Description

This BootCamp course is for the new role based AZ-303 exam targeted for Azure Solution Architects. Taking this course and passing AZ-303 exam meets a part of the requirement for Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert Certification.

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.

Course fee: £2,499+VAT

Objectives

After successful completion of this BootCamp candidates will be able to:

• Secure identities with Azure Active Directory and users and groups
• Implement identity solutions spanning on-premises and cloud-based capabilities
• Apply monitoring solutions for collecting, combining, and analyzing data from different sources
• Manage subscriptions, accounts, Azure policies, and Role-Based Access Control
• Administer Azure using the Resource Manager, Azure portal, Cloud Shell, and CLI
• Configure intersite connectivity solutions like VNet Peering, and virtual network gateways
• Administer Azure App Service, Azure Container Instances, and Kubernetes

Who Should Attend

• IT Professionals with expertise in designing and implementing solutions running on Microsoft Azure.
• Candidates who have experience in Azure administration and Azure development processes and DevOps processes

Prerequisites

Successful Azure Solution Architects start this role with experience on operating systems, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, storage structures, and networking.

• Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including: VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks.
• 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, domain controllers, replication, Kerberos protocol, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
• Understanding of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.

Course Outline

Module 1: Implement Virtual Networking

• Virtual Network Peering
• Implement VNet Peering

Module 2: Implement VMs for Windows and Linux

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

Module 3: Automate Deployment and Configuration of Resources

• 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

Module 4: Implement Load Balancing and Network Security

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

Hands-on Lab: Implementing Highly Available Azure IaaS Compute Architecture

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

Module 5: Implement Storage Accounts

• Storage Accounts
• Blob Storage
• Storage Security
• Managing Storage
• Accessing Blobs and Queues using AAD
• Configure Azure Storage Firewalls and Virtual Networks

Module 6: Implement Azure Active Directory

• 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 Trusted IPs
• Configure Guest Users in Azure AD
• Manage Multiple Directories

Module 7: Implement and Manage Azure Governance

• 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

Hands-on 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

Hands-on Lab: Managing Azure Role-Based Access Control

• Define a custom RBAC role
• Assign a custom RBAC role

Module 8: Implement and Manage Hybrid Identities

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

Module 9: Manage Workloads in Azure

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

Hands-on Lab: Protecting Hyper-V VMs by using Azure Site Recovery

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

Module 10: Implement Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring

• Azure Infrastructure Security Monitoring
• Azure Monitor
• Azure Workbooks
• Azure Alerts
• Log Analytics
• Network Watcher
• Azure Service Health
• Monitor Azure Costs
• Azure Application Insights
• Unified Monitoring in Azure

Module 11: Manage Security for Applications

• Azure Key Vault
• Azure Managed Identity

Module 12: Implement an Application Infrastructure

• 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

Hands-on 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

Hands-on 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

Module 13: Implement Container-Based Applications

• Azure Container Instances
• Configure Azure Kubernetes Service

Module 14: Implement NoSQL Databases

• Configure Storage Account Tables
• Select Appropriate CosmosDB APIs

Module 15: Implement Azure SQL Databases

• Configure Azure SQL Database Settings
• Implement Azure SQL Database Managed Instances
• High-Availability and Azure SQL Database

About The Trainer

A Certified Microsoft Azure Trainer

Course Fee

£2,499+VAT