Azure Solutions (Exam 70-533) & 365 Admin–(10-Course Bundle)

Explore deploying Azure virtual machines, comparing classic and ARM models, sizing, cost estimation, and repeatable deployments with templates, then ensure high availability, scale sets, disks, security, and monitoring.

Explore Azure's infrastructure as a service model and your responsibility to manage the virtual machine from the operating system up, with pre-configured sizes and up to four terabytes of vhd.

Choose Azure IaaS VMs for high availability with SLAs, scale up and out for cyclical or spiking workloads, and pay only for usage, avoiding idle on-prem hardware.

Compare classic Azure service manager deployments with the resource-manager model, detailing cloud service containers, NIC limitations, and how ARM templates, resource groups, and RBAC enable modular, consistent deployments.

Explore Azure virtual machine sizes across general purpose, compute optimized, memory optimized, storage optimized, GPUs, and HPC; resize within the same family and note restarts for cross-family changes.

Learn to estimate Azure VM costs using the pricing calculator and Azure cost estimator, including pay-as-you-go and reserved options, storage, and scaling to optimize spending.

Arm templates enable repeatable, configurable deployments of virtual machines, networks, and storage in Azure, with parameters that can be modified at deployment and master templates calling other templates across regions.

Learn to deploy Azure virtual machines in availability sets to achieve high availability and scalability by spreading across update domains and fault domains, with up to 20 update domains.

Create an Azure availability set in the portal, choose a resource group and location, and deploy two VMs for high availability with fault and update domains.

Learn how to add a data disk to an Azure virtual machine by creating a new empty disk, naming it, selecting a storage container, configuring caching, and saving changes.

Learn to connect to Azure virtual machines with remote desktop (RDP), handle self-signed certificates, and manage disks and networking options like site-to-site VPN or ExpressRoute.

Rightsize virtual machines with vertical scaling and scale out horizontally by adding instances behind a load balancer; use stateless workloads to ensure a consistent user experience.

Discover how to attach bma agents and extensions to virtual machines at deployment for automatic configuration with puppet or chef. Use custom script and dsc extensions to push settings.

Monitor Azure virtual machines by viewing activity logs, exploring metrics, and configuring alerts and diagnostic settings to detect issues and automate responses.

Deploy classic virtual machines inside a cloud service and access them through a virtual IP with port mappings or a direct instance public IP, with DNS and optional load balancing.

Learn to manage Azure authentication, configure on-premises and cloud directory options, add custom domains, and enable MFA, single sign-on, and directory synchronization with Azure AD Connect.

Manage users and groups in Azure portal, create cloud based users, assign groups and roles, reset passwords, and leverage group membership to control access to Office 365 resources and applications.

Manage Azure Active Directory users and groups with the PowerShell module, including connecting, listing, and creating users and groups. Explore bulk imports via CSV for scalable user creation and updates.

Add SaaS applications in Azure Active Directory, assign them to users, and enable single sign-on or password-based access. Then surface these apps in the my apps portal for one-click sign-in.

Explore hybrid authentication options for Active Directory, including deploying a domain controller in Azure, synchronizing on premises AD with Azure AD, and federated single sign-on using token-based authentication.

Deploy a domain controller to Azure as IaaS, connect via site-to-site VPN or express route, and configure DNS. Plan for a global catalog in the cloud with a non-cache disk.

Learn to synchronize on-premises Active Directory with Azure Active Directory using Azure AD Connect, with domain/OU/attribute filters, password sync options, and single sign-on.

Explore how ADFS authentication enables single sign-on to online services through a federated workflow, issuing identity tokens and claims-based tokens via Active Directory and the Microsoft Online Federation service.

Install Active Directory Federation Services on a member server, then run the federation services wizard to configure the first server in the farm and prepare for Azure Active Directory integration.

Install ADFS and a web proxy in the perimeter, then convert a domain to federated using PowerShell, enabling on-premises users to access cloud resources secured by Azure AD.

Discover how seamless single sign-on lets users authenticate once to access cloud resources using password hash sync or pass-through authentication via Azure AD Connect, without deploying Active Directory Federation Services.

Configure pass-through authentication with single sign-on by converting the federated domain to standard, then reconfiguring the Azure AD Connect tool for on-premises authentication against cloud resources.

Review how to extend on-premises directory to the cloud with Azure Active Directory, synchronize identities with Azure AD Connect, and enable federation and single sign-on for SaaS apps.

Compare platform as a service and infrastructure as a service web app deployments in Azure, balancing control, scalability, and overhead while considering legacy apps and updates and patches.

Explore Azure App Service plans to deploy web apps, comparing free, shared, basic, standard, and premium tiers for scaling, storage, and SLA, including custom domains and staging environments.

Deploy a web app in Azure as a platform as a service, selecting an app service plan, region, pricing tier, deployment slots, backups, and custom domains.

Deploy your site to Azure using publishing profiles or ftp-style deployment credentials. Web deploy lets you compare existing and new files and upload only what changed, saving time.

Learn how to update web apps in production safely using deployment slots to test in a live environment, clone from production, manage testing databases and storage, and perform IP swaps.

Explore how Azure web app settings tailor framework and runtime options, 32-bit or 64-bit hosting, web sockets, always-on, web jobs, auto swap, and deployment slots.

Connect your web app to a virtual network in Azure or on premises using the hybrid connection manager to enable outbound access to on premises resources without opening firewall ports.

Learn to ensure high availability with Azure's standard plan and 99.95% SLA by scaling up or out, using auto scale rules based on CPU and memory.

Upload a zip with your script to the Azure web app as a web job and run it as a background process on demand, on a schedule, or continuously.

Explore diagnostic logging and metrics for Azure web apps, configure application insights, alerts, and storage-based log streams to monitor performance and troubleshoot issues.

Create an Azure traffic manager profile to route traffic by performance across East US and West US endpoints, including Japan East, with optional external endpoints.

Create a cloud service in the Azure portal with a resource group and dns name, then upload the package and configuration, and set two web and two worker instances.

Switch between staging and production to upgrade applications, upload new packages and configurations, and deploy web roles and worker roles in a controlled staged environment.

Explains how platform as a service enables multi-tiered apps with web and worker roles, detailing direct, internal, and direct port endpoints, plus asynchronous messaging via storage or service bus.

Learn how a platform as a service cloud service connects to infrastructure as a service resources by using public endpoints or by joining the same virtual network for internal access.

Learn to monitor a multi-tier paas application by selecting web or worker role metrics, configure alerts with thresholds and notifications, and use diagnostic logs and log analytics for proactive responses.

Explore deploying and scaling web apps with Azure, using app service plans, deployment slots, vip swaps, and virtual networks, plus web jobs, traffic manager, and monitoring metrics for each role.

Learn azure sql as a platform as a service, where azure handles hardware and sql server, enabling deployment with limited compatibility and database isolation, and temporary tables are not supported.

Migrate on-premises SQL databases to Azure SQL Database using the SQL Server Management Studio wizard, backed by DACPAC backups, to deploy with Azure platform as a service.

Explore Azure SQL security fundamentals, including server and database level firewalls, virtual networks, logins and roles, and Azure Active Directory authentication to control access.

Learn to monitor Azure SQL databases by inspecting activity logs and throughput, enable auditing and threat protection, set alert rules, diagnostics, and performance recommendations to optimize cost and health.

Configure long-term backup retention for Azure SQL by creating a recovery services vault with a 10-year policy and enabling five-minute auto backups plus restores to a new database.

Discover how to create an azure sql server, connect with sql server management studio, migrate on-premises databases, configure firewall and logins, and implement backups, auditing, and geo-replication in azure.

Explore Azure storage landscape, create storage accounts, use blob storage and file shares, enable file sync and tiering, and learn about content delivery network, backups, monitoring, and site recovery services.

Connect to your Azure storage account using access keys to access blobs and files. Use graphical tools like Azure Storage Explorer and CloudBerry Explorer to upload, download, and drag-and-drop data.

Explore Azure blob storage in a storage account, create containers (public or private), upload images or videos, and manage access via shared access signatures and access keys.

Azure file sync centralizes file shares across on-premises servers and azure storage, enabling cloud backup, cloud tearing, and local tiering while synchronizing through registered servers and sync groups.

Create a content delivery network profile and endpoint, attach a storage account, and enable global caching across edge points of presence to deliver content quickly.

Explore the Azure storage environment—from storage accounts and blob/file storage to Azure file sync and backups—plus content delivery network and site recovery for global resilience.

Learn how containers isolate applications by abstracting the operating system, share a single kernel, and reduce overhead for denser hosts and faster restarts.

Explore how Docker containers and images work, including Dockerfile, build process, runtime components like Docker engine and Docker client, and tools such as docker compose, docker machine, and registries.

Learn how to build multi-container applications using docker and docker compose, orchestrating WordPress and MariaDB containers with a yaml file to start services in the correct order.

Install azure container services as a platform as a service, configure a resource group, choose orchestrator, upload a public key, and set masters and agents to deploy a docker cluster.

Explore Azure virtual networks, IP address spaces, DNS name resolution, and how to create and connect VNets with point-to-site and site-to-site VPN, including VNet-to-VNet communication over Microsoft's private network.

Plan virtual networks before deployment to avoid rework, across Azure and on premises. Use non overlapping private address spaces and note subnets lose four IPs for network, broadcast, and management.

Configure DNS at the virtual network level, not inside individual VMs. Azure provides internal DNS for cloud services, and you can deploy your own DNS for on-premises resolution.

Create and configure a virtual network in Azure to support virtual machine deployments, manage address spaces and subnets, and deploy it in a West Europe resource group.

Learn how to connect virtual networks with site-to-site and point-to-site VPN gateways, compare gateway sizes and throughput, and plan for production traffic and tunnel capacity.

Configure a point-to-site VPN by creating a virtual network gateway with a gateway subnet, defining an address pool, and provisioning root and client certificates for the VPN client.

Explore Azure VNet peering to connect resources across virtual networks via the Microsoft private network, avoiding traffic over the public internet, and learn regional limits plus upcoming cross-region peering.

Configure Azure virtual networks with non-overlapping address spaces and subnets, set up dns name resolution, and implement site-to-site or point-to-site vpn and vnet peering for private connectivity.

Explore automation assets in an Azure automation account, including modules, credentials, connections, certificates, and variables, and learn how runbooks use credentials and propagate updated passwords.

Leverage Log Analytics to monitor Azure resources and on-premises systems with an OMS workspace and solutions, plus agent-based data collection and centralized dashboards for unified insight and fast drill-down searches.

Create a log analytics workspace in Azure, link it to OMS, add solutions, install the agent, choose region and pricing (including free tier), and monitor Windows and Linux data.

Leverage detection as a service in Azure Security Center to access up-to-date threat intelligence, enabling automatic detection, monitoring, and alerts across the Azure fabric without maintenance.

Explore the Azure Security Center overview, focusing on prevention and detection, network security, internet-facing resources, and just-in-time access to control and audit virtual machines.

Investigate incidents in ASC investigations and the security center, examine alerts, brute-force activity, and compromised systems, and leverage run books, automation, and playbooks for remediation and containment.

Learn to automate repetitive tasks with Azure automation—using automation accounts, credentials, variables, and graphical and script-based runbooks—plus log analytics and Azure Security Center for detection and automated remediation.

Explore the Office 365 admin course overview, set up a trial, configure custom domains and DNS, manage users and groups, and synchronize on-premises Active Directory with Azure Active Directory.

Explore Office 365 services including Exchange Online, Skype for Business, and SharePoint Online, learning how Office 365 Pro Plus delivers Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook with Azure Active Directory authentication.

Navigate a new Office 365 trial to explore main page, monitor service health, and use the waffle icon to jump to apps like Outlook, Yammer, SharePoint, and the admin center.

Navigate the 365 admin portal home screen, customize tiles, manage users, groups, resources, sites, billing and support, and access security and reporting tools.

Monitor service health in the Office 365 portal to track incidents, view history, and read post-incident reports, then use the message center and status page to stay informed.

Explore how Office 365's evergreen deployment uses standard and targeted release tracks, managed in the admin center. Set release preferences and review the roadmap for previews.

Track and apply changes in Office 365 by monitoring the roadmap, blogs, and message center. Use the admin app and portal to stay informed and implement updates in your organization.

Learn to configure Office 365 DNS records, including domain verification record, MX records, alias and CNAME for autodiscover, SPF record, and federation related records for hybrid Exchange and single sign-on.

Configure the domain for Office 365 by selecting services (for example, Exchange) and creating the required DNS records, including MX, autodiscover (CNAME), and SPF, then verify in the portal.

Explore role-based access control in Office 365, detailing global, billing, password, user, service, Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business admins and monitoring service health.

Assign roles to users in the Office 365 admin center, including global or customized administrators, and grant specific service permissions such as billing, password, or user administration.

Explore how Office 365 password policy governs cloud identity versus on-premises setups, including never-expire defaults and configurable expiry and reminder windows in the admin center.

Add new users in the Office 365 portal, fill their details, assign a license, set or generate a password, and decide if they must change it at first sign-in.

Learn to manage Office 365 users by editing usernames, email aliases, and licenses, blocking or enabling sign-in, controlling app installation, and applying bulk edits to multiple users in the portal.

Delete a cloud-based user from the 365 portal, recognize the soft delete with 30-day recovery, and protect email, OneDrive, and license through archiving or retention and legal hold.

Create office 365 groups from admin center, exchange admin center, or outlook, provisioning a shared mailbox, calendar, one drive, and notebook for streamlined team collaboration, public or private.

Explore how teams sit on top of Office 365 groups, merging collaboration features with chat, email, calendar, and drive to enable private teams, channels, and cross-functional project conversations.

Use the Azure Active Directory PowerShell module to perform bulk updates and manage users in Office 365, including creating users and assigning licenses with example commands.

Master bulk license management with PowerShell by identifying available licenses, listing unlicensed users via directory synchronization, and assigning licenses to Office 365 users without using the portal.

Connect to Microsoft online service, create a security group with the MSO group command, and add users by object IDs for portal access and bulk updates.

Compare on-premises Active Directory with Azure Active Directory and manage Office 365 cloud environments via hybrid directory concepts, including free, basic, premium editions and single sign-on.

Prepare directory synchronization by cleaning the on-premises directory, removing duplicates and illegal characters, validating UPNs and a verified domain, using ID fix and the 80 modify dot net tool.

Learn to use the IdFix tool to scan and repair Active Directory, fix illegal characters and UPN issues, apply updates, and verify clean results before Azure directory synchronization.

Install and configure Azure AD Connect to synchronize your on-premises directory with Azure AD, choosing express or customize setup, and configure password hash, pass-through authentication, and optional single sign-on.

Explore office 365 pro plus, including word, excel, powerpoint, one note, access, skype for business, one drive for business, and publisher, delivered via streaming and activated every 30 days.

Configure software download settings in admin portal to enable user driven installations for 365 pro plus licenses using click to run from the content delivery network, with local admin rights.

Learn IT-driven deployment of Office 2016 using the Office Deployment Tool to push the suite via domain systems. Edit the configuration XML and download settings from a network share.

Compare monthly and semi annual update channels for Office 365 Pro Plus and learn to test, skip, and deploy security updates and features via the admin center and IT-driven deployment.

Configure the outbound spam filter in the Exchange admin center, using the policy to block outbound spam and set notifications or copies of suspicious messages, since you cannot disable it.

Create mail contacts in exchange online to populate the Global Address List with addresses. Configure display names and aliases, and optionally hide from the GAL or add to distribution lists.

Create a mail user with an external email address to grant Office 365 authentication and access to a shared mailbox via the Exchange admin center.

Explore how SharePoint Online user profiles leverage Azure Active Directory data to search people by skills, create custom properties, and target audience announcements across my sites and news feeds.

Master term store management in SharePoint Online by creating and applying term sets to enforce consistent metadata across document libraries, improving search and data consistency.

Learn to optimize SharePoint search by indexing content, configuring the search schema, and promoting or demoting pages and sites to surface key policy information.

Configure SharePoint settings across the environment, including site collection storage management, feature visibility, modern vs classic interface, information rights management, and who can create sites, then apply to site collections.

Learn how to configure SharePoint sharing at the tenant and site collection levels, control external sharing with authenticated external users or anonymous links, invite guests, and manage or revoke access.

Integrate Azure information protection with Office 365 message encryption to protect internal and external emails. Run a global admin PowerShell script to enable, test configuration, and apply do-not-forward templates.

Configure dial-in conferencing for Skype for Business by managing audio conferencing options, conference bridge licenses, and bulk importing or exporting user data with CSV files.

Explore how Skype for Business broadcast hosts online meetings for up to ten thousand attendees via the broadcast portal, with options for anonymous access and recording.

Learn to diagnose Office 365 connectivity issues using the Microsoft remote connectivity analyzer, run DNS and Exchange tests, and use the local connectivity analyzer for location-specific checks.

Navigate Office 365 admin center to check health status, open a new service request, use mail flow wizard and diagnostics, attach files, and let us call you.

Understand how Office 365 traffic uses the Microsoft global network's dark fiber, private connections, and peering with over 2500 ISPs for fast, low-latency data routing.

Learn how to diagnose and repair Office 365 issues using the support and recovery assistant, including Outlook connectivity, profile problems, and advanced network diagnostics for Exchange Online.

Explains how Yammer in Office 365 enables asynchronous, social work collaboration with a shared space for discussions, file sharing, polls, and external collaboration across global teams.

Add Yammer admins, designate verified admins, and set a usage policy that users must accept at sign-up or after updates, ensuring respectful, focused, no-bullying use of the environment.

Learn how the OneDrive admin center governs sharing and syncing with SharePoint, sets default link permissions and expirations, restricts external access, and manages storage and retention.

Understand how security moves to the cloud with Office 365, the shared responsibility model, and the shift from perimeter to authentication focus, including identity protection, MFA, and Azure information protection.

Create and manage email alerts in the Office 365 security and compliance center by configuring alert policies for high-severity events, including Exchange admin privileges, with email notification options.

Explore Office 365 permissions in the security and compliance center, using role-based access control to assign compliance administrators and grant retention, alert, and e-discovery capabilities.

Learn to use classification labels in Office 365 to apply retention policies, keep items for seven years, and automate label application across email, 365 groups, SharePoint, and OneDrive.

Enforce data loss prevention in Office 365 to control data flow via Exchange Online and SharePoint. Use built-in or custom policies, test in mode, and apply policy tips with overrides.

Enable in-place or online archives for user mailboxes via the security compliance center or Exchange admin center, noting online-only access and using PowerShell to reattach archives when needed.

Create automatic retention policies in Microsoft 365 data governance to retain items for 10 years in Exchange, SharePoint, and OneDrive, with auto-detection of contracts or HIPAA and PCI data.

Review Office 365 threat protections from Exchange Online Protection and ATP. Use the Security and Compliance Center dashboard, policies, and attack simulator to defend against malware, phishing, and unsafe links.

Master content search across Office 365 data, emails, documents, OneDrive, groups, and SharePoint, to locate information and export results, with previews and progress updates in security and compliance investigations.

Enable and use audit logs in the security and compliance center, search activities, filter by access to a file, and trace who did what, when, and from where.

Create an e-discovery case in the security and compliance center. Run searches across Exchange, SharePoint, and public folders, apply a litigation hold, and export results for counsel.

Add a custom vanity domain before synchronization to avoid the default Microsoft domain, deploy the Office suite with the office deployment tool kit, and monitor the secure score.