Azure Developer (AZ-204)

Microsoft Azure · Associate · $165

Designing, building, testing, and maintaining cloud applications on Azure.

Exam Code: AZ-204 Fee: $165 Study: 40–80 hours Difficulty: 3/5 Validity: 1 year Focus: developer Demand: 78/100 Salary Premium: +$11K/yr (est.)

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Cross-Cloud Closest Matches

Building, deploying, and debugging cloud-native applications and serverless solutions.

Developer – Associate

DVA-C02

$15040–80h

Google Cloud

Professional Cloud Developer

PCD

$20060–120h

Role alignment is strong. Microsoft and AWS are Associate-level; Google is Professional (harder). All emphasise serverless, containers, and CI/CD. Google's is the most architecture-oriented.

AWS DVA or Azure AZ-204 first (associate level), then Google PCD for multi-cloud breadth.

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Renewal: Annual free renewal assessment on Microsoft Learn (no fee). Fundamentals never expire. Training: Official Training → All Certs: Certification Page →

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