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AZ-700 Designing & Implementing Azure Networking with SIMS (Udemy.com)

Get prepared for the AZ-700 exam with instructor led labs and hands on simulations available 24/7

Created by: John Christopher

Last updated October 2026

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What you will learn

  • Learn the concepts and perform hands on activities needed to pass the AZ-700 exam
  • Gain a tremendous amount of knowledge involving networking Microsoft Azure Services
  • Get loads of hands on experience with networking Microsoft Azure Services
  • Utilize hands on simulations that can be access anytime, anywhere!

How it compares

Against the other 848 rated Udemy courses in IT Certifications on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 80% of them
  • Reviews952#293 of 849 by number of reviews
  • Length12.5 hourslonger than 67% of them
  • Last updatedOctober 2026more recently than 98% of them

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Course Description

We really hope you'll agree, this training is way more than the average course on Udemy!

Have access to the following:

  • Training from an instructor of over 20 years who has trained thousands of people and also a Microsoft Certified Trainer

  • Lecture that explains the concepts in an easy to learn method for someone that is just starting out with this material

  • Instructor led hands on and simulations to practice that can be followed even if you have little to no experience

TOPICS COVERED INCLUDING HANDS ON LECTURE AND PRACTICE TUTORIALS:

Introduction

  • Welcome to the course

  • Understanding the Microsoft Environment

  • Having a Solid Foundation of Active Directory Domains

  • Having a Solid Foundation of RAS, DMZ, and Virtualization

  • Having a Solid Foundation of the Microsoft Cloud Services

  • Order of concepts covered in the course

  • Questions for John Christopher

Setting up for hands on

  • IMPORTANT Using Assignments in the course

  • Creating a free Azure Account

  • Activating an Entra ID P2 license

Design and implement private IP addressing for Azure resources

  • Plan and implement network segmentation and address spaces

  • Create a virtual network (VNet)

  • Peering virtual networks

  • Plan and configure subnetting for services, including VNet gateways, firewalls, etc..

  • Plan and configure subnet delegation

  • Create a prefix for public IP addresses

  • Choose when to use a public IP address prefix

  • Plan and implement a custom public IP address prefix (bring your own IP)

  • Create a new public IP address

  • Associate public IP addresses to resources

Design and implement name resolution

  • Design name resolution inside a VNet

  • Configure DNS settings inside a VNet

  • Design public DNS zones

  • Design private DNS zones

  • Configure a public or private DNS zone

  • Link a private DNS zone to a VNet

  • Plan and implement Azure Private DNS Resolver

Design and implement VNet connectivity and routing

  • Design service chaining, including gateway transit

  • Design virtual private network (VPN) connectivity between VNets

  • Implement VNet peering

  • Design and implement user-defined routes (UDRs)

  • Associate a route table with a subnet

  • Configure forced tunneling

  • Diagnose and resolve routing issues

  • Understanding Azure Route Server

  • Identify appropriate use cases for a Virtual Network NAT gateway

  • Implement a NAT gateway

  • Cleaning up some of the Azure resources

Monitor networks

  • Creating a couple of VMs with networking to monitor

  • Configure monitoring, network diagnostics, and logs in Azure Network Watcher

  • Monitor and repair network health by using Azure Network Watcher

  • Activate and monitor distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection

  • Understanding Microsoft Defender for DNS

Design, implement, and manage a site-to-site VPN connection

  • Design a site-to-site VPN connection, including for high availability

  • Select an appropriate VNet gateway SKU for site-to-site VPN requirements

  • Implement a site-to-site VPN connection

  • Identify when to use a policy-based VPN versus a route-based VPN connection

  • Create and configure an IPsec/IKE policy

  • Diagnose and resolve virtual network gateway connectivity issues

  • Understanding Azure Extended Network

Design, implement, and manage a point-to-site VPN connection

  • Select an appropriate virtual network gateway SKU for point-to-site VPN requirements

  • Select the appropriate tunnel type

  • Select an appropriate authentication method

  • Configure RADIUS authentication

  • Configure certificate-based authentication and implement a VPN client config file

  • Configure authentication by using Azure Azure AD, part of Microsoft Entra

  • Diagnose and resolve client-side and authentication issues

  • Specify Azure requirements for Always On authentication

  • Understanding Azure Network Adapter

  • Removing the VPN gateway

Design, implement, and manage Azure ExpressRoute

  • Select an ExpressRoute connectivity model

  • Select an appropriate ExpressRoute SKU and tier

  • Design and implement ExpressRoute, cross-region, redundancy, & disaster recovery

  • Design and implement ExpressRoute Global Reach, FastPath, and ExpressRoute Direct

  • Choose between private peering only, Microsoft peering only, or both

  • Create an ExpressRoute Circuit & check the private peering & Microsoft Peering status

  • Create an ExpressRoute gateway

  • Encryption over ExpressRoute

  • Bidirectional Forwarding Detection

  • Diagnose and resolve ExpressRoute connection issues

  • Removing ExpressRoute resources before moving on

Design and implement an Azure Virtual WAN architecture

  • Identify use for Azure Virtual WANs

  • Select a Virtual WAN SKU

  • Design a Virtual WAN architecture, including selecting types and services

  • Create a hub in Virtual WAN

  • Choose an appropriate scale unit for each gateway type

  • Deploy a gateway into a Virtual WAN hub

  • Configure virtual hub routing

  • Integrate a Virtual WAN hub with a third-party NVA

  • Removing Azure Virtual WAN resources

Design and implement an Azure Load Balancer

  • Map requirements to features and capabilities of Azure Load Balancer

  • Identify appropriate use cases for Azure Load Balancer

  • Choose an Azure Load Balancer SKU and tier

  • Choose between public and internal

  • Create and configure an Azure Load Balancer

  • Implement a load balancing rule

  • Create and configure inbound NAT rules

  • Create and configure explicit outbound rules, including SNAT

  • Removing the Azure Load Balancer before moving forward

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Instructor Details

John Christopher

John Christopher is a Technical Instructor that has been in the business for 25 years. His first experience with information technology occurred in the early 90s when he ran an MS-DOS based BBS(Bulletin Board System) as a System Operator. In the late 90s, after working with Windows NT 3.50 performing backups for Regal Group, he decided to get Windows NT Microsoft Certified.

In 1998 he got his first Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Microsoft Certified Trainer certification. Shortly after getting certified, he began working as a Junior Administrator and Instructor for Knowledge Alliance. From there John was able to become one of the first people in the world to gain an MCSE for the Windows 2000 operating system and he began teaching full time for a company called Productivity Point International. At Productivity Point, John got Citrix Metaframe certified and began teaching Citrix along with Microsoft classes. Productivity Point began experiencing financial troubles and John moved on to work with another training company in 2001

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Reviews

4.7

952 ratings on Udemy

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By Konuralp Solak on 9/23/2026

good as always. this is the second course i'm geting from you. the first one was ms700 which i passed with 845. hope to pass this one with a good value,too. thanks.

By Clinten Gee on 9/1/2026

Excellent course. John explains things so clearly. The labs are a great benefit showing exactly what you need to do to, giving you confidence and understanding when working in Azure. Highly recommend this course.

By Leon Foster on 8/24/2026

Excellent course as always, John Christopher always provides easy to follow explanations of cloud concepts. I would recommend you have your own Azure subscription to follow along.

By Andrew Bordbar on 7/2/2026

I am happy that I started AZ-104 with John Christopher, and now I am taking his Az700 (Azure networking) course. Such a great and knowledgeable trainer. Also he has a beautiful voice. My next course with him will be Az901. Thank you so much John.

By Shubham Naganwar on 6/1/2026

for advance certification, we don't need to wait 1.5 hrs to get to the main topic, as people who are coming for associate level certification has the basics already known and there was no skip or fast forward option for video so i needed to skip video instead of letting it fw to have check mark appear which i like to have it in my completion.

By Ayub Oruko Ondoro on 3/13/2026

Good learning, practical oriented and perfect English communications make it easy for learners to understand the topics.

By Peter Mokry on 9/26/2025

I highly recommend this course to understand basics of Azure Network. Please note, also should be checked Azure documentation and followed learning path on Azure learning portal.

By Gregory A. Edwards on 4/28/2025

I appreciate this course it was very easy to follow and introduced a traditional networking administrator to the cloud environment/architecture. I am hoping I can sit the certification and pass it in a few weeks.

By Cameron Jack Hughes on 1/24/2025

Excellent course, very detailed, demonstrations top quality, assignments spot on and John Christopher has the industry experience alongside teaching the topics very well. Thank you!

By Shawn Chamberlain on 9/27/2023

Great course. Very informational and covered a lot of topics in depth while keeping the content easily digestible. I feel much more confident about taking the AZ-700 exam.

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