Microsoft Azure: Cloud Computing Made Easy: 3-in-1

Name: Microsoft Azure: Cloud Computing Made Easy: 3-in-1
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Design, configure, and build your cloud-based infrastructure with Microsoft Azure

Created byPackt Publishing

Last updated 10/2018

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What you'll learn

Manage resources and access your services with the help of Azure Portal
Know how to start, stop, and deploy your virtual machines in Azure
Work with different storage options and policies for your Azure cloud
Manage storage tasks between on-premise devices and cloud with StorSimple
Host your resources in the cloud with Operations Management Suite
Automate, edit, and test your hybrid cloud with Azure Automation Runbooks
Deliver high-bandwidth content with Azure CDN and Akamai
Develop databases with Azure Table Storage
Leverage Azure Redis Cache as a Service for high throughput and low latency
Discover and consume enterprise data assets with Azure Data Catalog

Course content

3 sections • 74 lectures • 20h 18m 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 VMs26:17
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
Infrastructure as a Service Solutions with Azure

The Course Overview5:57
This video gives an overview of the entire course.
Private Cloud with Azure Stack17:15
In this video, we will see some great way to get started with hybrid connectivity to Azure, and learn to use your current on-prem investments to create a private cloud that can then be connected to Azure.
Get an understanding of what Azure Stack is
Understand how the Azure Stack private cloud can be connected to Azure
Understand the designs for implementing solutions in both private and public cloud
Hybrid Storage with StorSimple13:34
In this video, we will look at storage services within the public Azure cloud.
Discuss the Microsoft StorSimple device and how it can be used in a hybrid environment
Walk through third-party ISV options for hyrbid storage
Reviewing Azure Hybrid Networking20:38
In this video, we will see great way to get started with hybrid connectivity to Azure. And see how to connect your on-prem network to Azure to isolate traffic and access to systems.
Discuss Azure networking and VPN gateways
Demonstrate how to create an Azure VNet and gateway subnet
Demonstrate how to create a VPN gateway
Data Oriented Hybrid Solutions18:04
In this video, we will see how to use your current on-prem investments to create a private cloud that can then be connected to Azure.
Walk through the VNet creation wizard including how to create a gateway subnet
Discuss the types of VPN gateways that are available within Azure
Demonstrate how to create a VPN gateway within the Azure Portal
Operational Management Suite20:55
The easiest way to get started with an hybrid cloud solution is through leveraging operational management services. In this video, we will see what are the services that are available and the features they provide.
Discuss each of the services available within the suite
Discuss all of the advantages using these services
Protecting Azure VM Data17:06
In this video, we will create a recovery services vault. Once the vault has been created, learn to attach VM to the vault.
Walk through the creation of a recovery services vault
Attach an existing VM to the vault
Walk the creation of a new VM to show how to connect to a vault
Backup Policies and Backup Types13:41
In this video, we will see how different VMs are backed up and/or recovered at different times of day during different days of the week, how you can also specify different data retention periods of those same VM groupings.
Walk through the creation of a new backup/recovery policy
Demonstrate how the new policy can be applied to VMs
Talk about the different types of backup (snapshot versus file/folder)
Managing Azure Backup with CLI and PowerShell21:16
In this video, we will see how we can automatically create Azure backup vaults and policies, how can we programmatically attach a VM to a specific vault and policy upon creation.
Walk through the PowerShell and CLI scripts for creating a backup vault
Walk through the PowerShell and CLI scripts for creating a new policy
Walk through the PowerShell and CLI scripts for attaching a VM to a policy and vault
Azure Site Recovery (DRaaS)20:52
In this video, we will see what capabilities does the Azure site recovery service provide and how to use service to provide Disaster Recovery as a Service and what are the supported sources and targets for the service.
Walk through the Azure site recovery portal functions
Discuss the supported platforms and locations for ASR
Walk through the possible configuration options for the service
Automation Overview19:55
In this video, we will see what ways are there to provide infrastructure automation that is controlled by Azure and what possibilities Azure provides for Configuration Management as a Service.
Discuss how to build Azure automation runbooks
Discuss how to deploy runbooks into production and how they can be triggered
How to deploy PowerShell DSC scripts and configure them against VMs
Editing and Testing Runbooks20:26
In this video, we will create automation runbooks using both the PowerShell and graphical editor. Once the runbook has been created, learn how to test it in a live environment.
Walk through the creation and editing of a PowerShell based runbook
Walk through the creation and editing of a graphical runbook
Walk through the Testing engine within the automation account
Azure Automation Runbook Assets16:07
In this video, we will create shared assets that can be leveraged across multiple runbooks. Also, we will see how you can add additional functionality.
Walk through the description of each type of asset
Walk through the creation of each type of asset
Demonstrate how to import additional PowerShell based modules for use within runbooks
Processing a Runbook13:08
In this video, we will see how a published runbook can be run through the use of schedules or webhooks. Then learn how to review the audit trail of that runbook.
Demonstrate how to create schedules for a given runbook
Demonstrate how to create a webhook for a given runbook
Review the audit trail for a given Job run of a runbook
Azure Configuration Management21:29
In this video, we will see how Azure automation provides configuration management, how can a Desired State Configuration script be uploaded and compiled and then attached to one or more VMs either in Azure or on-prem.
Walk through the automation DSC process in Azure.
Walk through how to upload and compile a DSC script
Walk through how to attach a VM to the compiled DSC
Log Analytics Service – Data Ingestion18:30
In this video, we will see what different sources are there that the log analytics service can connect to. Once those sources are connected, we will see what data can be defined to actually be searchable within the service.
Walk through the configuration for connecting VMs or storage accounts
Walk through the selection of different data fields
Understand that additional Azure integrated services can feed data into the service
Specifying Data to Collect16:01
In this video we will define custom log types and specify the fields within.
Walk through how to choose data from different out of the box log types
Walk through the custom log type configuration wizard
Walk through how to specify custom fields from within the custom log type
Log Querying13:12
In this video, we will use all of the ingested log data to see how one can query the data based on the different log types and fields within.
Discuss the query language and how it should be pieced together
Demonstrate the log search page and how searching can be done without using the query language
Demonstrate what you can do with the search results: exporting and so on
Alert Management12:04
In this video, we will see how can you take a search query and create an alert to fire off events, what kind of events and notifications can be triggered by an alert.
Walk through the Alert creation wizard
Discuss the types of events that can be triggered by the alert
Discuss the types of notifications that can be triggered by an alert
Log Analytics Solution Views14:44
In this video, we will see how to get started viewing all of this data in a report or chart format
Demonstrate and discuss the solution gallery
Demonstrate the design of solutions
Discuss the available out of the box solutions
Building Custom Log Solutions12:26
In this video, we will see what to do when out of the box solutions do not provide enough reporting and how can you create your own solutions.
Walk through the view designer wizard
Discuss all of the templates to build a new solution
Demonstrate how a query should be applied to a given solution template
Hybrid Operational Management with Azure

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
Azure Platform as a Service - Web and API Application Deployment

Requirements

Basic understanding of Microsoft Azure will be an added advantage.

Description

Cloud Computing has changed the way you look at and understand the IT infrastructure. Microsoft Azure is Microsoft’s public cloud computing platform. It provides a range of cloud services, including those for compute, analytics, storage, and networking. You can pick and choose from these services to develop and scale new applications, or run existing applications, in the public cloud. If you wish to dive into cloud development and management to design, configure, and build your cloud-based infrastructure using various services offered by Microsoft Azure, then go for this Learning Path.

This comprehensive 3-in-1 course equips you with the practical know-how of managing various Azure Services for effective business over the cloud. You will be taken through the core of Infrastructure as a Service (IaSS) with Microsoft Azure to leverage different services offered by it. You will then learn different hybrid solutions used in Azure to build your own fully functional hybrid cloud management with Operations Management Suite. You will also master Azure services to build Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud wherein you will be able to configure your web and API applications, and manage and test application performance. Finally, you will learn to make use of Database as a Service (DaaS) to know about the various databases with Azure.

This training program includes 3 complete courses, carefully chosen to give you the most comprehensive training possible.

The first course, Infrastructure as a Service Solutions with Azure, starts off with an introduction to 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 will then dive into Subscription and Resource Management in Azure, and learn to work with various resource groups and policies through the Azure Portal. You will also explore Azure Storage services, and employ various storage options for your virtual machines that work best for your business. Next, you will learn 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 will learn to leverage Azure Compute, work with Azure Virtual Machines, and download specialized virtual machines from the Azure Marketplace as per your business requirements.

In the second course, Hybrid Operational Management with Azure, you will explore different hybrid solutions using Azure, learn to simplify your cloud deployment with Azure stack, and host resources on the cloud with Microsoft OMS. You will then dive into OMS recovery services, work with different Azure Backup policies and types, and also disaster recovery with Azure Site Recovery. You will work with OMS Automation and Configuration Management, and automate and run your cloud with the help of Azure Automation runbooks. Next, you will learn to analyze your project logs and report any failures with the help of different custom logging and alert management solutions. Finally, you will get ready to set up, manage, and monitor your hybrid cloud performance with Microsoft Azure and Operations Management Suite.

The third course, Azure Platform as a Service – Web and API Application Deployment, starts off by exploring Azure App Services and explaining you how to work with supported application types based on different parameters such as languages and functions. You will then learn to configure, publish, secure, and analyze your application APIs with Azure API management. You will also 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. Next, you will learn to develop NoSQL databases with the help of Azure Table Storage. Finally, 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.

By the end of this Learning Path, you will be able to design, configure, and build your cloud-based infrastructure using various services offered by Microsoft Azure.

Meet Your Expert(s):

We have the best work of the following esteemed author(s) to ensure that your learning journey is smooth:

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, has actively blogged and spoke about Azure on Microsoft's site, and also has his own screencasts.

Who this course is for:

This learning path is aimed at IT administrators, developers, and architects who wish to get started with Microsoft Azure platform and services in the cloud to leverage its benefits for their businesses.

Microsoft Azure: Cloud Computing Made Easy: 3-in-1

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

Hybrid Operational Management with Azure21 lectures • 5hr 47min

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

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