Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate

This course teaches Network Engineers how to design, implement, and maintain Azure networking solutions. This course covers the process of designing, implementing, and managing core Azure networking infrastructure, Hybrid Networking connections, load balancing traffic, network routing, private access to Azure services, network security and monitoring. Learn how to design and implement a secure, reliable, network infrastructure in Azure and how to establish hybrid connectivity, routing, private access to Azure services, and monitoring in Azure.

As a candidate for this certification, 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 optimising performance, resiliency, scale, and security of Azure networking solutions. You proactively monitor network environments to identify issues and minimize risk. You also identify and resolve connectivity issues.

To deliver Azure solutions, you work with:

• Solution architects
• Cloud administrators
• Security engineers
• Application developers
• DevOps engineers.

Module 1: Introduction to Azure Virtual Networks

Module 2: Design and implement hybrid networking

Module 3: Design and implement Azure ExpressRoute7

Module 4: Load balance non-HTTP(S) traffic in Azure

Module 5: Load balance HTTP(S) traffic in Azure

Module 6: Design and implement network security

Module 7: Design and implement private access to Azure Services

Module 8: Design and implement network monitoring

Learn how to design and implement a secure network infrastructure in Azure and how to establish hybrid connectivity, routing, private access to Azure services, and monitoring in Azure.

By the end of the course, you should have:

• Understanding of on-premises virtualisation technologies, including: VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks.
• Understanding of network configurations, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies.
• Understanding of software defined networking.
• Understanding hybrid network connectivity methods, such as VPN.
• Understanding resilience and disaster recovery, including high availability and restore operations.

As a candidate for this certification, 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

Prerequisites include:

• You should have experience with networking concepts, such as IP addressing, Domain Name System (DNS), and routing.
• You should have experience with network connectivity methods, such as VPN or WAN.
• You should be able to navigate the Azure portal.
• You should have experience with the Azure portal and Azure PowerShell.

Successful Azure Network Engineers start this role with experience in enterprise networking, on-premises or cloud infrastructure and network security.