Azure Administration 8hours

An Azure subscription is a package that gives you access to a number of Azure services and features. You can purchase an Azure subscription with a variety of different plans and pricing models.

Getting started with Azure subscription

Getting started with Azure Policy

Using Azure Blueprints for deploy and update operations

Getting started with Blueprint assignment

Checking usage and managing quotas

Cost monitoring and analysis

Implementing management automation

45min.

An Azure subscription includes the Azure portal for managing your resources as well as the tools you need to access them. You can also use Microsoft Azure Stack to extend on-premises environments with cloud capabilities.

Managing resource providers

Managing resource groups

Listing and moving available resources

Understanding resource providers

Performing deployments using ARM with templates

Automation scripts

Implementing resource, Resource group and Subscription locks

Automating resource group management with Azure Event Grid

Creating an event subscription

Analyzing the gathered data

Implementing proper resource naming conventions

Subscription

Resource group

Resources

45min.

Configuring virtual networks can be a complex task. You need to set up the right hardware, configure the network, and finally configure the virtual machines on the network.

Creating and configuring VNet peering

The Azure portal

The Azure CLI

Creating and configuring VNet-to-VNet connection

Single and multiple region

The same and different resource group

Creating and configuring subnets

Creating a VNet

Creating a subnet

Understanding subnet configuration

Creating a VNet and Azure Storage account

Creating a service endpoint

Configuring a service endpoint

Configuring a naming resolutions

Creating a DNS zone

Configuring the DNS within a VNet

Creating and configuring network security groups (NSGs)

Creating a VNet with a subnet

Adding an NSG to a subnet

Reviewing NSG rules

Adding an NSG rule

45min.

Azure AD provides identity management for any organization, of any size. For instance, it can be used to manage employee access to corporate resources like email and SharePoint.

Creating users in Azure AD

Assigning a user to a role

Registering an application in Azure AD

Creating groups

Managing groups

Managing directory roles

Monitoring and auditing users

Enabling MFA authentication

Securing an Azure Service Fabric cluster

45min.

Azure Access Management is a cloud-based security system that allows enterprises to control who can access data in their datacenters.

Creating a custom role

Configuring access to Azure resources

Configuring MSI

Using and revoking Shared Access Policies

Generating SAS tokens for different services

45min.

Virtual Machine is an abstraction of physical hardware that gives the guest operating system the impression that it is running on a dedicated machine with its own processing unit..

Adding data disks

Adding network interfaces

Using Desired State Configuration

Scaling VMs up/out

Configuring monitoring

Configuring high availability

Deploying VMs

Securing access to VMs

Connecting to a VM

45min.

Azure Advanced Networking offers a much higher bandwidth and much lower latency, resulting in a more responsive experience when accessing Microsoft’s cloud data centers.

Implementing load balancing

Monitoring networks

Configuring DDoS protection

Enabling VNets for AKS

Enabling VNets for ACI

Enabling VNets for Redis Cache

45min.

Backups are an integral part of any database management system. It is important to make sure that your data is backed up properly, so you do not lose anything in case of a disaster.

Configuring network access for Azure Storage accounts

Enabling monitoring and finding logs for Azure Storage accounts

Managing the replication of Azure Storage accounts

Setting up Azure file shares

Transferring large datasets with no or low network bandwidth

Transferring large datasets with medium or high network bandwidth

Periodic data transfer

Enabling security for Azure Storage

45min.

High Availability is a process in which the system is designed to be continuously available in order to meet the service level requirements. Disaster Recovery is a process in which an organization prepares for, responds to, and recovers from disruptions that could be caused by natural or human-caused disasters.

Monitoring Azure VMs

Monitoring Azure Storage services

Monitoring Azure App Service

Implementing Azure SQL backup

Implementing Azure Storage backup

Implementing Availability Zones for VMs and high availability

Monitoring and managing global routing for web traffic with Azure Front Door

Designing backup plans for VMs

45min.

Azure enables IT professionals to automate administration tasks. It also helps them reduce costs, improve security, and increase productivity.

Starting/stopping Azure virtual machines (VMs) during off-hours

Monitoring Blob storage with Azure Event Grid

Monitoring Azure Container Registry (ACR) with Azure Event Grid

Integrating FTP/SFTP servers with Azure Logic Apps

Integrating Office 365 with Azure Logic Apps

Integrating Azure SQL Server with Azure Logic Apps

Managing updates for VMs

Tracking changes in VMs

45min.