Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

Enhance your implementation skills of Microsoft Azure

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions course provides essential knowledge of the structure, portal, tools, and components of Microsoft Azure. The Microsoft Azure course focuses on the services that Azure offers and describe portals to manage Azure services and subscriptions. The course is specifically designed for IT professionals responsible for managing and monitoring on-premises IT deployments including virtualization technologies and AD DS.  The course explains the fundamentals of Azure virtual machines and the main characteristics of Azure Resource manager virtual machines. During the five-day course, the delegates will learn how to implement virtual networking in Azure, manage Azure Active Directory and Azure Content Delivery Networks and implement virtual machines, websites and data services effectively.

  • Implement solutions for the Microsoft Azure platform

  • Explore the main concepts and architecture of Azure

  • Recognize capabilities and services that Microsoft Azure provides

  • Courses designed by certified and well experienced Microsoft Trainers

WHAT'S INCLUDED ?

Find out what's included in the training programme.

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Courseware

Courseware will also be provided to the delegates so that they can revise the course after the training.

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Tutor Support

A dedicated tutor will be at your disposal throughout the training to guide you through any issues.

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Key Learning Points

Clear and concise objectives to guide delegates through the course.

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Certificate

Delegates will get certification of completion at the end of the course.

PREREQUISITES

The delegates must have following technical knowledge before attending the training program:

  • Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) certification in Windows Server 2012
  • Knowledge of network configuration such as Domain Name System (DNS), firewalls and virtual private networks (VPNs)
  • Familiar with on-premises virtualization technologies such as virtual networking, hard disks, and machines
  • Understanding of Active Directory concepts and database concepts including structured query language (SQL), domains, domain controllers, tables and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
  • Knowledge about creating, installing and managing a website on Internet Information Services (IIS)
  • Understanding of disaster recovery, restore operations and resilience process

TARGET AUDIENCE

  • IT professionals using Microsoft System Center to manage server infrastructure
  • IT professionals hosting websites and mobile app back-end services by using Windows Azure
  • IT professionals who are responsible for deploying and managing virtual machines in Azure
  • Windows Server administrators who want to evaluate and migrate on-premises Active Directory Roles
  • IT professionals having experience in non-Microsoft cloud technologies want to cross train on Azure

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

  • Understand Azure architecture components, tools, and infrastructure
  • Deploy and configure Azure virtual machines
  • Optimize availability and reliability by configuring and administering Azure virtual machines
  • Manage virtual networking within Azure and connect to on-premises environments
  • Create and configure mobile apps and web apps
  • Execute data services based on SQL Database to support applications
  • Create and monitor Azure AD tenants
  • Implement, backup and manage storage solutions
  • Recognize, configure and monitor cloud services
  • Integrate on-premises Windows AD with Azure AD
  • Understand automation of operations in Azure management

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The course is designed to provide an overview of Azure, cloud technology and Azure networking including virtual networking and classic networking. The course explores the different ways in which virtual machines can be deployed and managed using Azure PowerShell and an Azure Resource Manager template. The course enables the delegates to use Azure WebJobs features to monitor the performance of web apps, mobile apps and schedule the tasks. Lastly, the course explains how to plan and implement Azure storage, backup, site recovery capabilities, Azure SQL Database, Azure Active Directory, Azure-based management and automation and PaaS cloud services.

Important information about Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions Exam

The exam covers the following aspects:

  • Plan and implement Azure App Service apps
  • Design and implement a storage strategy
  • Administer Azure Resource Manager Virtual Machines
  • Execute virtual networks
  • Implement an Azure Active Directory
  • Design and install ARM templates

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PROGRAM CONTENT

Introduction to Azure

The module introduces delegates to the overview of cloud solutions and also explains the capabilities of portal used in managing Azure subscriptions and services.

Lessons

  • Overview of Azure
  • Use Azure portal
  • Use Windows PowerShell
  • Role of Azure Resource Manager
  • Describe Azure management services

Lab: Organizing Microsoft Azure

  • Apply the Azure portals
  • Employ Azure PowerShell to manage services and subscriptions
  • Use Azure Resource Manager via the Azure portal

Configuring and Managing Azure Networking

The module explains how to publish a service onto the internet and how virtual networking collaborates with web apps and virtual machines.

Lessons

  • Understand the concept of Azure networking
  • Setting up Azure virtual networks
  • Installing connectivity of Azure virtual network
  • Describe Azure classic networking

Lab: Implement Azure virtual networks by employing a deployment template

  • Design a deployment template and create an Azure virtual network
  • Use PowerShell
  • Setting up virtual networks
  • Validating virtual network connectivity

Configuring Virtual Machines

In this module, understand the fundamentals of Azure Virtual Machines and discuss various methods of their deployment and management.

Lessons

  • Explain the main features of Azure Resource Manager virtual machines
  • Deploy Azure Resource Manager virtual machines
  • Understand the concept of classic virtual machines
  • Designing templates for Azure Resource Manager

Lab: Planning Azure Resource Manager virtual machines in Azure

  • Use Azure portal and Azure PowerShell to create virtual machines
  • Validating creation of virtual machine
  • Use Visual Studio and an Azure Resource Manager template

Managing virtual machines

The module provides the knowledge about management of virtual machines including the installation of virtual machines and virtual machines disks.

Lessons

  • Learn how to set up virtual machines
  • Install virtual machine disks
  • Explain classic virtual machines
  • Administer Azure virtual machines

Lab: Managing Azure virtual machines

  • Execute desired state configuration (DSC)
  • Installing availability
  • Implementing storage space–based volumes

Executing Azure App Services

The module describes the selection part of App Service plan and guides how to use Azure PowerShell and Microsoft Visual Studio for deploying mobile and web apps. It also covers features of Azure WebJobs and Azure Traffic Manager.

Lessons

  • Overview of App Service
  • Installing web apps
  • How to plan app deployment in App service
  • Manage web apps and WebJobs
  • Implementing mobile apps
  • Explain the role of Traffic Manager

Lab: Implementing websites

  • Identify an App Service plan and deployment method for apps
  • Reviewing the performance of web apps
  • Use Azure Traffic Manager to distribute requests between two or more app services

Creating and Executing Storage, Backup and Recovery Services

In this module, delegates will learn to plan and execute storage, backup, and recovery services. It also covers implementation of Azure Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and Azure Site Recovery capabilities.

Lessons

  • Choose appropriate Microsoft Azure Storage options 
  • Installing Azure Content Delivery Networks
  • Explain Azure Site Recovery capabilities
  • Implement Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup

 Lab: Planning and implementing Azure storage

  • Enhance performance by implementing Azure content delivery network
  • Manage Azure Storage
  • Protecting data with Microsoft Azure Backup

Planning and Implementing Azure SQL Database

In this module, understand relational database services in Microsoft Azure and explains how to configure security for Azure SQL Database and monitor Azure SQL Database.

Lessons

  • Recognize relational database services
  • Configure and monitor Azure SQL Database
  • Managing security of Azure SQL Database
  • Maintaining business continuity
  • Reviewing Azure SQL Database

Lab: Creating and executing Azure SQL Database

  • Planning, securing and administering an Azure SQL Database
  • Restoring a database
  • Migration of Microsoft SQL Server database to Azure SQL Database

Executing PaaS cloud services

The module describes the planning, deployment and management phase of Azure Cloud Services.

Lessons

  • Design and deploy PaaS cloud services
  • Managing cloud services

 Lab: Executing PaaS cloud services

  •  Install deployment slots and Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
  • Reviewing cloud services

Implementing Azure Active Directory

The module introduces delegates to the functionality of Azure AD Premium, Azure AD tenants, and Azure Role-Based Access Control.

Lessons

  • Planning and administering Azure AD tenants
  • Understand Azure AD Premium
  • Setting up resource access with Azure AD

Lab: Implementing Azure AD

  • Managing Active AD
  • Setting up multi-factor authentication
  • Configure single sign-on (SSO) for cloud applications
  • Install SSO from a Windows 10-based computer

Maintaining Active Directory in a hybrid environment

In this module, delegates will learn how to manage Active Directory and how to configure SSO between Azure AD and on-premises Active Directory.

Lessons

  • Enhance an on-premises AD domain to Azure IaaS environment
  • Executing federation
  • Apply Azure AD Connect to implement directory synchronization

Lab: Implementing and managing Azure AD synchronization

  • Executing directory synchronization
  • Configure SSO by using federation

Implementing Azure-based management and automation

In this module, understand how to implement Azure based management and automation, Microsoft Operations Management Suite solutions by publishing runbooks and scheduling their execution.

Lessons

  • Install Automation runbooks
  • Execute Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS)
  • Implement and administer Azure Automation

Lab: Implementing Automation

  • Implement the core components of Azure Automation
  • Configure Automation accounts

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Stoke on Trent is located in Staffordshire in the UK. It is also abbreviated as Stoke, and it is a unitary authority area. Area of Stoke on Trent is around 36 square miles. In 2011, this area had a population of 469,000. Stoke on Trent is known as polycentric which means it is formed by six towns federation in the year 1910.

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Education

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In the year 2007 Stoke-on-Trent's high school system's restructure was proposed. During the year 2010 various secondary schools were closed or merged like Michell High and Edensor High was combined to form Discovery Academy, Berry Hill High and St Peter's CE High School was combined to build St Peter's Academy.

Economy

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