Azure Administration

Course Content : Azure Administration (70-533)




Chapter1 : Introduction to Azure and Azure Data Center Architecture


- What is Cloud Technology ?
- Types of Cloud
- Service Model          :  (SaaS, Pass and IaaS )
- Deployment Model :  (Private Cloud , Public and Hybrid )
- Available Azure Datacenters by Location

LABs:
- Create  free trail
- Introduction to portals
- Azure Accounts & Azure Subscriptions
- RBAC(New Portal)
- Resource group

Chapter2 : Azure Storage

- Standard Storage
- Premium Storage
○ Blob,Table,Queue,File storage
○ Block Blob, Page Blob
- Public,private,container
- LRS,GRS,ZRS,RAGRS
LABs :
- Create Azure Storage Account from Azure Portal
- Creating Azure storage account using PowerShell
- Using Storage explorer
- Blob
- queue
- Table
- Using Azure portal
- file
- Using Visual studio  - blob (Pre-requisite::Create Labvm - windows with visual studios 2017 on win server 2016)
- Use PowerShell to create a container and upload and download blobs between your LABVM machine and Azure Blob Storage. You also learned how to look at the properties of a blob and how to modify the properties and the metadata.
 


Chapter3: Azure Virtual machine
 
- Azure VM
- VM Images
- VM Sizes
- Azure Disks - OS disks,Temp Disk,Azure Data disks
- Standard disks,Premium Disks
- Avilability set
- Update Domain
- Fault Domain
- Load Balancer
- Public Ips
- Health Probes
- Load Balancer rule
LABs:
- VM using Azure Portal
- Create Azure VM in Virtual Network
- Create and add Azure VM to Availability set using Powershell
- Using extensions
- Adding Additional Disks to Azure Virtual Machines
- Creating Load Balancer,Inbound NAT Rules,Health probes,Load Balancer rules
 


Chapter4 : Cloud Virtual Networks

- Vnet- Virtual Networks
- Address Spaces and subnets
- Private address Spaces
- Network security Groups
- Default rules
- Cross premises connectivity concepts
- Point to site
- Site to site
- Private VPN(Express Route)
- Vnet to Vnet
- Multisite VPN
LABS
- Creating Network security Group
- Adding rules to NSG
- Creating Vnet Site-site VPN

Chapter 5 : App Services


- Azure WebApps
- App Service Plan -Pricing Tier Catalogue
- Scale Up and Scale Down
- Scale in and Scale out
- Publishng Site
- Deployment Slots - Production and Staging slot
- Autoscaling
- Diagnostic
- Traffic Manager

LABs : 
- Create app
- Publish Site content
- Create web job
- Implement Auto scaling
- Using Kudo
- Create staging slot
- SWAP Slots
- Traffic manager



Chapter 6 : Azure Cloud Service


- Cloud Service
- Cspkg
- Csdef
- Cscfg
- Slots for deployment: production, Staging
- Configuring Cloud Service Roles Instances
- Configuring Cloud Service Role Operating System
LABs:
- Create the Cloud Service from Visual Studio
- Add a web role and worker role
- Change size of Web role & Worker Role
- Publish to Azure
 


Azure SQL Datbase LABS
- Create an Azure SQL Database
- Connect to and Manage an Azure SQL Database
- Migrate an Existing SQL Server Database to Azure SQL Database
 


Chapter7:


- Azure Active Directory
- Difference between onpremise Active Directory and Azure Active Directory
- Single Sign-on
- Multi Factor Authentication


LABS :
- Create Azure Active Directory
- Installing Azure Active Directory connect
- Sync On-premise Active Directory with Azure Active directory
- Configuring Single sign-on
- Configuring Multi factor authentication


Additional Topics :


- Azure Datacenter Architecture
- Azure Clusters
- Rack Architecture
- Fabric Controller
- UFC,FC, Fabric Agent, Guest Agent
- Red Dog Front End -RDFE
- Xlocation