This course teaches 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.
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Course Outline
1. Introduction to Azure Cloud Shell
• What is Azure Cloud Shell?
• How does Azure Cloud Shell work?
• When should you use Azure Cloud Shell?
2. Deploy Azure infrastructure by using JSON ARM templates
• Explore Azure Resource Manager template structure
• Add flexibility to your Azure Resource Manager template by using parameters and outputs
3. Understand Microsoft Entra ID
• Examine Microsoft Entra ID
• Compare Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory Domain Services
• Examine Microsoft Entra ID as a directory service for cloud apps
• Compare Microsoft Entra ID P1 and P2 plans
• Examine Microsoft Entra Domain Services
4. Create, configure, and manage identities
• Create, configure, and manage users
• Create, configure, and manage groups
• Configure and manage device registration
• Manage licenses
• Create custom security attributes
• Explore automatic user creation
5. Describe the core architectural components of Azure
• What is Microsoft Azure
• Get started with Azure accounts
• Describe Azure physical infrastructure
• Describe Azure management infrastructure
6. Azure Policy initiatives
• Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
• Azure Policy design principles
• Azure Policy resources
• Azure Policy definitions
• Evaluation of resources through Azure Policy
7. Secure your Azure resources with Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC)
• What is Azure RBAC?
8. Allow users to reset their password with Microsoft Entra self-service password reset
• What is self-service password reset in Microsoft Entra ID?
• Implement Microsoft Entra self-service password reset
9. Configure virtual networks
• Plan virtual networks
• Create subnets
• Create virtual networks
• Plan IP addressing
• Create public IP addressing
• Associate public IP addresses
• Allocate or assign private IP addresses
10. Configure network security groups
• Implement network security groups
• Determine network security group rules
• Determine network security group effective rules
• Create network security group rules
• Implement application security groups
11. Host your domain on Azure DNS
• What is Azure DNS?
• Configure Azure DNS to host your domain
• Dynamically resolve resource name by using alias record
12. Configure Azure Virtual Network peering
• Determine Azure Virtual Network peering uses
• Determine gateway transit and connectivity
• Create virtual network peering
• Extend peering with user-defined routes and service chaining
13. Manage and control traffic flow in your Azure deployment with routes
• Identify routing capabilities of an Azure virtual network
• What is an NVA?
14. Introduction to Azure Load Balancer
• What is Azure Load Balancer?
• How Azure Load Balancer works
• When to use Azure Load Balancer
15. Introduction to Azure Application Gateway
• What is Azure Application Gateway?
• How Azure Application Gateway works
• When to use Azure Application Gateway
16. Introduction to Azure Network Watcher
• What is Azure Network Watcher?
• How Azure Network Watcher works
• When to use Azure Network Watcher
17. Configure storage accounts
• Implement Azure Storage
• Explore Azure Storage services
• Determine storage account types
• Determine replication strategies
• Access storage
• Secure storage endpoints
18. Configure Azure Blob Storage
• Implement Azure Blob Storage
• Create blob containers
• Assign blob access tiers
• Add blob lifecycle management rules
• Determine blob object replication
• Manage blobs
• Determine Blob Storage pricing
19. Configure Azure Storage security
• Review Azure Storage security strategies
• Create shared access signatures
• Identify URI and SAS parameters
• Determine Azure Storage encryption
• Create customer-managed keys
• Apply Azure Storage security best practices
20. Configure Azure Files
• Compare storage for file shares and blob data
• Manage Azure file shares
• Create file share snapshots
• Implement soft delete for Azure Files
• Use Azure Storage Explorer
• Consider Azure File Sync
21. Introduction to Azure virtual machines
• Compile a checklist for creating an Azure Virtual Machine
• Describe the options available to create and manage an Azure Virtual Machine
• Manage the availability of your Azure VMs
• Back up your virtual machines
22. Configure virtual machine availability
• Plan for maintenance and downtime
• Create availability sets
• Review update domains and fault domains
• Review availability zones
• Compare vertical and horizontal scaling
• Implement Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
• Create Virtual Machine Scale Sets
• Implement autoscale
• Configure autoscale
23. Configure Azure App Service plans
• Implement Azure App Service plans
• Determine Azure App Service plan pricing
• Scale up and scale out Azure App Service
• Configure Azure App Service autoscale
24. Configure Azure App Service
• Implement Azure App Service
• Create an app with App Service
• Explore continuous integration and deployment
• Create deployment slots
• Add deployment slots
• Secure your App Service app
• Create custom domain names
• Back up and restore your App Service app
• Use Azure Application Insights
25. Configure Azure Container Instances
• Compare containers to virtual machines
• Review Azure Container Instances
• Implement container groups
• Review Azure Container Apps
26. Introduction to Azure Backup
• What is Azure Backup?
• How Azure Backup works
• When to use Azure Backup
27. Protect your virtual machines by using Azure Backup
• Azure Backup features and scenarios
• Back up an Azure virtual machine by using Azure Backup
• Restore virtual machine data
28. Monitor your Azure virtual machines with Azure Monitor
• Monitoring for Azure VMs
• Monitor VM host data
• Use Metrics Explorer to view detailed host metrics
• Collect client performance counters by using VM insights
• Collect VM client event logs
Course Details
• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals: Describe cloud concepts
• Azure Fundamentals: Describe Azure architecture and services
• Azure Fundamentals: Describe Azure management and governance
• AZ-104: Prerequisites for Azure administrators
This course is for Azure Administrators. The Azure Administrator implements, manages, and monitors identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment. The Azure Administrator will provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources as appropriate. Successful Azure Administrators start this role with experience in virtualization, networking, identity, and storage.
• Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including: VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks.
• Understanding of network configurations, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies.
• Understanding of Active Directory concepts, including users, groups, and role-based access control.
• Understanding of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.
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