Microsoft - Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700)

This certification validates a candidate's ability to design, implement, and manage Azure networking solutions across five areas: core network infrastructure, hybrid connectivity, application delivery services, private access to Azure services, and network security. The exam assesses design and implementation of IP addressing and subnetting, name resolution, VNet connectivity and routing, site-to-site and point-to-site VPN, ExpressRoute, Azure Virtual WAN, load balancing (Azure Load Balancer, Traffic Manager, Application Gateway, Azure Front Door), Azure Private Link and service endpoints, and network security services (network security groups, Azure Firewall, and Web Application Firewall). Candidates are expected to optimize performance, resiliency, scale, and security of network environments and to diagnose and resolve connectivity and routing issues.