Azure IaaS & Azure PaaS Architecture and Solutions

Name: Azure IaaS & Azure PaaS Architecture and Solutions
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Build a custom PaaS Azure Cloud using App services, Database as a Service, and Data Processing as a Service.

Created byPackt Publishing

Last updated 5/2019

English

What you'll learn

Explore the various Azure services that enable powerful resource management for your business over the cloud.
Explore Azure Infrastructure as a Service through the eyes of an IT pro.
Deploy Azure Virtual Machines from the Azure Market Place, PowerShell, Azure CLI, and automation ARM templates
Architecture and design Azure VMs, based on specific scenarios and use cases.
Secure your web application with Azure AD, an Identity-as-a-Service service, enabling you to authenticate your users and secure user data in a GDPR world.
Safely balance a load of your traffic across several nodes on the cloud or off the cloud, so that you can provide the best experience to your users even during the sales.
Learn Azure Redis Cache as a Service for high throughput and low latency.
Discover and consume enterprise data assets with Azure Data Catalog.

Course content

4 sections • 104 lectures • 20h 7m total length

The Course Overview8:53
This video gives an overview of entire course.
Subscriptions and Default Access12:37
In this video, we will see how we get access to Azure and get started with the resources and services that can be deployed. Also, we will see that once access has been achieved, how we use Azure and what the Azure portal is.
• Create a new Azure subscription
• Understand the Azure portal and what it provides out of the box
• Understand how resources can be organized and secured using resource groups and RBAC
Azure Portal and What’s Available Out of the Box? – Part One16:03
In this video, we will see how we customize the Azure portal for your specific needs, what features, and functions are available to all Azure users and subscriptions for free out of the box.
• Login to the portal and click “Edit Dashboard”
• Open navigation and look at Azure monitor
• Open navigation and open Azure advisor
Azure Portal and What’s Available Out of the Box? – Part Two20:22
In this video, we will deep dive into Azure portal.
• See what service health provides
• Explore various service
• Finally deep dive into Azure monitor
Azure Portal and What’s Available Out of the Box? – Part Three13:26
In this video we will explore various features available out of the box.
• Focus on Azure Advisor
• Based on the service provide recommendations
• Explore Cloud Shell and Cloud Drive
Managing Resources with Resource Groups and Tags14:32
In this video, we will see how we organize resources within your Azure subscription, once they have been organized, how you can further categorize the resources to help with billing and administration through the use of tags.
• Create a new resource group
• Assign one or more tags and values to an existing resource
Securing Azure Resources17:28
In this video, we will see how we can control what users can and cannot do within a given Azure subscription or within a resource group. Furthermore, we will see how we can control that access based on resource type.
• Create a new resource policy
• Understand how to assign a policy to a subscription or resource group
• Understand how to assign users or groups to roles and what permissions are available within each role
Governing Azure Resources22:16
In this video, we will see what are some of the best practices with respect to how you organize and govern your Azure subscription are.
• Walk through best practices for organization of resources
• Understand best practices for security and auditing of resource access
• Discuss how best to use resource groups and tags for cost management purposes
Scripting Groups and Tags29:53
In this video, we will see how we best connect to our new Azure subscription using one of the available scripting languages (CLI and PowerShell) through the use of Visual Studio Code or Cloud Shell. Once a connection has been made, how do you create resource groups, resource policies, and how do you assign tags to resources.
• Understand the basics of connecting to an Azure subscription
• Understand how to work with the CLI in Azure
• Understand how to work with PowerShell in Azure
Storing Data in Azure33:50
In this video, we will see what are all the Azure storage features and services that are available. With that understanding, we will see how we create a storage account and what types of assets can be stored within it.
• Walk through all of the services shown under the storage category in the portal navigation
• Create a new storage account
• Walk through all of the functions available within the storage account
Storage Tiers and Managed Disks16:45
With respect to disks, we will see what is the difference between managed and unmanaged disks and how are they created and the associated with a VM.
• Walkthrough the creation of a VM to show the difference between managed and unmanaged disks
• Review the disk service within the Azure portal
Accessing Storage Artifacts and Policies12:07
In this video, we will see what the different asset/artifact types that can be stored within an Azure storage account are, also based on this, how we can limit who has the ability access those assets.
• Walk through the different asset types within a given storage account
• Show Azure storage explorer and how it can be used to access storage account assets
• Walk through the creation of a Storage Access Signature (SAS) policy
Managing Azure Storage with CLI and PowerShell22:03
In this video, we will see how we create storage accounts and access the different assets within that storage account using either CLI or PowerShell.
• Walk through the creation of a storage account and Blob container using CLI
• Walk through the creation of a storage account and Blob container using PowerShell
Networking Overview18:22
In this video, we will see what are all of the networking services available within Azure, also what is available to help with high availability and security, and what can be deployed from third-party ISVs.
• Walk through all of the services that show up under the networking category in the Azure portal
• Walk through the types of virtual appliances that are available within the Azure marketplace
Networking, Subnets, Gateways, and Peering – Part One17:13
In this video, we will see how we create and setup an Azure virtual network with multiple subnets and hybrid connectivity.
• Create a new virtual network with multiple subnets
• Create a gateway subnet for your VNet
• Create both Local and remote gateways to connect to on-prem
Networking, Subnets, Gateways, and Peering – Part Two14:19
In this video, we are going to start looking at the gateways
• Look at the different options with respect to gateways
• How to create a hybrid connection into your virtual networks
• Learn different types of Gateway
Controlling and Balancing User Traffic – Part One15:12
In this video, we will see how we provide high availability within a virtual network using layer four or layer seven functionality, how we provide high availability and geo-redundancy across regions within Azure.
• Create and configure an Azure load balancer within a VNet
• Create and configure an application gateway within a VNet
• Create and configure Azure traffic manager
Controlling and Balancing User Traffic – Part Two13:59
In this video we will talk about balancing user traffic
• Look at Azure Load balancer
• Create load balancer
• Then look at Application gateways
Controlling and Balancing User Traffic – Part Three14:42
In this video we will see how to control User traffic
• Learn the difference between load balancer and application gateways
• Look at additional capabilities of application gateways
• Create application gateway
NIC Cards and Addressing9:27
In this video, we will see how we provide IP addresses to servers or virtual machines that are placed within a VNet. Once the device is in a VNet, how we provide access to it from the internet.
• Create a network interface card and assign it to the VNet
• Create a public IP address
• Assign the public IP to either a NIC card or load balancer
Securing Network Traffic13:26
In this video, we will see how we secure traffic that is coming in and out of devices within a given virtual network.
• Create a new network security group
• Create new inbound/outbound rules within the NSG
• Assign the NSG to either a subnet or NIC card
Domain Services in Azure7:11
In this video, we will see how we provide domain name resolution services within an Azure virtual network for both internet based and internal traffic.
• Walk through the Azure DNS service and its capabilities
• Walk through how to configure a VNet to use Azure DNS
• Create new domain name records within Azure DNS
Managing and Monitoring Azure Networking17:25
Once all of the networking resources have been created and are being used within the scope of an Azure subscription, we will see how we monitor those resources and the traffic running within, how can we also troubleshoot issues that might be occurring within the VNet?
• Create a network watcher instance
• Review all of the network watcher features
• Turn on Azure diagnostics for load balancers or NSGs
Scripting Network Resources24:08
In this video, we will see how we create a VNet with multiple subnets, an external, and internal LB within two of the subnets, and NSGs with a set of rules that are applied to the subnets using both CLI and PowerShell.
• Walk through all of the CLI commands to create the required resources
• Walk through all of the PowerShell commands to create the required resources
Azure Compute Overview14:47
In this video, we will see what all of the services that make up the Azure compute category are, and which services are considered IaaS versus PaaS.
• Walk through all of the services that show up under the compute category in the Azure portal
• Walk through the types of virtual appliances that are available within the Azure marketplace
Starting, Stopping, and Deploying VMs19:28
In this video, we will see what all of the required resources needed for a virtual machine to be created. Also, Once the VM has been deployed, we will see what are the standard functions that are used to allow the VM to be available or unavailable?
• Walk through the creation wizard of a VM
• Start/stop an existing VM
• Discuss what a stopped VM means
VM Images and Snapshots14:38
In this video, we will see how can we easily speed up the virtual machine deployment process through VM images, what images are available from the Azure marketplace, and How can we create our own VM images to meet our specific customer requirements.
• Walk through the Azure marketplace’s compute category
• Walk through the snapshot function of a VM to create a VM image
• Walk through the snapshot function of a disk to create a disk image
Scaling and Fault Tolerance through Availability Sets13:37
In this video, we will see how can VMs that are providing the same function within a given VNet be configured for fault tolerance, how can those same types of VMs be configured for auto-scaling based on specific VM.
• Create and configure an availability set
• Create, configure, and discuss the virtual machine scale set
Scripting Your Azure VMs26:18
In this video, we will see how we create a VM, availability set, and virtual machine scale set and then associate with an existing VNet using either CLI or PowerShell.
• Create a VM, availability set, and VM scale set with CLI
• Create a VM, availability set, and VM scale set with PowerShell
Test your knowledge

The Course Overview2:25
This video provides an overview of the entire course.
Azure Virtual Networking32:29
This video will teach you about designing Azure Networking solutions, highlighting the different resources required to build Azure VNets, subnets, firewalling and so on.
Get a high level overview of the Azure Virtual network layer, as well as the front-end and back-end layer
Get an insight of Virtual Networks, Azure DNS resolving and how Azure handles private and public IP addressing
Use Network Security Groups, describing custom routing options, ending with VNet Peering
Hybrid Networking Solutions25:09
In this video, you will learn about building hybrid Azure Networking solutions, mainly covering VPN-based tunnels.
Learn about the different hybrid VPN-based solutions
Get acquainted with the features and concepts of Azure ExpressRoute
Design Azure-to-Azure network scenarios
Architect Load Balancing22:41
In this video, we describe the different load balancing options available in Azure.
Start from the built-in Azure Loadbalancer
Followed by learning about Azure Application Gateway
Ending this section, highlighting third-party Azure MarketPlace load balancing solutions, and Azure Traffic Manager capabilities
Design VM Deployments21:03
This section will teach you about the different characteristics of architecting and deploying Azure Virtual Machine-backed solutions.
As a starting point, we will understand the Azure VM building blocks
Understand the core concepts of VM sizes and what the differences are between them
Finally, learn how VM deployment can be optimized using automation or ARM templates, as well as PowerShell and CLI-based deployments
Architecting VM Scalability and High Availability23:51
This video will help you in understanding what it takes to build scalable and high-available workloads in Azure VMs.
Understand why Azure VM scaling is mainly relying on Azure Scale Sets
Next, we get to know about the Azure availability Sets, which allow you to optimize your VM SLA’s to a higher level
Learn about Availability Zones for a better SLA for your VM workloads
Azure VM Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery19:47
While the Azure platform is high-available, it doesn’t mean that everything you deploy within is automatically giving you ultimate high availability and certainty. Learn in this video why BCDR for your Azure VMs is still critical in the design process.
Understand what business continuity and disaster recovery means
Learn how to integrate Azure Backup as a backup/restore service
Get to know about Azure Site Recovery; a disaster recovery solution for Virtual machines, both running in Azure and in hybrid
Azure Infrastructure Monitoring22:27
This video details all aspects of Azure monitoring and management operations for Azure IAAS components.
Understand the different Azure monitoring tools available to manage and monitor your Azure IAAS resources
After getting a view on the different management tools available, you will drill down on several of them, like Azure Network Watcher, Azure Monitor and Log Analytics
Besides the tools walkthrough, we will look at the best practices around Azure Automation and PowerShell DSC
Course Conclusion2:32
This video provides a summary of what the course covered, and what were the main objectives learned by the students.
Test your knowledge

The Course Overview5:58
This video will give you an overview about the course.
What Is as a Service Model?4:17
The aim of this video is to discuss the most important model in cloud computing.
Explore the deployment models
Discuss the services provided
Get introduced to the as-a-service model-based solution
IaaS vs PaaS2:57
The aim of this video is to discuss the differences between IaaS and PaaS.
Explore the infrastructure-based solutions
Explore how platform or runtime-based solutions help
Discuss the model types we will explore in this course
Cloud Native Architecture for PaaS4:11
With this video, explore the cloud native architecture for app development.
Discuss the monolith applications
Explore how cloud needs an architectural change
Explore how Node.js apps can be upgraded
Prerequisite Installs3:09
In this video, we’ll discuss the basic installations needed to setup the environment.
Discuss overall products and services we will explore
Take a look at the installation of all tools
Setup the environment for development
Building a Cloud Native App with Node.js3:36
The aim of this video is to explore how Node.js apps can be used as cloud native apps.
Discuss an already developed application
Visualize different areas of the app that make it cloud native
Run and test the app locally
Deployment as Web Apps versus Containers6:32
In this video, we’ll explore 2 different models of deployment on Azure.
Discuss the web app-based deployment
Explore how containerized solutions can help
Let’s limit our scope for the course
Testing and What’s Next?6:25
The aim of this video is to deploy the application and test the app from our browsers.
Utilize the code-based deployment models
Browse the website
Explore key areas that are discussed in later sections
Understanding Database as a Service5:00
We start by discussing the as-a-service model for databases.
Discuss the service model
Discuss SQL vs NoSQL models
Discuss how subscriptions work
MongoDB for PaaS on Azure6:40
The aim of this video is to explore a demo practice to deploy MongoDb on Azure.
Discuss MongoDb as a NoSQL service
Discuss Azure Cosmos DB
Deploy an instance of MongoDB via Azure Cosmos DB
Application Data on Azure Storage4:27
The aim of this video is to discuss the benefits of utilizing secondary services for data storage.
Explore storage solutions on Azure
Migrate app content to storage accounts
Explore more ways to improve latency and performance of app
Azure CDN for Caching and Replication3:51
In this video, we’ll continue from previous video and explore CDN services for data storage and delivery.
Discuss Azure CDN as a service
Apply the CDN profile from portal
Explore other benefits and use-cases for caching
Session and State Management on Cloud3:26
Let’s continue from the previous video and explore caching solutions and their use-cases for cloud.
Explore purpose that state management solves for our apps
Discuss the Azure Redis Cache service
Serverless Client Engagement System4:54
Developing and managing a customer service application requires costly and complex solutions, serverless can help in this.
Understand the term serverless to gain some insights
Explore the serverless approaches provided and supported by Microsoft Azure
Get an overview of services we will be using in the next videos
Enabling Quick Contact with Azure Tables7:23
Exploring Azure Storage service as a serverless hosting solution for our system.
Explore Web Apps service on Azure Storage Blobs
Develop a Functions app for backend purposes
Run a sample test for the system
Email Integration with PaaS1:13
The aim of this video is to learn about integrating email connectors with PaaS solutions to send emails to clients or developers.
Understand integrations on the cloud applications
Explore SMTP service providers on Azure
Customer Orders and Requests2:38
With this video explore how PaaS components can be used to serve customer requests and generate reports.
Explore Azure Storage Tables
Explore Azure Cosmos DB for high-throughput database systems
Automating FAQs with Azure QnA5:03
The aim of this video is to explore FAQ development with serverless bots.
Explore QnA service for customer support
Create QnA models using different sources
Ask questions and explore more options for client engagement
Azure Functions or Azure Logic Apps5:46
The aim of this video is to discuss the differences between Azure Functions and Azure Logic Apps for serverless solution development options.
Discuss the benefits of Azure Functions
Discuss the benefits of Azure Logic Apps
Explore the basic differences in both the services
Authentication on the Internet6:54
The aim of this video is to understand the differences in the authentication protocols used on-premises versus on the cloud and on Internet.
Explore on-premises services for authentication
Discuss their problems and issues
Explore modern protocols to use on Internet
Azure AD for Identity Services3:39
The aim of this video is to explore Azure AD as a service to be used on internet for authentication and authorization.
Discuss Azure AD as contrast to Windows Server AC
Learn about Azure AD for business communication B2B
Learn about Azure AD for clients management B2C
One Click Identity Solution for PaaS3:50
The aim of this video is to integrate Azure AD with our applications and solutions and other PaaS components.
Understand security requirements for applications
Use Azure AD with PaaS applications
Utilize Azure AD to authenticate and utilize the application
Managing and Inviting Contributors2:29
The aim of this video is to explore how Azure AD allows us to grant permissions to internal and external contributors.
Understand Azure AD for PaaS
Explore user’s registration and management portals
Grant access, revoking, and modifying the access for the users
Azure AD Native Support3:46
The aim of this video is to discuss how Azure AD can be integrated using SDKs.
Discuss main points when native integration is needed for security
Explore officially supported SDKs
Understanding Infrastructure as Code4:25
The aim of this video is to explore DevOps practices and management of virtual infrastructure management, on-premises, or on the cloud.
Explore DevOps for infrastructure
Discuss the purpose of IaC as a concept
Explore some usual tools used for IaC
Azure Resource Manager for IaC2:43
The aim of this video is to explore Azure Resource Manager as a tool for management of infrastructure, resources, and elements of PaaS components.
Explore Azure Resource Groups as a container for resources
Discuss the resource states in the deployment models
Explore how resources are managed
ARM Template for Deployment2:01
The aim of this video is to understand the utilization of ARM Template for development, debugging, and deployment of the infrastructure on the cloud.
Explore ARM Templates
Understand the ARM template schema in JSON
Deploy an ARM template file to create resources
Generating Templates for Existing Resources1:41
The aim of this video is to explore existing solutions, resource groups, and services to generate a resource template for their state.
Explore our own resource group to capture the template
Download the template for storage and versioning
Azure DevOps Automation2:44
The aim of this video is to demonstrate how Azure DevOps can be used to automate most of the tasks and infrastructure management tasks.
Review CI/CD on Azure DevOps repositories
Know the difference between Azure DevOps versus Azure Automation
Securing a Template File1:54
The aim of this video is to explore how to secure your infrastructure-as-code files and template files
Explore Azure services for securing data
Load Balancers and Network Security3:48
The aim of this video is to explore how cloud-based load balancers can be used to improve the application performance and security.
Learn about Azure Networking
Know at which levels can we integrate security policies
Explore options and services available on Azure for security
Traffic Manager Overview5:52
The aim of this video is to explore Traffic Manager service by Azure as a viable solution to load balancing and traffic management on Azure as a PaaS component.
Review the service of Traffic Manager provided by Azure for PaaS services
Create the Traffic Manager profiles
Understand different aspects of Traffic Manager Profile and configurations
Load Balancing with Traffic Manager2:19
The aim of this video is to utilize Traffic Manager as a load balancer for applications.
Add the websites to load balance between the instances
Send requests to the instances to test the responses
Configure the weights and performance information
High Availability and Disaster Recovery3:24
The aim of this video is to utilize Traffic Manager for the management of high-availability of the applications and automatic forwarding of traffic in disaster recovery.
Use fall-backs to other URLs to provide high-availability
Explain usage of Azure DNS to maintain zero-downtime
Usage and Insights2:35
The aim of this video is to explore how Traffic Manager provides us with in-depth knowledge of the usage and live traffic.
Explore live users and traffic views
Understand how users are using the service
Explore more analytics and monitoring methods for networking
Monitoring Azure Resources with Azure Monitor3:57
The aim of this video is to review the properties of Azure Monitor as the monitoring solution of Azure resources.
Explore Azure Monitor as a monitoring service
Shorten the criteria for monitoring to PaaS components only
Explore Azure Monitor services for PaaS
Application Insights Overview4:30
The aim of this video is to define the Azure Monitor component of Application Insights for monitoring and analytics.
Explore the Azure Application Insights service for monitoring solutions
Understand the key concepts of Azure Application Insights for the PaaS monitoring
Explore Application Insights SDKs and service information
Monitoring App Service3:48
The aim of this video is to apply the Application Insights profile to Azure App Service for Node.js to monitor application usage.
Create Application Insights service on the portal
Integrate the Azure App Service with Application Insights
Configure application to start sending the information to Application Insights servers
Application Insights Dashboard1:57
The aim of this video is to explore the visual dashboards provided by Application Insights to understand the behavior of app, performance and app usage by users.
Visit the portal for Application Insights service
Explore the metrics and understanding the usage
Configure dashboards for the reports generation and running queries
Generating Reports with Power BI3:23
The aim of this video is to download and generating custom dashboards for Application Insights data using Power BI Desktop
Download the data from Application Insights on to Power BI
Explore the data schema and data records, data cleaning task
Generate custom reports and dashboards
Reviewing Site Metrics with Machine Learning2:30
The aim of this video is to explore Machine Learning capabilities of Power BI Desktop to generate quick reports.
Explore reports in Power BI and their ML queries
Input a query to generate filtered results
More queries and best practices
Course Summary2:02
Review what you have learnt throughout the course
Review topics what you have learnt throughout the course

The Course Overview6:37
This video gives an overview of the entire course.
App Service Types and App Plans – Part One19:00
What is a great way to deploy web and API applications into a cloud environment without having to manage virtual machines or required networking?
Get an understanding of app service and what it provides
Understand the different supported languages and deployment models
Understand what an app service plan is and how it controls the available resources for a given app service
App Service Types and App Plans – Part Two10:32
In this video, we will continue to learn the app service types.
Create app plan
Leverage application
Look at third party application
App Service Configuration – Part One15:13
What are all of the possible configuration options for a deployed app service, including security and development configurations?
Discuss how to turn on certain security configurations for an app service (SSL, CORS, and so on)
Show and discuss all of the Development tools that are available in the Portal that can be used for troubleshooting and debugging
Discuss how to provide configuration options for developers that remove the need for configuration files
App Service Configuration – Part Two15:24
In this video, we will continue to learn the app service configuration.
Look at some navigation settings
Look at some advanced settings
Manage service identity
App Service Configuration – Part Three14:57
In this video, we will continue to learn the app service configuration.
Explore some of the development tools
Look at some API settings
Add an alert rule
Content Delivery Networks16:10
Is there a feature or function within Azure that can provide high bandwidth, low latency content in combination with applications that have been deployed to app services?
Discuss the need for Content Delivery Networks (Static content, images, and API responses)
Walk through the different CDN deployment options
API Management – Part One12:12
What is the best way to manage the APIs that you are deploying through subscription products, documentation, and security policies?
How can swagger documentation be automatically provided with any deployed API
How can the APIs be broken up into multiple product options for subscribed developers
Discuss and show the ability to provide API security policies to limit how developers access the APIs
API Management – Part Two17:29
In this video, we will continue to learn the API management.
Take a look at the capacity over a period of time
Take a look at the requests over a period of time
Finally take a look at latency
Web Application Performance – Part One14:44
Once the app service has been deployed how can you guarantee that the application within is highly available and how can your developers debug, troubleshoot and test to make sure that the application code will function appropriately?
Discuss application insights, how it can be triggered within code and how the logging can be viewed within the Azure Portal
Walk through how a load test can be created and then the results reviewed within the Azure Portal
Discuss the different option for providing both auto-scaling and high availability across different geographies for app services
Web Application Performance – Part Two22:02
In this video, we will continue to learn the web application performance.
Talk about the capabilities of app service
Create a metric rule
Create traffic manager profile
Azure SQL – Part One18:18
When we deploy applications with Azure, how can we provide the databases that exist behind the applications? If the application is MS SQL server, then how can Azure SQL provide the necessary capability?
Discuss the different tiers for Azure SQL and how it is deployed and accessed
Discuss how the Azure SQL service can be made available in a geo-redundant manner
Discuss what configurations and troubleshooting capabilities are available to remove the administrative needs for DBAs
Azure SQL – Part Two15:01
In this video, we will continue to learn the Azure SQL.
Focus on options available under Settings
Configure Performance
Create a secondary region
Azure SQL – Part Three13:41
In this video, we will continue to learn the Azure SQL.
Focus on options available under Monitoring
Focus on options available under Support + Troubleshooting
Azure SQL Elastic15:49
Using Azure SQL, how can we provide the same level of service for multiple SQL databases like you do for a single database?
Discuss Azure SQL Elastic and how it provides the same capabilities as Azure SQL standard
Discuss how multiple database can each be provided a set of resources required based on need
Working with MySQL and PostgreSQL14:26
Does Azure provide services for other flavors of database other than MS SQL? If so, what capabilities do these services provide in comparison to the Azure SQL service?
Walk through each of the MySQL and PostgreSQL services
Discuss the differences in feature sets in comparison to Azure SQL
Azure Table Storage18:05
What is the easiest way to create a simple NoSQL database in Azure? Using Azure Table Storage, how can you create a table and then access it from either the Azure Portal or Azure Storage Explorer?
Walk through how to create a new Table within an Azure storage account
Walk through how to connect to the table using Azure Storage Explorer
Walk through how to create the necessary columns and then add, update, and delete data within the columns
NoSQL Databases15:50
What are the options available outside of Azure Table Storage within Azure for NoSQL databases? What are the features that Cosmos DB can provide to deliver NoSQL databases?
Discuss the different NoSQL options within CosmosDB
Discuss the different configuration options, focusing on data consistency and geo-redundancy
Discuss how developers can access CosmosDB using different types of SDKs
Leveraging Redis Cache21:01
When a developer or application needs access to static data in low-latency database form, what in-memory databases are available within Azure?
Discuss the Redis service within Azure and how it is created
Discuss the different tiers of the service to show how it is configured and accessed
Full-Text Search as a Service17:45
Does Azure provide a full-text search engine option within Azure and if so, what are some of the features and how can data be loaded into the engine?
Discuss how to create an Azure Search instance and what the tiers of availability are
Discuss how to create the necessary fields and configure them for use by developers
Discuss how to load data into Azure Search in an automated and integrated way
Messaging as a Service – Part One13:15
When developers want to build applications that leverage a publisher, subscriber model or leverage event-based programming, what services within Azure are available?
Discuss the available services – Azure queues, service bus, and event hub
Discuss the differences between the different services and why a developer would choose one over the other
Walk through the creation of different services and how to interact with them using the Azure Portal or Azure Storage Explorer
Messaging as a Service – Part Two16:49
In this video, we will continue to learn messaging as a service.
Create namespace
Choose your pricing tier
Data Transformation as a Service17:56
Many enterprise applications require that data be brought together from different sources or manipulated before being used in Analytics or Reporting engines. In such cases, what service does Azure provide to help automate these types of processes?
Discuss the power of the Azure data factory and how it can be created
Discuss the automated integration points for an ETL pipeline within ADF
Azure Data Catalog14:32
When large organizations have many disparate data sources, how can employees find data that they need for their specific uses?
Discuss Azure data catalog and its possible use cases when used
Provide a simple demonstration of the Azure data catalog interface and how data sources can be added to the catalog
Demonstrate the simple interface for finding data sources and how data sources can be tagged
Test your knowledge

Requirements

Some knowledge of Java or JavaScript is required since the examples use a web front-end.
Basic knowledge of NPM would be beneficial.

Description

Microsoft Azure’s Infrastructure as a Service provides users with the flexibility and freedom required for scaling and automating their virtual machines on demand for powerful cloud management. It provides various services to enable Platform as a Service-based cloud development, allowing you to deliver simple cloud-based applications as well as sophisticated cloud-based enterprise services.

This comprehensive 4-in-1 course is a practical and easy-to-follow guide to building Cloud-based architecture with Azure. Initially, you’ll Explore Azure Portal to manage resources and access your services as well as work with different storage options and policies for your Azure Cloud. Next, you’ll understand Azure Virtual Networking concepts and Azure Virtual Machine workload concepts. Finally, you’ll learn to design and develop an application as a Cloud-Native service, and deploy using PaaS deployment model that adheres to Azure standards and cloud practices.

Towards the end of this course, you'll design, configure, and build your cloud-based infrastructure using Microsoft Azure Services.

Contents and Overview

This training program includes 4 complete courses, carefully chosen to give you the most comprehensive training possible.

The first course, Infrastructure as a Service Solutions with Azure, covers how to design, configure, and build your cloud-based infrastructure using Microsoft Azure Services. This video tutorial takes you through the core of Infrastructure as a Service with Microsoft Azure and equips you with the practical know how to manage various Azure Services for effective business over the cloud. You’ll dive into Subscription and Resource Management in Azure and learn to work with various resource groups and policies through the Azure Portal. You’ll explore Azure Storage services and employ various storage options for your Virtual Machines that work best for your business. You’ll also explore Azure Networking, set up your Virtual Networks, control network traffic with the help of Azure Traffic Manager and Security Groups, and host your domain name server with Azure DNS. Finally, you’ll learn to leverage Azure Compute, work with Azure Virtual Machines, and download specialized Virtual Machines from the Azure Marketplace as per your business requirements. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll be ready to leverage different services core to Azure IaaS, enabling your business to thrive over the cloud.

The second course, Architecting an Azure Compute Infrastructure, covers how to design and implement your Azure compute infrastructure. In this module, we highlight one of the most common scenarios in an Azure adoption project, mainly designing and integrating Azure Virtual Machine topologies. Just like building out your VM architecture in a typical on-premises datacenter, this course is logically structured in that way. Starting from designing Azure Virtual Networking architectures, both within Azure and for Hybrid scenarios, we move over to an in-depth view on Azure Virtual Machines. What VM sizes are available and how to decide which ones to use, how to deploy VMs in a couple of different ways, as well as how to streamline Azure VM configurations, are the key objectives of this topic. Next, viewers will learn how to architect high-availability setups for Azure VM workloads. In the last section of this course, viewers will get a good understanding of what platform monitoring solutions Azure provides today, by zooming in on Operations Management Suite, Azure Monitor, and Azure Log Analytics.

The third course, Architecting Azure Solutions for PaaS, covers how to design and Deploy your Cloud-Native Solutions on Azure. This course will show you how to use Azure's PaaS offering to build global, performant, and secure applications. You’ll gain a better understanding of PaaS development on Azure, and how to architect your applications and services in a cloud-native design. You will learn how to explore Azure marketplace to find the best suitable service for your application requirements, and then integrate your application to work frictionless with Azure solutions. By the end of this course, you will be capable of architecting your applications on Microsoft Azure using PaaS solutions. This course will help you learn the ins and outs of the architectural development of solutions for Microsoft Azure.

The fourth course, Azure Platform as a Service – Web and API Application Deployment, covers how to build, manage, and deploy your own Platform as a Service Cloud with the help of Azure Services. This video tutorial will provide you with the necessary know-how to leverage Azure services to build your own PaaS cloud. You'll start by exploring Azure App Services, and learn to work with supported application types based on different parameters such as languages and functions. You'll learn to configure, publish, secure, and analyze your application APIs with Azure API management. Going further, you will learn to leverage Database as a Service in Azure, and work with different options for database management and also different types of databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL. You'll even learn to develop NoSQL databases with the help of Azure Table Storage. Next, you will delve into Data Processing as a Service, and learn how to create custom searches for your application, enable messaging between applications and services, and work with data using Azure Data Factory and Azure Data Catalog.

Towards the end of this course, you'll design, configure, and build your cloud-based infrastructure using Microsoft Azure Services.

About the Authors

Brian Christopher Harrison has been involved with Microsoft Azure since 2012 and is currently a Cloud Solutions Architect at Microsoft. He has been involved in Microsoft training, and has actively blogged and spoken about Azure on Microsoft's site and also has his own screencasts.
Peter De Tender is the CEO and Lead Technical Trainer at PDTIT and 007FFFLearning, a Microsoft Cloud Platform Architect, extremely passionate trainer and speaker, Azure MVP (2013-2018), Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and technical writer. Starting his career in 1996, Peter has never looked back from Microsoft infrastructure technologies. At present, he’s an expert on Azure and Azure Stack, coaching global Microsoft Partners, larger Microsoft customers, and Microsoft FTE teams, all over the world, in achieving more with Azure. While this got him a position as FTE for Microsoft Corp in the global Microsoft AzureCAT GSI (Azure Engineering) team early 2016, his passion for speaking and presenting made him decide to return to his own company after about a year, coming back with an even stronger focus on providing readiness workshops and architect consulting on the Azure platform. When Peter is not speaking or presenting, he authors Azure-related whitepapers and courses for Microsoft as well as several other training companies in the IT industry or updating his own custom Azure Advanced training material.
Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan is a computer programmer from Rabwah, Pakistan, and likes .NET Core for regular day development. He has experience with cloud, mobile, and API development. Afzaal Ahmad has experience with the Azure platform and likes to build cross-platform libraries/software with .NET Core. He has been awarded MVP Award by Alibaba Cloud for cloud expertise and has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for his work in the field of software development twice, four times as a CodeProject MVP for technical writing and mentoring, and four times as a C# Corner MVP in the same field.

Who this course is for:

This Course is perfect for:
IT Administrators, Software Developers, Cloud administrators and Software Architects who want to dive into Cloud development and management with the help of Platform as a Service practice. This video Course will serve as a steppingstone to your career as a PaaS specialist.

Azure IaaS & Azure PaaS Architecture and Solutions

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Infrastructure as a Service Solutions with Azure29 lectures • 8hr 14min

Architecting an Azure Compute Infrastructure9 lectures • 2hr 52min

Architecting Azure Solutions for PaaS42 lectures • 2hr 44min

Azure Platform as a Service - Web and API Application Deployment24 lectures • 6hr 17min

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