🛣️ AZ-500 Study Roadmap

📅 Suggested Study Plan

Week 1: Azure Identity and Access Management

• 🔑 Day 1-3: Azure Active Directory (AD), Privileged Identity Management (PIM), Conditional Access
• 🔍 Day 4-5: Azure AD Roles, Access Reviews, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
• ⚙️ Day 6-7: Azure AD Connect (Hybrid), Federation, Pass-Through Authentication

Week 2: Platform Protection

• 🛑 Day 1-2: Network Security Groups (NSGs), Application Security Groups (ASGs), Firewalls
• 🌐 Day 3-4: Azure DDoS Protection, WAF, Security Center Integration
• 🔐 Day 5-7: Azure Key Vault, Secrets Management, Disk Encryption

Week 3: Data and Application Security

• 📦 Day 1-2: Azure Storage Security, Azure SQL Security
• 🖥️ Day 3-4: Azure Application Security (App Service, Function Apps, Logic Apps)
• 🔄 Day 5-7: Automating security with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Runbooks

Week 4: Governance and Monitoring

• 🛠️ Day 1-3: Azure Blueprints, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Policies
• 📊 Day 4-5: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Alerts, Diagnostic Logs
• ⚖️ Day 6-7: Azure Security Center, Azure Defender, Security Score