A credential backed by Microsoft carries real weight with hiring managers, and the Microsoft Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure exam is how you earn one. Preparing with the 655 practice questions from ActualCollection keeps every study hour focused on what the exam actually asks.
Microsoft AZ-204 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure |
| Exam Number: | AZ-204 |
| Exam Price: | $165 USD |
| Exam Duration: | 120 minutes |
| Related Certifications: | Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate |
| Passing Score: | 700 |
| Exam Format: | Build list, Case study, Drag and drop, Multiple-choice |
| Real Exam Qty: | 40-60 |
| Available Languages: | Japanese, Portuguese (Brazilian), English, Korean, German, Chinese (Simplified), French, Spanish |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 1 year (renew by passing current version or completing continuing education) |
| Sample Questions: | ![]() |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored exam (Pearson VUE) or in-person testing center |
| Pre Condition: | Familiarity with Azure portal, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, and ARM templates. At least one year of experience in developing scalable solutions through coding. Recommended: understanding of C# or other .NET languages. |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/certifications/exams/az-204/ |
Microsoft AZ-204 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Implement Azure Security (20-25%) | 20-25% | - Implement access control and secure data solutions
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| Topic 2: Implement Azure Compute Solutions (25-30%) | 25-30% | - Implement containerized solutions
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| Topic 3: Instrument Solutions to Support Monitoring and Logging (10-15%) | 10-15% | - Implement monitoring and logging
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| Topic 4: Connect to and Consume Azure Services and Third-Party Services (15-20%) | 15-20% | - Develop message-based solutions
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| Topic 5: Develop for Azure Storage (15-20%) | 15-20% | - Develop solutions using Azure Files
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Common Questions About the Microsoft Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure Exam
The Microsoft Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure exam is the official Microsoft test registered under exam code AZ-204. Passing it earns you the Microsoft Azure certification, a credential at the Associate level. It is also linked to the related certification: Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate. Microsoft exams are valued because they test job-ready skills, so a passing score here carries real weight on a resume.
The Microsoft Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure exam includes 40-60 questions to be completed within 120 minutes. Do the pacing math before exam day: with that many items on the clock, you need a steady rhythm and the discipline to flag a hard question and move on instead of stalling. Two or three full timed sessions with the ActualCollection test engine will show you exactly what that pace feels like, so time pressure stops being a factor on the real day.
To pass the Microsoft Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure exam you need 700, and the official registration fee is $165 USD. A retake is not discounted: a failed attempt means paying the full $165 USD again, so treat your first sitting as the expensive one. A sensible rule is to book your seat only after you are scoring comfortably above the passing mark on the ActualCollection practice tests, not just squeaking past it once.
Familiarity with Azure portal, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, and ARM templates. At least one year of experience in developing scalable solutions through coding. Recommended: understanding of C# or other .NET languages.
Eligibility rules do change from time to time, so confirm the current requirements before you register on the official exam page.
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The official Microsoft Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure syllabus is organized into 5 domains. Key areas include Instrument Solutions to Support Monitoring and Logging (10-15%) (10-15%), Connect to and Consume Azure Services and Third-Party Services (15-20%) (15-20%), and Implement Azure Security (20-25%) (20-25%). The complete, up-to-date topic list appears in the exam topics section above; work through it line by line and flag anything you cannot yet explain in your own words.
Microsoft Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure Sample Questions:
A company is developing a solution that allows smart refrigerators to send temperature information to a central location. You have an existing Service Bus.
The solution must receive and store message until they can be processed. You create an Azure Service Bus Instance by providing a name, pricing tier, subscription, resource group, and location.
You need to complete the configuration.
Which Azure CLI or PowerShell command should you run?
- A.

- B.

- C.

- D.

Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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Case Study 6 - Contoso, Ltd
Background
Overview
You are a developer for Contoso, Ltd. The company has a social networking website that is developed as a Single Page Application (SPA). The main web application for the social networking website loads user uploaded content from blob storage.
You are developing a solution to monitor uploaded data for inappropriate content. The following process occurs when users upload content by using the SPA:
* Messages are sent to ContentUploadService.
* Content is processed by ContentAnalysisService.
* After processing is complete, the content is posted to the social network or a rejection message
is posted in its place.
The ContentAnalysisService is deployed with Azure Container Instances from a private Azure Container Registry named contosoimages.
The solution will use eight CPU cores.
Azure Active Directory
Contoso, Ltd. uses Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) for both internal and guest accounts.
Requirements
ContentAnalysisService
The company's data science group built ContentAnalysisService which accepts user generated content as a string and returns a probable value for inappropriate content. Any values over a specific threshold must be reviewed by an employee of Contoso, Ltd.
You must create an Azure Function named CheckUserContent to perform the content checks.
Costs
You must minimize costs for all Azure services.
Manual review
To review content, the user must authenticate to the website portion of the ContentAnalysisService using their Azure AD credentials. The website is built using React and all pages and API endpoints require authentication. In order to review content a user must be part of a ContentReviewer role. All completed reviews must include the reviewer's email address for auditing purposes.
High availability
All services must run in multiple regions. The failure of any service in a region must not impact overall application availability.
Monitoring
An alert must be raised if the ContentUploadService uses more than 80 percent of available CPU cores.
Security
You have the following security requirements:
* Any web service accessible over the Internet must be protected from cross site scripting
attacks.
* All websites and services must use SSL from a valid root certificate authority.
* Azure Storage access keys must only be stored in memory and must be available only to the
service.
* All Internal services must only be accessible from internal Virtual Networks (VNets).
* All parts of the system must support inbound and outbound traffic restrictions.
* All service calls must be authenticated by using Azure AD.
User agreements
When a user submits content, they must agree to a user agreement. The agreement allows employees of Contoso, Ltd. to review content, store cookies on user devices, and track user's IP addresses.
Information regarding agreements is used by multiple divisions within Contoso, Ltd.
User responses must not be lost and must be available to all parties regardless of individual service uptime. The volume of agreements is expected to be in the millions per hour.
Validation testing
When a new version of the ContentAnalysisService is available the previous seven days of content must be processed with the new version to verify that the new version does not significantly deviate from the old version.
Issues
Users of the ContentUploadService report that they occasionally see HTTP 502 responses on specific pages.
Code
ContentUploadService
ApplicationManifest
You need to investigate the http server log output to resolve the issue with the ContentUploadService.
Which command should you use first?
- A. az container attach
- B. az ams live-output
- C. az webapp log
- D. az monitor activity-log
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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Hotspot Question
A company runs an international travel and bookings management service. The company plans to begin offering restaurant bookings.
You must develop a solution that uses Azure Search and meets the following requirements:
* Users must be able to search for restaurants by name, description, location, and cuisine.
* Users must be able to narrow the results further by location, cuisine, rating, and family-
friendliness.
* All words in descriptions must be included in searches.
You need to add annotations to the restaurant class.
How should you complete the code segment? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
Correct Answer:

Explanation:
Box 1: [IsSearchable.IsFilterable.IsSortable,IsFacetable] Location
Users must be able to search for restaurants by name, description, location, and cuisine. Users must be able to narrow the results further by location, cuisine, rating, and family-friendliness.
Box 2: [IsSearchable.IsFilterable.IsSortable,Required]
Description
Users must be able to search for restaurants by name, description, location, and cuisine.
All words in descriptions must be included in searches.
Box 3: [IsFilterable,IsSortable,IsFaceTable]
Rating
Users must be able to narrow the results further by location, cuisine, rating, and family- friendliness.
Box 4: [IsSearchable.IsFilterable,IsFacetable]
Cuisines
Users must be able to search for restaurants by name, description, location, and cuisine. Users must be able to narrow the results further by location, cuisine, rating, and family-friendliness.
Box 5: [IsFilterable,IsFacetable]
FamilyFriendly
Users must be able to narrow the results further by location, cuisine, rating, and family- friendliness.
References:
https://www.henkboelman.com/azure-search-the-basics/
Case Study 2 - Coho Winery
LabelMaker app
Coho Winery produces bottles, and distributes a variety of wines globally. You are developer implementing highly scalable and resilient applications to support online order processing by using Azure solutions.
Coho Winery has a LabelMaker application that prints labels for wine bottles. The application sends data to several printers. The application consists of five modules that run independently on virtual machines (VMs). Coho Winery plans to move the application to Azure and continue to support label creation.
External partners send data to the LabelMaker application to include artwork and text for custom label designs.
Data
You identify the following requirements for data management and manipulation:
* Order data is stored as nonrelational JSON and must be queried using Structured Query
Language (SQL).
* Changes to the Order data must reflect immediately across all partitions. All reads to the Order
data must fetch the most recent writes.
You have the following security requirements:
* Users of Coho Winery applications must be able to provide access to documents, resources,
and applications to external partners.
* External partners must use their own credentials and authenticate with their organization's
identity management solution.
* External partner logins must be audited monthly for application use by a user account
administrator to maintain company compliance.
* Storage of e-commerce application settings must be maintained in Azure Key Vault.
* E-commerce application sign-ins must be secured by using Azure App Service authentication
and Azure Active Directory (AAD).
* Conditional access policies must be applied at the application level to protect company content
* The LabelMaker applications must be secured by using an AAD account that has full access to
all namespaces of the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster.
LabelMaker app
Azure Monitor Container Health must be used to monitor the performance of workloads that are deployed to Kubernetes environments and hosted on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
You must use Azure Container Registry to publish images that support the AKS deployment.
Calls to the Printer API App fail periodically due to printer communication timeouts.
Printer communications timeouts occur after 10 seconds. The label printer must only receive up to 5 attempts within one minute.
The order workflow fails to run upon initial deployment to Azure.
Order .json
Note: In this section you will see one or more sets of questions with the same scenario and problem. Each question presents a unique solution to the problem, and you must determine whether the solution meets the stated goals. More than one solution might solve the problem. It is also possible that none of the solutions solve the problem.
After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen.
Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution. Determine whether the solution meets the stated goals.
You need to meet the LabelMaker application security requirement.
Solution: Create a RoleBinding and assign it to the Azure AD account.
Does the solution meet the goal?
- A. No
- B. Yes
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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A development team is developing an application. The application will be storing its data in Azure Table storage. Below are the fields that are going to be stored in the table
- Region
- Email address
- Phone number
The following snippet of code needs to be completed that would be used to insert a batch of records.
Which of the following will go into Slot2?
- A. TableOperation
- B. TableQuery
- C. TableEntity
- D. TableBatchOperation
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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