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This course is one of the steps to prepare yourself for exam 70-535,
Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions. Ofcourse the exam isn’t limited
to what we teach from the learning material, and I’m sure you’ll get
enough “out-of-the-box” questions in the exam, but it’s a good start.

Now the difficult part; why it’s hard for learning partners to get good
trainers for this course… It’s neither a developer or an Sys-admin course.
It has to cover the following topics:

Design Compute Infrastructure
Design Data Implementation
Design Networking Implementation
Design Security and Identity Solutions
Design Solutions by using Platform Services
Design for Operations
The exam nicely maps out to the training content, which is divided
across 12 modules/chapters.

Module 1 – Application Architecture Patterns in Azure
Module 2 – Deploying Resources with Azure Resource Manager
Module 3 – Building Azure IaaS-Based Server Applications
Module 4 – Creating Managed Server Applications in Azure
Module 5 – Authoring Serverless Applications in Azure
Module 6 – Backing Azure Solutions with Azure Storage
Module 7 – Comparing Database Options in Azure
Module 8 – Networking Azure Application Components
Module 9 – Managing Security & Identity for Azure Solutions
Module 10 – Integrating SaaS Services Available on the Azure Platform
Module 11 – Integrating Azure Solution Components using Messaging Services
Module 12 – Monitoring & Automating Azure Solutions

And here’s immedietaly where you see “the issue”. Where module 1 discusses
app design and resiliency patterns (developer), module 8 discusses Azure
Networking. So when looking at the traditional world, you’ll need either
a Development trainer with Infrastructure knowledge, or an infrastructure
trainer with development experience. I have to admit, as an infrastructure
guy, this course was really inspiring to deliver, with an eye-opening
experience in modules 5 and 10 in the serverless space with Azure Event
Grid.

Highly recommended to check that technology out!

Ofcourse, since the course is brand-spanking-new there are some rough edges…
No biggies, but still, rough edges…

For instance, Module 12 seems like a collection of a lot of small topics,
which aren’t really handled in-depth, but it seems kind of chunked together.
I think it would be better to add an additional module to spread these a
little more and ensure some more coverage.

The labs are a nice, however high-level, addition to the course. There are
some discussions and workshop in the course, which might work well in a
full classroom of students all following the same course, but in an individual
training or remote delivery really don’t work.

All and all a great course where you are inspired whether you’re a dev
or admin… Keep up the good work, Microsoft Learning!