Exam

70-533

Published:

04 September 2014
Languages:

English, Japanese
Audiences:

IT professionals
Technology:

Microsoft Azure
Credit towards certification:
MCP, Microsoft Specialist

Implementing Microsoft Azure

Infrastructure Solutions

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Skills measured
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Implement websites (15-20%)
Deploy websites

Define deployment slots; roll back deployments, configure and

deploy packages, deploy web jobs, schedule web jobs

Configure websites

Configure app settings, connection strings, handlers and virtual

directories; configure certificates, custom domains and traffic
manager; configure SSL bindings and runtime configurations;
manage websites by using Windows PowerShell and Xplat-CLI

Configure diagnostics, monitoring and analytics

Retrieve diagnostics data; view streaming logs; configure

endpoint monitoring, alerts and diagnostics; monitor website
resources

Configure scale and resilience

Configure auto-scale using built-in and custom schedules;

configure by metric; change the size of an instance

Manage hosting plans

Create hosting plans; migrate websites between hosting plans;

create a website within a hosting plan

Implement virtual machines (15-20%)

Deploy workloads on Azure virtual machines (VMs)

Identify supported Microsoft workloads; deploy and connect to a

Linux VM; create VMs

Implement images and disks

Create specialised and generalised images for Windows and

Linux; copy images between storage accounts and subscriptions;
upload VHDs

Perform configuration management

Automate configuration management by using PowerShell

Desired State Configuration and custom script extensions; enable
puppet and chef extensions

Configure VM networking

Settings include reserved IP addresses, access control list (ACL),

internal name resolution, DNS at the cloud service level, load
balancing endpoints, HTTP and TCP health probes, public IPs,
firewall rules, direct server return and Keep Alive

Configure VM resiliency

Scale up and scale down VM sizes; auto-scale; configure

availability sets

Design and implement VM storage

Configure disk caching; plan storage capacity; configure

operating system disk redundancy; configure shared storage
using Azure File service; configure geo-replication; encrypt disks

Monitor VMs

Configure endpoint monitoring, alerts and diagnostics

Implement cloud services (15-20%)

Configure cloud services and roles

Configure instance count and size, operating system version and

family, upgrade and fault domains, ACLs, reserved IPs and
network access rules; configure local storage; configure dedicated
and co-located caching, local and cloud configurations and local
disks; configure multiple websites; configure custom domains

Deploy and manage cloud services

Upgrade a deployment; VIP swap a deployment; package a

deployment; modify configuration files; perform in-place updates;
perform runtime configuration changes using the portal; scale a
cloud service; create service bus namespaces and choose a tier;
apply scalability targets

Monitor cloud services

Monitor service bus queues, topics, relays and notification hubs;

configure diagnostics

Implement storage (15-20%)

Implement blobs and Azure files

Read data; change data; set metadata on a container; use

encryption (SSL); perform an async blob copy; configure a Content
Delivery Network (CDN); implement storage for backup and
disaster recovery; configure Azure Backup; define blob
hierarchies; configure custom domains; configure the Import and
Export Service

Manage access

Create and manage shared access signatures; use stored access

policies; regenerate keys

Configure diagnostics, monitoring and analytics

Configure retention policies and logging levels; analyse logs

Implement SQL databases

Choose the appropriate database tier and performance level;

configure point-in-time recovery and geo-replication; import and
export data and schema; design a scaling strategy

Implement recovery services

Create a backup vault; deploy a backup agent; back up and

restore data

Implement an Azure Active Directory (15-20%)

Integrate an Azure AD with existing directories

Implement DirSync, O365 integration and single sign-on with onpremises Windows Server 2012 R2; add custom domains; monitor
Azure AD

Configure the Application Access Panel

Configure single sign-on with SaaS applications using federation

and password based; add users and groups to applications; revoke
access to SaaS applications; configure access; federation with
Facebook and Google ID

Integrate an app with Azure AD

Web apps (WS-federation); desktop apps (OAuth); graph API

Implement virtual networks (15-20%)

Configure a virtual network

Deploy a VM into a virtual network; deploy a cloud service into a

virtual network; configure static IPs; configure internal load
balancing; design subnets

Modify a network configuration

Modify a subnet; import and export a network configuration

Design and implement a multi-site or hybrid network

Choose the appropriate solution between ExpressRoute, site-tosite and point-to-site; choose the appropriate gateway; identify
supported devices and software VPN solutions; identify
networking prerequisites; configure regional virtual networks and
multi-site virtual networks

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Who should take this exam?

This exam is for candidates who are experienced in implementing an
infrastructure solution in Microsoft Azure. Candidates have experience
implementing and monitoring cloud and hybrid solutions as well as
supporting application lifecycle management.

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