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, service endpoints, firewalls, application gateways,
• VNet-integrated platform services, and Azure Bastion
• Plan and configure subnet delegation
• Plan and configure shared or dedicated subnets
• 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 public IP address
• Associate public IP addresses to resources
• Upgrade IP address SKU
esign 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 public and private DNS zones
• 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
• Implement VNet peering
• Implement and manage virtual networks by using Azure Virtual Network Manager
• Design 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
• Implement a NAT gateway
Monitor networks
• Configure monitoring, network diagnostics, and logs in Azure Network Watcher
• Monitor and troubleshoot network health by using Azure Network Watcher
• Monitor and troubleshoot networks by using Azure Monitor Network Insights
• Activate and monitor distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection
• Evaluate network security recommendations identified by Microsoft
• Defender for Cloud Secure Score
• Evaluate network security recommendations identified by Microsoft
• Defender For Cloud Attack Path Analysis
• Identify network resources by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Security Explorer
• 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-tosite 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 a local network gateway
• Create and configure an IPsec/Internet Key Exchange (IKE) policy
• Create and configure a virtual network gateway
• 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 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
• Integrate a Virtual WAN hub with a third-party NVA for cloud connectivity
• Design and implement application delivery services (15–20%)
Design and implement Azure Load Balancer and Azure Traffic Manager
• 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 load balancers
• Choose between regional and global load balancers
• Create and configure an Azure Load Balancer
• Implement Azure Traffic Manager
• Implement a gateway 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 Door
• Design and implement private access to Azure services (10–15%)
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
• Design and implement Azure network security services (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