The New Azure Certification Path

The Azure certification track is now divided into 3 tracks: Admin, Developer and Solution Architect.

 Ø The Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate certification consists of the following exams

      a)     AZ-100: Microsoft Azure Infrastructure and Deployment Exam
      b)    AZ-101: Microsoft Azure Integration and Security Exam

 Ø Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate certification consists of the following exam

      a)     AZ-203: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure

Note: Microsoft did release 2 exams in 2018, Az-200 and Az-201 but  these exams have been retired and replaced with Az-203

 Ø Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert consists of the following exams

      a)     AZ-300: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies Exam
      b)    AZ-301: Microsoft Azure Architect Design Exam

The following is the topic coverage of Azure Administrator Associate certification:

AZ-100: Microsoft Azure Infrastructure and Deployment focusses on the following major objectives:

•       Manage Azure subscriptions and resources (15-20%)

•       Implement and manage storage (20-25%)

•       Deploy and manage virtual machines (VMs) (20-25%)

•       Configure and manage virtual networks (20-25%)

•       Manage identities (15-20%)

AZ-101: Microsoft Azure Integration and Security covers a number of different technologies and concepts:

•       Evaluate and perform server migration to Azure (15-20%)

•       Implement and manage application services (20-25%)

•       Implement advanced virtual networking (30-35%)

•       Secure identities (25-30%)

The following is the topic coverage of Azure Developer Associate certification

AZ-203: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure focusses on the following major objectives:

•       Develop Azure Infrastructure as a Service Compute Solutions (10-15%)

•       Develop Azure Platform as a Service Compute Solutions (20-25%)

•       Develop for Azure storage (15-20%)

•       Implement Azure security (10-15%)

•       Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Azure solutions (15-20%)