Certification for Cisco CCNA
Exam 200-301 Cisco Certified Network Associate – Objectives
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Exam Description
The Cisco Certified Network Associate v1.0 (CCNA 200-301) exam is a 120-minute exam associated with the CCNA certification. This exam tests a candidate’s knowledge and skills related to network fundamentals, network access, IP connectivity, IP services, security fundamentals, and automation and programmability. The course, Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA), helps candidates prepare for this exam.
The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. To better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes, the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.
What you’ll learn in this course
The Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA) v1.0 course gives you a broad range of fundamental knowledge for all IT careers. Through a combination of lecture, hands-on labs, and self-study, you will learn how to install, operate, configure, and verify basic IPv4 and IPv6 networks. The course covers configuring network components such as switches, routers, and wireless LAN controllers; managing network devices; and identifying basic security threats. The course also gives you a foundation in network programmability, automation, and software-defined networking.
This course helps you prepare to take the 200-301 Cisco® Certified Network Associate (CCNA®) exam. By passing this one exam, you earn CCNA certification. The 200-301 CCNA exam goes live on February 24, 2020.
Prerequisites
There are no formal prerequisites for CCNA certification, but you should have an understanding of the exam topics before taking the exam.
CCNA candidates often also have:
- One or more years of experience implementing and administering Cisco solutions
- Knowledge of basic IP addressing
- A good understanding of network fundamentals
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Module1: Manage Azure identities and governance
Module2: Implement and manage storage
Module3: Deploy and manage Azure compute resources
Module4: Configure and manage virtual networking
Module5: Monitor and back up Azure resources
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Module1: Manage Azure identities and governance
Module2: Implement and manage storage
Module3: Deploy and manage Azure compute resources
Module4: Configure and manage virtual networking
Module5: Monitor and back up Azure resources
AZ-304: Microsoft Azure Architect Design
Overview
Candidates should have advanced experience and knowledge of IT operations, including networking, virtualization, identity, security, business continuity, disaster recovery, data platform, budgeting, and governance
This is one of a totals of 2 exams required to pass in order to earn the Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification. The other exam is the AZ-303 Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies certification exam. Once you pass both of these individual exams, then you will earn the full Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: design monitoring; design identity and security; design data storage; design business continuity; and design infrastructure.
NOTE: This exam will be available on or around June 29, 2020
AZ-304 Microsoft Azure Architect Design Certification Exam (New in 2020!)
Module1: Design Monitoring
1.1 Design for cost optimization
- recommend a solution for cost management and cost reporting
- recommend solutions to minimize costs
1.2 Design a solution for logging and monitoring
- determine levels and storage locations
- plan for integration with monitoring tools including Azure Monitor and Azure Sentinel
- recommend appropriate monitoring tool(s) for a solution
- choose a mechanism for event routing and escalation
- recommend a logging solution for compliance requirements
- NOT: resource-specific monitoring. This objective should ONLY cover the all-up holistic monitoring strategy
Module2: Design Identity and Security
2.1 Design authentication
- recommend a solution for single-sign on
- recommend a solution for authentication
- recommend a solution for Conditional Access, including multi-factor authentication
- recommend a solution for network access authentication
- recommend a solution for a hybrid identity including Azure AD Connect and Azure AD Connect Health
- recommend a solution for user self-service
- recommend and implement a solution for B2B integration
- NOT: federation with ADFS
2.2 Design authentication
- choose an authentication approach
- recommend a hierarchical structure that included management groups, subscriptions and resource groups
- recommend an access management solution including RBAC policies, access reviews, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), Azure AD Identity Protection, Just In Time (JIT) access
2.3 Design governance
- recommend a strategy for tagging
- recommend a solution for using Azure Policy
- recommend a solution for using Azure Blueprint
2.4 Design security for applications
- recommend a solution that included KeyVault
- what can be stored in KeyVault
- KeyVault operations
- KeyVault regions
- recommend a solution that includes Azure AD Management Identities
- recommend a solution for integrating applications into Azure AD
Module3: Design Data Storage
3.1 Design a solution for databases
- select an appropriate data platform based on requirements
- recommend database service tier sizing
- recommend a solution for database scalability
- recommend a solution for encrypting data at rest, data in transmission, and data in use
- NOT: data caching
- NOT: MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL
3.2 Design data integration
- recommend a data flow to meet business requirements
- recommend a solution for data integration, including Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse Analytics
3.3 Select an appropriate storage account
- choose between storage tiers
- recommend a storage access solution
- recommend storage management tools
Module4: Design Business Continuity
- Design a solution for backup and recovery
- recommend a recovery solution for Azure hybrid and on-premises workloads that meets recovery objectives (RTO, RLO, RPO)
- design an Azure Site Recovery solution
- recommend a site recovery replication policy
- recommend a solution for site recovery capacity
- recommend a solution for site failover and fallback (planned / unplanned)
- recommend a solution for the site recovery network
- recommend a solution for recovery in different regions
- recommend a solution for Azure Backup management
- design a solution for data archiving and retention
- recommend storage types and methodology for data archiving
- identify business compliance requirements for data archiving
- identity requirements for data archiving
- identify SLA(s) for data archiving
- recommend a data retention policy
4.2 Design for high availability
- recommend a solution for application and workload redundancy, including compute, database, and storage
- recommend a solution for autoscaling
- identify resources that require high availability
- identify storage types for high availability
- recommend a solution for geo-redundancy of workloads
Module5: Design Infrastructure
5.1Design a compute solution
- recommend a solution for compute provisioning
- determine appropriate compute technologies, including virtual machines, App Services, Service Fabric, Azure Functions, Windows Virtual Desktop, and containers
- recommend a solution for containers
- AKS versus ACI and the configuration of each one
- recommend a solution for automating compute management
- NOT: monitoring, backups, recovery, availability, security, storage; VMWare
5.2 Design a network solution
- recommend a solution for network addressing and name resolution
- recommend a solution for network provisioning
- recommend a solution for network security
- private endpoints
- firewalls
- gateways
- recommend a solution for network connectivity to the Internet, on-premises networks, and other Azure virtual networks
- recommend a solution for automating network management
- recommend a solution for load balancing and traffic routing
5.3 Design an application architecture
- recommend a microservices architecture including Event Grid, Event Hubs, Service Bus, Storage Queues, Logic Apps, Azure Functions, and webhooks
- recommend an orchestration solution for deployment of applications including ARM templates, Logic Apps, or Azure Functions
- select an automation method
- choose which resource or lifecycle steps will be automated
- design integration with other sources such as an ITSM solution
- recommend a solution for monitoring automation
- recommend a solution for API integration
- design an API gateway strategy
- determine policies for internal and external consumption for APIs
- recommend a hosting structure for API management
- recommend when and how to use API Keys
5.4 Design migrations
- assess and interpret on-premises servers, data, and applications for migration
- recommend a solution for migrating applications and VMs
- recommend a solution for migration of databases
- determine migration scope, including redundant, related, trivial, and outdated data
AZ-304: Microsoft Azure Architect Design
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