AZ-203: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure - Resources

• AZ-203: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure - Resources
• AZ-203: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure – What I learned

Why AZ-203?

• I have been using Azure for a few years, but I mainly focus on PaaS and Storage (e.g. Azure SQL, Azure Search, CosmosDB, Azure Storage, etc). I would like to test how well I know Microsoft Azure.
• My goal is to get Azure Solution Architect certificate. In my opinion, Solution Architect must be a good developer.
• I planned to get 70-532 last year, but the certificate had been re-structured at the end of 2018, instead of getting another transitioning certificate, why not getting the most recent one.

Useful resources to prepare the exam

1. Homepage of AZ 203 - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-az-203.aspx

   In “Prepare for exam” section, you can link to Microsoft Learning, which is quite similar to Salesforce Trailhead, it can startup a lab for you to practice for free. I earned 44 badges and level 9 there.

2. Github
   • https://github.com/JazzyWagdaddy/AzureStudyGroups-AZ-203
   • https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/AZ-203-DevelopingSolutionsforMicrosoftAzure
3. Blog
   • https://www.isaaclevin.com/post/az-203-study-guide/
4. Videos

   1. Pluralsight - https://app.pluralsight.com/paths/certificate/developing-solutions-for-microsoft-azure-az-203

      There are a few useful videos from my point of view, it might because I was not so familiar with those areas:

      • Microsoft Azure Developer: Securing Data - https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/microsoft-azure-data-securing/table-of-contents

      • Implementing Managed Identities for Microsoft Azure Resources - https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/microsoft-azure-resources-managed-identities-implementing/table-of-contents

      • Managing Microsoft Azure Active Directory - https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/microsoft-azure-managing-active-directory/table-of-contents

   2. Udemy - Scott Duffy - https://www.udemy.com/70532-azure/

Lastly, practice, practice and practice

I have MSDN subscription, I deleted the Resource Group every night when I finished playing. And I have Azure CLI and Powershell installed on my Mac, and my favorite IDE - VSCode.