Taaz IT Solutions

Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions Syllabus

Module 01 - Cloud Computing Introduction

• What is Cloud Computing
• Cloud Characteristics
• Cloud Computing Service Models
• Deployment Models in Cloud Computing
• Advantages and Disadvantages of Cloud Computing
• Cloud Computing Job Roles.
• Cloud Computing Platforms and Certifications.

Module 02 - Getting Starting with Azure

• Introduction to Azure
• Why, What and Benefits of Azure
• Azure Hosting Models
• Azure Services
• Subscribing to Microsoft Azure
• Azure Portals
• Azure Key Concepts
• Azure Resource Group
• Installing Microsoft Azure SDK

Module 03 - Azure Virtual Networks

• Overview of Azure Networking
• Virtual Network Benefits
• Understanding Network Resources
• Create a VNet using Azure Portal
• Create a Subnet
• Setup Network Security Group
• Create a Public IP Address
• Create Network Interface Card with the public, and private IP addresses
• Create a Virtual Machine
• Configure External and internal load balancing
• Understanding and Creating Availability Sets
• Azure Application Gateway
• Azure Traffic Manager
• User-Defined Routes (UDRs),
• Understanding Azure DNS
• Design and implement a multi-site or hybrid network

Module 04 - ARM Virtual Machines

• Introduction
• About Virtual Machine Workloads
• Comparing VM with Web Apps and Cloud Services
• Create a Windows Virtual Machine using Portal / PowerShell / ARM Templates
• Deploy popular application frameworks by using Azure Resource Manager templates
• Understand and Capture VM Images
• Upload an on-premise VHD to Storage Account
• Deploy a new VM from the Captured Image
• Virtual Machine Scale Sets
• Virtual Machine Disk Types and VM Storage
• Virtual Machine Sizes in Azure
• Importing and Exporting Disks
• Configuring VM Security
• Perform configuration management
• Configure VM monitoring, configure alerts, diagnostic and monitoring storage location.
• Azure VM Backup and Restore Services

Module 05 - Azure App Services - Web Apps

• Introduction
• App Service - Application Types
• Deploy Web App
• App Service plans
• Configuring Web Apps
• Configure a custom domain name
• Enable SSL for your custom domain
• Understanding Deployment Slots and Rollback deployments;
• Configure Web Apps for scale and resilience
• Azure Traffic Manager to Scale-out Globally
• Monitoring, Debugging and Diagnosis

Module 06 - Managing Data in Azure SQL Database

• Introduction/Overview of SQL Database.
• Comparing SQL Azure Database to IAAS / On-Premise SQL Server.
• Creating and Using SQL Server and SQL Database Services.
• Azure SQL Database Tools.
• Migrating an on-premise database to SQL Azure.
• Planning the Deployment of an Azure SQL Database
• Elastic Pools.
• Monitoring Azure SQL Database
• Configure SQL Database Auditing
• Manage Business Continuity
• Export and Import of Database
• Backup and Recovery options in SQL Database
• Active GEO-Replication
• Long Term Backup Retention
• Pricing Tier Comparisons.

Module 07 - Azure Storage

• Importance of Azure Storage Service
• Creating Storage Account
• Storage Replication Models
• Implement Azure Storage blobs
• Delivery Network (CDN), design blob hierarchies, configure custom domains, scale blob storage
• Azure Table Storage
• Azure Queue Storage
• Azure Files Storage
• Manage Access
• Configure diagnostics, monitoring and analytics
• Implementing Content Delivery Network

Module 08 - Azure Cloud Service (Only Video Access)

• What is Cloud Service
• Cloud Service vs App Service
• Understand Cloud Service Roles
• Developing Cloud Service Application with Web Role
• Deploying Cloud Service Application
• Production and Staging Slots
• Using Azure Database in Cloud Service
• Adding Worker Role to the Solution.
• Delete deployments and a cloud service
• Configure the application for SSL
• Configure Roles for Remote Desktop Login
• Running Multiple Websites
• Scaling a Cloud Service

Module 09 - Azure Active Directory

• Azure AD Introduction
• Relationship between AD DS and Azure AD
• Managing Active Directories
• Adding a custom domain name to Azure AD
• Managing Users, Groups and Devices
• Configuring Role-Based Access Control
• Synchronizing On-Premise AD Identities with Azure AD
• Using Single Sign-On with Azure AD
• Integrating Gallery Applications with Azure AD
• Integrating On-Premise Applications with Azure AD
• Implementing Azure AD B2B Collaboration
• Implementing Azure AD B2C Collaboration

Module 10 - Managing Azure with Windows PowerShell

• Installing the required modules
• Managing Azure Accounts and Subscriptions
• Managing Resource Group
• Managing App Service Plans and App Service Web Apps
• Create and Configure a Storage Account
• Managing Storage Accounts using PowerShell
• Understanding Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
• Exporting and Importing ARM templates.

Module 11 - Design and Deploy ARM templates

• Implement ARM templates
• Author ARM templates; create ARM templates to deploy ARM Resource Providers resources; deploy templates with PowerShell, CLI, and REST API
• Control access
• Leverage service principles with ARM authentication, use Azure Active Directory Authentication with ARM, set management policies, lock resources
• Design role-based access control (RBAC)
• Secure resource scopes, such as the ability to create VMs and Azure Web Apps; implement Azure role-based access control (RBAC) standard roles; design Azure RBAC custom role