Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

This course teaches IT professionals how to provision and manage services in Microsoft Azure. Students will learn how to implement infrastructure components such as virtual networks, virtual machines, containers, web and mobile apps, and storage in Azure. 

Students also will learn how to plan for and manage Azure AD, and configure Azure AD integration with on-premises Active Directory domains.Audience profile.This course is intended for IT professionals who have some knowledge of cloud technologies and want to learn more about Azure.

This Course Is Intended For:

• IT professionals who want to deploy, configure, and administer services, containers, and virtual machines (VMs) in Azure.
• IT professional who use Microsoft System Center to manage and orchestrate server infrastructure.
• Windows Server administrators who are looking to evaluate and migrate on-premises Active Directory roles and services to the cloud.
• IT professionals who want to use Azure to host websites and mobile app back-end services.
• IT professionals who are experienced in other non-Microsoft cloud technologies, meet the course prerequisites, and want to cross-train on Azure.
• IT professionals who want to take the Microsoft Certification Exam AZ103

After Completing This Course, Students Will Be Able To:

• Describe Azure architecture components, including infrastructure, tools, and portals.  Implement and manage virtual networking within Azure and configure cross-premises connectivity.
• Plan and create Azure VMs.
• Configure, manage, and monitor Azure VMs to optimize availability and reliability.
• Implement Azure App Service.
• Plan and implement storage, backup, and recovery services.
• Implement container-based workloads in Azure.
• Deploy, configure, monitor, and diagnose cloud services.
• Implement Azure AD.
• Manage an Active Directory infrastructure in a hybrid environment.
• Automate operations in Azure by using Azure Automation runbooks.

Course Content:

• I.Introduction to Cloud Computing
• 2.Similar concepts
• 3.Characteristics
• 4.Service models
• 4.1 Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
• 4.2 Platform as a service (PaaS)
• 4.3 Software as a service (SaaS)
• 4.4 Mobile “backend” as a service (MBaaS)
• 4.5  Serverless computing
• 4.6   Function as a service (FaaS)
• 4.7  Firewall as a Service(FWaas)
• 5.0 Deployment models
• 5.1 Private cloud
• 5.2 Public cloud
• 5.3 Hybrid cloud
• 6.Architecture
• 7.Security and privacy
• 8.Limitations and disadvantages
• II.Virtualization
• Introduction
• DEPLOYING VIRTUAL MACHINES
• HYPERVISOR
• Type1 Hypervisor, Type2 Hypervisor
• Types of Hardware Virtualization
• Full Virtualization
• Emulation Virtualization
• Paravirtualization
• 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 Managent
• Azure Resources Groups
• Azure Network Security Groups
• Azure File Sync
• Azure Cost Management and Billing
• Azure Pricing Calculator
• Azure Virtual Network (VPC)

Azure Pre-Requisites:

• Completed the Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) certification in Windows Server 2012/2016 or Windows Server 2019.
• Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including: 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 concepts, including: domains, forests, domain controllers, replication, Kerberos protocol, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
• Understanding of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.