Pass the AZ-700 exam effortlessly with this comprehensive guide to Azure networking, covering all aspects of architecting, implementing, and managing Azure virtual networks

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Key Features

• Create and deploy a secure Azure network and implement dynamic routing and hybrid connectivity
• Master Azure network design for performance, resilience, scalability, and security
• Enhance your practical skills with hands-on labs aligned to the AZ-700 Network Engineer certification

Book Description

Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions Exam Ref AZ-700 is a comprehensive guide that covers every aspect of the AZ-700 exam to help you fully prepare to take the certification exam.

Packed with essential information, this book is a valuable resource for Azure cloud professionals, helping you build practical skills to design and implement name resolution, VNet routing, cross-VNet connectivity, and hybrid network connectivity using the VPN Gateway and the ExpressRoute Gateway. It provides step-by-step instructions for designing and implementing an Azure Virtual WAN Architecture for enterprise use cases.

Additionally, the book offers detailed guidance on network security design and implementation, application delivery services, private platform service connectivity, and monitoring networks in Azure. Throughout the book, you’ll find hands-on labs carefully integrated to align with the exam objectives of the Azure Network Engineer certification (AZ-700), complemented by practice questions at the end of each chapter, allowing you to test your knowledge.

By the end of this book, you’ll have mastered the fundamentals of Azure networking and be ready to take the AZ-700 exam.

What you will learn

• Recap the fundamentals of Azure networking
• Design and implement name resolution
• Implement cross-VNet and VNet internet connectivity
• Build site-to-site VPN connections using the VPN gateway
• Create an ExpressRoute connection
• Secure your network with Azure Firewall and network security groups
• Implement private access to Azure services
• Choose the right load balancing option for your network

Who This Book Is For

Whether you’re an Azure network engineer or a professional looking to enhance your expertise in designing and implementing scalable and secure network solutions, this book is an invaluable resource. A basic understanding of cloud solutions will help you to get the most out of this book.

Table of Contents

1. Azure Networking Fundamentals
2. Design and Implement Name Resolution
3. Design and Implement cross-VNet Connectivity
4. Design and Implement vNet Internet Connectivity
5. Design, Implement, and Manage a Site-to-Site VPN Connection
6. Design, Implement, and Manage a Point-to-Site VPN Connection
7. Design and Implement an Azure Virtual WAN Architecture
8. Design, Implement, and Manage Azure ExpressRoute
9. Design, Implement, and Manage VNet Routing
10. Design and Implement an Azure Load Balancer
11. Design and Implement Azure Application Gateway

Prepare for Microsoft Exam AZ-700 and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of planning, implementing, and maintaining Azure networking solutions, including hybrid networking, connectivity, routing, security, and private access to Azure services. Designed for professionals with Azure networking experience, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified: Network Engineer Associate level.

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

• Design, implement, and manage hybrid networking
• Design and implement core networking infrastructure
• Design and implement routing
• Secure and monitor networks
• Design and implement private access to Azure services

This Microsoft Exam Ref:

• Organizes its coverage by exam objectives
• Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
• Assumes you have expertise in planning, implementing, and maintaining Azure networking solutions

About the Exam

Exam AZ-700 focuses on knowledge needed to design, implement, and manage site-to-site and point-to-site VPN connections, and Azure ExpressRoute; design and implement virtual network private IP addressing, name resolution, cross-virtual network connectivity, and Azure Virtual WAN architectures; design and implement virtual network routing, Azure Load Balancer, Azure Application Gateway, Azure Front Door, and Azure Traffic Manager profiles; secure and monitor networks via Azure Firewall, network security groups (NSGs), Web Application Firewall (WAF), Azure Monitor, and other tools; design and implement Azure Private Link, Azure Private Endpoint, service endpoints, and virtual network integration for dedicated PaaS services. About Microsoft Certification Passing this exam fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft Certified: Network Engineer Associate credential, demonstrating your expertise as a Network Engineer capable of recommending, planning, and implementing Azure networking solutions; managing them for performance, resiliency, scale, and security; deploying them via the Azure Portal and other methods; and working with architects, administrators, engineers, and developers to deliver Azure solutions.

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