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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CHARLES PLUTA is a technical consultant and Microsoft Certified Trainer who has authored several certification exams, lab guides, and learner guides for various technology vendors. As a technical consultant, Charles has assisted small, medium, and large organizations in deploying and maintaining their IT infrastructure. He is also a speaker, staff member, or trainer at several large industry conferences every year. Charles has a degree in Computer Networking and holds over 25 industry certifications. He makes a point to leave the United States to travel to a different country once every year. When not working on training or traveling, he plays pool in Augusta, Georgia.

CHAPTER 1 Design, implement, and manage hybrid networking