Azure Solution Architect Associate
Program Overview:
This 4-day course will give a strong foundation knowledge on AZURE critical services which makes up business use case and design completion azure solution for an enterprise
Program Duration: 4 Days
Prerequisite Skills:
Linux basic skills ( like working file and directories)
Who should attend?
Targeted for Cloud engineers, Centre of excellence team, window server administrators, Unix/Linux administrator, Storage admins, network administrators , Virtualization administrators
Module 1: Azure Big Picture - 10000 feet overview?
This 4-day course will give a strong foundation knowledge on AZURE critical services which makes up business use case and design completion azure solution for an enterprise
Program Duration: 4 Days
Prerequisite Skills:
Linux basic skills ( like working file and directories)
Who should attend?
Targeted for Cloud engineers, Centre of excellence team, window server administrators, Unix/Linux administrator, Storage admins, network administrators , Virtualization administrators
Module 1: Azure Big Picture - 10000 feet overview?
- An overview of Azure
- Azure Virtual Machines- An overview
- Azure Block Storage- An Overview
- Azure Endpoints -An Overview
- Azure Roles -An overview
- Azure SQL Azure – An overview
- Azure HD Insight –An overview
- Azure websites – AN overview
- Azure Networking – AN overview
- This module explains how virtual networking provides the glue that brings together VMs, web apps, and storage to enable you to publish a service onto the Internet.
- Lessons
- Overview of Azure networking
- Implementing and managing Azure virtual networks
- Configuring Azure virtual networks
- Configuring Azure virtual network connectivity
- Overview of Azure networking in an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) version 1 (v1)
- Lab : Using a deployment template to implement Azure virtual networks
- Creating an Azure virtual network by using a deployment template
- Creating a virtual network by using PowerShell
- Configure virtual networks
- Lab : Configuring connectivity between the IaaS v1 and IaaS version 2 (v2)
- Using a PowerShell script to Connect IaaS v1 VNet and IaaS v2 VNet
- Configuring a point-to-site VPN
- Using a PowerShell script to connect IaaS v1 VNet and IaaS v2 VNet
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Plan virtual networks in Azure.
- Implement and manage virtual networks.
- Configure intersite connectivity with virtual networks in Azure.
- Configure networking components.
- Plan virtual networks in IaaS v1.
- This module explains how to implement virtual machines.
- Lessons
- Overview of IaaS v2 virtual machines
- Planning for Azure virtual machines
- Deploying Azure IaaS v2 virtual machines
- Authoring Azure Resource Manager templates
- Overview of IaaS v1 virtual machines
- Lab : Creating IaaS v2 virtual machines in Azure
- Creating virtual machines by using the Azure portal and Azure PowerShell
- Validating virtual machine creation
- Lab : Deploying IaaS v2 virtual machines by using Azure Resource Manager templates
- Using Visual Studio and an Azure Resource Manager template to deploy IaaS v2 virtual machines
- Using Azure PowerShell and an Azure Resource Manager template to deploy virtual machines
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain IaaS v2 VMs.
- Plan for Azure Virtual Machines.
- Deploy IaaS v2 VMs.
- Author Azure Resource Manager templates.
- Explain IaaS v1 virtual machines.
- This module explains how to manage virtual machines.
- Lessons
- Configuring virtual machines
- Configuring virtual machine disks
- Managing and monitoring Azure virtual machines
- Managing IaaS v1 virtual machines
- Lab : Managing Azure virtual machines
- Configuring availability
- Implementing desired state configuration (DSC)
- Implementing storage space–based volumes
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Configure virtual machines.
- Configure virtual machine disks.
- Manage and monitor virtual machines
- This module explains how to implement Azure Web App services.
- Lessons
- Introduction to App Service
- Planning app deployment in App Service
- Implementing and maintaining web apps
- Configuring web apps
- Monitoring web apps and WebJobs
- Implementing mobile apps
- Traffic Manager
- Lab : Implementing websites
- Creating web apps
- Deploying a web app
- Managing web apps
- Implementing Traffic Manager
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain the different types of apps that you can create by using the Microsoft Azure App Service.
- Select an App Service plan and deployment method for apps in Microsoft Azure.
- Use Microsoft Visual Studio, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) clients, and Azure PowerShell to deploy web and mobile apps to Azure.
- Configure web apps and use the Azure WebJobs feature to schedule tasks.
- Monitor the performance of web apps.
- Create and configure mobile apps.
- Use Azure Traffic Manager to distribute requests between two or more app services.
- This module explains how to plan and implement storage, backup, and recovery services.
- Lessons
- Planning storage
- Implementing and managing storage
- Implementing Azure Content Delivery Networks
- Implementing Azure Backup
- Planning for and implementing Azure Site Recovery
- Lab : Planning and implementing storage
- Creating and configuring storage
- Using Azure file storage
- Protecting data with Microsoft Azure Backup
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Choose appropriate Microsoft Azure Storage options to address business needs.
- Implement and manage Azure Storage.
- Improve web application performance by implementing Azure Content Delivery Networks (CDNs).
- Protect on-premises systems and Azure virtual machines (VMs) by using Azure Backup.
- Describe Azure Site Recovery capabilities.
- This module explains how to plan and implement Azure SQL Database.
- Lessons
- Planning and deploying Azure SQL Database
- Implementing and managing Azure SQL Database
- Managing Azure SQL Database security
- Monitoring Azure SQL Database
- Managing Azure SQL Database business continuity
- Lab : Planning and implementing Azure SQL Database
- Creating, securing, and monitoring an Azure SQL Database
- Migrating a Microsoft SQL Server database to Azure SQL Database
- Restoring a database
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Identify relational database services in Microsoft Azure.
- Provision, configure, and manage the Azure SQL Database data-management service.
- Configure security for Azure SQL Database.
- Monitor Azure SQL Database.
- Manage data recovery and availability for Azure SQL Database.
- This module explains how to implement platform as a service (PaaS) cloud services.
- Lessons
- Planning and deploying PaaS cloud services
- Managing and maintaining cloud services
- Lab : Implementing PaaS cloud services
- Deploying a PaaS cloud services
- Configuring deployment slots and Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
- Monitoring cloud services
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Plan and deploy a platform as a service (PaaS) cloud service in Microsoft Azure.
- Configure PaaS cloud services by using configuration files or the Azure portal.
- Monitor the performance of cloud services and diagnose bottlenecks.
- This module explains how to implement Azure AD.v
- Lessons
- Creating and managing Azure AD tenants
- Configuring application and resource access with Azure AD
- Overview of Azure AD Premium
- Lab : Implementing Azure AD
- Administering Active AD
- Configuring SSO
- Configuring Multi-Factor Authentication
- Configuring SSO from a Windows 10–based computer that is joined to Azure AD
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Create and manage Azure AD tenants.
- Configure single sign-on (SSO) for cloud applications and resources, and implement Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for cloud resources.
- Explain the functionality of Azure AD Premium and implement Azure Multi-Factor Authentication.
- Lessons
- Extending on-premises Active Directory domain to Azure
- Implementing directory synchronization by using Azure AD Connect
- Implementing federation
- Lab : Implementing and managing Azure AD synchronization
- Configuring directory synchronization
- Synchronizing directories
- Lessons
- Implementing Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS)
- Implementing Azure Automation
- Implementing Automation runbooks
- Managing Azure Automation
- Lab : Implementing Automation
- Configuring Automation accounts
- Creating runbooks
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Implement Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS) solutions.
- Implement the core components of Microsoft Azure Automation.
- Implement different types of Azure Automation runbooks.
- Manage Azure Automation by publishing runbooks and scheduling their execution.