Azure Administration Workshop

In this workshop, you will learn the core skills for creating and managing resources in Microsoft Azure. This includes working with the main Azure IaaS and PaaS workloads.

Duration

5 days

Pre-requisites

Before attending this workshop, students must have:

• A working knowledge of Server Virtualizations
• A working knowledge of networking: TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, etc.
• A working knowledge of Active Directory Domain Services (on-prem)

Course Outline

1. Introduction to Cloud Computing and Microsoft Azure
2. Introduction to Azure Resource Manager
   1. ARM
   2. ARM Templates
   3. Bicep
   4. Terraform
3. Azure PowerShell and Azure CLI for Microsoft Azure
4. Microsoft Entra ID
   1. Entra ID directories
   2. Users and Groups
   3. MFA / SSPR
   4. Business-to-consumer (B2C) identities
   5. Business-to-business (B2B) identities
   6. Conditional Access
   7. Identity Protection
   8. RBAC
5. Introduction to Azure Networking
   1. Virtual Networks
   2. NSG / ASG
   3. Azure Firewall
   4. Connecting VNETs
   5. Azure DNS
6. Azure Virtual Machines
   • Introduction to IaaS
   • Virtual Machines
   • High Availability with Availability Zones and Availability Sets
   • VM Scale Sets
7. Azure Networking
   1. Azure Load Balancers
   2. Azure Application Gateway
   3. Traffic Manager
   4. Front-Door
8. Azure App Services
   • Introduction to Azure App Services
   • Deployment to Azure App Services
   • Configuring Azure App Services
   • Private network scenarios with App Services
9. Azure Storage
   • Introduction to Azure Storage
     • Storage Account types
     • Geo-redundancy
   • Azure Blob Storage
   • Azure Storage Queues
   • Azure Storage Tables
   • Azure Storage Files
10. Containers in Azure
    1. Introduction to Containers
    2. Docker
    3. Azure Container Registry
    4. Azure Container Instances
    5. Running Containers in App Service
    6. Introduction to ACA
    7. Introduction to AKS
11. Azure Governance
    1. Management Groups
    2. Azure Policy
    3. Tags
    4. Cost Management
12. Introduction to Azure DevOps / GitHub
    • Source Control / Git
    • Azure DevOps Pipelines
    • GitHub Actions
13. Backup and Business Continuity
    1. Azure Backup
    2. Azure Site Recovery
14. Azure Monitor
    1. Azure Monitor
    2. Log Analytics
    3. Azure Alerts