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Chapter 1United States38 min read

Microsoft Azure core architecture: regions, zones, resources, and management hierarchy

Connect Azure services and accounts to datacenters, regions, availability zones, region strategies, resource groups, subscriptions, and management groups.

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Chapter 2United States55 min read

Azure compute and innovation services: VMs, containers, Functions, App Service, AI, and IoT

Compare Azure Virtual Machines, scale sets, Virtual Desktop, containers, Functions, App Service, AI, machine learning, IoT, and edge hosting options.

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Chapter 3United States58 min read

Azure storage architecture: accounts, redundancy, services, migration, and file movement

Design storage accounts, endpoints, redundancy, blob tiers, data services, migration paths, and hybrid file movement with Azure Storage.

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Chapter 4United States68 min read

Azure identity and security architecture: Entra, authentication, RBAC, Zero Trust, encryption, and Defender for Cloud

Connect directory services, strong authentication, external identities, Conditional Access, RBAC, Zero Trust, layered defense, encryption, Key Vault, and cloud posture.

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Chapter 5United States95 min read

Cloud Adoption Framework architecture: strategy, planning, migration, modernization, governance, management, and security

Connect business outcomes, people, landing zones, workload adoption, governance, observability, resilience, and Zero Trust through the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework.

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Chapter 6United States35 min read

Azure Well-Architected Framework: five pillars, design principles, and architectural trade-offs

Balance Reliability, Security, Cost Optimization, Operational Excellence, and Performance Efficiency while making architectural trade-offs explicit.

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Chapter 7United States75 min read

Azure governance architecture: hierarchy, subscriptions, resource groups, tags, Policy, RBAC, and landing zones

Design enforceable governance across management groups, subscriptions, resource groups, metadata, Azure Policy, Azure RBAC, compliance, and landing zones.

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Chapter 8United States85 min read

Identity and access architecture: Microsoft Entra, B2B, CIAM, Conditional Access, workloads, and Key Vault

Design workforce and external identity, risk-aware access, entitlement reviews, application and managed identities, and secure secret storage.

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Chapter 9United States78 min read

Monitoring architecture: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Workbooks, insights, and Data Explorer

Design full-stack telemetry, DCR collection, workspace topology, KQL, alerts, interactive reports, resource insights, security integration, and high-scale analytics.

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Chapter 10United States82 min read

HADR architecture for database platforms: RTO, RPO, SQL Server, Azure PaaS, and hybrid solutions

Design measurable high availability and disaster recovery with SQL Server AGs, FCIs, log shipping, Azure VM placement, Site Recovery, Azure SQL PaaS, and hybrid networking.

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Chapter 11United States78 min read

Design backup and recovery with Azure Backup, Storage, SQL, and Site Recovery

Translate RTO, RPO, RLO, and availability targets into layered protection for blobs, file shares, virtual machines, Azure SQL databases, and complete workloads.

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Chapter 12United States86 min read

Design data storage with accounts, redundancy, blobs, files, managed disks, and security

Map data shape and access patterns to account types, replication, blob tiers, immutable storage, Azure Files, Azure NetApp Files, disks, and private access.

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Chapter 13United States82 min read

Design database solutions with Azure SQL, scalability, availability, security, and Cosmos DB

Compare SQL Database, Managed Instance, and SQL VMs; design elastic scale, service-tier availability, data protection, and Azure Cosmos DB for Table.

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Chapter 14United States86 min read

Design data integration and analytics with Data Factory, Data Lake, Databricks, Synapse, and Stream Analytics

Choose orchestration, analytical storage, Spark and SQL engines, hot/warm/cold paths, and real-time event processing from architectural requirements.

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Chapter 15United States92 min read

Design compute solutions with Virtual Machines, Batch, App Service, containers, AKS, Functions, and Logic Apps

Choose Azure compute from control, migration, scale, hosting, orchestration, serverless, security, operations, and cost requirements.

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Chapter 16United States96 min read

Design application architecture with messaging, events, cache, APIs, automation, and configuration

Choose Queue Storage, Service Bus, Event Hubs, Event Grid, Managed Redis, API Management, Bicep, Automation, Update Manager, and App Configuration.

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Chapter 17United States82 min read

Design network architecture, routing, hybrid connectivity, application delivery, and protection

Choose Virtual Network topology, explicit egress, VPN, ExpressRoute, Virtual WAN, load balancing, private connectivity, and layered network security.

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Chapter 18United States92 min read

Design Azure migration solutions for workloads and data

Plan and assess migration with Cloud Adoption Framework, Azure Migrate, database services, Storage Mover, File Sync, Import/Export, and Data Box.

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Chapter 19United States88 min read

Design reliable Azure workloads

Turn business targets into resilient, recoverable, observable, self-healing, and deliberately simple Azure architecture.

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Chapter 20United States84 min read

Design secure Azure workloads

Plan security readiness, protect confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and sustain posture with Zero Trust, threat modeling, testing, and SDL.

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Chapter 21United States86 min read

Design cost-optimized Azure workloads

Build cost discipline, model ROI, optimize usage and rates, apply guardrails, allocate spend, and improve efficiency continuously.

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Chapter 22United States90 min read

Design operationally excellent Azure workloads

Unify teams with DevOps, standardize development, correlate telemetry, automate deliberately, use IaC, and release through safe progressive delivery.

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Chapter 23United States85 min read

Design performance-efficient Azure workloads

Set measurable flow targets, plan elastic capacity, validate assumptions, block regressions, observe production, and optimize from evidence.

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