Candidates for the Azure Developer Associate certification should have subject matter expertise designing, building, testing, and maintaining cloud applications and services on Microsoft Azure.
Responsibilities for this role include participating in all phases of cloud development from requirements, definition, and design; to development, deployment, and maintenance; to performance tuning and monitoring.
Azure Developers partner with cloud solution architects, cloud DBAs, cloud administrators, and clients to implement solutions.
A candidate for this certification should have 1-2 years professional development experience and experience with Microsoft Azure. In addition, the role should have ability programming in a language supported by Azure and proficiency in Azure SDKs, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, data storage options, data connections, APIs, app authentication and authorization, compute and container deployment, debugging, performance tuning, and monitoring.

Develop Azure compute solutions (25-30%)
Implement IaaS solutions
   provision virtual machines (VMs)
   configure, validate, and deploy ARM templates
   configure container images for solutions
   publish an image to the Azure Container Registry
   run containers by using Azure Container Instance
Create Azure App Service Web Apps
   create an Azure App Service Web App
   enable diagnostics logging
   deploy code to a web app
   configure web app settings including SSL, API settings, and connection strings
   implement autoscaling rules including scheduled autoscaling and autoscaling by
operational or system metrics
Implement Azure functions
   create and deploy Azure Functions apps
   implement input and output bindings for a function
   implement function triggers by using data operations, timers, and webhooks
   implement Azure Durable Functions
   implement custom handlers
Develop for Azure storage (15-20%)
Develop solutions that use Cosmos DB storage
   select the appropriate API and SDK for a solution
   implement partitioning schemes and partition keys
   perform operations on data and Cosmos DB containers
   set the appropriate consistency level for operations
   manage change feed notifications
Develop solutions that use blob storage
   move items in Blob storage between storage accounts or containers
   set and retrieve properties and metadata
   perform operations on data by using the appropriate SDK
   implement storage policies, and data archiving and retention
Implement Azure security (20-25%)
Implement user authentication and authorization
   authenticate and authorize users by using the Microsoft Identity platform
   authenticate and authorize users and apps by using Azure Active Directory
   create and implement shared access signatures
Implement secure cloud solutions
   secure app configuration data by using App Configuration Azure Key Vault
   develop code that uses keys, secrets, and certificates stored in Azure Key Vault
   implement Managed Identities for Azure resources
   implement solutions that interact with Microsoft Graph
Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Azure solutions (15-20%)
Integrate caching and content delivery within solutions
   configure cache and expiration policies for Azure Redis Cache
   implement secure and optimized application cache patterns including data sizing,
connections, encryption, and expiration
Instrument solutions to support monitoring and logging
   configure an app or service to use Application Insights
   analyze and troubleshoot solutions by using Azure Monitor
   implement Application Insights web tests and alerts
Connect to and consume Azure services and third-party services (15-
20%)
Implement API Management
   create an APIM instance
   configure authentication for APIs
   define policies for APIs
Develop event-based solutions
   implement solutions that use Azure Event Grid
   implement solutions that use Azure Event Hubs
Develop message-based solutions
   implement solutions that use Azure Service Bus
   implement solutions that use Azure Queue Storage queues