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Get certified in just 3 days on this accelerated Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions course – that’s 50% faster than traditional training. You’ll train at twice the speed as you study Microsoft Official Curriculum and sit exam 70-535 onsite at the Firebrand Training Centre.
On this accelerated 3-day course, you’ll get the architecture skills you need to design solutions for Microsoft Azure. You’ll work on real-world case studies to design solutions for Azure and study:
Firebrand is a Microsoft Learning Partner - you’ll be taught by Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCT) and get immersed in the latest Microsoft Official Curriculum as you learn Azure at twice the speed. Plus, sit exam 70-535 at the Firebrand Training Centre during this accelerated Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions training. This is covered by your Certification Guarantee
The Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions exam is an elective for the MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure.
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You may be entitled to heavily-discounted training via Microsoft's Software Assurance Training Voucher (SATV) scheme. If your business has bought Microsoft software, check to see if it came bundled with free training vouchers! Vouchers can be exchanged against training for all Microsoft technologies. If you’re unsure, get in touch with us
Other accelerated training providers rely heavily on lecture and independent self-testing and study.
Effective technical instruction must be highly varied and interactive to keep attention levels high, promote camaraderie and teamwork between the students and instructor, and solidify knowledge through hands-on learning.
This information has been provided as a helpful tool for candidates considering training. Courses that include certification come with a Certification Guarantee. Pass first time or train again for free (just pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs). We do not make any guarantees about personal successes or benefits of obtaining certification. Benefits of certification determined through studies do not guarantee any particular personal successes.
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Module 1: Application Architecture Patterns in Azure
This module introduces and reviews common Azure patterns and architectures as prescribed by the Microsoft Patterns & Practices team. Each pattern is grouped into performance, resiliency, and scalability categories and described in the context of similar patterns within the category.
Lessons
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 2: Deploying Resources with Azure Resource Manager
This module establishes a basic understanding of Azure Resource Manager and the core concepts of deployments, resources, templates, resource groups, and tags. The module will dive deeply into the automated deployment of resources using ARM templates.
Lessons
Lab : Getting Started with Azure Resource Manager
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 3: Building Azure IaaS-Based Server Applications
This module identifies workloads that are ideally deployed using Infrastructure-as-a-Service services in Azure. The module focuses on the VM Scale Sets and Virtual Machine services in Azure and how to best deploy workloads to these services using best practices and features such as Availability Sets.
Lessons
Lab : Deploying Infrastructure Workloads to Azure
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 4: Creating Managed Server Applications in Azure
This module describes services that use infrastructure but manage the infrastructure on behalf of the user instead of obfuscating the infrastructure resources. The module focuses on infrastructure-backed PaaS options such as Azure Service Fabric, Container Service, and App Service Environments. The module will explore how to deploy custom workloads to these services such as an HPC batch processing task.
Lessons
Lab : Deploying Managed Server Workloads to Azure
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 5: Authoring Serverless Applications in Azure
This module describes how solutions can leverage serverless application hosting services in Azure to host web applications, REST APIs, integration workflows and HPC workloads without the requirement to manage specific server resources. The module focuses on App Services-related components such as Web Apps, API Apps, Mobile Apps, Logic Apps, and Functions.
Lessons
Lab : Deploying Serverless Workloads to Azure
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 6: Backing Azure Solutions with Azure Storage
This module describes how many Azure services use the Azure Storage service as a backing store for other application solution in Azure. The module dives into critical considerations when using Azure Storage as a supplemental service for an all-up Azure solution.
Lessons
Lab : Deploying Azure Storage to Support Other Workloads in Azure
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 7: Comparing Database Options in Azure
This module compares the various relational and non-relational data storage options available in Azure. Options are explored as groups such as relational databases (Azure SQL Database, MySQL, and PostgreSQL on Azure), non-relational (Azure Cosmos DB, Storage Tables), streaming (Stream Analytics) and storage (Data Factory, Data Warehouse, Data Lake).
Lessons
Lab : Deploying Database Instances in Azure
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 8: Networking Azure Application Components
This module describes the various networking and connectivity options available for solutions deployed on Azure. The module explores connectivity options ranging from ad-hoc connections to long-term hybrid connectivity scenarios. The module also discusses some of the performance and security concerns related to balancing workloads across multiple compute instances, connecting on-premise infrastructure to the cloud and creating gateways for on-premise data.
Lessons
Lab : Deploying Network Components for Use in Azure Solutions
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 9: Managing Security and Identity for Azure Solutions
This module discusses both security and identity within the context of Azure. For security, this module reviews the various options for monitoring security, the options available for securing data and the options for securing application secrets. For identity, this module focuses specifically on Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and the various features available such as Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Managed Service Identity, Azure AD Connect, ADFS and Azure AD B2B/B2C.
Lessons
Lab : Deploying Services to Secure Secrets in Azure
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 10: Integrating SaaS Services Available on the Azure Platform
This module introduces multiple SaaS services available in Azure that are available for integration into existing Azure solutions. These services include Cognitive Services, Bot Service, Machine Learning and Media Services.
Lessons
Lab : Deploying Service Instances as Components of Overall Azure Solutions
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 11: Integrating Azure Solution Components using Messaging Services
This module describes and compares the integration and messaging services available for solutions hosted on the Azure platform. Messaging services described include Azure Storage Queues, Service Bus Queues, Service Bus Relay, IoT Hubs, Event Hubs, and Notification Hubs. Integration services include Azure Functions and Logic Apps.
Lessons
Lab : Deploying Messaging Components to Facilitate Communication Between Azure Resources
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 12: Monitoring and Automating Azure Solutions
This module covers the monitoring and automation solutions available after an Azure solution has been architected, designed and possibly deployed. The module reviews services that are used to monitor individual applications, the Azure platform, and networked components. This module also covers automation and backup options to enable business-continuity scenarios for solutions hosted in Azure.
Lessons
Lab : Deploying Configuration Management Solutions to Azure
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
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On this accelerated course you'll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training Centre, covered by your Certification Guarantee:
You will also have the option to obtain your Microsoft MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure certification by taking these additional Microsoft exams:
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Firebrand Training offers top-quality technical education and certification training in an all-inclusive course package specifically designed for the needs and ease of our students. We attend to every detail so our students can focus solely on their studies and certification goals.
Our instructors teach to accommodate every student's learning needs through individualised instruction, hands-on labs, lab partner and group exercises, independent study, self-testing, and question/answer drills.
Firebrand Training has dedicated, well-equipped educational facilities where you will attend instruction and labs and have access to comfortable study and lounging rooms. Our students consistently say our facilities are second-to-none.
We’re currently migrating from printed to digital courseware. Some courseware is already available in digital, while other books remain in printed form. To find out if this course is digital, call us on 080 80 800 888.
There are several benefits of easy-to-use digital courseware: downloads are immediate, and you’ll always have your courseware available wherever you are. You won’t need to wait for a printed book to be delivered before you start learning – and it’s better for the environment. You can choose to download the courseware to your own device, or borrow one of ours.
Considering a Microsoft course? Always have the most up-to-date Microsoft digital courseware with ‘Fresh Editions’. This gives you access to all versions of digital courseware – you’ll receive updates and revisions of your textbook, at no charge, for the life of that course.
Should a student complete a Firebrand Training Program without having successfully passed all vendor examinations, the student may re-attend that program for a period of one year. Students will only be responsible for accommodations and vendor exam fees.
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Before attending this accelerated course, Firebrand recommend you are an intermediate-to-advanced user of Microsoft Azure.
You should also have the following technical knowledge:
Alternatively, you should have attended or have knowledge equivalent to the DEV205Bx: Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions course available on edx.org
Don’t worry - we’ll discuss your technical background, experience and qualifications to determine whether this accelerated course suits you.
Just call us on 080 80 800 888 and speak to one of our enrolment consultants.
Firebrand is an immersive environment and requires commitment. Some prerequisites are simply guidelines; you may find your unique experience, attitude and determination enables you to succeed on your accelerated course.
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