My Study notes and guidance to pass 70-532 Exam : Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions

Hi All,

Today i have passed Microsoft exam 70-532 "Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions". I have been studying for awhile. I have been implementing Azure solutions since 2008. The preparation was just a mater of getting the exam materials, focus on the exam topic areas, and do lots of readings!

I will provide all what you need to read, watch or most importantly is my study tips to pass the first exam in the Azure certifications for Developers and Architects.

A) What you need to read:

1) Topics covered in the exam:
https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/exam-70-532.aspx

2) Developing Azure Solutions book (or the ebook):
http://www.amazon.com/70-532-Developing-Microsoft-Azure-Solutions/dp/0735697043


B) What you need to Watch:
Microsoft  Virtual Academy (MVA) has a course for this exam. Amazing course that cover all the basics of this exam, great conversations and discussions for these topics. It covers exam's  topics and lots of demos in the MVA course and  you need to do some exercise for all the topics they asked to read more about.

http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/developing-microsoft-azure-solutions


C) My Study notes & tips:

• Importance of using Blob API to copy blob storage within a storage account: https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/azure/dd894037.aspx

• How to manage Disk Caching in Azure VMs and Virtual Machines: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn790303.aspx

• How to secure Azure App Service ( or your WebSite) in Azure by using SSL certificate: http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-configure-ssl-certificate/

• How to configure custom domain in your Azure app service:    

          http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-custom-domain-name/

• How to configure GIT in Azure for Continuous Integration:

          http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-publish-source-control/

• How to enable remote debugging for deployed Azure app service:

          http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdev/archive/2013/11/05/remote-debugging-a-window-azure-web-site-with-visual-studio-2013.aspx

• How to configure Azure Mobile Push Notifications service:

          https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn167707.aspx

• Understand the factors that affect the cost (billing) when you store content in Azure CDN Services and how to control it.
• How to integrate with Azure AD Services through REST API.

• Understand Azure Storage replication strategies, check out this link:

          https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/hh873027.aspx

• How to manipulate data in Azure storage in C#, check out this simple reference:

           http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/storage-dotnet-how-to-use-blobs/

• How to configure Virtual Networks (VNet) in Azure using Site-to-Site and Site-to-Point, check out this reference:

          https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/jj156206.aspx

Hope this helps and best of luck for all of you!