
Explore deploying Azure VMs via the portal, comparing resource manager versus classic deployment, configuring resource groups, storage options, networks, and security settings for a Windows Server VM.
Explore operating system, temporary, and data disks, noting OS caching and the temporary disk for swap; choose managed or unmanaged and standard or premium disks to balance cost and throughput.
Compare managed and unmanaged disks for Azure VMs, highlighting automatic distribution and higher throughput of managed disks versus storage account limits, per-disk IOPS, and usage-based costs of unmanaged disks.
Create a virtual machine scale set to automatically scale instances based on demand, using managed or unmanaged options, load balancing, and auto scaling with min and max limits.
Protect your Azure virtual machine by configuring network security groups and inbound rules, controlling ports like RTP, and applying them to NICs or subnets for centralized firewall management.
Azure enables deploying virtual machines with pre-configured B-M agents or extensions, such as puppet or chef, to automate setup during deployment via power shell desired states configuration.
Learn to monitor Azure virtual machines using metrics, alerts, and diagnostics in the portal; configure activity logs, dashboards, and automated responses to maintain performance and connectivity.
This course is designed to instruct students on Azure as it pertains to Virtual Networks, Virtual Machines, and Storage capabilities. Students will learn the components of a virtual network, work with VNETs, learn about UPNs and VPNs, become familiar with IaaS cloud services, review VM deployment and connectivity options, and monitoring of VMs. Students will also review and work with various Azure storage options and functionality.
Last updated May 2018