solutions that use blob storage
  • Using .NET SDK And Azure CLI To Access Azure Blob Storage
  • Move items in blob storage between storage accounts or containers
    • Copying Azure blobs from one storage account to another
  • Set and retrieve properties and metadata
    • Azure Blob containers and metadata properties
  • Implement blob leasing
    • Implementing Azure blob leasing using .NET SDK
  • Implement data archiving and retention
    • Azure Blob Storage archiving blobs and retention

Implement Azure security (10-15%)

• Implement authentication
  • Implement authentication by using certificates, forms-based authentication, or tokens
    • Securing .NET Core 3 API Using JWT authentication
  • Implement multi-factor or Windows authentication by using Azure AD
    • Azure AD B2C – Enable Multi Factor Authentication
    • Google Identity Provider with Azure AD B2C
    • Facebook Identity Provider with Azure AD B2C
  • Implement OAuth2 authentication
    • Create Azure AD B2C instance
    • Create user flows in Azure AD B2C
    • Angular App with Protected Web APIs using MSAL
    • Securing .NET Core Web App calling Web API using MSAL and Azure AD
    • Angular App and Azure AD Protected web API using MSAL

• Implement Managed Service Identity (MSI)/Service Principal authentication
  • Azure Service Principals and Managed Identities
  • Azure web app and managed identity to access key vault
  • User assigned managed identity with Azure key vault
  • Service principal and client secret with Azure key vault
  • Service principal and certificate with Azure key vault
• Implement access control
  • Implement CBAC (Claims-Based Access Control) authorization
  • Implement RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) authorization
    • Introduction to Azure’s Role Based Access Control
    • Classic Roles, Azure Roles and Azure AD Roles
    • Granting user access to resources using Azure Portal
  • Create shared access signatures
• Implement secure data solutions
  • Encrypt and decrypt data at rest and in transit
    • Understanding basics of Azure Encryption at Rest
    • Some examples of Azure encryption at rest
    • Understanding Azure’s Encryption in Transit
  • Create, read, update, and delete keys, secrets, and certificates by using the KeyVault API
    • Creating your first Azure key vault instance
    • Use Azure Key Vault in .NET Core Web Application
    • Managing Azure Key Vault and Secrets with Azure CLI
    • Managing keys in Azure key vault using .NET code

Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Azure solutions (15-20%)

• Develop code to support scalability of apps and services
  • Implement autoscaling rules and patterns
    • Understanding vertical and horizontal scaling in Azure
    • Apply autoscaling rules to Azure App Service
  • Implement code that handles transient faults
• Integrate caching and content delivery within solutions
  • Store and retrieve data in Azure Redis cache
  • Develop code to implement CDNs in solutions
  • Invalidate cache content (CDN or Redis)
• Instrument solutions to support monitoring and logging
  • Configure instrumentation in an app or service by using Application Insights
  • Analyze and troubleshoot solutions by using Azure Monitor
    • Understanding basics of Azure Monitor
    • Analyze activity logs using Azure log analytics
    • Send resource logs to Log Analytics workspace
    • Monitoring Virtual Machines using Azure Monitor
    • Dashboard for monitoring Azure virtual machine
    • Responding to events using Azure Monitor Alerts
  • Implement Application Insights Web Test and Alerts

Connect to and Consume Azure Services and Third-party Services (20-25%)

• Develop an App Service Logic App
  • Create a Logic App
    • Introduction to Azure Logic Apps
    • Azure: Creating first Logic App
  • Create a custom connector for Logic Apps
    • Azure Logic Apps and Custom Connectors
  • Create a custom template for Logic Apps
• Integrate Azure Search within solutions
  • Create an Azure Search index
    • Introduction to Azure Search
    • Creating First Azure Search Instance
    • Let’s get started on Azure Search Index
  • Import searchable data
    • Setup Azure Search on SQL Azure Database
  • Query the Azure Search index
    • Azure Search Basics of Querying the Index
• Establish API Gateways
  • Create an APIM instance
    • Introduction to Azure API Management
    • Azure: Creating API Management Instance
    • Publish your first API in Azure API Management
  • Configure authentication for APIs
    • Azure: Security in API Management
  • Define policies for APIs
    • Azure: Policies in API Management
• Develop event-based solutions
  • Implement solutions that use Azure Event Grid
    • Azure Solutions: Message Based vs Event Based
    • Azure Event Grid Getting Started on Basics
    • Azure Event Grid Topics and Subscriptions
    • Azure Event Grid with Custom Applications
  • Implement solutions that use Azure Notification Hubs
  • Implement solutions that use Azure Event Hub
• Develop message-based solutions
  • Implement solutions that use Azure Service Bus
    • Azure Service Bus Introduction and Concepts
    • Azure Messaging using Service Bus Queues
    • Azure Messaging using Service Bus Topics
    • Azure Service Bus Relay Basic Concepts
    • Azure Service Bus Relay Hybrid Connections
    • Azure Relay Service Hybrid Connections (HTTP)
    • Azure Relay Service with WCF Relay
  • Implement solutions that use Azure Queue Storage queues
    • Azure Messaging Solutions using Storage Queues

I have tried to provide information on almost all the different areas related to AZ-203 certifications at one single place. I hope this blog series helps you to get your certification done. Do not forget to comment and let me know if this helped you.