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Enroll in Mastering Azure Integration Tools for Enterprise Scalability and begin immediately with full online access. There are no fixed schedules, no deadlines, and no pressure. This course is designed for professionals like you who need flexibility without sacrificing depth or quality. Access the materials at any time, day or night, from any location across the globe. Lifetime Access with Ongoing Future Updates - Learn Now, Benefit Forever
Once enrolled, you receive lifetime access to the complete course content. This includes every current resource and every future update at no additional cost. As Microsoft Azure evolves and new integration patterns emerge, the course is continuously refined to reflect real-world best practices. Your investment protects your long-term relevance in enterprise cloud architecture. Mobile-Friendly Learning - Study Seamlessly Across Devices
Access your course from desktop, tablet, or smartphone with full mobile compatibility. Whether you're commuting, traveling, or managing work between meetings, your progress is synced and secure. The responsive interface ensures clarity and usability on any screen size, so your learning journey fits naturally into your lifestyle. Typical Completion in 6–8 Weeks - Practical Results in Days
Most professionals complete the course within six to eight weeks when dedicating 6–8 hours per week. However, because you control the pace, you can accelerate your progress or take more time as needed. Many learners report implementing core integration workflows successfully within the first week, gaining immediate confidence and measurable momentum in their work. Direct Instructor Support - Guidance When You Need It
Throughout your journey, you are not alone. You will have direct access to expert instructors through structured support channels. Whether you need clarification on Azure Logic Apps sequencing, error handling in API Management, or deployment strategies for hybrid environments, timely, professional guidance is available to keep you moving forward with confidence. Certificate of Completion Issued by The Art of Service - A Globally Recognized Credential
Upon finishing the course, you will receive a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service, a name trusted by over 250,000 professionals worldwide. This credential validates your mastery of enterprise-grade integration techniques and is recognized across industries and geographies. It can be shared on LinkedIn, included in your resume, or used to support internal promotion discussions. Transparent Pricing - No Hidden Fees, Ever
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After enrolling, you will receive an enrollment confirmation email. Your access details, including login instructions and navigation guidance, will be sent in a separate message once your course materials are fully prepared. This ensures a clean, error-free setup so your learning experience begins with clarity and precision. Will This Course Work for Me? - Built for Real-World Success Across Roles
Yes - this course is designed to work for you, no matter your current level of experience with Azure. It provides a structured pathway from foundational concepts to advanced implementation, tailored for diverse professional backgrounds. - For Enterprise Architects: Learn how to design scalable, secure integration flows that align with IT governance and compliance standards.
- For Cloud Engineers: Master deployment automation, environment isolation, and monitoring integration points across hybrid systems.
- For Developers: Build clean, reusable APIs with rate limiting, authentication, and transformation logic using Azure API Management and Functions.
- For Integration Specialists: Gain fluency in orchestrating complex workflows using Logic Apps, Event Grid, and Service Bus with end-to-end observability.
- For IT Leaders: Understand how to evaluate, standardize, and govern integration platforms to reduce technical debt and increase agility.
This works even if you have limited prior experience with Azure, come from an on-premises background, or have struggled with cloud integration tools before. The step-by-step structure, role-specific examples, and guided implementation templates make complex concepts accessible and actionable. Thousands of professionals from non-traditional cloud roles have successfully completed this program and transformed their impact at work. With built-in progress tracking, real-world scenario exercises, and gamified milestones, this course delivers a personalized, engaging experience that keeps you motivated and focused on outcomes. You are not just consuming content - you are building demonstrable skills with immediate applicability. The combination of expert-led structure, lifetime access, and a globally respected certification creates a unique learning ecosystem engineered for career ROI. You'll finish not only with knowledge, but with confidence and credibility that opens doors.
EXTENSIVE & DETAILED COURSE CURRICULUM
Module 1: Foundations of Enterprise Integration - Understanding the evolution of enterprise integration patterns
- Key challenges in modern data and system interoperability
- The role of integration in digital transformation strategies
- Defining scalability, reliability, and maintainability in integration design
- Monolithic vs microservices architecture and integration implications
- Event-driven vs request-response communication models
- Synchronous vs asynchronous processing trade-offs
- Common integration anti-patterns and how to avoid them
- Understanding message formats: JSON, XML, and schema validation
- Authentication and authorization basics for secure integrations
- Introduction to Azure as a platform for hybrid integration
- Core principles of cloud-native integration design
- Role of metadata management in integration ecosystems
- Versioning strategies for APIs and integration contracts
- Baseline performance metrics for integration systems
Module 2: Designing Scalable Integration Architectures - Principles of distributed system design for enterprise workloads
- Designing for high availability and fault tolerance in integration flows
- Patterns for horizontal and vertical scaling of integration services
- Stateful vs stateless integration components
- Decomposing monolithic workflows into modular integration units
- Domain-driven design applied to integration boundaries
- Event sourcing and CQRS patterns for data synchronization
- Data consistency models: eventual vs strong consistency
- Handling cascading failures in interconnected systems
- Idempotency patterns in message processing
- Retry and circuit breaker patterns for resilience
- Dead-letter queue management and error escalation
- Designing for observability and traceability from day one
- Correlation IDs and distributed tracing fundamentals
- Cost modeling for scalable integration architectures
Module 3: Core Azure Integration Services Overview - Comparative analysis of Azure integration tools
- Overview of Azure Logic Apps and use cases
- Understanding Azure Functions for event processing
- Role of Azure Service Bus in messaging scenarios
- How Event Grid enables reactive architectures
- API Management for lifecycle governance
- Azure Data Factory for ETL and data orchestration
- SAP and ERP connectivity via Azure Integration Services
- Azure API Center and governance models
- Azure Event Hubs for high-throughput ingestion
- Digital Twins and IoT integration context
- Hybrid connectivity with Azure Relay and On-Premises Data Gateway
- Selecting the right tool for each integration pattern
- Tool interoperability and composite solutions
- Tco comparison of managed vs self-hosted integration
Module 4: Configuring Azure Logic Apps for Enterprise Workflows - Creating stateful and stateless Logic Apps workflows
- Using triggers and actions effectively in workflow design
- Working with built-in connectors for Office 365, SQL, SAP
- Custom connectors development and registration
- Error handling strategies in Logic Apps
- Handling timeouts and long-running operations
- Working with nested and child workflows
- Using integration accounts for B2B scenarios
- X12, EDI, and AS2 protocol support in integration accounts
- Maps and schemas for document transformation
- Deploying Logic Apps using ARM templates
- Parameterization for multi-environment deployments
- Monitoring Logic Apps with Application Insights
- Using recurrence triggers with calendar-aware scheduling
- Securing Logic Apps with managed identities
Module 5: Building Resilient APIs with Azure API Management - Setting up an API Management instance with correct tier selection
- Importing and publishing APIs from Azure Functions and App Services
- Defining API versions and revisions for backward compatibility
- Implementing rate limiting and subscription quotas
- Adding JWT validation and OAuth 2.0 authentication
- Transforming request and response bodies with policies
- Adding caching policies to improve performance
- Using rewrite rules for URL and header manipulation
- Response masking and data redaction for security
- Forwarding requests to backend services securely
- Setting up API products and developer portals
- Onboarding external and internal developers
- Using analytics to track API usage and performance
- Exporting telemetry data for compliance reporting
- Disaster recovery and backup strategies for API configs
Module 6: Advanced Messaging with Azure Service Bus - Creating queues, topics, and subscriptions programmatically
- Understanding message size limits and batching
- Using message sessions for ordered processing
- Implementing message deferral and peek-lock patterns
- Setting up auto-forwarding between entities
- Duplicate message detection and deduplication
- Scheduling messages for delayed processing
- Dead-letter queue analysis and reprocessing
- Message enrichment with custom properties
- Transactional message processing with Send-Via
- Partitioned queues and topics for higher throughput
- Geo-replication with Premium tier for disaster recovery
- Integrating Service Bus with Logic Apps and Functions
- Monitoring with metrics and diagnostic logs
- Securing access with SAS tokens and managed identities
Module 7: Implementing Event-Driven Integration with Event Grid - Understanding event publishers and subscribers
- Creating custom topics and domains
- Filtering events using advanced routing rules
- Handling system events from Azure Storage and Blob events
- Integrating Event Grid with Logic Apps and Functions
- Setting up webhook delivery with retries and dead-lettering
- Monitoring delivery failures and troubleshooting
- Using CloudEvents schema for cross-platform compatibility
- Securing event delivery with AAD and SAS
- Scaling Event Grid for high-volume workloads
- Hybrid eventing with Azure Relay and bridges
- Event Grid in IoT and real-time analytics pipelines
- Cost optimization through filtering and batching
- Testing event flows with mock publishers
- Setting up alerts for critical event patterns
Module 8: Serverless Processing with Azure Functions - Comparing Consumption, Premium, and Dedicated plans
- Writing functions in C#, JavaScript, Python, and PowerShell
- Trigger types: HTTP, Timer, Queue, Service Bus, Event Hub
- Using input and output bindings effectively
- Dependency injection and configuration management
- Optimizing cold start performance
- State management using Durable Functions
- Chaining functions into complex workflows
- Fan-out/fan-in patterns for parallel processing
- Human interaction patterns with async APIs
- Error handling and compensating actions
- Unit testing and local debugging
- Monitoring with Application Insights
- Securing functions with authentication and authorization
- Scaling strategies and concurrency limits
Module 9: Hybrid Integration and On-Premises Connectivity - Designing hybrid integration architectures
- Deploying and managing On-Premises Data Gateways
- Securing data in transit with TLS and mutual authentication
- Configuring high availability for gateways
- Firewall and proxy configuration for outbound access
- Using Azure Relay for hybrid connections
- Hybrid Service Bus and message tunneling
- Integrating with on-premises databases and ERP systems
- Handling latency and bandwidth constraints
- Monitoring hybrid connection health
- Disaster recovery planning for on-prem components
- Data sovereignty and compliance in hybrid models
- Performance tuning for cross-network workflows
- Logging and auditing across hybrid environments
- Authentication delegation and credential management
Module 10: Enterprise-Grade Monitoring and Observability - Setting up Application Insights for integration services
- Custom telemetry and event tracking
- Using Azure Monitor and metric alerts
- Creating meaningful dashboards in Azure Portal
- Log queries using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
- Correlating logs across Logic Apps, Functions, and Service Bus
- Diagnostic settings and export to Log Analytics
- Setting up action groups for incident response
- Monitoring SLA compliance and uptime
- Performance baseline tracking and anomaly detection
- End-to-end transaction tracing with distributed IDs
- Using AI-powered insights for root cause analysis
- Generating compliance-ready reports
- Alert suppression and noise reduction
- Proactive monitoring using synthetic transactions
Module 11: DevOps and CI/CD for Integration Projects - Infrastructure as Code using Bicep and ARM templates
- Setting up CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps
- GitHub Actions for integration deployments
- Testing strategies for integration workflows
- Unit testing with mocks and stubs
- Integration testing in isolated environments
- Blue-green and canary deployment patterns
- Configuration management across dev, test, and prod
- Secrets management using Azure Key Vault
- Policy as Code with Azure Policy for governance
- Automated rollback procedures on deployment failure
- Environment promotion gating and approvals
- Static code analysis for integration pipelines
- Version control best practices for integration assets
- Auditing deployment history for compliance
Module 12: Security, Compliance, and Governance at Scale - Zero-trust security model for integration services
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) configuration
- Managed identities and service principal usage
- Private endpoints and VNet integration for isolation
- Encryption at rest and in transit
- Audit logging with Azure Activity Log
- Compliance frameworks: GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001
- Data residency and geo-fencing policies
- PII detection and masking in message flows
- Threat modeling for integration architectures
- Penetration testing and vulnerability scanning
- Security benchmarking with Azure Security Center
- API security best practices and OWASP Top 10
- Service-to-service authentication patterns
- Governance with Azure API Center and tagging
Module 13: Scalability and Performance Tuning Techniques - Load testing integration components with simulated traffic
- Identifying bottlenecks in message pipelines
- Optimizing Logic Apps for high throughput
- Batching and parallelization strategies
- Scaling Azure Functions with concurrency settings
- Message partitioning and load balancing
- Caching strategies to reduce backend pressure
- Using Azure Cache for Redis with integration services
- Tuning Service Bus message prefetch and batch sizes
- Optimizing network latency in hybrid flows
- Compression techniques for large payloads
- Connection pooling and reuse patterns
- Measuring and improving end-to-end latency
- Auto-scaling configurations for dynamic workloads
- Capacity planning for peak usage periods
Module 14: Real-World Integration Patterns and Case Studies - Order-to-cash automation with ERP integration
- Customer onboarding with document validation and workflows
- Inventory synchronization across cloud and on-prem systems
- HR system integration with identity provisioning
- Financial reconciliation with scheduled batch jobs
- IoT to cloud telemetry ingestion and processing
- Multi-channel notification dispatch (email, SMS, push)
- File-based integration with SFTP and polling
- Change data capture (CDC) from databases
- Real-time dashboards with streaming event processing
- Disaster recovery failover coordination
- Compliance audit trail generation
- Master data management synchronization
- Vendor portal integration with B2B workflows
- Migration from legacy ESBs to Azure-native integration
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Next Steps - Reviewing key concepts for enterprise integration mastery
- Self-assessment checklists and knowledge validation
- Hands-on lab: Build a complete end-to-end integration solution
- Documenting architecture decisions and design rationale
- Presenting integration solutions effectively to stakeholders
- Sharing your completed project for feedback
- Certification exam structure and expectations
- Preparing your portfolio for career advancement
- Connecting with the global integration professional community
- Joining Azure user groups and forums
- Continuing education paths and advanced certifications
- Using your Certificate of Completion to boost your profile
- Benchmarking your skills against industry standards
- Setting 90-day post-course goals for real-world implementation
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
Module 1: Foundations of Enterprise Integration - Understanding the evolution of enterprise integration patterns
- Key challenges in modern data and system interoperability
- The role of integration in digital transformation strategies
- Defining scalability, reliability, and maintainability in integration design
- Monolithic vs microservices architecture and integration implications
- Event-driven vs request-response communication models
- Synchronous vs asynchronous processing trade-offs
- Common integration anti-patterns and how to avoid them
- Understanding message formats: JSON, XML, and schema validation
- Authentication and authorization basics for secure integrations
- Introduction to Azure as a platform for hybrid integration
- Core principles of cloud-native integration design
- Role of metadata management in integration ecosystems
- Versioning strategies for APIs and integration contracts
- Baseline performance metrics for integration systems
Module 2: Designing Scalable Integration Architectures - Principles of distributed system design for enterprise workloads
- Designing for high availability and fault tolerance in integration flows
- Patterns for horizontal and vertical scaling of integration services
- Stateful vs stateless integration components
- Decomposing monolithic workflows into modular integration units
- Domain-driven design applied to integration boundaries
- Event sourcing and CQRS patterns for data synchronization
- Data consistency models: eventual vs strong consistency
- Handling cascading failures in interconnected systems
- Idempotency patterns in message processing
- Retry and circuit breaker patterns for resilience
- Dead-letter queue management and error escalation
- Designing for observability and traceability from day one
- Correlation IDs and distributed tracing fundamentals
- Cost modeling for scalable integration architectures
Module 3: Core Azure Integration Services Overview - Comparative analysis of Azure integration tools
- Overview of Azure Logic Apps and use cases
- Understanding Azure Functions for event processing
- Role of Azure Service Bus in messaging scenarios
- How Event Grid enables reactive architectures
- API Management for lifecycle governance
- Azure Data Factory for ETL and data orchestration
- SAP and ERP connectivity via Azure Integration Services
- Azure API Center and governance models
- Azure Event Hubs for high-throughput ingestion
- Digital Twins and IoT integration context
- Hybrid connectivity with Azure Relay and On-Premises Data Gateway
- Selecting the right tool for each integration pattern
- Tool interoperability and composite solutions
- Tco comparison of managed vs self-hosted integration
Module 4: Configuring Azure Logic Apps for Enterprise Workflows - Creating stateful and stateless Logic Apps workflows
- Using triggers and actions effectively in workflow design
- Working with built-in connectors for Office 365, SQL, SAP
- Custom connectors development and registration
- Error handling strategies in Logic Apps
- Handling timeouts and long-running operations
- Working with nested and child workflows
- Using integration accounts for B2B scenarios
- X12, EDI, and AS2 protocol support in integration accounts
- Maps and schemas for document transformation
- Deploying Logic Apps using ARM templates
- Parameterization for multi-environment deployments
- Monitoring Logic Apps with Application Insights
- Using recurrence triggers with calendar-aware scheduling
- Securing Logic Apps with managed identities
Module 5: Building Resilient APIs with Azure API Management - Setting up an API Management instance with correct tier selection
- Importing and publishing APIs from Azure Functions and App Services
- Defining API versions and revisions for backward compatibility
- Implementing rate limiting and subscription quotas
- Adding JWT validation and OAuth 2.0 authentication
- Transforming request and response bodies with policies
- Adding caching policies to improve performance
- Using rewrite rules for URL and header manipulation
- Response masking and data redaction for security
- Forwarding requests to backend services securely
- Setting up API products and developer portals
- Onboarding external and internal developers
- Using analytics to track API usage and performance
- Exporting telemetry data for compliance reporting
- Disaster recovery and backup strategies for API configs
Module 6: Advanced Messaging with Azure Service Bus - Creating queues, topics, and subscriptions programmatically
- Understanding message size limits and batching
- Using message sessions for ordered processing
- Implementing message deferral and peek-lock patterns
- Setting up auto-forwarding between entities
- Duplicate message detection and deduplication
- Scheduling messages for delayed processing
- Dead-letter queue analysis and reprocessing
- Message enrichment with custom properties
- Transactional message processing with Send-Via
- Partitioned queues and topics for higher throughput
- Geo-replication with Premium tier for disaster recovery
- Integrating Service Bus with Logic Apps and Functions
- Monitoring with metrics and diagnostic logs
- Securing access with SAS tokens and managed identities
Module 7: Implementing Event-Driven Integration with Event Grid - Understanding event publishers and subscribers
- Creating custom topics and domains
- Filtering events using advanced routing rules
- Handling system events from Azure Storage and Blob events
- Integrating Event Grid with Logic Apps and Functions
- Setting up webhook delivery with retries and dead-lettering
- Monitoring delivery failures and troubleshooting
- Using CloudEvents schema for cross-platform compatibility
- Securing event delivery with AAD and SAS
- Scaling Event Grid for high-volume workloads
- Hybrid eventing with Azure Relay and bridges
- Event Grid in IoT and real-time analytics pipelines
- Cost optimization through filtering and batching
- Testing event flows with mock publishers
- Setting up alerts for critical event patterns
Module 8: Serverless Processing with Azure Functions - Comparing Consumption, Premium, and Dedicated plans
- Writing functions in C#, JavaScript, Python, and PowerShell
- Trigger types: HTTP, Timer, Queue, Service Bus, Event Hub
- Using input and output bindings effectively
- Dependency injection and configuration management
- Optimizing cold start performance
- State management using Durable Functions
- Chaining functions into complex workflows
- Fan-out/fan-in patterns for parallel processing
- Human interaction patterns with async APIs
- Error handling and compensating actions
- Unit testing and local debugging
- Monitoring with Application Insights
- Securing functions with authentication and authorization
- Scaling strategies and concurrency limits
Module 9: Hybrid Integration and On-Premises Connectivity - Designing hybrid integration architectures
- Deploying and managing On-Premises Data Gateways
- Securing data in transit with TLS and mutual authentication
- Configuring high availability for gateways
- Firewall and proxy configuration for outbound access
- Using Azure Relay for hybrid connections
- Hybrid Service Bus and message tunneling
- Integrating with on-premises databases and ERP systems
- Handling latency and bandwidth constraints
- Monitoring hybrid connection health
- Disaster recovery planning for on-prem components
- Data sovereignty and compliance in hybrid models
- Performance tuning for cross-network workflows
- Logging and auditing across hybrid environments
- Authentication delegation and credential management
Module 10: Enterprise-Grade Monitoring and Observability - Setting up Application Insights for integration services
- Custom telemetry and event tracking
- Using Azure Monitor and metric alerts
- Creating meaningful dashboards in Azure Portal
- Log queries using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
- Correlating logs across Logic Apps, Functions, and Service Bus
- Diagnostic settings and export to Log Analytics
- Setting up action groups for incident response
- Monitoring SLA compliance and uptime
- Performance baseline tracking and anomaly detection
- End-to-end transaction tracing with distributed IDs
- Using AI-powered insights for root cause analysis
- Generating compliance-ready reports
- Alert suppression and noise reduction
- Proactive monitoring using synthetic transactions
Module 11: DevOps and CI/CD for Integration Projects - Infrastructure as Code using Bicep and ARM templates
- Setting up CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps
- GitHub Actions for integration deployments
- Testing strategies for integration workflows
- Unit testing with mocks and stubs
- Integration testing in isolated environments
- Blue-green and canary deployment patterns
- Configuration management across dev, test, and prod
- Secrets management using Azure Key Vault
- Policy as Code with Azure Policy for governance
- Automated rollback procedures on deployment failure
- Environment promotion gating and approvals
- Static code analysis for integration pipelines
- Version control best practices for integration assets
- Auditing deployment history for compliance
Module 12: Security, Compliance, and Governance at Scale - Zero-trust security model for integration services
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) configuration
- Managed identities and service principal usage
- Private endpoints and VNet integration for isolation
- Encryption at rest and in transit
- Audit logging with Azure Activity Log
- Compliance frameworks: GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001
- Data residency and geo-fencing policies
- PII detection and masking in message flows
- Threat modeling for integration architectures
- Penetration testing and vulnerability scanning
- Security benchmarking with Azure Security Center
- API security best practices and OWASP Top 10
- Service-to-service authentication patterns
- Governance with Azure API Center and tagging
Module 13: Scalability and Performance Tuning Techniques - Load testing integration components with simulated traffic
- Identifying bottlenecks in message pipelines
- Optimizing Logic Apps for high throughput
- Batching and parallelization strategies
- Scaling Azure Functions with concurrency settings
- Message partitioning and load balancing
- Caching strategies to reduce backend pressure
- Using Azure Cache for Redis with integration services
- Tuning Service Bus message prefetch and batch sizes
- Optimizing network latency in hybrid flows
- Compression techniques for large payloads
- Connection pooling and reuse patterns
- Measuring and improving end-to-end latency
- Auto-scaling configurations for dynamic workloads
- Capacity planning for peak usage periods
Module 14: Real-World Integration Patterns and Case Studies - Order-to-cash automation with ERP integration
- Customer onboarding with document validation and workflows
- Inventory synchronization across cloud and on-prem systems
- HR system integration with identity provisioning
- Financial reconciliation with scheduled batch jobs
- IoT to cloud telemetry ingestion and processing
- Multi-channel notification dispatch (email, SMS, push)
- File-based integration with SFTP and polling
- Change data capture (CDC) from databases
- Real-time dashboards with streaming event processing
- Disaster recovery failover coordination
- Compliance audit trail generation
- Master data management synchronization
- Vendor portal integration with B2B workflows
- Migration from legacy ESBs to Azure-native integration
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Next Steps - Reviewing key concepts for enterprise integration mastery
- Self-assessment checklists and knowledge validation
- Hands-on lab: Build a complete end-to-end integration solution
- Documenting architecture decisions and design rationale
- Presenting integration solutions effectively to stakeholders
- Sharing your completed project for feedback
- Certification exam structure and expectations
- Preparing your portfolio for career advancement
- Connecting with the global integration professional community
- Joining Azure user groups and forums
- Continuing education paths and advanced certifications
- Using your Certificate of Completion to boost your profile
- Benchmarking your skills against industry standards
- Setting 90-day post-course goals for real-world implementation
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Principles of distributed system design for enterprise workloads
- Designing for high availability and fault tolerance in integration flows
- Patterns for horizontal and vertical scaling of integration services
- Stateful vs stateless integration components
- Decomposing monolithic workflows into modular integration units
- Domain-driven design applied to integration boundaries
- Event sourcing and CQRS patterns for data synchronization
- Data consistency models: eventual vs strong consistency
- Handling cascading failures in interconnected systems
- Idempotency patterns in message processing
- Retry and circuit breaker patterns for resilience
- Dead-letter queue management and error escalation
- Designing for observability and traceability from day one
- Correlation IDs and distributed tracing fundamentals
- Cost modeling for scalable integration architectures
Module 3: Core Azure Integration Services Overview - Comparative analysis of Azure integration tools
- Overview of Azure Logic Apps and use cases
- Understanding Azure Functions for event processing
- Role of Azure Service Bus in messaging scenarios
- How Event Grid enables reactive architectures
- API Management for lifecycle governance
- Azure Data Factory for ETL and data orchestration
- SAP and ERP connectivity via Azure Integration Services
- Azure API Center and governance models
- Azure Event Hubs for high-throughput ingestion
- Digital Twins and IoT integration context
- Hybrid connectivity with Azure Relay and On-Premises Data Gateway
- Selecting the right tool for each integration pattern
- Tool interoperability and composite solutions
- Tco comparison of managed vs self-hosted integration
Module 4: Configuring Azure Logic Apps for Enterprise Workflows - Creating stateful and stateless Logic Apps workflows
- Using triggers and actions effectively in workflow design
- Working with built-in connectors for Office 365, SQL, SAP
- Custom connectors development and registration
- Error handling strategies in Logic Apps
- Handling timeouts and long-running operations
- Working with nested and child workflows
- Using integration accounts for B2B scenarios
- X12, EDI, and AS2 protocol support in integration accounts
- Maps and schemas for document transformation
- Deploying Logic Apps using ARM templates
- Parameterization for multi-environment deployments
- Monitoring Logic Apps with Application Insights
- Using recurrence triggers with calendar-aware scheduling
- Securing Logic Apps with managed identities
Module 5: Building Resilient APIs with Azure API Management - Setting up an API Management instance with correct tier selection
- Importing and publishing APIs from Azure Functions and App Services
- Defining API versions and revisions for backward compatibility
- Implementing rate limiting and subscription quotas
- Adding JWT validation and OAuth 2.0 authentication
- Transforming request and response bodies with policies
- Adding caching policies to improve performance
- Using rewrite rules for URL and header manipulation
- Response masking and data redaction for security
- Forwarding requests to backend services securely
- Setting up API products and developer portals
- Onboarding external and internal developers
- Using analytics to track API usage and performance
- Exporting telemetry data for compliance reporting
- Disaster recovery and backup strategies for API configs
Module 6: Advanced Messaging with Azure Service Bus - Creating queues, topics, and subscriptions programmatically
- Understanding message size limits and batching
- Using message sessions for ordered processing
- Implementing message deferral and peek-lock patterns
- Setting up auto-forwarding between entities
- Duplicate message detection and deduplication
- Scheduling messages for delayed processing
- Dead-letter queue analysis and reprocessing
- Message enrichment with custom properties
- Transactional message processing with Send-Via
- Partitioned queues and topics for higher throughput
- Geo-replication with Premium tier for disaster recovery
- Integrating Service Bus with Logic Apps and Functions
- Monitoring with metrics and diagnostic logs
- Securing access with SAS tokens and managed identities
Module 7: Implementing Event-Driven Integration with Event Grid - Understanding event publishers and subscribers
- Creating custom topics and domains
- Filtering events using advanced routing rules
- Handling system events from Azure Storage and Blob events
- Integrating Event Grid with Logic Apps and Functions
- Setting up webhook delivery with retries and dead-lettering
- Monitoring delivery failures and troubleshooting
- Using CloudEvents schema for cross-platform compatibility
- Securing event delivery with AAD and SAS
- Scaling Event Grid for high-volume workloads
- Hybrid eventing with Azure Relay and bridges
- Event Grid in IoT and real-time analytics pipelines
- Cost optimization through filtering and batching
- Testing event flows with mock publishers
- Setting up alerts for critical event patterns
Module 8: Serverless Processing with Azure Functions - Comparing Consumption, Premium, and Dedicated plans
- Writing functions in C#, JavaScript, Python, and PowerShell
- Trigger types: HTTP, Timer, Queue, Service Bus, Event Hub
- Using input and output bindings effectively
- Dependency injection and configuration management
- Optimizing cold start performance
- State management using Durable Functions
- Chaining functions into complex workflows
- Fan-out/fan-in patterns for parallel processing
- Human interaction patterns with async APIs
- Error handling and compensating actions
- Unit testing and local debugging
- Monitoring with Application Insights
- Securing functions with authentication and authorization
- Scaling strategies and concurrency limits
Module 9: Hybrid Integration and On-Premises Connectivity - Designing hybrid integration architectures
- Deploying and managing On-Premises Data Gateways
- Securing data in transit with TLS and mutual authentication
- Configuring high availability for gateways
- Firewall and proxy configuration for outbound access
- Using Azure Relay for hybrid connections
- Hybrid Service Bus and message tunneling
- Integrating with on-premises databases and ERP systems
- Handling latency and bandwidth constraints
- Monitoring hybrid connection health
- Disaster recovery planning for on-prem components
- Data sovereignty and compliance in hybrid models
- Performance tuning for cross-network workflows
- Logging and auditing across hybrid environments
- Authentication delegation and credential management
Module 10: Enterprise-Grade Monitoring and Observability - Setting up Application Insights for integration services
- Custom telemetry and event tracking
- Using Azure Monitor and metric alerts
- Creating meaningful dashboards in Azure Portal
- Log queries using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
- Correlating logs across Logic Apps, Functions, and Service Bus
- Diagnostic settings and export to Log Analytics
- Setting up action groups for incident response
- Monitoring SLA compliance and uptime
- Performance baseline tracking and anomaly detection
- End-to-end transaction tracing with distributed IDs
- Using AI-powered insights for root cause analysis
- Generating compliance-ready reports
- Alert suppression and noise reduction
- Proactive monitoring using synthetic transactions
Module 11: DevOps and CI/CD for Integration Projects - Infrastructure as Code using Bicep and ARM templates
- Setting up CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps
- GitHub Actions for integration deployments
- Testing strategies for integration workflows
- Unit testing with mocks and stubs
- Integration testing in isolated environments
- Blue-green and canary deployment patterns
- Configuration management across dev, test, and prod
- Secrets management using Azure Key Vault
- Policy as Code with Azure Policy for governance
- Automated rollback procedures on deployment failure
- Environment promotion gating and approvals
- Static code analysis for integration pipelines
- Version control best practices for integration assets
- Auditing deployment history for compliance
Module 12: Security, Compliance, and Governance at Scale - Zero-trust security model for integration services
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) configuration
- Managed identities and service principal usage
- Private endpoints and VNet integration for isolation
- Encryption at rest and in transit
- Audit logging with Azure Activity Log
- Compliance frameworks: GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001
- Data residency and geo-fencing policies
- PII detection and masking in message flows
- Threat modeling for integration architectures
- Penetration testing and vulnerability scanning
- Security benchmarking with Azure Security Center
- API security best practices and OWASP Top 10
- Service-to-service authentication patterns
- Governance with Azure API Center and tagging
Module 13: Scalability and Performance Tuning Techniques - Load testing integration components with simulated traffic
- Identifying bottlenecks in message pipelines
- Optimizing Logic Apps for high throughput
- Batching and parallelization strategies
- Scaling Azure Functions with concurrency settings
- Message partitioning and load balancing
- Caching strategies to reduce backend pressure
- Using Azure Cache for Redis with integration services
- Tuning Service Bus message prefetch and batch sizes
- Optimizing network latency in hybrid flows
- Compression techniques for large payloads
- Connection pooling and reuse patterns
- Measuring and improving end-to-end latency
- Auto-scaling configurations for dynamic workloads
- Capacity planning for peak usage periods
Module 14: Real-World Integration Patterns and Case Studies - Order-to-cash automation with ERP integration
- Customer onboarding with document validation and workflows
- Inventory synchronization across cloud and on-prem systems
- HR system integration with identity provisioning
- Financial reconciliation with scheduled batch jobs
- IoT to cloud telemetry ingestion and processing
- Multi-channel notification dispatch (email, SMS, push)
- File-based integration with SFTP and polling
- Change data capture (CDC) from databases
- Real-time dashboards with streaming event processing
- Disaster recovery failover coordination
- Compliance audit trail generation
- Master data management synchronization
- Vendor portal integration with B2B workflows
- Migration from legacy ESBs to Azure-native integration
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Next Steps - Reviewing key concepts for enterprise integration mastery
- Self-assessment checklists and knowledge validation
- Hands-on lab: Build a complete end-to-end integration solution
- Documenting architecture decisions and design rationale
- Presenting integration solutions effectively to stakeholders
- Sharing your completed project for feedback
- Certification exam structure and expectations
- Preparing your portfolio for career advancement
- Connecting with the global integration professional community
- Joining Azure user groups and forums
- Continuing education paths and advanced certifications
- Using your Certificate of Completion to boost your profile
- Benchmarking your skills against industry standards
- Setting 90-day post-course goals for real-world implementation
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Creating stateful and stateless Logic Apps workflows
- Using triggers and actions effectively in workflow design
- Working with built-in connectors for Office 365, SQL, SAP
- Custom connectors development and registration
- Error handling strategies in Logic Apps
- Handling timeouts and long-running operations
- Working with nested and child workflows
- Using integration accounts for B2B scenarios
- X12, EDI, and AS2 protocol support in integration accounts
- Maps and schemas for document transformation
- Deploying Logic Apps using ARM templates
- Parameterization for multi-environment deployments
- Monitoring Logic Apps with Application Insights
- Using recurrence triggers with calendar-aware scheduling
- Securing Logic Apps with managed identities
Module 5: Building Resilient APIs with Azure API Management - Setting up an API Management instance with correct tier selection
- Importing and publishing APIs from Azure Functions and App Services
- Defining API versions and revisions for backward compatibility
- Implementing rate limiting and subscription quotas
- Adding JWT validation and OAuth 2.0 authentication
- Transforming request and response bodies with policies
- Adding caching policies to improve performance
- Using rewrite rules for URL and header manipulation
- Response masking and data redaction for security
- Forwarding requests to backend services securely
- Setting up API products and developer portals
- Onboarding external and internal developers
- Using analytics to track API usage and performance
- Exporting telemetry data for compliance reporting
- Disaster recovery and backup strategies for API configs
Module 6: Advanced Messaging with Azure Service Bus - Creating queues, topics, and subscriptions programmatically
- Understanding message size limits and batching
- Using message sessions for ordered processing
- Implementing message deferral and peek-lock patterns
- Setting up auto-forwarding between entities
- Duplicate message detection and deduplication
- Scheduling messages for delayed processing
- Dead-letter queue analysis and reprocessing
- Message enrichment with custom properties
- Transactional message processing with Send-Via
- Partitioned queues and topics for higher throughput
- Geo-replication with Premium tier for disaster recovery
- Integrating Service Bus with Logic Apps and Functions
- Monitoring with metrics and diagnostic logs
- Securing access with SAS tokens and managed identities
Module 7: Implementing Event-Driven Integration with Event Grid - Understanding event publishers and subscribers
- Creating custom topics and domains
- Filtering events using advanced routing rules
- Handling system events from Azure Storage and Blob events
- Integrating Event Grid with Logic Apps and Functions
- Setting up webhook delivery with retries and dead-lettering
- Monitoring delivery failures and troubleshooting
- Using CloudEvents schema for cross-platform compatibility
- Securing event delivery with AAD and SAS
- Scaling Event Grid for high-volume workloads
- Hybrid eventing with Azure Relay and bridges
- Event Grid in IoT and real-time analytics pipelines
- Cost optimization through filtering and batching
- Testing event flows with mock publishers
- Setting up alerts for critical event patterns
Module 8: Serverless Processing with Azure Functions - Comparing Consumption, Premium, and Dedicated plans
- Writing functions in C#, JavaScript, Python, and PowerShell
- Trigger types: HTTP, Timer, Queue, Service Bus, Event Hub
- Using input and output bindings effectively
- Dependency injection and configuration management
- Optimizing cold start performance
- State management using Durable Functions
- Chaining functions into complex workflows
- Fan-out/fan-in patterns for parallel processing
- Human interaction patterns with async APIs
- Error handling and compensating actions
- Unit testing and local debugging
- Monitoring with Application Insights
- Securing functions with authentication and authorization
- Scaling strategies and concurrency limits
Module 9: Hybrid Integration and On-Premises Connectivity - Designing hybrid integration architectures
- Deploying and managing On-Premises Data Gateways
- Securing data in transit with TLS and mutual authentication
- Configuring high availability for gateways
- Firewall and proxy configuration for outbound access
- Using Azure Relay for hybrid connections
- Hybrid Service Bus and message tunneling
- Integrating with on-premises databases and ERP systems
- Handling latency and bandwidth constraints
- Monitoring hybrid connection health
- Disaster recovery planning for on-prem components
- Data sovereignty and compliance in hybrid models
- Performance tuning for cross-network workflows
- Logging and auditing across hybrid environments
- Authentication delegation and credential management
Module 10: Enterprise-Grade Monitoring and Observability - Setting up Application Insights for integration services
- Custom telemetry and event tracking
- Using Azure Monitor and metric alerts
- Creating meaningful dashboards in Azure Portal
- Log queries using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
- Correlating logs across Logic Apps, Functions, and Service Bus
- Diagnostic settings and export to Log Analytics
- Setting up action groups for incident response
- Monitoring SLA compliance and uptime
- Performance baseline tracking and anomaly detection
- End-to-end transaction tracing with distributed IDs
- Using AI-powered insights for root cause analysis
- Generating compliance-ready reports
- Alert suppression and noise reduction
- Proactive monitoring using synthetic transactions
Module 11: DevOps and CI/CD for Integration Projects - Infrastructure as Code using Bicep and ARM templates
- Setting up CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps
- GitHub Actions for integration deployments
- Testing strategies for integration workflows
- Unit testing with mocks and stubs
- Integration testing in isolated environments
- Blue-green and canary deployment patterns
- Configuration management across dev, test, and prod
- Secrets management using Azure Key Vault
- Policy as Code with Azure Policy for governance
- Automated rollback procedures on deployment failure
- Environment promotion gating and approvals
- Static code analysis for integration pipelines
- Version control best practices for integration assets
- Auditing deployment history for compliance
Module 12: Security, Compliance, and Governance at Scale - Zero-trust security model for integration services
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) configuration
- Managed identities and service principal usage
- Private endpoints and VNet integration for isolation
- Encryption at rest and in transit
- Audit logging with Azure Activity Log
- Compliance frameworks: GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001
- Data residency and geo-fencing policies
- PII detection and masking in message flows
- Threat modeling for integration architectures
- Penetration testing and vulnerability scanning
- Security benchmarking with Azure Security Center
- API security best practices and OWASP Top 10
- Service-to-service authentication patterns
- Governance with Azure API Center and tagging
Module 13: Scalability and Performance Tuning Techniques - Load testing integration components with simulated traffic
- Identifying bottlenecks in message pipelines
- Optimizing Logic Apps for high throughput
- Batching and parallelization strategies
- Scaling Azure Functions with concurrency settings
- Message partitioning and load balancing
- Caching strategies to reduce backend pressure
- Using Azure Cache for Redis with integration services
- Tuning Service Bus message prefetch and batch sizes
- Optimizing network latency in hybrid flows
- Compression techniques for large payloads
- Connection pooling and reuse patterns
- Measuring and improving end-to-end latency
- Auto-scaling configurations for dynamic workloads
- Capacity planning for peak usage periods
Module 14: Real-World Integration Patterns and Case Studies - Order-to-cash automation with ERP integration
- Customer onboarding with document validation and workflows
- Inventory synchronization across cloud and on-prem systems
- HR system integration with identity provisioning
- Financial reconciliation with scheduled batch jobs
- IoT to cloud telemetry ingestion and processing
- Multi-channel notification dispatch (email, SMS, push)
- File-based integration with SFTP and polling
- Change data capture (CDC) from databases
- Real-time dashboards with streaming event processing
- Disaster recovery failover coordination
- Compliance audit trail generation
- Master data management synchronization
- Vendor portal integration with B2B workflows
- Migration from legacy ESBs to Azure-native integration
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Next Steps - Reviewing key concepts for enterprise integration mastery
- Self-assessment checklists and knowledge validation
- Hands-on lab: Build a complete end-to-end integration solution
- Documenting architecture decisions and design rationale
- Presenting integration solutions effectively to stakeholders
- Sharing your completed project for feedback
- Certification exam structure and expectations
- Preparing your portfolio for career advancement
- Connecting with the global integration professional community
- Joining Azure user groups and forums
- Continuing education paths and advanced certifications
- Using your Certificate of Completion to boost your profile
- Benchmarking your skills against industry standards
- Setting 90-day post-course goals for real-world implementation
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Creating queues, topics, and subscriptions programmatically
- Understanding message size limits and batching
- Using message sessions for ordered processing
- Implementing message deferral and peek-lock patterns
- Setting up auto-forwarding between entities
- Duplicate message detection and deduplication
- Scheduling messages for delayed processing
- Dead-letter queue analysis and reprocessing
- Message enrichment with custom properties
- Transactional message processing with Send-Via
- Partitioned queues and topics for higher throughput
- Geo-replication with Premium tier for disaster recovery
- Integrating Service Bus with Logic Apps and Functions
- Monitoring with metrics and diagnostic logs
- Securing access with SAS tokens and managed identities
Module 7: Implementing Event-Driven Integration with Event Grid - Understanding event publishers and subscribers
- Creating custom topics and domains
- Filtering events using advanced routing rules
- Handling system events from Azure Storage and Blob events
- Integrating Event Grid with Logic Apps and Functions
- Setting up webhook delivery with retries and dead-lettering
- Monitoring delivery failures and troubleshooting
- Using CloudEvents schema for cross-platform compatibility
- Securing event delivery with AAD and SAS
- Scaling Event Grid for high-volume workloads
- Hybrid eventing with Azure Relay and bridges
- Event Grid in IoT and real-time analytics pipelines
- Cost optimization through filtering and batching
- Testing event flows with mock publishers
- Setting up alerts for critical event patterns
Module 8: Serverless Processing with Azure Functions - Comparing Consumption, Premium, and Dedicated plans
- Writing functions in C#, JavaScript, Python, and PowerShell
- Trigger types: HTTP, Timer, Queue, Service Bus, Event Hub
- Using input and output bindings effectively
- Dependency injection and configuration management
- Optimizing cold start performance
- State management using Durable Functions
- Chaining functions into complex workflows
- Fan-out/fan-in patterns for parallel processing
- Human interaction patterns with async APIs
- Error handling and compensating actions
- Unit testing and local debugging
- Monitoring with Application Insights
- Securing functions with authentication and authorization
- Scaling strategies and concurrency limits
Module 9: Hybrid Integration and On-Premises Connectivity - Designing hybrid integration architectures
- Deploying and managing On-Premises Data Gateways
- Securing data in transit with TLS and mutual authentication
- Configuring high availability for gateways
- Firewall and proxy configuration for outbound access
- Using Azure Relay for hybrid connections
- Hybrid Service Bus and message tunneling
- Integrating with on-premises databases and ERP systems
- Handling latency and bandwidth constraints
- Monitoring hybrid connection health
- Disaster recovery planning for on-prem components
- Data sovereignty and compliance in hybrid models
- Performance tuning for cross-network workflows
- Logging and auditing across hybrid environments
- Authentication delegation and credential management
Module 10: Enterprise-Grade Monitoring and Observability - Setting up Application Insights for integration services
- Custom telemetry and event tracking
- Using Azure Monitor and metric alerts
- Creating meaningful dashboards in Azure Portal
- Log queries using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
- Correlating logs across Logic Apps, Functions, and Service Bus
- Diagnostic settings and export to Log Analytics
- Setting up action groups for incident response
- Monitoring SLA compliance and uptime
- Performance baseline tracking and anomaly detection
- End-to-end transaction tracing with distributed IDs
- Using AI-powered insights for root cause analysis
- Generating compliance-ready reports
- Alert suppression and noise reduction
- Proactive monitoring using synthetic transactions
Module 11: DevOps and CI/CD for Integration Projects - Infrastructure as Code using Bicep and ARM templates
- Setting up CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps
- GitHub Actions for integration deployments
- Testing strategies for integration workflows
- Unit testing with mocks and stubs
- Integration testing in isolated environments
- Blue-green and canary deployment patterns
- Configuration management across dev, test, and prod
- Secrets management using Azure Key Vault
- Policy as Code with Azure Policy for governance
- Automated rollback procedures on deployment failure
- Environment promotion gating and approvals
- Static code analysis for integration pipelines
- Version control best practices for integration assets
- Auditing deployment history for compliance
Module 12: Security, Compliance, and Governance at Scale - Zero-trust security model for integration services
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) configuration
- Managed identities and service principal usage
- Private endpoints and VNet integration for isolation
- Encryption at rest and in transit
- Audit logging with Azure Activity Log
- Compliance frameworks: GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001
- Data residency and geo-fencing policies
- PII detection and masking in message flows
- Threat modeling for integration architectures
- Penetration testing and vulnerability scanning
- Security benchmarking with Azure Security Center
- API security best practices and OWASP Top 10
- Service-to-service authentication patterns
- Governance with Azure API Center and tagging
Module 13: Scalability and Performance Tuning Techniques - Load testing integration components with simulated traffic
- Identifying bottlenecks in message pipelines
- Optimizing Logic Apps for high throughput
- Batching and parallelization strategies
- Scaling Azure Functions with concurrency settings
- Message partitioning and load balancing
- Caching strategies to reduce backend pressure
- Using Azure Cache for Redis with integration services
- Tuning Service Bus message prefetch and batch sizes
- Optimizing network latency in hybrid flows
- Compression techniques for large payloads
- Connection pooling and reuse patterns
- Measuring and improving end-to-end latency
- Auto-scaling configurations for dynamic workloads
- Capacity planning for peak usage periods
Module 14: Real-World Integration Patterns and Case Studies - Order-to-cash automation with ERP integration
- Customer onboarding with document validation and workflows
- Inventory synchronization across cloud and on-prem systems
- HR system integration with identity provisioning
- Financial reconciliation with scheduled batch jobs
- IoT to cloud telemetry ingestion and processing
- Multi-channel notification dispatch (email, SMS, push)
- File-based integration with SFTP and polling
- Change data capture (CDC) from databases
- Real-time dashboards with streaming event processing
- Disaster recovery failover coordination
- Compliance audit trail generation
- Master data management synchronization
- Vendor portal integration with B2B workflows
- Migration from legacy ESBs to Azure-native integration
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Next Steps - Reviewing key concepts for enterprise integration mastery
- Self-assessment checklists and knowledge validation
- Hands-on lab: Build a complete end-to-end integration solution
- Documenting architecture decisions and design rationale
- Presenting integration solutions effectively to stakeholders
- Sharing your completed project for feedback
- Certification exam structure and expectations
- Preparing your portfolio for career advancement
- Connecting with the global integration professional community
- Joining Azure user groups and forums
- Continuing education paths and advanced certifications
- Using your Certificate of Completion to boost your profile
- Benchmarking your skills against industry standards
- Setting 90-day post-course goals for real-world implementation
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Comparing Consumption, Premium, and Dedicated plans
- Writing functions in C#, JavaScript, Python, and PowerShell
- Trigger types: HTTP, Timer, Queue, Service Bus, Event Hub
- Using input and output bindings effectively
- Dependency injection and configuration management
- Optimizing cold start performance
- State management using Durable Functions
- Chaining functions into complex workflows
- Fan-out/fan-in patterns for parallel processing
- Human interaction patterns with async APIs
- Error handling and compensating actions
- Unit testing and local debugging
- Monitoring with Application Insights
- Securing functions with authentication and authorization
- Scaling strategies and concurrency limits
Module 9: Hybrid Integration and On-Premises Connectivity - Designing hybrid integration architectures
- Deploying and managing On-Premises Data Gateways
- Securing data in transit with TLS and mutual authentication
- Configuring high availability for gateways
- Firewall and proxy configuration for outbound access
- Using Azure Relay for hybrid connections
- Hybrid Service Bus and message tunneling
- Integrating with on-premises databases and ERP systems
- Handling latency and bandwidth constraints
- Monitoring hybrid connection health
- Disaster recovery planning for on-prem components
- Data sovereignty and compliance in hybrid models
- Performance tuning for cross-network workflows
- Logging and auditing across hybrid environments
- Authentication delegation and credential management
Module 10: Enterprise-Grade Monitoring and Observability - Setting up Application Insights for integration services
- Custom telemetry and event tracking
- Using Azure Monitor and metric alerts
- Creating meaningful dashboards in Azure Portal
- Log queries using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
- Correlating logs across Logic Apps, Functions, and Service Bus
- Diagnostic settings and export to Log Analytics
- Setting up action groups for incident response
- Monitoring SLA compliance and uptime
- Performance baseline tracking and anomaly detection
- End-to-end transaction tracing with distributed IDs
- Using AI-powered insights for root cause analysis
- Generating compliance-ready reports
- Alert suppression and noise reduction
- Proactive monitoring using synthetic transactions
Module 11: DevOps and CI/CD for Integration Projects - Infrastructure as Code using Bicep and ARM templates
- Setting up CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps
- GitHub Actions for integration deployments
- Testing strategies for integration workflows
- Unit testing with mocks and stubs
- Integration testing in isolated environments
- Blue-green and canary deployment patterns
- Configuration management across dev, test, and prod
- Secrets management using Azure Key Vault
- Policy as Code with Azure Policy for governance
- Automated rollback procedures on deployment failure
- Environment promotion gating and approvals
- Static code analysis for integration pipelines
- Version control best practices for integration assets
- Auditing deployment history for compliance
Module 12: Security, Compliance, and Governance at Scale - Zero-trust security model for integration services
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) configuration
- Managed identities and service principal usage
- Private endpoints and VNet integration for isolation
- Encryption at rest and in transit
- Audit logging with Azure Activity Log
- Compliance frameworks: GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001
- Data residency and geo-fencing policies
- PII detection and masking in message flows
- Threat modeling for integration architectures
- Penetration testing and vulnerability scanning
- Security benchmarking with Azure Security Center
- API security best practices and OWASP Top 10
- Service-to-service authentication patterns
- Governance with Azure API Center and tagging
Module 13: Scalability and Performance Tuning Techniques - Load testing integration components with simulated traffic
- Identifying bottlenecks in message pipelines
- Optimizing Logic Apps for high throughput
- Batching and parallelization strategies
- Scaling Azure Functions with concurrency settings
- Message partitioning and load balancing
- Caching strategies to reduce backend pressure
- Using Azure Cache for Redis with integration services
- Tuning Service Bus message prefetch and batch sizes
- Optimizing network latency in hybrid flows
- Compression techniques for large payloads
- Connection pooling and reuse patterns
- Measuring and improving end-to-end latency
- Auto-scaling configurations for dynamic workloads
- Capacity planning for peak usage periods
Module 14: Real-World Integration Patterns and Case Studies - Order-to-cash automation with ERP integration
- Customer onboarding with document validation and workflows
- Inventory synchronization across cloud and on-prem systems
- HR system integration with identity provisioning
- Financial reconciliation with scheduled batch jobs
- IoT to cloud telemetry ingestion and processing
- Multi-channel notification dispatch (email, SMS, push)
- File-based integration with SFTP and polling
- Change data capture (CDC) from databases
- Real-time dashboards with streaming event processing
- Disaster recovery failover coordination
- Compliance audit trail generation
- Master data management synchronization
- Vendor portal integration with B2B workflows
- Migration from legacy ESBs to Azure-native integration
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Next Steps - Reviewing key concepts for enterprise integration mastery
- Self-assessment checklists and knowledge validation
- Hands-on lab: Build a complete end-to-end integration solution
- Documenting architecture decisions and design rationale
- Presenting integration solutions effectively to stakeholders
- Sharing your completed project for feedback
- Certification exam structure and expectations
- Preparing your portfolio for career advancement
- Connecting with the global integration professional community
- Joining Azure user groups and forums
- Continuing education paths and advanced certifications
- Using your Certificate of Completion to boost your profile
- Benchmarking your skills against industry standards
- Setting 90-day post-course goals for real-world implementation
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Setting up Application Insights for integration services
- Custom telemetry and event tracking
- Using Azure Monitor and metric alerts
- Creating meaningful dashboards in Azure Portal
- Log queries using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
- Correlating logs across Logic Apps, Functions, and Service Bus
- Diagnostic settings and export to Log Analytics
- Setting up action groups for incident response
- Monitoring SLA compliance and uptime
- Performance baseline tracking and anomaly detection
- End-to-end transaction tracing with distributed IDs
- Using AI-powered insights for root cause analysis
- Generating compliance-ready reports
- Alert suppression and noise reduction
- Proactive monitoring using synthetic transactions
Module 11: DevOps and CI/CD for Integration Projects - Infrastructure as Code using Bicep and ARM templates
- Setting up CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps
- GitHub Actions for integration deployments
- Testing strategies for integration workflows
- Unit testing with mocks and stubs
- Integration testing in isolated environments
- Blue-green and canary deployment patterns
- Configuration management across dev, test, and prod
- Secrets management using Azure Key Vault
- Policy as Code with Azure Policy for governance
- Automated rollback procedures on deployment failure
- Environment promotion gating and approvals
- Static code analysis for integration pipelines
- Version control best practices for integration assets
- Auditing deployment history for compliance
Module 12: Security, Compliance, and Governance at Scale - Zero-trust security model for integration services
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) configuration
- Managed identities and service principal usage
- Private endpoints and VNet integration for isolation
- Encryption at rest and in transit
- Audit logging with Azure Activity Log
- Compliance frameworks: GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001
- Data residency and geo-fencing policies
- PII detection and masking in message flows
- Threat modeling for integration architectures
- Penetration testing and vulnerability scanning
- Security benchmarking with Azure Security Center
- API security best practices and OWASP Top 10
- Service-to-service authentication patterns
- Governance with Azure API Center and tagging
Module 13: Scalability and Performance Tuning Techniques - Load testing integration components with simulated traffic
- Identifying bottlenecks in message pipelines
- Optimizing Logic Apps for high throughput
- Batching and parallelization strategies
- Scaling Azure Functions with concurrency settings
- Message partitioning and load balancing
- Caching strategies to reduce backend pressure
- Using Azure Cache for Redis with integration services
- Tuning Service Bus message prefetch and batch sizes
- Optimizing network latency in hybrid flows
- Compression techniques for large payloads
- Connection pooling and reuse patterns
- Measuring and improving end-to-end latency
- Auto-scaling configurations for dynamic workloads
- Capacity planning for peak usage periods
Module 14: Real-World Integration Patterns and Case Studies - Order-to-cash automation with ERP integration
- Customer onboarding with document validation and workflows
- Inventory synchronization across cloud and on-prem systems
- HR system integration with identity provisioning
- Financial reconciliation with scheduled batch jobs
- IoT to cloud telemetry ingestion and processing
- Multi-channel notification dispatch (email, SMS, push)
- File-based integration with SFTP and polling
- Change data capture (CDC) from databases
- Real-time dashboards with streaming event processing
- Disaster recovery failover coordination
- Compliance audit trail generation
- Master data management synchronization
- Vendor portal integration with B2B workflows
- Migration from legacy ESBs to Azure-native integration
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Next Steps - Reviewing key concepts for enterprise integration mastery
- Self-assessment checklists and knowledge validation
- Hands-on lab: Build a complete end-to-end integration solution
- Documenting architecture decisions and design rationale
- Presenting integration solutions effectively to stakeholders
- Sharing your completed project for feedback
- Certification exam structure and expectations
- Preparing your portfolio for career advancement
- Connecting with the global integration professional community
- Joining Azure user groups and forums
- Continuing education paths and advanced certifications
- Using your Certificate of Completion to boost your profile
- Benchmarking your skills against industry standards
- Setting 90-day post-course goals for real-world implementation
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Zero-trust security model for integration services
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) configuration
- Managed identities and service principal usage
- Private endpoints and VNet integration for isolation
- Encryption at rest and in transit
- Audit logging with Azure Activity Log
- Compliance frameworks: GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001
- Data residency and geo-fencing policies
- PII detection and masking in message flows
- Threat modeling for integration architectures
- Penetration testing and vulnerability scanning
- Security benchmarking with Azure Security Center
- API security best practices and OWASP Top 10
- Service-to-service authentication patterns
- Governance with Azure API Center and tagging
Module 13: Scalability and Performance Tuning Techniques - Load testing integration components with simulated traffic
- Identifying bottlenecks in message pipelines
- Optimizing Logic Apps for high throughput
- Batching and parallelization strategies
- Scaling Azure Functions with concurrency settings
- Message partitioning and load balancing
- Caching strategies to reduce backend pressure
- Using Azure Cache for Redis with integration services
- Tuning Service Bus message prefetch and batch sizes
- Optimizing network latency in hybrid flows
- Compression techniques for large payloads
- Connection pooling and reuse patterns
- Measuring and improving end-to-end latency
- Auto-scaling configurations for dynamic workloads
- Capacity planning for peak usage periods
Module 14: Real-World Integration Patterns and Case Studies - Order-to-cash automation with ERP integration
- Customer onboarding with document validation and workflows
- Inventory synchronization across cloud and on-prem systems
- HR system integration with identity provisioning
- Financial reconciliation with scheduled batch jobs
- IoT to cloud telemetry ingestion and processing
- Multi-channel notification dispatch (email, SMS, push)
- File-based integration with SFTP and polling
- Change data capture (CDC) from databases
- Real-time dashboards with streaming event processing
- Disaster recovery failover coordination
- Compliance audit trail generation
- Master data management synchronization
- Vendor portal integration with B2B workflows
- Migration from legacy ESBs to Azure-native integration
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Next Steps - Reviewing key concepts for enterprise integration mastery
- Self-assessment checklists and knowledge validation
- Hands-on lab: Build a complete end-to-end integration solution
- Documenting architecture decisions and design rationale
- Presenting integration solutions effectively to stakeholders
- Sharing your completed project for feedback
- Certification exam structure and expectations
- Preparing your portfolio for career advancement
- Connecting with the global integration professional community
- Joining Azure user groups and forums
- Continuing education paths and advanced certifications
- Using your Certificate of Completion to boost your profile
- Benchmarking your skills against industry standards
- Setting 90-day post-course goals for real-world implementation
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Order-to-cash automation with ERP integration
- Customer onboarding with document validation and workflows
- Inventory synchronization across cloud and on-prem systems
- HR system integration with identity provisioning
- Financial reconciliation with scheduled batch jobs
- IoT to cloud telemetry ingestion and processing
- Multi-channel notification dispatch (email, SMS, push)
- File-based integration with SFTP and polling
- Change data capture (CDC) from databases
- Real-time dashboards with streaming event processing
- Disaster recovery failover coordination
- Compliance audit trail generation
- Master data management synchronization
- Vendor portal integration with B2B workflows
- Migration from legacy ESBs to Azure-native integration