Develop for asynchronous processing

Lessons

• Implement parallelism multithreading and processing
• Implement Azure Functions and Azure Logic Apps
• Implement interfaces for storage or data access
• Implement appropriate asynchronous computing models

Develop for autoscaling

Lessons

• Implement autoscaling rules and patterns
• Implement code that addresses singleton application instances
• Implement code that addresses a transient state

Develop long-running tasks

Lessons

• Implement large scale parallel and high-performance apps by using batches
• Implement resilient apps by using queues
• Implement code to address aplication events by using webhooks
• Address continuous processing tasks by using Azure WebJobs

Implement distributed transactions

Lessons

• Identify tools to implement distributed transactions
• Manage the transaction scope
• Manage transactions across multiple databases and servers

Enable the search of textual content

Lessons

• Create an Azure Search index
• Import searchable data
• Query the Azure Search index by using code

Instrument an app or service and implement logging

Lessons

• Configure instrumentation in an app or service
• Configure the logging service

Manage APIs by using API Management

Lessons

• Analyze recommendations in Security Center
• Create an API Management instance
• Configure authentication for APIs
• Create an API gateway
• Define policies for APIs

Configure a message-based integration architecture

Lessons

• Configure an app or service to send emails
• Configure an event publish and subscribe model
• Configure the Azure Relay service
• Create and configure a notification hub
• Create and configure an evnt hub
• Create and configure a service bus
• Configure an app or service with Microsoft Graph

Develop an application message model

Lessons

• Create an event model
• Create topics and subscriptions

Develop Azure Cognitive Services solutions

Lessons

• Cognitive Services overview
• Develop solutions using Computer Vision
• Develop solutins using Bing Web Search
• Develop solutions using Custom Speech Service
• Develop solutions using QnA Maker

Create and integrate bots

Lessons

• Azure Bot Service overview
• Create a bot using the Bot Builder SDK for .NET
• Using Language Understanding in your bot
• Register a bot with Bot Service
• Managing a bot using the Azure Portal

Create and implement IoT solutions

Lessons

• Working with the Azure IoT Hub
• Working with Azure Time Series Insights
• Working with Azure Stream Analytics