Azure IoT Developer Specialty – AZ-220

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The Azure IoT Developer Specialty – AZ-220

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Course Syllabus

Module 1 - Set up the Azure IoT Hub Solution Infrastructure (10-15%)

Create and configure an IoT Hub

  • Create an IoT Hub
  • Register a device
  • Configure a device twin
  • Configure IoT Hub tier and scaling

Module 2 - Build device messaging and communication

  • Build messaging solutions by using SDKs (device and service)
  • Implement device-to-cloud communication
  • Implement cloud-to-device communication
  • Configure file upload for devices
  • Optimize message size and scaling for IoT Hub
  • Connect to IoT Hub by using Transport Layer Security (TLS) server certificates

Module 3 - Configure physical IoT devices

  • Recommend an appropriate protocol or gateway based on device specifications
  • Configure device networking, topology, and connectivity
  • Add IoT Plug and Play capabilities to a device in a model-driven solution

Module 4 - Provision and Manage Devices (15-20%)

Set up the device provisioning Service

  • Create a device provisioning service
  • Create a new enrollment in the device provisioning service
  • Link an IoT Hub to the device provisioning service

Module 5 - Manage the device lifecycle

  • Provision a device by using the device provisioning service
  • Deprovision an auto-enrollment
  • Decommission (disenroll) a device

Module 6 - Manage IoT devices by using IoT Hub

  • Manage devices list in the IoT Hub device registry
  • Modify device twin tags and propertiesa
  • Specify a set of devices to manage by using IoT Hub Automatic Device Management
  • Implement and manage configuration on a set of devices by using IoT Hub Automatic Device Management
  • Control access to device functionality by using module identities and module twins

Module 7 - Manage IoT devices by using Azure IoT Central

  • Create and manage device templates by using Azure IoT Central and Digital Twins Definition Language (DTDL)
  • Configure rules, actions, and commands in Azure IoT Central
  • Add, enroll, and manage devices by using Azure IoT Central
  • Manage Azure IoT Central applications, including security, tenants, customization, and visualizations
  • Manage data integration, including data ingress, data export, and data transformation
  • Configure and manage Azure IoT Central jobs
  • Manage Azure IoT Central by using APIs

Module 8 - Implement IoT Edge (15-20%)

Set up an IoT Edge device

  • Create a device identity in IoT Hub
  • Set up an IoT device for IoT Edge
  • Install container runtime on IoT devices
  • Configure container startup options to interact with the host system
  • Update IoT Edge runtime
  • Provision IoT Edge devices by using the device provisioning service Deploy an IoT Edge device
  • Create and implement a deployment manifest
  • Create a deployment for a single IoT Edge device
  • Create a deployment to target multiple devices
  • Create a continuous deployment by using Azure DevOps

Module 9 - Develop IoT Edge modules

  • Create and customize an IoT Edge module
  • Deploy a custom IoT Edge module to an IoT Edge device
  • Publish an IoT Edge module to Azure Container Registry
  • Define module configuration
  • Configure IoT Edge module routing
  • Configure an environment for IoT Edge development

Module 10 - Configure an IoT Edge device

  • Select an appropriate gateway pattern
  • Deploy an IoT gateway by using IoT Hub and IoT Edge
  • Configure IoT Edge certificates
  • Implement and configure offline support (including local storage)
  • Create a layered hierarchy of IoT Edge devices
  • Interact with the IoT Edge security manager

Module 11 - Implement Business Integration (5-10%)

Integrate with upstream and downstream systems

  • Set up input and output connections to support native Azure services and to enable third-party services
  • Set up IoT Hub routing to support downstream Azure resources

Module 12 - Develop an IoT solution that uses Azure Digital Twins

  • Create models and digital twins
  • Map IoT device data to digital twin models and relationships
  • Ingest IoT device messages, and translate messages to digital twins
  • Configure routes and endpoints to trigger business logic and data processing
  • Manage and query the Azure Digital Twins graph
  • Update properties on Azure Digital Twins entities in the graph
  • Monitor and troubleshoot Azure Digital Twins

Module 13 - Process and manage data (15-20%)

Configure message routing in Azure IoT Hub

  • Implement message enrichment in IoT Hub
  • Implement routing of IoT device telemetry to endpoints
  • Implement routing of IoT Hub non-telemetry events to endpoints
  • Define and test routing queries
  • Configure IoT Hub as an Azure Event Grid source
  • Reconfigure the default Azure Event Hubs endpoint when there are multiple endpoints

Module 14 - Configure stream processing of IoT data

  • Create Azure Stream Analytics for data, and stream processing by using the Azure portal
  • Process and filter IoT data by using Azure Functions
  • Write user-defined functions and aggregations in Stream Analytics
  • Consume Azure Machine Learning functions in Stream Analytics
  • Configure Stream Analytics outputs

Module 15 - Create Azure Stream Analytics queries

  • Write a Stream Analytics query that runs in IoT Edge
  • Write a Stream Analytics query that runs in the cloud

Module 16 - Process real-time data by using Azure Time Series Insights

  • Create a Time Series Insights environment
  • Connect the IoT Hub and the Time Series Insights environment
  • Create a reference data set for a Time Series Insights environment by using the Azure portal
  • Implement Time Series model hierarchies, types, and instance fields
  • Consume data by using Time Series Expression syntax

Module 17 - Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize IoT solutions (5-10%)

Configure health monitoring

  • Configure rules and alerts based on IoT Hub metrics
  • Set up diagnostics logs for IoT Hub
  • Apply Azure Policy definitions for IoT Hub
  • Gather IoT Edge metrics
  • Retrieve diagnostic logs from IoT Edge

Module 18 - Troubleshoot device communication

  • Verify that device telemetry is received by IoT Hub
  • Validate device twin properties, tags, and direct methods
  • Troubleshoot device disconnects and connects
  • Troubleshoot IoT Edge modules and devices
  • Troubleshoot message loss
  • Evaluate and test IoT Hub failover

Module 19 - Implement security (5-10%)

Implement security for IoT devices and services

  • Implement device and gateway security, including shared access keys, key rotation, managed identities, Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), and Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs)
  • Implement secure connections, including access control, authentication, shared access policies, and TLS
  • Implement secure networking, including IP filtering and private endpoints

Module 20 - Implement Microsoft Defender for IoT

  • Configure a Defender for IoT agent-based solution
  • Install and configure Defender-IoT-micro-agents (security agents)
  • Configure built-in and custom alerts for IoT Hub

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