Study Azure AZ-204 Security: key concepts, common traps, and exam decision cues.
This chapter is where AZ-204 tests whether you can secure application code and service access without falling back to brittle secret handling. Microsoft expects you to understand user auth, app auth, SAS, Key Vault, App Configuration, and managed identity as distinct but connected implementation lanes.
Microsoft currently weights Implement Azure security at 15-20% of the exam.
| Lesson | Focus |
|---|---|
| 3.1 Auth, SAS & Microsoft Graph | Learn the token, identity-platform, SAS, and Graph interaction flows that appear in developer scenarios. |
| 3.2 Key Vault, Config & Managed Identity | Learn how Azure-native secret, config, and workload-identity patterns reduce application risk. |