Azure Solutions Architect — Labs & Projects
SECTION A: Hands-On Labs
Beginner Labs
Lab 1: Resource Group & VNet
- Create Resource Group
- Create VNet (10.0.0.0/16)
- Create subnets: web, app, data
- Verify using CLI
Lab 2: Windows VM Deployment
- Deploy Windows Server VM
- Attach Premium SSD
- Enable boot diagnostics
- Connect via Bastion
Lab 3: Linux VM + SSH
- Create Ubuntu VM
- Generate SSH keys
- Install Nginx
- Verify web server
Lab 4: NSG Configuration
- Web subnet: allow 80/443
- App subnet: allow 8080
- Data subnet: allow 1433
- Test connectivity
Lab 5: Storage Account
- Create Storage Account
- Create containers
- Upload files
- Configure lifecycle policy
Intermediate Labs
Lab 16: Hub-Spoke with Firewall
- Create hub VNet
- Deploy Azure Firewall
- Create spoke VNets
- Route traffic via firewall
Lab 17: AKS Deployment
- Create AKS cluster
- Deploy sample app
- Scale pods
- Expose via Load Balancer
Lab 18: VPN Gateway
- Create VNets
- Deploy VPN Gateways
- Configure IPsec tunnel
- Test connectivity
Lab 19: Azure Front Door
- Deploy Front Door
- Configure backend pools
- Test failover
Lab 20: SQL Geo-Replication
- Create primary & secondary SQL
- Configure failover group
- Test failover
Advanced Labs
Lab 36: Enterprise Hub-Spoke
- Deploy hub + spokes
- Firewall Premium
- Private Endpoints
- End-to-end validation
Lab 37: Multi-Region Architecture
- App Service in 2 regions
- Front Door routing
- Failover testing
Lab 38: AKS Enterprise Setup
- Private AKS cluster
- Workload Identity
- Monitoring + Policy
Lab 39: Event-Driven Microservices
- Event Grid + Service Bus
- Container Apps
- Dapr integration
Lab 40: Zero Trust Architecture
- Private Endpoints everywhere
- Firewall + WAF
- Sentinel + Defender
SECTION B: Major Projects
Infrastructure Projects
- Enterprise Hub-Spoke Network
- Multi-Region Web App
- AKS Production Platform
- Hybrid Cloud (ExpressRoute + VPN)
- Azure Landing Zone
Application Projects
- E-Commerce Platform
- Real-Time Chat App
- IoT Dashboard
- Document AI System
- Serverless Order Processing
Data Projects
- Modern Data Warehouse
- Real-Time Analytics Pipeline
- Customer 360 Platform
- Data Mesh
- Predictive Maintenance
Security Projects
- Zero Trust Implementation
- Sentinel SOC
- Identity Governance
- Network Security Architecture
- DevSecOps Pipeline
Migration Projects
- Lift & Shift Migration
- App Modernization
- Database Migration
- Monolith to Microservices
- Full Digital Transformation