Microsoft Azure Operations

Audience

This course is intended for IT professional technical specialists responsible for implementing and maintaining the IT environment.

Prerequisites

A good administrator's background to Windows and Windows Server technology.

Course Objectives

Windows Azure helps IT Professionals to build a scalable infrastructure to their needs. It reduces costs for the overall IT platform and allows you to extend your environment very quickly whenever necessary.

New virtual machines can be setup in minutes, while giving you the flexibility, scalability and high availability that you require. The cost of the IT infrastructure is reduced because you only pay for what you really use.

Course Content

Windows Azure Active directory

• Identity Management in the Cloud.

• Windows Azure AD Overview.

• Windows Azure AD Editions.

• Add your domain to Windows Azure AD.

• User and Group Management.

Synchronization

• Directory Synchronization.

• Password Synchronization.

• Installing and Configuring the DirSync Tool.

Single Sign-On and Federation

• What is Federation?

• Federation Scenarios.

• Configuring Federation between On-prem AD and Azure AD with ADFS.

Multi-Factor Authentication

• Multi-Factor Authentication for Azure AD.

• Enable and Configure Multi-Factor Authentication.

• App Passwords.

• MFA for Office365.

Azure AD Application Proxy

• Azure AD Application Proxy Overview.

• Enable Application Proxy Services.

• Publish Applications with Application Proxy.

• Troubleshoot Application Proxy.

Windows Azure Overview for IT Professionals

• Overview of Windows Azure.

• Usage Scenarios.

• Software as a Service (SaaS).

• Platform as a Service (PaaS).

• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

• Pricing.

• SLA.

Windows Azure Features

• Infrastructure Services.

• Develop Modern Applications.

• Insights from Data.

• Identity and Access Management.

Managing Windows Azure

• Azure Management Portal.

• Managing Azure with PowerShell.

• Azure Components.

Windows Azure Virtual Machines

• Virtual Machines.

• Creating VMs.

• Managing Disks.

• Endpoints.

• Cloud Services.

• Set up a Web Farm in Windows Azure.

• High Availability.

Windows Azure Virtual Network

• Virtual Network Overview.

• Virtual Network Design.

• Site-to-Site Connection.

• Point-to-Site Connection.

• Name Resolution.