Azure Developer Associate Renewal – Study Guide – 2026

June 1, 2026

The Azure Developer Associate certification can be found here;

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/certifications/azure-developer/

Note: This exam is being retired on July 31st 2026, so renew now to make sure you don’t lose it!

I used the following links to pass the 2026 Renewal Certification;

CategorySub CategoryLinks
KeyvaultStoragehttps://learn.microsoft.com/el-gr/azure/key-vault/general/soft-delete-overview?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Storagehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-au/azure/key-vault/general/key-vault-recovery?utm_source=chatgpt.com&tabs=azure-portal
Encryptionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/encryption-customer-managed-keys-support
App ConfigKeys and Labelshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/azure-app-configuration/concept-key-value#label
Feature Managementhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-app-configuration/feature-management-dotnet-reference
Feature Managementhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-app-configuration/manage-feature-flags?tabs=switch
Feature Managementhttps://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-app-configuration/concept-feature-management
Encryptionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-app-configuration/concept-customer-managed-keys?tabs=azurerbac
Application InsightsDashboards and Alertshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/metrics-overview?tabs=standard
OpenTelemetryhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/opentelemetry-add-modify?tabs=aspnetcore
OpenTelemetryhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/release-notes/aspnetcore-11?view=aspnetcore-10.0&tabs=minimal-apis
OpenTelemetryhttps://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/http/http-spans/#http-server-span
Performancehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/javascript-sdk?tabs=javascriptwebsdkloaderscript
Performancehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/codeless-overview
Availabilityhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/availability
Container AppsSecretshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/manage-secrets?tabs=azure-portal
Deploymenthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/get-started?tabs=bash
Deploymenthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/azure-resource-manager-api-spec?tabs=arm-template
Deploymenthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/container-apps/logging
Scalinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/scale-app?pivots=azure-cli
Container RegistryPublishinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/ecosystems/containers/publish-to-acr?view=azure-devops&tabs=javascript%2Cportal%2Cmsi
Publishinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/container-registry-get-started-azure-cli
Authoringhttps://docs.docker.com/reference/dockerfile/#from
SMBhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/container-instances-volume-azure-files
SMBhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-files-introduction
Azure FunctionsTriggershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-dotnet-class-library?tabs=v4%2Ccmd
Triggershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-triggers-bindings?tabs=isolated-process%2Cnode-v4%2Cpython-v2&pivots=programming-language-csharp
Triggershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-reference-python?pivots=python-mode-decorators
Triggershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-reference-python?pivots=python-mode-decorators#programming-model
Configurationhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-how-to-use-azure-function-app-settings?tabs=azure-portal%2Cto-premium
StorageTagginghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/azure.storage.blobs.blobcontainerclient.getpropertiesasync?view=azure-dotnet
Tagginghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/azure.storage.blobs.blobcontainerclient.setmetadataasync?view=azure-dotnet
Soft Deletehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/soft-delete-container-overview
Encodinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/Naming-and-Referencing-Containers–Blobs–and-Metadata
Encodinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blob-properties-metadata
Cosmos DBPartitioninghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/partitioning
Containershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/how-to-dotnet-get-started
Change Feedhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/change-feed-processor?tabs=dotnet
Change Feedhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/change-feed
Consistencyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/consistency-levels
Consistencyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/how-to-manage-consistency?tabs=portal%2Cdotnetv2%2Capi-async
Triggershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-bindings-cosmosdb-v2-trigger?tabs=python-v2%2Cisolated-process%2Cextensionv4%2Cnodejs-v4%2Cidentity-based&pivots=programming-language-csharp