DAY 01
Module 1: Managing Azure Subscriptions and Resources
In this module you will explore Azure monitoring capabilities using Azure alerts, Azure activity logs, and Log Analytics. You will learn to query, analyze, and interpret the data viewed in Log Analytics.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Manage Azure subscriptions and resources
Module 2: Implementing and Managing Storage
In this module you will learn about Azure storage accounts, data replication, how to use Azure Storage Explorer, and monitor storage.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Implement and manage storage
Module 3: Deploying and Managing Virtual Machines (VMs)
In this module you will learn how to do the following:
- Create Virtual Machines (VM)s within the Azure Portal
- Create Virtual Machines (VM)s using Azure PowerShell
- Create Virtual Machines (VM)s using ARM templates
- Deploy Linux Virtual Machines (VM)s
- Monitor Virtual Machines (VM)s
Additionally, you will learn how to protect data using backups at regular intervals, whether by snapshot, Azure Backup, or Azure Site Recovery.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 4: Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks
In this module you will create and implement virtual networks using the Azure Portal as well as Azure PowerShell and CLI. You will receive an overview on how to assign IP addresses to Azure resources to communicate with other Azure resources, your on-premises network, and the Internet.
Lessons
- Network routing using routing tables and algorithms
- Inter-site connectivity using VNet-to-VNet connections and VPNs
- Virtual network peering for regional and global considerations
- Gateway transit
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Configure and manage Virtual Networks
Module 5: Managing Identities
This module covers Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) for IT Admins and Developers with a focus on the Azure AD multi-tenant cloud-based directory and identity management service.
Lessons
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Built-in roles
- Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR)
- Authentication methods for password reset
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Manage Identities using Azure AD
Module 1: Evaluating and Performing Server Migration to Azure
This module covers migrating workloads to a new environment, whether it be another datacenter, or to a public cloud, and setting clear goals for the migration. Goals include both technology-focused and business-focused goals for migrations, and the benefits to an organization’s business. Activities include components of the Azure migration process: creating a project, creating a collector, assessing readiness, and estimating costs. Additionally, you will receive and overview of Azure Site Recovery (ASR) that includes end-to-end scenarios.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Evaluate and perform server migration to Azure
Module 2: Implementing and Managing Application Services
This module includes the following topics: Deploying Web Apps; Managing Web Apps; App Service Security; Serverless Computing Concepts; Managing Event Grid; Managing Service Bus; and Managing Logic App.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Implement and manage Application Services
Module 3: Implementing Advanced Virtual Networking
This module includes the following topics: Azure Load Balancer; Azure Application Gateway; Site-to-Site VPN Connections; as well as an overview of ExpressRoute, which allows companies to extend on-premises networks into the Microsoft cloud over a dedicated private connection facilitated by a connectivity provider.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Implement advanced Virtual Networking
Module 4: Securing Identities
This module includes the following topics with an emphasis on identity and roles: Azure AD Identity Protection; Azure Domains and Tenants; Azure Users and Groups; Azure Roles; as well as an overview of Azure AD integration options that focuses on Azure AD Connect to integrate on-premises directories with Azure Active Directory.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Secure identities using Azure AD.
DAY 03
Module 1: Selecting Compute and Storage Solutions
This module includes the following topics: Azure Architecture Center; cloud design patterns; competing consumers pattern; cache-aside pattern; as well as sharding patterns to divide a data store into horizontal partitions, or shards. Each shard has the same schema but holds its own distinct subset of the data.
After completing this module, students will understand:
- Design and connectivity patterns
Module 2: Hybrid Networking
This module includes the following topics: site-to-site connectivity; point-to-site connectivity; combining site-to-site and point-to-site connectivity; virtual network–to–virtual network connectivity; as well as connecting across cloud providers for failover, backup, or even migration between providers such as AWS.
After completing this module, students will understand:
Module 3: Measuring Throughput and Structure of Data Access
This module includes the following topics: DTUs – Azure SQL Database; RUs – Azure Cosmos DB; structured and unstructured data; and using structured data stores
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Address durability of data and caching
- Measure throughput and structure of data access
DAY 04
Module 1: Creating Web Applications using PaaS
This module provides and overview of Azure App Service Web Apps for hosting web applications, REST APIs, and a mobile back end. Topics include the following: using shell commands to create an App Service Web App; creating background tasks; using Swagger to document an API; as well as an explanation of how Logic Apps help to build solutions that integrate apps, data, systems, and services across enterprises or organizations by automating tasks and business processes as workflows.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Use shell commands to create an App Service Web App
- Create background tasks
- Use Swagger to document an API
Module 2: Creating Apps and Services Running on Service Fabric
This module provides an overview of Azure Service Fabric as a distributed systems platform that makes it easy to package, deploy, and manage scalable and reliable microservices and containers. This module also addresses the challenges in developing and managing cloud native applications. Additional topics include: creating a reliable service; creating a Reliable Actors app; and working with Reliable collections.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Create a reliable service
- Create a Reliable Actors app
- Work hands-on with Reliable collections
Module 3: Using Azure Kubernetes Service This module focuses on the Azure
Kubernetes Service (AKS) for deploying and managing a Kubernetes cluster in Azure. Topics include how to reduce operational overhead of managing Kubernetes by offloading much of that responsibility to Azure, such as health monitoring and maintenance. Additional topics include: Azure Container Registry and Azure Container Instances.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Understand the Azure Container Registry
- Use Azure Container instances