AZ-900

1: Introduction

• Introduction to Cloud Computing with Example
• Introduction to Microsoft Azure
• Azure Free Account
• Resource and Resource Group
• Azure Regions
• What are Azure subscriptions

3: Azure Core Services – Networking

• Networking – IP Addressing
• Azure Virtual Network
• Lab – Creating an Azure virtual network
• Lab – Communication across virtual machines in a virtual network
• Network Security Groups with Lab
• Application Security Groups
• Network connectivity options
• Azure ExpressRoute

5: Understand cloud concepts

• Benefits of the cloud – High Availability
• Benefits of the cloud – Scalability
• Benefits of the cloud – Disaster recovery
• Benefits of the cloud – Elasticity
• Benefits of the cloud – Fault tolerance
• Cloud service model
• Cloud model types
• Economies of scale
• Shared Responsibility Model

7: More on Azure Core Services

• Lab – Monitoring in Azure
• Lab – Azure Log Analytics
• Primer on Docker Containers
• Azure Kubernetes Service
• Lab – Azure Container Instances
• Lab – Azure Kubernetes Service
• Lab – Azure Kubernetes Service – Resources
• Azure Content Delivery Network
• Lab – Azure Content Delivery Network
• Azure Advisor
• What is Application Insights
• Application Insights demo
• Azure DevOps services
• Azure DevOps – Boards
• Azure DevOps – Repos
• Azure DevOps – Build Pipelines
• Azure DevOps – Release Pipelines
• Azure DevTest Labs
• Other services
• Lab – Cognitive Services
• IoT Hub

9: Understand Azure pricing and support

• Service lifecycle in Azure
• Support options in Azure
• Factors that affect the cost
• Cloud Adoption Framework
• Azure Service Level Agreements
• Azure support plans
• Total cost of ownership
• Creating budgets in Azure
• Resource tags
• Reserved Instances
• Spot Virtual Machines
• An Example invoice
• My own site on Azure

2: Azure Core Services – Virtual Machines

• What is VM and Deploying a virtual machine
• Lab – Deploying a Windows Virtual Machine
• Connecting to an Azure Windows Virtual Machine
• Initial common Issues with Azure Virtual Machines
• Generation 1 and Generation 2 Virtual Machines
• Installing IIS on the VM
• Virtual Machine Types
• Costing
• State of the Virtual Machine with Lab
• Lab – Creating a Linux Virtual Machine
• Azure Marketplace for Virtual Machines
• Availability Sets with LAB
• Availability Zones with LAB
• Azure Dedicated Host
• What is a Workload

4: Azure Core Services – Azure Storage

• Introduction to Azure Storage
• Azure storage accounts – service types
• Lab – Creating a storage account
• Lab – Working with the BLOB service
• Lab – Azure Storage Accounts – BLOB service – Access tiers
• Azure File shares
• Lab – Working with Azure File shares
• Azure Queue Storage
• Azure Table Storage
• Region pairs
• Azure SQL Databases with Lab
• Lab – Azure SQL Database – SQL Query Editor
• SQL Databases – IaaS vs PaaS option
• Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
• Lab – Azure Database for MySQL
• Lab – Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• Commands for other databases
• Azure SQL data warehouse
• Lab – Azure Synapse Analytics
• Azure CosmosDB Introduction
• Lab – Azure Cosmos DB – SQL API
• Lab – Azure Cosmos DB – SQL API – Resources
• Azure SQL Database vs CosmosDB
• Azure Databricks
• Azure Databricks – Resources

6: More on Azure Core Services

• Azure Web Apps
• Azure App Service Plan
• Lab – Azure Web Apps
• Virtual Machine Scale Sets
• Lab – Azure virtual machine scale sets
• Azure Load Balancer
• Lab – Basic Azure Load Balancer – Setup and Implementation
• Lab – Azure Resource Manager Templates
• Azure Traffic Manager
• Lab – Azure Traffic Manager
• Using other tools
• Using Powershell
• Azure Command Line Interface
• Azure cloud shell
• Azure Mobile App
• Azure Serverless Services
• Azure Functions – Introduction
• Lab – Azure Functions
• Lab – Azure Logic Apps

8: Understand security, privacy, compliance, and trust

• Azure Active Directory
• Lab – Multi-Factor Authentication
• Conditional Access Policies
• Role Based Access Control with Lab
• Lab – Azure Key Vault
• Lab – Azure Policies
• Management Groups
• Lab – Locking resources
• Azure Security Center
• Azure Sentinel
• A quick look at Azure Sentinel
• Azure Blueprints
• A quick look at Azure Blueprints
• Other security based tools on Azure
• Other security aspects