Microsoft Exam 70-532: Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions Test Resources
Right now, I’m studying for the Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions, Microsoft Exam 70-532. My colleagues have told me that the best way to study for the exam is to take every bullet point from the exam description, and make sure I'm able confident in it.
Here’s the list of resources I’ve compiled for that process. I hope you can use it to further your studying. I’ll keep updating it as I continue my process. Leave a comment if you have a resource I should add.
NOTE: There is also a Microsoft Virtual Academy available for Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions.
Design and implement websites (15‒20%)
Deploy websites
define deployment slots
Staged Deployment on Microsoft Azure Websites
roll back deployments
create hosting plans
Azure Websites Web Hosting Plans In-Depth Overview
migrate websites between hosting plans
Azure Website Hosting Plans (WHP)
Is it possible to move a website to a different “Web Hosting Plan”
create a website within a hosting plan
Azure Websites Web Hosting Plans In-Depth Overview
Configure websites
define and use app settings, connection strings, handlers, and virtual directories
Importance of app settings in azure website portal
Windows Azure Web Sites: How Application Strings and Connection Strings Work
HTTP Handlers and Windows Azure Web Roles
Microsoft Azure Web Sites: Deploying wordpress to a virtual directory within the azure web site
configure certificates and custom domains
Enable HTTPS for an Azure website
Configuring a custom domain name for an Azure Website
Associating a custom domain and securing communication with Microsoft Azure
configure SSL bindings and runtime configurations
Windows Azure Web Sites: SSL Support and configuration
How to configure PHP in Azure Websites
manage websites by using the API, Windows PowerShell, and Xplat-CLI
Service Management REST API Reference
Using Azure Traffic Manager with Azure Web Sites
Managing Windows Azure Web Sites with PowerShell
Install and Configure the Azure Cross-Platform Command-Line Interface
Configure diagnostics, monitoring, and analytics
retrieve diagnostics data
Enable diagnostic logging for Azure Websites
view streaming logs
configure endpoint monitoring
How to: Monitor web endpoint status
configure alerts
How to: Receive Alert Notifications and Manage Alert Rules in Azure
configure diagnostics
How to: Configure diagnostics and download logs for a website
use remote debugging
Introduction to Remote Debugging on Azure Web Sites
Troubleshooting Azure Websites in Visual Studio
Remote Debugging a Window Azure Web Site with Visual Studio 2013
monitor website resources
How to: View usage quotas for a website
Implement web jobs
write web jobs using the SDK
Get Started with the Azure WebJobs SDK
Use WebJobs to run background tasks in Azure Websites
package and deploy web jobs
How to Deploy Azure WebJobs to Azure Websites
schedule web jobs
Job scheduling in Windows Azure
Configure websites for scale and resilience
configure auto-scale using built-in and custom schedules
Auto Scaling Azure Websites, CPU or Scheduled – with Stefan Schackow
When to Scale Azure Websites – with Stefan Schackow
How Azure Websites Scale – with Stefan Schackow
configure by metric
change the size of an instance
Virtual Machine and Cloud Service Sizes for Azure
configure Traffic Manager
Traffic Manager Configuration Tasks
How Do I Configure Traffic Manager?
Design and implement applications for scale and resilience
select a pattern
Patterns For High Availability, Scalability, And Computing Power With Microsoft Azure
More Patterns and Guidance (Building Real-World Cloud Apps with Azure)
implement transient fault handling for services
The Transient Fault Handling Application Block
respond to throttling
Solving a Throttling Problem with Azure
disable Application Request Routing (ARR) affinity
Disabling ARR’s Instance Affinity in Windows Azure Web Sites
Preparation resources
How to Deploy an Azure Web Site
Getting Started with the Azure WebJobs SDK
Cloud Design Patterns: Prescriptive Architecture Guidance for Cloud Applications
Create and manage virtual machines (20‒25%)
Deploy workloads on Azure virtual machines (VMs)
identify workloads that can and cannot be deployed
run workloads including Microsoft and Linux
Create a Virtual Machine Running Windows
Create a Virtual Machine Running Linux
create VMs
Azure Service Management Cmdlets – Deploying and Managing Virtual Machines
Create and manage a VM image or virtual hard disk
create specialized and reusable images
prepare images using SysPrep and Windows Agent (Linux)
Creating and Uploading a Virtual Hard Disk that Contains the Linux Operating System
Creating and Uploading a Windows Server VHD to Azure
copy images between storage accounts and subscriptions
How to copy blobs or VHDs between different Windows Azure subscription
upload VMs
Perform configuration management
automate configuration management by using PowerShell Desired State Configuration and VM Agent (custom script extensions)
Channel9: PowerShell Desired State Configuration and DevOps in Microsoft Azure
Get Started with Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration
Automating VM Configuration using PowerShell DSC Extension
Automating VM Customization tasks using Custom Script Extension
configure VMs using a configuration management tool, such as puppet or chef
Getting Started Guide for Deploying Puppet Enterprise in Microsoft Azure
Azure Virtual Machines : Using Chef, Puppet and Docker for managing Linux VMs
enable remote debugging
Debugging a Cloud Service or Virtual Machine in Visual Studio
Configure VM networking
configure reserved IP addresses
Configure a Static Internal IP Address for a VM
access control list (ACL)
About Network Access Control Lists (ACLs)
DNS at the cloud service level
Announcing: Reverse DNS for Azure Cloud Services
Configuring a custom domain name for an Azure cloud service
load balancing endpoints
Load Balancing for Azure Infrastructure Services
How to Set Up Endpoints to a Virtual Machine
HTTP and TCP health probes
Microsoft Azure Load Balancing Services
public Ips
Instance-Level Public IP Address
Preserving Static IP Address in Windows Azure
firewall rules
Securing access to your Windows Azure Virtual Machines
Using Windows Firewall to restrict access to Windows Azure instances
Add firewall rules to VM’s running in Windows Azure
direct server return
VM and load balancer, direct server return, availability set and virtual network on Windows Azure
Create load-balanced VM endpoints with direct server return in Azure
keep-alive
TFS, Load Balancers, Idle Timeout settings and TCP Keep-Alives
New: Configurable Idle Timeout for Azure Load Balancer
Scale VMs
scale up and scale down VM sizes
configure auto-scale and availability sets
Manage the availability of virtual machines
Design and implement VM storage
configure disk caching
About Virtual Machine Disks in Azure
plan for storage capacity
configure shared storage using Azure File service
Setting up a File Share for the new Azure File Service
Introducing Microsoft Azure File Service
configure geo-replication
Introducing Geo-replication for Windows Azure Storage
Azure SQL Database Standard Geo-Replication
Monitor VMs
configure endpoint monitoring
How to Set Up Endpoints to a Virtual Machine
configure alerts
Understanding Monitoring Alerts and Notifications in Azure
configure diagnostic and monitoring storage location
Configuring Diagnostics for Azure Cloud Services and Virtual Machines
Preparation resources
Load Balancing for Azure Infrastructure Services
Design and implement cloud services (20‒25%)
Design and develop a cloud service
install SDKs
install emulators
develop a web role or worker role
design and implement resiliency including transient fault handling
develop startup tasks
Configure cloud services and roles
configure HTTPS endpoint and upload an SSL certificate, and instance count and size
configure network access rules, local storage, multiple websites, custom domains, and dedicated and co-located caching
scale up and scale down role sizes
configure auto-scale
Deploy a cloud service
upgrade an automatic, manual, or simultaneous deployment
VIP swap a deployment
package a deployment
implement continuous deployment from Visual Studio Online (VSO)
implement runtime configuration changes using the portal
configure regions and affinity groups
Monitor and debug a cloud service
configure diagnostics using the SDK or configuration file
profile resource consumption
enable remote debugging
establish a connection using Remote Desktop CmdLets in Windows PowerShell
debug using IntelliTrace or the emulator
Preparation resources
Continuous delivery to Azure using Visual Studio Online
Configuring SSL for an application in Azure
Windows Azure SDK for .NET - 2.2
Design and implement a storage strategy (20‒25%)
Implement Azure Storage blobs and Azure files
read data
change data
set metadata on a container
store data using block and page blobs
stream data using blobs
access blobs securely
implement async blob copy
configure Content Delivery Network (CDN)
design blob hierarchies
configure custom domains
scale blob storage
Implement Azure storage tables
implement CRUD with and without transactions, design and manage partitions, query using OData
scale tables and partitions
Implement Azure storage queues
add and process messages
retrieve a batch of messages
scale queues
Manage access
generate shared access signatures, including client renewal and data validation
create stored access policies
regenerate storage account keys
configure and use Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
Monitor storage
set retention policies and logging levels
analyze logs
Implement SQL databases
choose the appropriate database tier and performance level
configure and perform point in time recovery
enable geo-replication
import and export data and schema
scale SQL databases
Preparation resources
Shared Access Signatures, Part 1: Understanding the SAS Model
How to Monitor a Storage Account
Manage application and network services (15‒20%)
Integrate an app with Azure Active Directory
develop apps that use WS-federation, OAuth, and SAML-P endpoints
Developing Modern Applications using OAuth and Active Directory Federation Services
A Look at Azure AD’s Web Sign-In Endpoints
Adding Sign-On to Your Web Application Using Azure AD
query the directory using graph API
Using the Graph API to Query Azure AD
Configure a virtual network
deploy a VM into a virtual network
Connection Web or Worker Roles to a Simple Virtual Network in Windows Azure
deploy a cloud service into a virtual network
Modify network configuration
modify a subnet
Move a VM or Role Instance to a Different Subnet
import and export network configuration
Import a Network Configuration File
Export Virtual Network Settings to a Network Configuration File
Configure a Virtual Network Using a Network Configuration File
Design and implement a communication strategy
develop messaging solutions using service bus queues, topics, relays, and notification hubs
.NET Multi-Tier Application Using Service Bus Queues
A publish/subscribe application with Service Bus topics
A hybrid cloud on-premises application with Relay
Getting Started with Notification Hubs
create service bus namespaces and choose a tier
How To: Create or Modify a Service Bus Service Namespace
Service Bus Pricing and Billing
scale service bus
Monitor communication
monitor service bus queues, topics, relays, and notification hubs
Managing and Testing Topics, Queues and Relay Services with the Service Bus Explorer Tool
Notification Hubs Monitoring and Telemetry
Implement caching
implement Redis caching
Trying Redis Caching as a Service on Windows Azure
implement Azure Cache Service
How to Use Azure Managed Cache Service
Preparation resources
Virtual Network Configuration Tasks
Notification Hubs Monitoring and Telemetry
Comments
- Anonymous
February 23, 2015
Thanks for sharing. - Anonymous
February 25, 2015
great list - Anonymous
March 19, 2015
good effort in collating various sources - Anonymous
May 04, 2015
Thanks for all the great links, I passed the exam today!