About Course
5-days training covering Azure subscription management, identity security, infrastructure administration, virtual networking, storage solutions, virtual machine creation and scaling, data backup, and solution monitoring. Prerequisites: Experience in operating systems, virtualization, and networking. Gain skills to become a proficient Azure Administrator through comprehensive modules and hands-on labs.
- Course outline: Modules cover identity, governance and compliance, Azure administration, virtual networking, intersite connectivity, network traffic management, Azure storage, Azure virtual machines, serverless computing, data protection, and monitoring
- Hands-on labs provided for practical learning.
- Enrol in this comprehensive course to gain the necessary skills and knowledge to become a proficient Azure Administrator, capable of effectively managing Azure subscriptions and infrastructure.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to:
- Authenticate and authorize users
- Assign server and database roles
- Authorize users to access resources
- Protect data with encryption and auditing
- Describe recovery models and backup strategies
- Backup SQL Server databases
- Restore SQL Server databases
- Automate database management
- Configure security for the SQL Server agent
- Manage alerts and notifications
- Managing SQL Server using PowerShell
- Trace access to SQL Server
Who Should Attend?
Successful Azure Administrators start this role with experience on operating systems, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, storage structures, and networking.
- Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including: VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks.
- Understanding of network configuration, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies.
- Understanding of Active Directory concepts, including domains, forests, domain controllers, replication, Kerberos protocol, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
- Understanding of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.
Pre-requisite
None
Course Curriculum
MODULE 1: IDENTITY
In this module, you will learn how to secure identities with Azure Active Directory and implement users and groups.
- Azure Active Directory
- Users and Groups
Lab: Manage Azure Active Directory Identities
MODULE 2: GOVERNANCE AND COMPLIANCE
In this module, you will learn about managing your subscriptions and accounts, implementing Azure policies, and using Role-Based Access Control.
- Subscriptions and Accounts
- Azure Policy
- Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
Lab: Manage Subscriptions and RBAC
Lab: Manage Governance via Azure Policy
MODULE 3: AZURE ADMINISTRATION
In this module, you will learn about the tools an Azure Administrator uses to manage their infrastructure. This includes the Azure Portal, Cloud Shell, Azure PowerShell, CLI, and Resource Manager Templates.
This module includes:
- Azure Resource Manager
- Azure Portal and Cloud Shell
- Azure PowerShell and CLI
- ARM Templates
Lab: Manage Azure resources by Using the Azure Portal
Lab: Manage Azure resources by Using ARM Templates
Lab: Manage Azure resources by Using Azure PowerShell
Lab: Manage Azure resources by Using Azure CLI
MODULE 4: VIRTUAL NETWORKING
In this module, you will learn about basic virtual networking concepts like virtual networks and subnetting, IP addressing, network security groups, Azure Firewall, and Azure DNS,
- Virtual Networks
- IP Addressing
- Network Security groups
- Azure Firewall
- Azure DNS
Lab: Implement Virtual Networking
MODULE 5: INTERSITE CONNECTIVITY
In this module, you will learn about intersite connectivity features including VNet Peering, Virtual Network Gateways, and Site-to-Site Connections.
• VNet Peering
• VPN Gateway Connections
• ExpressRoute and Virtual WAN
Lab: Implement Intersite Connectivity
MODULE 6: NETWORK TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
In this module, you will learn about network traffic strategies including network routing and service endpoints, Azure Load Balancer, Azure Application Gateway, and Traffic Manager.
- Network Routing and Endpoints
- Azure Load Balancer
- Azure Application Gateway
- Traffic Manager
Lab: Implement Traffic Management
MODULE 7: AZURE STORAGE
In this module, you will learn about basic storage features including storage accounts, blob storage, Azure files and File Sync, storage security, and storage tools.
- Storage Accounts
- Blob Storage
- Storage Security
- Azure Files and File Sync
- Managing Storage
Lab: Manage Azure storage
MODULE 8: AZURE VIRTUAL MACHINES
In this module, you will learn about Azure virtual machines including planning, creating, availability and extensions.
• Virtual Machine Planning
• Creating Virtual Machines
• Virtual Machine Availability
• Virtual Machine Extensions
Lab: Manage virtual machines
MODULE 9: SERVERLESS COMPUTING
In this module, you will learn administer serverless computing features like Azure App Service, Azure Container Instances, and Kubernetes.
• Azure App Service Plans
• Azure App Service
• Container Services
• Azure Kubernetes Service
Lab: Implement Web Apps
Lab: Implement Azure Container Instances
Lab: Implement Azure Kubernetes Service
MODULE 10: DATA PROTECTION
In this module, you will learn about backing up files and folders, and virtual machine backups.
• File and Folder Backups
• Virtual Machine Backups
Lab: Implement Data Protection
MODULE 11: MONITORING
In this module, you will learn about monitoring your Azure infrastructure including Azure Monitor, alerting, and log analytics.
• Azure Monitor
• Azure Alerts
• Log Analytics
• Network Watcher
Lab: Implement Monitoring
