Applied Skills

Microsoft Applied Skills: Deploy containers by using Azure Kubernetes Service

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Overview

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To earn this Microsoft Applied Skills credential, learners demonstrate the ability to work with containers, container orchestration with Kubernetes, and manage clusters on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

Candidates for this credential must have experience with Azure administration and with deploying resources in Azure. They should also have a basic understanding of Azure Policy, Kubernetes, and AKS concepts, including docker and kubectl commands.

Tasks performed

  • Deploy an AKS cluster
  • Deploy and use Azure Container Registry
  • Configure an AKS cluster
  • Deploy applications to AKS
  • Configure scaling in AKS

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This assessment will use an interactive lab to evaluate your performance. It will take a few minutes to load the lab, and you may do other activities while it loads. After you launch the lab, you will need to wait 72 hours to launch it again. Your mouse movements and text entered during the lab will be recorded for quality purposes. Learn more

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