The Azure Administrator course is designed to teach IT professionals how to manage their Azure subscriptions, secure identities, administer the infrastructure, configure virtual networking, connect Azure and on-premises sites, manage network traffic, implement storage solutions, create and scale virtual machines, implement web apps and containers, back up and share data, and monitor your solution
Azure Pre-Requisites:
- Before attending this course, students must have the following technical knowledge:
- Completed the Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) certification in Windows Server 2022 or Windows Server 2019.
- Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including: Virtual Machines (VMs), virtual networking, and virtual hard disks.
- Understanding of network configuration, including: TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Firewalls, and Encryption Technologies.
- Understanding of websites, including: how to create, configure, monitor and deploy a website on Internet Information Services (IIS).
- Understanding of Active Directory (AD) concepts, including: domains, forests, domain controllers, replication, Kerberos v5 protocol, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
- Understanding of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.
Syllabus:
- I. Virtualization
- Introduction
- Deploying Virtual Machines
- Hypervisor
- Type1 Hypervisor, Type2 Hypervisor
- Types of Hardware Virtualization
- Full Virtualization
- Emulation Virtualization
- Paravirtualization
- II. Introduction to Cloud Computing
- Similar concepts
- Characteristics
- Service models
- Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
- Platform as a service (PaaS)
- Software as a service (SaaS)
- Serverless computing
- Function as a service (FaaS)
- Firewall as a Service (FWaas)
- 4.0 Deployment models
- 4.1 Private cloud
- 4.2 Public cloud
- 4.3 Hybrid cloud
- Architecture
- Security and privacy
- Limitations and Disadvantages
- III. Azure Administration
- Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft Azure
- Cloud technology overview
- Overview of Azure
- Managing Azure with the Azure portal
- Managing Azure with Windows PowerShell
- Overview of Azure Resource Manager
- Azure management services
- Module 2: Implementing and managing Azure networking
- Overview of Azure networking
- Implementing and managing virtual networks
- Configuring Azure virtual network
- Configuring virtual network connectivity
- Overview of Azure networking in IaaS
- Module 3: Implementing virtual machines
- Overview of IaaS virtual machines
- Planning for Azure Virtual Machines
- Deploying IaaS virtual machines
- Authoring Azure Resource Manager templates
- Overview of IaaS virtual machines
- Module 4: Implementing virtual machines
- Configuring virtual machines
- Configuring virtual machine disks
- Configuring virtual machine Scale Set
- Configuring virtual machine availability Set
- Managing and monitoring Azure virtual machines
- Managing IaaS virtual machines
- Module 5: Implementing Azure App Service
- Introduction to App Service
- Planning app deployment in App Service
- Implementing and maintaining web apps
- Configuring web apps
- Monitoring web apps and WebJobs
- Implementing mobile apps
- Traffic Manager
- Module 6: Planning and implementing storage, backup, and recovery services
- Planning storage
- Implementing and managing Azure Storage
- Implementing Azure Storage Explorer
- Implementing Azure content delivery networks
- Implementing Azure Backup
- Planning and implementing Azure Site Recovery
- Module 7: Planning and implementing Azure SQL Database
- Planning and deploying Azure SQL Database
- Implementing and managing Azure SQL Database
- Managing Azure SQL Database security
- Monitoring Azure SQL Database
- Managing Azure SQL Database business continuity
- Module 8: Implementing PaaS cloud services
- Planning and deploying PaaS cloud services
- Managing and maintaining cloud services
- Module 9: Implementing Azure Active Directory
- Creating and managing Azure AD tenants
- Configuring application and resource access with Azure AD
- Overview of Azure AD Premium
- Azure AD Multi Factor Authentication
- Azure AD Registered Devices
- Azure AD with Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Azure AD with Custom DNS
- Module 10: Managing an Active Directory infrastructure in a hybrid environment
- Extending an on-premises Active Directory domain to Azure
- Implementing directory synchronization by using
- Azure AD Connect
- Module 11: Implementing Azure-based management and automation (Theory)
- Implementing OMS
- Implementing Azure Automation
- Implementing Automation run books
- Managing Azure Automation
- Module 12: Implementing Azure Infrastructure and Management
- Azure Resources Groups
- Azure Network Security Groups
- Azure File Sync
- Azure Cost Management and Billing
- Azure Pricing Calculator
- Azure Virtual Network (vNET)
- Azure Vnet peering
- Azure Bastion