10979 Introduction to Microsoft Azure for IT Professionals
This course provides the underlying knowledge required by ITPros/Devs who will be evaluating Microsoft Azure, whether they are administrators, developers, or database administrators.
This course introduces students to the principles of cloud computing. Students will become familiar with how these principles have been implemented in Microsoft Azure. In addition, this course explains how to implement the core Azure infrastructure, consisting of virtual networks and storage. With this foundation, students will be able to create the most common Azure services, including Azure Virtual Machines, Web Apps, and Azure SQL Database. The students will also learn about container-based Azure services and the most prominent examples of serverless computing. The course concludes by describing features of Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).
10979 Introduction to Microsoft Azure for IT Professionals
Length Days: 2
Length Hours: 16
PREREQUISITES
Before attending this course, students must have a background in IT. In addition to their professional experience, students who attend this training should already have the following technical knowledge:
Understanding of how to deploy websites
A basic understanding of virtualization
A basic understanding of Active Directory concepts, including domains, users, and domain controllers
A basic understanding of database concepts, including tables and simple queries
TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is intended for individuals who want to evaluate deploying, configuring, and administering services and virtual machines (VMs) by using Azure. This includes:
Developers who want to evaluate creating Azure solutions.
Windows Server administrators who want to evaluate the migration of on-premises Active Directory roles and services to the cloud.
IT professionals who want to evaluate the use of Azure to host websites and mobile app back-end services.
Database administrators who want to evaluate the use of Azure to host SQL databases.
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Describe cloud computing, Azure, and Azure subscriptions.
Use Azure PowerShell, the Azure Software Development Kit (SDK), and the Azure command-line interface (CLI) to manage Azure subscriptions.
Create and configure virtual machines in Azure, and manage their disks.
Create, configure, and monitor web apps in Azure and deploy Azure platform as a service (PaaS) cloud services.
Create and configure Azure virtual networks.
Create, manage, and configure cloud storage in Azure.
Use Azure SQL Database to create, configure, and manage SQL databases.
Create and manage Azure AD.
COURSE OUTLINE
1 - GETTING STARTED WITH MICROSOFT AZURE
What is cloud computing?
What is Azure?
Managing Azure
Subscription management, support, and billing
Lab : Using the Azure portals
2 - MICROSOFT AZURE MANAGEMENT TOOLS
What is Azure PowerShell?
Azure SDK and Azure CLI
Lab : Using Microsoft Azure management tools
3 - VIRTUAL MACHINES IN MICROSOFT AZURE
Creating and configuring Azure VMs
Configuring Azure VM storage
Lab : Creating a VM in Azure
4 - AZURE WEB APPS
Creating and configuring Azure web apps
Deploying and monitoring Azure web apps
Lab : Creating and managing Azure web apps
5 - IMPLEMENTING AZURE NETWORKING
Getting started with Azure networking
Getting started with Azure Load Balancer
Lab : Creating and configuring virtual networks
6 - INTRODUCTION AZURE STORAGE AND DATA SERVICES
Understanding Azure Storage options
Creating and managing storage
Understanding options for relational database deployments
Creating and connecting to Azure SQL databases
Lab : Configuring Azure Storage
Lab: Creating a SQL Database in Azure
7 - INTRODUCTION TO CONTAINERS AND SERVERLESS COMPUTING IN AZURE
Implementing Windows and Linux containers in Azure
Introduction to Azure serverless computing
Lab : Implementing containers on Azure VMs
8 - CONFIGURING AND MANAGING AZURE AD
Overview of Azure AD
Manage Azure AD authentication and authorization
Lab : Create and manage Azure Active Directory