In 2021 I started to think about enhancing my career opportunity in cloud computing after dipping my fingers in SQL Analytics, windows development. I know only two cloud providers Aws and Azure (yeah I'm so naïve).

I thought Azure will be a good match for me since all my 6 years of professional life travelled with Dotnet and sql server ( yeah again I was naïve, cloud computing is Platform/language independent)

I will share my experience below on what are the steps I followed to clear the exam

Syllabus Overview

• Learn how microsoft measure the skills and what are the resources needed to pass the exam through the document outline. query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/..

Start with Ms Learning materials:

• Ms Learning provides comprehensive learning paths to gain the skills needed to become certified. docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certificatio..
• you can see a lot of modules to be covered, and I'm not saying that you have to go through and do all of the exercises in every section. Atleast go through all the modules and get the gist of the modules.
• It's good to know about them in detail in the long run if you are planning to become a specialist

When to Use which Resource

• Know about intricate difference between each resources like difference between Azure service bus queue and topics, Diff between Event Hub and Event Grid
• Most of the question will be in line with the above difference. Know what is the best fit for the given case study
• Case studies are important part of exam which provides a scenario based problems suffered by a company
• Take notes which might be helpful because most of the stuff are theory based u want to learn a lot in the process. I just curated my learnings in this thread. twitter.com/developer_ram/status/1428618669..

Practice managing Azure Resources using the CLI and C# SDKs

• Depend upon your coding choice choose the language preference at the start of the exam.
• Many of the questions were focused on how you would go about setting up and managing Azure solutions using Azure cli / Powershell
• Learn about AD manifest file
• Practice with cosmos db sdk

Resources to follow

• John Savill's Technical Training youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlVtbbG169nHz2qf..
• Whizlabs practice test Az 204
• Exam Ref Az 204 book by microsoft

Last do lot of practice exams

• Practice Papers provided by microsoft
• These papers provided understanding of the format of the questions, and also insight into the types of things that were likely to come up