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Practise Microsoft Azure Developer Associate AZ-204 across all 5 official exam domains — Develop Azure compute solutions, Develop for Azure storage, Implement Azure security, Connect to and consume Azure services and third-party services, and more — with original exam-style questions, full explanations, and wrong-answer analysis. Microsoft certification exams often test whether you can choose the right Azure, Microsoft 365, identity, security or monitoring action for a realistic administrative scenario. Courseiva helps you practise with structured questions and explanations.
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Key facts for the Microsoft Azure Developer Associate AZ-204 exam.
Exam cost
$165 USD / ~£135
Duration
120 minutes
Question count
40–60 questions
Passing score
700 / 1000
Validity
Annual renewal (free online assessment on Microsoft Learn)
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Pearson VUE
Online proctored
Yes — available
Retake policy
100% free — no account required
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Courseiva provides free Microsoft Azure Developer Associate AZ-204 (AZ-204) practice questions with original exam-style questions, detailed explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics. Courseiva is an independent platform and is not affiliated with Microsoft.
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Question formats
Microsoft Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) validates skills in developing Azure compute solutions, storage, security, monitoring, and connecting to third-party services. It is designed for developers who build applications on Azure using languages like C#, Python, or JavaScript.
Official prerequisite
None
Recommended experience
AZ-900 and 1 year of Azure development experience
1 year building and deploying Azure applications. Should be comfortable with Azure SDKs, Azure Functions, Azure Storage, and App Service.
Should you skip this exam?
If you manage Azure infrastructure rather than build applications, AZ-104 is more appropriate. If you are just starting on Azure, AZ-900 first.
Courseiva study tip
AZ-204 is the hardest Azure Associate exam. Code-related questions (reading C# or Python snippets that use Azure SDKs) are unique to this exam. Understand the Azure SDK patterns for authentication (managed identity, DefaultAzureCredential) deeply.
UK salary range
£50,000–£80,000
US salary range
$85,000–$130,000
Job roles that cite AZ-204
$165 USD.
700 out of 1000.
AZ-204 is Microsoft's hardest Azure Associate exam. Code snippet questions requiring knowledge of Azure SDK usage in C# or Python are unique to this exam. Allow 150–250 hours of hands-on study.
AZ-204 requires annual renewal via a free online assessment on Microsoft Learn.
AZ-104 is for administrators (infrastructure management). AZ-204 is for developers (building applications). If you write code, take AZ-204. If you manage cloud infrastructure, take AZ-104.
See how AZ-204 stacks up against related certifications.
Courseiva Exam Intelligence
Data confidence: BuildingDerived from Courseiva's continuously updated practice dataset: 881 exam-style questions. Updated 2 July 2026.
Question difficulty mix
Average time per question: 92s
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Exam domains
official blueprint domains covered by the bank
881
Questions
exam-style questions in the AZ-204 bank
Practice modes
Choose a mode that matches your current study phase. Use topic practice early on and mock exams closer to your exam date.
All AZ-204 Questions
Browse the full question bank organised by domain and difficulty.
Practice Test
Start a 20-question session with a full explanation after each answer.
Mock Exam
Simulate the real exam with a timed, full-length question set.
Quick 25
A 25-question warm-up — ideal for a short daily study session.
Flashcards
Reinforce key terms, commands, and protocol facts with flashcards.
Domain Practice
Focus exclusively on one exam domain to target your weakest area.
50-Question Set
Mid-length practice set covering all domains.
Exam guide
Start with a short practice session, review each missed answer, then return to the topics that caused mistakes.
Microsoft Azure Developer Associate AZ-204 spans 5 official exam domains (Develop Azure compute solutions, Develop for Azure storage, Implement Azure security, and more). Questions test whether you can apply each objective in a realistic scenario, not just recall a definition.
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Practice directory
Every practice set is a unique selection of questions — numbered tests, domain-focused sessions, and topic-specific quizzes.
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Official blueprint
Target weak areas by practising questions from a single domain. Each domain page shows all questions, difficulty breakdown, and a focused practice session.
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Deep-dive questions
The most-searched AZ-204 questions — each with a detailed explanation, worked example, and full answer breakdown.
Term reference
These terms appear frequently in AZ-204 questions. Understanding them precisely reduces guessing and improves scores.
Blob Storage SDK
The Blob Storage SDK is a set of libraries and tools that lets developers write code to store, access, and manage unstructured data in Microsoft Azure's blob storage service.
Azure App Service Plans
An Azure App Service Plan defines the compute resources, pricing tier, scaling capabilities, and region for one or more web apps, API apps, mobile app backends, or Azure Functions hosted in Azure App Service.
Azure Kubernetes Service Development
Azure Kubernetes Service Development is the practice of designing, building, and deploying containerized applications using Azure Kubernetes Service, a managed container orchestration platform in Microsoft Azure.
Azure Functions Bindings
Azure Functions Bindings are declarative connections that link your serverless function code to Azure services or external resources, handling input and output data automatically without writing extra networking or authentication code.
Azure Files Shares
Azure Files Shares are fully managed cloud file shares that you can access from anywhere using standard industry protocols like SMB and NFS.
Azure Monitor Metrics
Azure Monitor Metrics is a feature of Azure Monitor that collects, stores, and analyzes numerical data from Azure resources to track performance, health, and usage over time.
Azure Queue Storage
Azure Queue Storage is a cloud service for storing and retrieving large numbers of messages that can be accessed from anywhere, enabling asynchronous communication between application components.
API Management
API Management is a service that acts as a front door for application programming interfaces, controlling access, monitoring usage, and enforcing security policies.
Learn the concepts
102 book-style chapters cover every AZ-204 objective in plain English. Read the theory here, then test it with practice questions.
Chapter 1
Azure Functions Development
25 min read
Chapter 2
Containerized Solutions on Azure
25 min read
Chapter 3
App Service Development
25 min read
Chapter 4
Cosmos DB for Developers
25 min read
Chapter 5
Azure Blob Storage Development
25 min read
Chapter 6
Entra ID Authentication for Developers
25 min read
Chapter 7
Key Vault for Developers
25 min read
Chapter 8
Managed Identities in Code
25 min read
Free study guide
The Courseiva AZ-204 study guide covers exam format, the official domain blueprint with weights, a structured study plan, and domain-specific tips for each section. Use it alongside practice questions to build both conceptual depth and exam confidence.
Sample questions
Original exam-style questions — not copied from any exam or dump site. Open a question for the full answer breakdown.
Three analytics pipelines each need to read every event from the same Azure Event Hub: one pipeline archives events to cold storage, one computes real-time aggregations, and one fe…
After deploying a new version to the staging slot and swapping to production, users report a 60-second spike in 503 errors. The application takes 45 seconds to initialize its conne…
Multiple teams need different levels of access to the same Azure Key Vault: the DevOps team needs to create and rotate secrets, the application team needs read-only secret access,…
A business process requires sending an approval email, waiting up to 48 hours for a manager's response, and then updating a SharePoint list based on the decision. The process owner…
Backend APIs exposed through Azure API Management are consumed by multiple subscribers. The product owner wants to prevent any single subscriber from sending more than 100 requests…
Three microservices collaborate on a single user transaction: an App Service API, an Azure Function that processes a Service Bus message, and a downstream storage service. Traces a…
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