Useful resources for Microsoft Exam 70-532: Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions

Whilst going on my journey to complete Microsoft Exam 70-532: Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions I have found a whole bunch of supportive resources to help me through. I thought it beneficial to lay them out here for anyone who needs them.

Seeing as how the objective domain of the exam has changed, some of the links below don’t have content that matches the whole list of objectives. I will try to point this out where I can.

I will be updating this as I go along. [Last updated January 15, 2018]

Books

• Microsoft Azure Essentials Fundamentals of Azure, Second Edition [Microsoft Press]
  A good all-round book covering most of the concepts covered in the exam.
• Understanding Azure—a guide for developers [Microsoft Corporation]
  Mostly deals with the App Service side of things, but a good read nonetheless.

Videos

• Developing with .NET on Microsoft Azure – Getting Started
  This is a free Pluralsight course covering WebApps, App Services, Deployments, Databases, Storage, Application Insights and Administration. Very useful.
• Free Azure Pluralsight courses
  Twenty-four free videos including thirteen specifically for developers,
• Exam Prep Session for Exam 70-532: Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions [Ignite 2017]
  Up to date info on what to expect in the dev.

Courses

• Various courses on Microsoft Learning [Microsoft] – Free
  At the time of writing there are courses on Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, Identity, Storage, and more. They say they will be updating frequently.
• Microsoft Azure for Developers [Pluralsight Path]
  A curated list of Pluralsight courses specific to development on Azure
• Prepare to Pass the Azure Solutions (70-532) Exam [Pluralsight]
  Helpful tips and required tools to work through the following videos below.
• Create and Manage Virtual Machines for Azure Solutions [Pluralsight]
  Based on the old objectives, but the content is still very useful even if it doesn’t cover everything.
• Design and Implement Web Apps for Azure Solutions [Pluralsight]
  Also based on the old objectives, but also still relevant and useful content.

Practice Exams

• The Official Microsoft 70-532 practice exam [Mindhub]
  If you are thinking about buying this, I’d suggest you see Microsoft’s recent announcement on discounted exam packs, which for the same price you get the practice exam, a real exam, and a retake.