AZ-700: Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions

AZ-700: Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: design and implement core networking infrastructure; design, implement, and manage connectivity services; design and implement application delivery services; design and implement private access to Azure services; and secure network connectivity to Azure resources.

As a candidate for this exam, you should have subject matter expertise in planning, implementing, and managing Azure networking solutions, including:

◉ Core network infrastructure
◉ Hybrid connectivity
◉ Application delivery services
◉ Private access to Azure services
◉ Network security

As an Azure network engineer, your responsibilities include optimizing performance, resiliency, scale, and security of Azure networking solutions. You deploy the solutions by using the Azure portal, the command line, and templates. You proactively monitor network environments to identify issues and minimize risk.

To deliver Azure solutions, you work with:

◉ Solution architects
◉ Cloud administrators
◉ Security engineers
◉ Application developers
◉ DevOps engineers

You also assist Azure support engineers in resolving connectivity issues reported by customers.

As a candidate for this exam, you should have experience creating and managing compute, storage, and networking resources in Azure. You should understand networking fundamentals, such as:

◉ Name resolution
◉ Network protocols
◉ Network address management

Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions Exam Summary:


Exam Name Microsoft Certified - Azure Network Engineer Associate
Exam Code   AZ-700
Exam Price  $165 (USD)
Exam Price  120 mins
Number of Questions  40-60
Passing Score  700 / 1000
Books / Training Course AZ-700T00: Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions
Sample Questions  Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions Sample Questions
Practice Exam  Microsoft AZ-700 Certification Practice Exam

Microsoft AZ-700 Exam Syllabus Topics:


Topic Details 
Design and Implement Core Networking Infrastructure (20-25%)
Design and implement IP addressing for Azure resources - Plan and implement network segmentation and address spaces
- Create a virtual network (VNet)
- Plan and configure subnetting for services, including VNet gateways, private endpoints, firewalls, application gateways, VNet-integrated platform services, and Azure Bastion
- Plan and configure subnet delegation
- Create a prefix for public IP addresses
- Choose when to use a public IP address prefix
- Plan and implement a custom public IP address prefix (bring your own IP)
- Create a new public IP address
- Associate public IP addresses to resources
Design and implement name resolution - Design name resolution inside a VNet
- Configure DNS settings for a VNet
- Design public DNS zones
- Design private DNS zones
- Configure a public or private DNS zone
- Link a private DNS zone to a VNet
- Design and implement Azure DNS private resolver
Design and implement VNet connectivity and routing - Design service chaining, including gateway transit
- Design virtual private network (VPN) connectivity between VNets
- Implement VNet peering
- Implement and manage virtual networks by using Azure Virtual Network ManagerDesign and implement user-defined routes (UDRs)
- Associate a route table with a subnet
- Configure forced tunneling
- Diagnose and resolve routing issues
- Design and implement Azure Route Server
- Identify appropriate use cases for a network address translation (NAT) gateway in the virtual network
- Implement a NAT gateway
Monitor networks - Configure monitoring, network diagnostics, and logs in Azure Network Watcher
- Monitor and repair network health by using Azure Network Watcher
- Activate and monitor distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection
- Activate and monitor Microsoft Defender for DNS
- Monitor networks by using Azure Monitor Network Insights
Design, implement, and manage connectivity services (20-25%)
Design, implement, and manage a site-to-site VPN connection - Design a site-to-site VPN connection, including for high availability
- Select an appropriate VNet gateway stock-keeping unit (SKU) for site-to-site VPN requirements
- Implement a site-to-site VPN connection
- Identify when to use a policy-based VPN versus a route-based VPN connection
- Create and configure an IPsec/Internet Key Exchange (IKE) policy
- Diagnose and resolve virtual network gateway connectivity issues
- Implement Azure Extended Network
Design, implement, and manage a point-to-site VPN connection - Select an appropriate virtual network gateway SKU for point-to-site VPN requirements
- Select and configure a tunnel type
- Select an appropriate authentication method
- Configure RADIUS authentication
- Configure certificate-based authentication
- Configure authentication by using Microsoft Entra ID
- Implement a VPN client configuration file
- Diagnose and resolve client-side and authentication issues
- Specify Azure requirements for Always On VPN
- Specify Azure requirements for Azure Network Adapter
Design, implement, and manage Azure ExpressRoute - Select an ExpressRoute connectivity model
- Select an appropriate ExpressRoute SKU and tier
- Design and implement ExpressRoute to meet requirements, including cross-region connectivity, redundancy, and disaster recovery
- Design and implement ExpressRoute options, including Global Reach, FastPath, and ExpressRoute Direct
- Choose between Azure private peering only, Microsoft peering only, or both
- Configure Azure private peering
- Configure Microsoft peering
- Create and configure an ExpressRoute gateway
- Connect a virtual network to an ExpressRoute circuit
- Recommend a route advertisement configuration
- Configure encryption over ExpressRoute
- Implement Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
- Diagnose and resolve ExpressRoute connection issues
Design and implement an Azure Virtual WAN architecture - Select a Virtual WAN SKU
- Design a Virtual WAN architecture, including selecting types and services
- Create a hub in Virtual WAN
- Choose an appropriate scale unit for each gateway type
- Deploy a gateway into a Virtual WAN hub
- Configure virtual hub routing
- Create a network virtual appliance (NVA) in a virtual hub
- Integrate a Virtual WAN hub with a third-party NVA
Design and implement application delivery services (20-25%)
Design and implement an Azure Load Balancer - Map requirements to features and capabilities of Azure Load Balancer
- Identify appropriate use cases for Azure Load Balancer
- Choose an Azure Load Balancer SKU and tier
- Choose between public and internal
- Choose between regional and global
- Implement a gateway load balancer
- Create and configure an Azure Load Balancer
- Implement a load balancing rule
- Create and configure inbound NAT rules
- Create and configure explicit outbound rules, including source network address translation (SNAT)
Design and implement Azure Application Gateway - Map requirements to features and capabilities of Azure Application Gateway
- Identify appropriate use cases for Azure Application Gateway
- Choose between manual and autoscale
- Create a back-end pool
- Configure health probes
- Configure listeners
- Configure routing rules
- Configure HTTP settings
- Configure Transport Layer Security (TLS)
- Configure rewrite sets
Design and implement Azure Front Door - Map requirements to features and capabilities of Azure Front Door
- Identify appropriate use cases for Azure Front Door
- Choose an appropriate tier
- Configure an Azure Front Door, including routing, origins, and endpoints
- Configure SSL termination and end-to-end SSL encryption
- Configure caching
- Configure traffic acceleration
- Implement rules, URL rewrite, and URL redirect
Secure an origin by using Azure Private Link in Azure Front DoorDesign and implement Azure Traffic Manager - Identify appropriate use cases for Azure Traffic Manager
- Configure a routing method
- Configure endpoints
Design and Implement Private Access to Azure Services (5-10%)
Design and implement Azure Private Link service and Azure Private Endpoints - Plan private endpoints
- Create private endpoints
- Configure access to private endpoints
- Create a Private Link service
- Integrate Private Link and Private Endpoint with DNS
- Integrate a Private Link service with on-premises clients
Design and implement service endpoints - Choose when to use a service endpoint
- Create service endpoints
- Configure service endpoint policies
- Configure access to service endpoints
Secure network connectivity to Azure resources (15-20%)
Implement and manage network security groups - Create a network security group (NSG)
- Associate a NSG to a resource
- Create an application security group (ASG)
- Associate an ASG to a network interface card (NIC)
- Create and configure NSG rules
- Interpret NSG flow logs
- Validate NSG flow rules
- Verify IP flow
- Configure an NSG for remote server administration, including Azure Bastion
Design and implement Azure Firewall and Azure Firewall Manager - Map requirements to features and capabilities of Azure Firewall
- Select an appropriate Azure Firewall SKU
- Design an Azure Firewall deployment
- Create and implement an Azure Firewall deployment
- Configure Azure Firewall rules
- Create and implement Azure Firewall Manager policies
- Create a secure hub by deploying Azure Firewall inside an Azure Virtual WAN hub
Design and implement a Web Application Firewall (WAF) deployment - Map requirements to features and capabilities of WAF
- Design a WAF deployment
- Configure detection or prevention mode
- Configure rule sets for WAF on Azure Front Door
- Configure rule sets for WAF on Application Gateway
- Implement a WAF policy
- Associate a WAF policy

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