Microsoft Certification: Cloud category

MTA: Microsoft Technology

Associate Fundamental technical knowledge
• Microsoft Technology Associate is an entry-level certification intended for people seeking knowledge of fundamental technology concepts. MTA certification
addresses a wide spectrum of basic technical concepts, assesses and validates your core technical knowledge, and enhances your technical credibility.
• Ideal Candidate: New to technical certification or need to obtain fundamental knowledge of technology.
• Required Skills: No prerequisite.
• What's Involved: Complete and pass a series of exams from one of these MTA paths.
• Continuing Education: Earn an MCSA or MCSD by taking and passing related elective exams.

MCSA: Microsoft Certified

Solutions Associate Core skills for IT professionals and developers
• Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate is intended for people who seek entry-level jobs in an information technology environment. MCSA is a prerequisite for
more advanced Microsoft certifications.
• Ideal Candidate: New to technical certification or need to obtain core skills in new technology.
• Required Skills: Introductory knowledge of technology through existing skills or a Microsoft Technical Associate (MTA) certification.
• What's Involved: Complete and pass a series of exams from one of these MCSA paths.
• Continuing Education: Earn an MCSE by taking and passing a related elective exam.

MCSE: Microsoft Certified

Solutions Expert The globally recognized standard for IT Professionals
• Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert is a certification intended for IT professionals seeking to demonstrate their ability to build innovative solutions across multiple
technologies, both on-premises and in the cloud.
• Ideal Candidate: IT professionals with an MCSA certification, seeking to expand their technical expertise.
• Required Skills: Knowledge of technology through an MCSA certification.
• What's Involved: Complete and pass a series of exams from one of these MCSE paths.
• Continuing Education: Explore additional certifications to further expand your technical expertise.
MCSA Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate – Certification Technologies
MCSA: Cloud Platform MCSA: Linux on Azure MCSA: Windows Server 2016 MCSA: Windows Server 2012

About This certification demonstrates your
expertise in Microsoft cloud-related
technologies to reduce IT costs and
deliver more value for the modern
business
What’s Involved Earning an MCSA: Cloud Platform
provides the foundation for a
position as a cloud administrator or
architect and is the first step on
your path to becoming a Microsoft
Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE).
Step 1: Skills Possess foundational IT skills. If you feel that you do not possess these skills, consider pursuing one or more Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA)
Step 2: Exams Pass 2 Exams
This certification demonstrates your
ability to design, architect,
implement, and maintain complex
cloud-enabled Linux® solutions that
leverage Microsoft Azure open
source capabilities. It also validates
your Linux system administration
skills to show that you are fluent in
today’s cloud-native world.
Earning an MCSA: Linux on Azure is
the first step on your path to
becoming a Microsoft Certified
Solutions Expert (MCSE).
certifications.
Pass 2 Exams
Prove your mastery of the primary
set of Windows Server 2016 skills
required to reduce IT costs and
deliver more business value
Earning an MCSA: Windows Server
2016 certification qualifies you for a
position as a network or computer
systems administrator or as a
computer network specialist, and it
is the first step on your path to
becoming a Microsoft Certified
Solutions Expert (MCSE).
Pass 3 Exams
Prove your mastery of the primary
set of Windows Server 2012 skills
required to reduce IT costs and
deliver more business value
Earning an MCSA: Windows Server
2012 certification qualifies you for a
position as a network of computer
systems administrator or as a
computer network specialist, and it
is the first step on your path to
becoming a Microsoft Certified
Solutions Expert (MCSE).
Pass 3 Exams

Step 3: Earn your MCSA: Cloud Platform Earn your MCSA: Linux on Azure Earn your MCSA: Windows Server Earn your MCSA Windows Server
Completion certification certification 2016 2012 certification
Step 4: Earn an MCSE by passing 1 related exam
Continuing
Education
MCSA Exams across Certification Technologies

MCSA: Cloud MCSA: Linux on MCSA: Windows MCSA: Windows

Platform Azure Server 2016 Server 2012

Exam 70-740 / Course

Exam 70-532 / Course Exam 70-533 / Course Exam 70-410 / Course
20740A : Installation,
20532C : Developing 20533C : Implementing 20410D: Installing and
Storage, and Compute
Microsoft Azure Microsoft Azure Configuring Windows
with Windows Server
Solutions Infrastructure Solutions Server 2012
2016

Exam 70-533 / Course Exam LFCS / Course Exam 70-741 / Course

20533C : Implementing
Microsoft Azure
Infrastructure Solutions
Exam 70-411 / Course
55187A : Linux 20741A : Networking
20411D : Administering
Foundation Certified with Windows Server
Windows Server 2012
System Administrator 2016

Exam 70-535 / Course Exam 70-412 / Course

Exam 70-742 / Course
20535 : Architecting 20412D : Configuring
20742A : Identity with
Microsoft Azure Advanced Windows
Windows Server 2016
Solutions Server 2012

Exam 70-537 / Course

20537A : Configuring
and Operating a Hybrid
Cloud with Microsoft
Azure Stack
MCSA Cloud Platform: Who should take this exam?

Exam 70-532 / Course 20532C : Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions

• Candidates of this exam are experienced in designing, programming, implementing, automating, and
monitoring Microsoft Azure solutions. Candidates should be proficient with development tools,
techniques, and approaches used to build scalable and resilient solutions

Exam 70-533 / Course 20533C : Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure

Solutions

• Candidates for this exam implement infrastructure solutions in Microsoft Azure. Candidates have
experience implementing and monitoring cloud and hybrid solutions as well as supporting application
lifecycle management

Exam 70-535 / Course 20535 : Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions

• Candidates for this exam define the appropriate cloud native, cloud migration, and hybrid cloud solutions
to meet the required functional, operational, and deployment requirements through the solution lifecycle.
Candidates should know the features and capabilities of Azure services to be able to identify tradeoffs and
make decisions for designing public and hybrid cloud solutions.
• The candidate should understand DevOps technologies, provisioning Azure resources using ARM
templates, and designing highly resilient workloads running on Azure.
MCSA Cloud Platform: Skills Measured
Exam 70-532 / Course 20532C : Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions
• Create and Manage Azure Resource Manager Virtual Machines (20-25%)
• Design and Implement a Storage and Data Strategy (25-30%)
• Manage Identity, Application, and Network Services (10-15%)
• Design and Implement Azure Compute, Web, and Mobile Services (35-40%)

Exam 70-533 / Course 20533C : Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

• Design and Implement Azure App Service Apps (10-15%)
• Create and Manage Azure Resource Manager Virtual Machines (20-25%)
• Design and Implement a Storage Strategy (10-15%)
• Implement Virtual Networks (15-20%)
• Design and Deploy ARM Templates (10-15%)
• Manage Azure Security and Recovery Services (25-30%)
• Manage Azure Operations (5-10%)
• Manage Azure Identities (5-10%)

Exam 70-535 / Course 20535 : Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions

• Design Compute Infrastructure (20-25%)
• Design Data Implementation (15-20%)
• Design Networking Implementation (15-20%)
• Design Security and Identity Solutions (20-25%)
• Design Solutions by using Platform Services (10-15%)
• Design for Operations (10-15%)
MCSA Cloud Platform: Exam 70-532 / Course 20532C : Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions
Subject Area: Create and Manage Azure Resource Manager Virtual Machines (20-25%)
Deploy workloads on Azure Resource
Manager (ARM) virtual machines (VMs)
Perform configuration management
Scale ARM VMs
Design and implement ARM VM storage
Monitor ARM VMs
Manage ARM VM availability
Design and Implement DevTest Labs
Subject Area: Manage Identity, Application, and Network Services (10-15%)
Integrate an app with Azure Active
Directory (AAD)
Design and implement a messaging
strategy
Develop apps that use AAD B2C and AAD
B2B
Manage secrets using Azure Key Vault
Identify workloads that can and cannot be deployed; run workloads including Microsoft and Linux; create and provision VMs including custom VM
images; deploy workloads using Ansible and Terraform; leverage Azure Reserved Instances (RIs)
Automate configuration management by using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) or VM Agent (custom script extensions); enable remote
debugging; implement VM template variables to configure VMs
Scale up and scale down VM sizes; implement Accelerated Networking; deploy ARM VM Scale Sets (VMSS); configure ARM VMSS auto-scale
Configure disk caching; plan for storage capacity; configure shared storage; configure geo-replication; implement ARM VMs with Standard and
Premium Storage; implement Azure Disk Encryption for Windows and Linux ARM VMs; implement Azure Disk Storage; implement StorSimple
Configure ARM VM monitoring; configure alerts; configure diagnostic and monitoring storage location; enable Application Insights at runtime;
Monitor VM workloads by using Azure Application Insights; monitor VMs using Azure OMS Log Analytics; monitor Linux and Windows VMs by using
the Azure Diagnostics Extension; monitor VMs by using Azure Monitor
Configure multiple ARM VMs in an availability set for redundancy; configure each application tier into separate availability sets; combine the Load
Balancer with availability sets; perform automated VM maintenance; use availability zones to protect from datacenter failures
Create and manage custom images and formulas; configure a lab to include policies and procedures; configure cost management; secure access to
labs; use environments in a lab; claim and un-claim VMs; use artifacts to deploy and set up applications
Develop apps that use WS-federation, OAuth, and SAML-P endpoints; query the directory by using Microsoft Graph API, MFA and MFA API;
implement Azure Managed Service Identity
Develop and scale messaging solutions using service bus queues, topics, relays, event hubs, Event Grid, and notification hubs; monitor service bus
queues, topics, relays, event hubs and notification hubs; determine when to use Event Hubs, Service Bus, IoT Hub, Stream Analytics, and
Notification Hubs; implement Azure Event Grid
Design and implement .NET MVC, Web API, and Windows Desktop apps that leverage social identity provider authentication, including Microsoft
account, Facebook, Google+, Amazon, and LinkedIn; leverage Azure AD B2B to design and implement applications that support partner-managed
identities, enforce multi-factor authentication
Configure Azure Key Vault; manage access, including tenants; implement HSM protected keys; manage service limits; implement logging; implement
key rotation; store and retrieve app secrets including connection strings, passwords, and cryptographic keys
MCSA Cloud Platform: Exam 70-532 / Course 20532C : Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions
Subject Area: Design and Implement a Storage and Data Strategy (25-30%)
Read data; change data; set metadata on a storage container; store data using block and page blobs; stream data using blobs; access blobs securely;
Implement Azure Storage blobs and Azure implement async blob copy; configure Content Delivery Network (CDN); design blob hierarchies; configure custom domains; scale blob storage and
Files implement blob tiering; create connections to files from on-premises or cloud-based Windows or Linux machines; shard large datasets; implement
blob leasing; implement Storage Events; implement Azure File Sync; implement virtual network service endpoints; implement Azure Files backup
Implement Azure storage tables, queues, Implement CRUD with and without transactions; design and manage partitions; query using OData; scale tables and partitions; add and process
and Azure Cosmos DB Table API queue messages; retrieve a batch of messages; scale queues; choose between Azure Storage Tables and Azure Cosmos DB Table API
Generate shared access signatures, including client renewal and data validation; create stored access policies; regenerate storage account keys;
Manage access and monitor storage
configure and use Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS); set retention policies and logging levels; analyze logs; monitor Cosmos DB storage
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 Azure SQL Database instances; manage elastic pools, including DTUs and eDTUs; manage limits and resource
Implement Azure SQL Database governor; implement Azure SQL Data Sync; implement graph database functionality in Azure SQL Database; design multi-tenant applications; secure
and encrypt data; manage data integrity; enable metrics and diagnostics logs for monitoring; use adaptive query processing to improve query
performance; implement sharding and elastic tools; implement SQL Server Stretch Database
Choose a Cosmos DB API surface; create Cosmo DB API databases and collections; query documents; run Cosmos DB queries; create Graph API
databases; execute GraphDB queries; implement MongoDB database; manage scaling of Cosmos DB, including managing partitioning, consistency,
Implement Azure Cosmos DB
and RU/m; manage multiple regions; implement stored procedures; implement JavaScript within Cosmos DB; access Cosmos DB from REST
interface; manage Cosmos DB security
Choose a cache tier; implement data persistence; implement security and network isolation; tune cluster performance; integrate Redis caching with
Implement Redis caching ASP.NET session and cache providers; implement Redis data types and operations; implement geo-replication for availability and disaster recovery
scenarios
Implement Azure Search Create a service index; add data; search an index; handle search results; implement synonyms
MCSA Cloud Platform: Exam 70-532 / Course 20532C : Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions
Subject Area: Design and Implement Azure Compute, Web, and Mobile Services (35-40%)
Define and manage App Service plans; configure Web Apps settings, certificates, and custom domains; manage Web Apps by using the API, Azure
PowerShell, Azure Cloud Shell, and Xplat-CLI; implement diagnostics, monitoring, and analytics; design and configure Web Apps for scale and
Design Azure App Service Web Apps
resilience; use Azure Managed Service Identity to access other Azure AD-protected resources including Azure Key Vault; identify usage scenarios for
App Service Isolated
Create Azure Functions; implement a webhook Function; create an event processing Function; implement an Azure-connected Function; design and
Implement Azure Functions and WebJobs implement a custom binding; debug a Function; integrate a Function with storage; implement and configure proxies; integrate with App Service
plan; build serverless applications including Azure Event Grid-based applications
Create managed APIs; configure API Management policies; protect APIs with rate limits; add caching to improve performance; monitor APIs;
Implement API Management customize the Developer portal; add authentication and authorization to applications by using API Management; configure API versions by using API
Management; implement git-based configuration using API Management
Create and deploy API Apps; automate API discovery by using Swagger and Swashbuckle; use Swagger API metadata to generate client code for an
Design Azure App Service API Apps
API app; monitor API Apps
Create a Logic App connecting SaaS services; create a Logic App with B2B capabilities; create a Logic App with XML capabilities; trigger a Logic App
Develop Azure Logic Apps from another app; create custom and long-running actions; monitor Logic Apps; integrate a logic app with a function; access on-premises data;
implement Logic Apps with Event Grid
Create a Mobile App; add offline sync to a Mobile App; add authentication to a Mobile App; add push notifications to a Mobile App; distribute a
Develop Azure App Service Mobile Apps Mobile App; add analytics to a Mobile App; collect crash data from devices; implement location-aware applications by using Azure location-based
services
Create a Service Fabric application; build an Actors-based service; add a web front-end to a Service Fabric application; monitor and diagnose
Design and implement Azure Service Fabric
services; migrate apps from cloud services; create, secure, upgrade, and scale Service Fabric Cluster in Azure; scale a Service Fabric app; deploy an
Applications
application to a Container
Design and implement Third Party Platform as a Service (PaaS)": Implement Cloud Foundry; implement OpenShift; provision applications by using
Design and implement Third Party Platform
Azure Quickstart Templates; build applications that leverage Azure Marketplace solutions and services; implement solutions that use Azure Bot
as a Service (PaaS)
Service; create Azure Managed Applications; implement Docker Swarm applications; implement Kubernetes applications
Instrument an application with telemetry; discover application performance issues by using Application Insights; deploy Visual Studio Team Services
Design and Implement DevOps with Continuous integration (CI) and Continuous development (CD); deploy CI/CD with third party platform tools (Jenkins, GitHub, Chef, Puppet;
TeamCity); implement mobile DevOps by using HockeyApp; perform root cause analysis using Azure Time Series Insights
Design and implement Kubernetes Create container images; manage container images using Azure Container Registry or Docker Hub; build YAML application definition; scale
applications on Azure Container Service applications; update running applications; monitor using Container Monitoring solution in Log Analytics; build development cluster; manage
(AKS) configuration values
Preparation options for MCSA Cloud Platform: Exam 70-532 / Course 20532C
Online training
• Getting Started with Azure App Service: Web Apps
• Building Your Azure Skills Toolkit

Instructor-led training
• 20532: Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions (five days)

Exam prep video

• Watch the online prep session.

Practice test
• Take a Microsoft Official Practice Test for exam 70-532

Books
• Exam Ref 70-532 Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions, Second Edition

Resources
• How to Deploy an Azure Web Site
• Getting Started with the Azure WebJobs SDK
• Cloud Design Patterns: Prescriptive Architecture Guidance for Cloud ApplicationsCopy Blob
• Load Balancing for Azure Infrastructure Services
• How to Monitor Cloud Services
• Continuous delivery to Azure using Visual Studio Online
• Configuring SSL for an application in Azure
• Windows Azure SDK for .NET - 2.2
• Azure Cloud Service Tutorial: ASP.NET MVC Web Role, Worker Role, and Azure Storage Tables, Queues, and Blobs - 1 of 5
• Shared Access Signatures, Part 1: Understanding the SAS Model
• How to Monitor a Storage Account
• Azure AD Graph API
• Notification Hubs Monitoring and Telemetry
MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure: Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert
About This certification validates that you have the skills needed to run a highly efficient and modern data center, with expertise in cloud technologies, identity
management, systems management, virtualization, storage, and networking.
What’s Involved Earning an MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure certification qualifies you for such jobs as cloud administrator, cloud architect, computer support
specialist, and information security analyst.
Step 1: Skills Earn an MCSA certification in Windows Server 2016, Cloud Platform, Linux on Azure, or Windows Server 2012.

Step 2: Exams Pass 1 Exam

Step 3: Completion Earn your MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure certification

Step 4: Continuing Education Explore other certifications to broaden and advance skills.
MCSE Exams
Exam 70-532 / Course 20532C Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions
•This exam is for candidates who are experienced in designing, programming, implementing, automating, and monitoring Microsoft Azure solutions. Candidates are also proficient with development tools, techniques, and approaches used to build scalable and resilient solutions.

Exam 70-533 / Course 20533C Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

•This exam is for candidates who are experienced in implementing an infrastructure solution in Microsoft Azure. Candidates have experience implementing and monitoring cloud and hybrid solutions as well as supporting application lifecycle management.

Exam 70-535 / Course 20535 Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions

•Candidates for this exam define the appropriate cloud native, cloud migration, and hybrid cloud solutions to meet the required functional, operational, and deployment requirements through the solution lifecycle. Candidates should know the features and capabilities of Azure services
to be able to identify tradeoffs and make decisions for designing public and hybrid cloud solutions.
•The candidate should understand DevOps technologies, provisioning Azure resources using ARM templates, and designing highly resilient workloads running on Azure.

Exam 70-537 / Course 20537A Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack
•Coming Soon

Exam 70-473 / Course 40441A Designing and Implementing Cloud Data Platform Solutions
•This exam is for candidates who are interested in validating their skills in designing and implementing Microsoft data platform solutions. Candidates for this exam will have relevant work experience in on-premises and cloud-based platform solutions.
•Candidates should know the features and capabilities of the Microsoft data platform to be able to identify tradeoffs and to make decisions for designing public and hybrid cloud solutions. Candidates who take this exam are expected to be able to define the appropriate infrastructure
and platform solutions to meet the required functional, operational, and deployment requirements through the solution lifecycle.
Exam 70-475 / Course 552241 and Designing and Implementing Big Data Analytics Solutions
552242
•This certification exam is targeted towards data management professionals, data architects, data scientists, and data developers who design big data analytics solutions on Microsoft Azure. Candidates for this exam will have relevant work experience in big data analytics solutions.

Exam 70-744 / Course 20744A Securing Windows Server 2016

•This exam focuses on how to secure Windows Server 2016 environments. It covers methods and technologies for hardening server environments and securing virtual machine infrastructures using Shielded and encryption-supported virtual machines and Guarded Fabric.
•In addition, the exam covers the protection of Active Directory and identity infrastructure with the Enhanced Security Administrative Environment (ESAE) Administrative Forest design approach and the management of privileged identities using Just-in-Time (JIT) and Just-Enough-
Administration (JEA) approaches, along with Privileged Access Workstations (PAWs) and Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS).
•The exam also covers threat detection solutions, such as auditing, implementing Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA), the understanding of Operations Management Suite (OMS) solutions, and workload-specific security including the use of Nano Server for particular server workloads.
Exam 70-745 / Course 20745 Implementing a Software-Defined Datacenter
•Candidates for this exam are data scientists or analysts who process and analyze data sets larger than memory using R. Candidates should have experience with R, familiarity with data structures, familiarity with basic programming concepts (such as control flow and scope), and
familiarity with writing and debugging R functions.
Candidates should be familiar with common statistical methods and data analysis best practices. Candidates should also have a high-level understanding of data platforms, such as the Hadoop ecosystem, SQL Server, and core T-SQL capabilities.

Exam 70-413 / Course 20413C Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure

•This exam is part one of a series of two exams that test the skills and knowledge necessary to design, implement, and maintain a Windows Server 2012 infrastructure in an enterprise scaled, highly virtualized environment. Passing this exam validates a candidate’s ability to plan,
configure, and implement the Windows Server 2012 services, such as server deployment, server virtualization, and network access and infrastructure. Passing this exam along with the other exam confirms that a candidate has the skills and knowledge necessary for designing,
deploying, and maintaining infrastructure services in a Windows Server 2012 environment.

Exam 70-414 / Course 20414C Implementing an Advanced Server Infrastructure

•This exam is part two of a series of two exams that test the skills and knowledge necessary to design, implement, and maintain a Windows Server 2012 infrastructure in an enterprise scaled, highly virtualized environment. Passing this exam validates a candidate’s ability to the plan,
configure, and manage the Windows Server 2012 services, such as identity and access, high availability, and the server infrastructure. Passing this exam along with the other exam confirms that a candidate has the skills and knowledge necessary for designing, deploying, and
maintaining services and infrastructure in a Windows Server 2012 environment.