Microsoft Azure Architect – Technologies

Who is the training for?

This course is for IT Professionals with expertise in designing and implementing solutions running on Microsoft Azure. They should have broad knowledge of IT operations, including networking, virtualization, identity, security, business continuity, disaster recovery, data platform, budgeting, and governance. Azure Solution Architects use the Azure Portal and as they become more adept they use the Command Line Interface. Candidates must have expert-level skills in Azure administration.

Level reached

Advanced

Duration

4,00 day(s)

Language(s) of service

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Prerequisites

Successful Azure Architect students have prior experience with operating systems, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, storage structures, and networking:

Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including VMs and virtual networking
Understanding of network configuration, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies
Understanding of Active Directory concepts, including domains, forests, and domain controlle

Goals

This course teaches Solutions Architects how to translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and reliable solutions. Lessons include virtualization, automation, networking, storage, identity, security, data platform, and application infrastructure. This course outlines how decisions in each theses area affects an overall solution.

Module 1: Implement Azure Active Directory

In this module, you will learn how to secure identities with Azure Active Directory, and implement users and groups. This module includes:

Lessons

Overview of Azure Active Directory
Users and Groups
Domains and Custom Domains
Azure AD Identity Protection
Implement Conditional Access
Configure Fraud Alerts for MFA
Implement Bypass Options
Configure Guest Users in Azure AD
Configure Trusted IPs
Manage Multiple Directories

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand how Multiple AAD organizations interact
Add Guest Users to Azure AD
Configure Location Condition Configuration
Configure Azure MFA settings
Implement Conditional Access Azure MFA
Create a Blueprint

Module 2: Implement and Manage Hybrid Identities

In this module, you will learn how to install and configure Azure AD Connect and implement Azure AD Connect Health. This module includes:

Lessons

Install and Configure Azure AD Connect
Configure Password Sync and Password Writeback
Configure Azure AD Connect Health

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Implement Azure AD seamless Single Sign-On
Perform an Azure AD Connect installation
Implement Azure AD Connect Health

Module 3: Implement Virtual Networking

In this module, you will learn about basic virtual networking concepts like virtual networks and subnetting, IP addressing, network security groups, Azure Firewall, and Azure DNS. This module includes:

Lessons

Virtual Network Peering
Implement VNet Peering

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Connect services with Virtual Network Peering
Configure VNet Peering
Understand Service Chaining
Modify or delete VNet Peering

Module 4: Implement VMs for Windows and Linux

In this module, you will learn about Azure virtual machines including planning, creating, availability and extensions.

Lessons

Select Virtual Machine Size
Configure High Availability
Implement Azure Dedicated Hosts
Deploy and Configure Scale Sets
Configure Azure Disk Encryption

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Plan for virtual machine implementations
Create virtual machines
Configure virtual machine availability, including scale sets
Understand High Availability options for VMs in Azure

Module 5: Implement Load Balancing and Network Security

In this module, you will learn about network traffic strategies including network routing and service endpoints, Azure Load Balancer, Azure Application Gateway, and Traffic Manager.

Lessons

Implement Azure Load Balancer
Implement an Application Gateway
Understand Web Application Firewall
Implement Azure Firewall
Implement Azure Front Door
Implementing Azure Traffic Manager
Implement Network Security Groups and Application Security Groups
Implement Azure Bastion

Lab: Implementing Highly Available Azure IaaS Compute Architecture

Describe characteristics of highly available Azure VMs residing in the same availability set
Describe characteristics of highly available Azure VMs residing in different availability zones
Describe characteristics of automatic horizontal scaling of Azure VM Scale Sets
Describe characteristics of manual vertical scaling of Azure VM Scale Sets

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Select a Load Balancer solution
Configure Application Gateway
Implement Azure Firewall
Create an Azure Front Door
Understand Traffic Manager routing methods
Configure Network Security Groups (NSGs)

Module 6: Implement Storage Accounts

In this module, you will learn about basic storage features including storage accounts, blob storage, Azure files and File Sync, storage security, and storage tools.

Lessons

Storage Accounts
Blob Storage
Storage Security
Managing Storage
Accessing Blobs and Queues using AAD

Lab: Implementing and Configuring Azure Storage File and Blob Services

Implement authorization of Azure Storage blobs by leveraging shared access signatures
Implement authorization of Azure Storage blobs by leveraging Azure Active Directory
Implement authorization of Azure Storage file shares by leveraging access keys
Configure Azure Storage Firewalls and Virtual Networks

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand Storage Account services and types
Configure Blob storage, accounts, containers, and access tiers
Implement Shared Access Signatures (SAS)
Understand Azure Storage firewalls and virtual networks

Module 7: Implement NoSQL Databases

In this module, you will learn about Azure Table Storage and recommend options for CosmsoDB APIs.

Lessons

Configure Storage Account Tables
Select Appropriate CosmosDB APIs

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Outline the Table Service Data Model
Understand options for Azure Cosmos DB
Understand high availability using CosmosDB

Module 8: Implement Azure SQL Databases

In this module, you will create an Azure SQL Database single database, create an Azure SQL Database Managed Instance, and review high-availability and Azure SQL database.

Lessons

Configure Azure SQL Database Settings
Implement Azure SQL Database Managed Instances
High-Availability and Azure SQL Database
In this module, you will learn how to
Create an Azure SQL Database (single database)
Create an Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
Recommend high-availability architectural models used in Azure SQL Database

Module 9: Automate Deployment and Configuration of Resources

In this module, you will learn about the tools an Azure Administrator uses to manage their infrastructure. This includes the Azure Portal, Cloud Shell, Azure PowerShell, CLI, and Resource Manager Templates.

Lessons

Azure Resource Manager Templates
Save a Template for a VM
Evaluate Location of New Resources
Configure a Virtual Hard Disk Template
Deploy from a template
Create and Execute an Automation Runbook

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Leverage Azure Resource Manager to organize resources
Use ARM Templates to deploy resources
Create and Execute an Automation Runbook
Deploy an Azure VM from a VHD
Understand Azure encryption technologies

Module 10: Implement and Manage Azure Governance

In this module, you will learn about managing your subscriptions and accounts, implementing Azure policies, and using Role-Based Access Control.

Lessons

Create Management Groups, Subscriptions, and Resource Groups
Overview of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Roles
Azure AD Access Reviews
Implement and Configure an Azure Policy
Azure Blueprints

Lab: Implementing and Configuring Azure Storage File and Blob Services

Implement authorization of Azure Storage blobs by leveraging shared access signatures
Implement authorization of Azure Storage blobs by leveraging Azure Active Directory
Implement authorization of Azure Storage file shares by leveraging access keys

Lab: Managing Azure Role-Based Access Control

Define a custom RBAC role
Assign a custom RBAC role

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand Resource Group Organization
Understand how RBAC works
Create an Azure AD access review
Create and manage policies to enforce compliance

Module 11: Manage Security for Applications

In this module, you will learn about Azure Key Vault and implementing authentication using Azure Managed Identities.

Lessons

Azure Key Vault
Azure Managed Identity

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Explain Key Vault uses such as secrets, key, and Certificate management
Use Managed Identities with Azure resources

Module 12: Manage Workloads in Azure

In this module, you will learn how to migrate workloads using Azure Migrate, perform VMware agent-based and agent-less migrations, and perform Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery.

Lessons

Migrate Workloads using Azure Migrate
VMware - Agentless Migration
VMware - Agent-Based Migration
Implement Azure Backup
Azure to Azure Site Recovery
Implement Azure Update Management

Lab: Protecting Hyper-V VMs by using Azure Site Recover

Configure Azure Site Recovery
Perform test failover
Perform planned failover
Perform unplanned failover

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand agent-based migration architecture
Prepare for Azure for migration
Prepare an on-premises VMware environment
Understand Azure VM backup architecture
Manage updates and patches for Azure VMs

Module 13: Implement Container-Based Applications

In this module, you will learn how to run Azure Container instances and how to deploy Kubernetes with AKS.

Lessons

Azure Container Instances
Configure Azure Kubernetes Service

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Run Azure Container instances
Deploy Kubernetes with AKS

Module 14: Implement an Application Infrastructure

In this module, you will learn how to create an App Service web App for Containers, create and configure an App Service Plan, and create and manage Deployment Slots.

Lessons

Create and Configure Azure App Service
Create an App Service Web App for Containers
Create and Configure an App Service Plan
Configure Networking for an App Service
Create and Manage Deployment Slots
Implement Logic Apps
Implement Azure Functions

Lab: Configuring a Message-Based Integration Architecture

Configure and validate an Azure Function App Storage Blob trigger
Configure and validate an Azure Event Grid subscription-based queue messaging

Lab: Implementing an Azure App Service Web App with a Staging Slot

Implement Blue/Green deployment pattern by using deployment slots of Azure App Service web apps
Perform A/B testing by using deployment slots of Azure App Service web apps

After completing this module, students will be able to: