Exam AZ-720: Troubleshooting Microsoft Azure Connectivity – Beta is waiting for you with discount code!
Exam AZ-720: Troubleshooting Microsoft Azure Connectivity, is the exam that will give you access to the new Microsoft Certified: Azure Support Engineer for Connectivity Specialty Certification.
This exam is made for candidate expert in troubleshooting hybrid environments, including issues with Azure Virtual Machines, virtual networks, and connectivity between on-premises and Azure services
From today it is finally possible to take this exam in Beta and it is possible to get 80 percent off market price by using the code AZ720WIND. The code is not private and the seats are offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
You can take the exam in beta with the code below before April 29, 2022!
Skills measured
• Troubleshoot business continuity issues (5–10%)
• Troubleshoot hybrid and cloud connectivity issues (20–25%)
• Troubleshoot Platform as a Service issues (5–10%)
• Troubleshoot authentication and access control issues (15–20%)
• Troubleshoot networks (25–30%)
• Troubleshoot VM connectivity issues (5–10%)
Troubleshoot business continuity issues (5–10%)
Troubleshoot backup issues
• Review and interpret backup logs
• Troubleshoot Azure virtual machines backup issues including restarting a failed backup job
• Troubleshoot issues with Azure Backup agent
• Troubleshoot Azure Backup Server issues
• Troubleshoot scheduled backups
Troubleshoot recovery issues
• Troubleshoot Azure Site Recovery issues
• Troubleshoot site recovery in hybrid scenarios that include Hyper-V, VMware ESX, or Microsoft
Endpoint Manager
• Troubleshoot restore issues when using Azure Backup Agent, Azure Backup, or Azure Backup
Server
• Troubleshoot issues recovering files from Azure VM backup
Troubleshoot hybrid and cloud connectivity issues (20–25%)
Troubleshoot virtual network (VNet) connectivity
• Troubleshoot virtual private network (VPN) gateway transit issues
• Troubleshoot hub-and-spoke VNet configuration issues
• Troubleshoot global VNet peering connectivity issues
• Troubleshoot peered connections
Troubleshoot name resolution issues
• Troubleshoot name resolution in scenarios that use Azure-provided name resolution
• Troubleshoot name resolution in scenarios that use custom DNS servers
• Review and interpret DNS audit logs
• Troubleshoot name resolution for Azure private DNS zones
• Troubleshoot issues with DNS records at public DNS providers
• Troubleshoot domain delegation issues
Troubleshoot point-to-site virtual private network (VPN) connectivity
• Troubleshoot Windows VPN client configuration issues
• Troubleshoot OpenVPN VPN client configuration issues
• Troubleshoot macOS VPN client configuration issues
• Troubleshoot issues with certificate-based VPN connections
• Troubleshoot issues with RADIUS-based VPN connections
• Troubleshoot authentication issues in scenarios by using Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure
AD), part of Microsoft Entra
Troubleshoot site-to-site virtual private network connectivity
• Review and interpret network logs and captured network traffic from a VPN gateway
• Determine the root cause for latency issues within site-to-site VPNs
• Review and interpret VPN gateway configuration scripts
• Reset a VPN gateway
• Troubleshoot VPN gateway issues by running Log Analytics queries
Troubleshoot Azure ExpressRoute connectivity issues
• Determine whether routes are correctly configured and operational
• Validate the peering configuration for an ExpressRoute circuit
• Reset an ExpressRoute circuit
• Troubleshoot route filtering
• Troubleshoot custom defined routes
• Determine the root cause of latency issues related to ExpressRoute
Troubleshoot Platform as a Service issues (5–10%)
Troubleshoot PaaS services
• Troubleshoot PaaS connectivity issues
• Troubleshoot firewalls for PaaS services
• Troubleshoot PaaS configuration issues
• Determine the root cause for service-level throttling
Troubleshoot PaaS integration issues
• Troubleshoot issues integrating PaaS services with virtual networks
• Troubleshoot subnet delegation issues
• Troubleshoot issues with private endpoints and service endpoints
• Troubleshoot issues with Azure Private Link
Troubleshoot authentication and access control issues (15–20%)
Troubleshoot Azure AD authentication
• Determine why on-premises systems cannot access Azure resources
• Troubleshoot Azure AD configuration issues
• Troubleshoot self-service password reset issues
• Troubleshoot issues with multifactor authentication
Troubleshoot hybrid authentication
• Troubleshoot issues with Azure AD Connect and Azure AD Connect cloud sync
• Troubleshoot issues with integration between Azure AD and Azure Active Directory Domain
Services (Azure AD DS)
• Troubleshoot issues with integration between Azure AD and Active Directory Federation Services
(AD FS)
• Troubleshoot issues with pass-through authentication and password hash synchronization
• Troubleshoot issues with Azure AD Application Proxy
Troubleshoot authorization issues
• Troubleshoot role-based access control (RBAC) issues
• Troubleshoot issues storing encrypted passwords in Azure Key Vault
• Troubleshoot authorization issues related to Azure AD Conditional Access policies
Troubleshoot networks (25–30%)
Troubleshoot Azure network security issues
• Determine why Azure Web Application Firewall is blocking traffic
• Troubleshoot encryption and certificate issues for point-to-site and site-to-site scenarios
• Troubleshoot connectivity to secure endpoints
Troubleshoot Azure network security groups (NSGs)
• Troubleshoot NSG configuration issues
• Review and interpret NSG flow logs
• Determine whether one or more Azure network interfaces (NICs) are associated with an
application security group (ASG)
Troubleshoot Azure Firewall issues
• Troubleshoot application, network, and infrastructure rules
• Troubleshoot network address translation (NAT) and destination network address translation
(DNAT) rules
• Troubleshoot Azure Firewall Manager configuration issues
Troubleshoot latency issues
• Determine the root cause for Azure VM-level throttling
• Determine the root cause for latency issues when connecting to Azure VMs
• Determine the root cause for throttling between source and destination resources
• Troubleshoot bandwidth availability issues
• Determine whether resource response times meet service-level agreements (SLAs)
Troubleshoot routing and traffic control
• Review and interpret route tables
• Troubleshoot issues caused by asymmetric routing
• Troubleshoot issues with user-defined routes
• Troubleshoot issues related to forced tunneling
• Troubleshoot Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) issues
• Troubleshoot service chaining
• Troubleshoot routing configuration issues in Azure
Troubleshoot load-balancing issues
• Determine whether VMs in a load-balanced backend pool are healthy
• Troubleshoot issues with Azure Load Balancer
• Review and interpret load balancer rules
• Troubleshoot traffic distribution issues
• Evaluate the configuration of Azure Traffic Manager
• Troubleshoot issues with Azure Traffic Manager profiles
• Troubleshoot port exhaustion issues
• Troubleshoot issues with Azure Front Door
• Troubleshoot issues with Azure Application Gateway
Troubleshoot VM connectivity issues (5–10%)
Troubleshoot Azure Bastion
• Troubleshoot issues deploying Azure Bastion
• Troubleshoot connectivity issues
• Troubleshoot authorization issues
Troubleshoot just-in-time (JIT) VM access
• Validate connectivity with an Azure VM
• Troubleshoot JIT VM configuration issues
• Troubleshoot JIT VM authorization issues
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Good luck!