Manage Storage in Azure

Learn about managing Azure storage functions related to data, authorization, high availability, and disaster recovery.

Introduction

• Understanding storage in Azure
• What you should know

1. Overview of Azure Storage

• Azure Storage and the storage services
• Azure Storage types and performance tiers
• Creating a storage account in the Azure portal
• Working with Azure Storage data in the portal
• An overview of Azure Table storage and Azure Storage Queues
• Working with Azure Storage data in Azure Storage Explorer: Adding Tables, entities, queues, and messages
• Migrating and transferring data into Azure Storage
• Migrating and transferring data into Azure Storage using AzCopy
• Hierarchical namespace and SFTP for blobs
• Hierarchical namespace and SFTP for blobs in practice

2. Redundancy, Disaster Recovery, and Replication

• High availability and durability for Azure Storage
• Backing up Azure file shares and operational backup for blobs
• Backing up Azure file shares and blobs demo
• Disaster recovery and failover
• Object replication for blob data

3. Networking and Infrastructure as Code for Azure Storage

• Storage account firewalls and virtual network access
• Private endpoints for Azure Storage
• Create and manage a storage account with Azure PowerShell
• Executing Azure PowerShell in scripts with the Cloud Shell code editor
• Create and manage a storage account with the Azure CLI
• Deploy infrastructure for Azure Storage using Azure Bicep
• Deploy infrastructure for Azure Storage using Azure Bicep demo

4. Authorizing Operations on Azure Storage

• The control plane and the data plane
• Authorize with shared keys
• Authorize operations with Entra ID and Azure RBAC
• Authorize operations with Azure AD and Azure ABAC storage
• Accessing storage account data from other Azure services
• Enable passwordless Entra ID–based access to Azure Storage
• Shared access signatures and access delegation

5. Mounting and Synching to Azure File Shares

• Setting up Azure File Sync
• Mounting a file share to Windows Server
• Mounting a file share to Linux

6. Protecting Azure Storage Data

• Encryption at rest and in transit
• Encryption at rest, encryption scopes, and encryption in transit in practice
• Soft delete and versioning for blobs, containers, and file shares
• Change feed for blob data
• Point-in-time restore for blob data
• Immutable storage for business-critical blob data

7. Managing Cost and Monitoring Azure Storage

• Billing, reserved capacity, and network routing preference for Azure Storage
• Storage tiers and blob rehydration
• Manage storage tiers for blobs and files
• Lifecycle management policies and rules
• Monitoring Azure Storage
• Monitoring Azure Storage with storage insights and workbooks

Conclusion

• Learning more about Azure management