{"id":35226,"date":"2022-10-10T11:44:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T09:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmguide.nl\/?p=35226"},"modified":"2022-10-16T11:24:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T09:24:57","slug":"exam-az-204-developing-solutions-for-microsoft-azure-a-hitchhikers-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmguide.nl\/nl\/exam-az-204-developing-solutions-for-microsoft-azure-a-hitchhikers-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Exam AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure\u00a0 – A Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The cloud, something that used to be a buzzword only a few years ago, has become the basis of building software in the late Holocene (better known as the current point in time), unless you found this article in the distant future, lying in a backup M-Disc somewhere, buried deep underground when a new geological age has emerged.

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Cloud computing has come to a point where, instead of just providing a server infrastructure and hiding all the cable work that companies needed to do in the past, it offers a modern development interface for software engineers and all sorts of IT professionals. There are several cloud providers nowadays, and an endless number of small companies providing tools and SaaS applications.

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why get a cloud certification?<\/span><\/h6>

Cloud certifications might sound like something you only do to gain some exposure and brag about on LinkedIn, but learning for certification can also provide you with the opportunity to go into the nitty-gritty details of certain topics, and gain a more general understanding of the different tools and services that are at your disposal while developing your next breakthrough app. If you have done the AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals exam, have at least a few months of experience working with Azure, and would like to get some more in-depth knowledge about how you can leverage Azure services to develop and deploy your applications, getting the AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure might be a logical next.

The AZ-204 is geared towards developers and consultants working on enterprise-grade software development using Azure. As more and more traditional companies are moving to the cloud, knowing how to develop and deploy applications for it, is an invaluable skill. Personally, I went from only having a rough understanding of certain parts in Azure that I had used in projects, to understanding a wide array of different services and how to configure these and develop code for them.

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For example, if a client needed only some extra data processing logic to their existing software, which would be triggered via HTTP, and only from time to time while trying to be cost-effective, I understood that using Azure Functions could be the best solution. But depending on how many steps the data processing should go through, and if it should work in parallel with other functions, or perhaps be scheduled, I now knew that there were many ways to orchestrate, trigger, and chain together these Functions.<\/p>

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Learning for the AZ-204<\/span><\/h6>

The AZ-204 is not an easy certification to get. It\u2019s an associate-level certification and requires a bit more learning and even experience with the Azure platform.<\/p>

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While everyone learns at a different pace and can accommodate more or less learning in their daily schedule, I would advise not rushing this one and taking plenty of time to prepare for it. This way, more of the material will stick and be available to you in your day-to-day work. Personally, it took me about one and a half months of studying, on a semi-daily basis, while working a full-time job, to nail the exam. My first attempt, after studying for only about two weeks, failed spectacularly \ud83d\ude22.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t

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Learning Material:<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h6>

There are lots of resources, YouTube videos, and online courses for this certification, so it\u2019s easy to be overwhelmed. Below you\u2019ll find my top learning resources.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>