Architect storage infrastructure in Azure

Offered By: Microsoft via Microsoft Learn

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Overview

Module 1: Learn how using Azure Storage, Azure SQL Database, and Azure Cosmos DB - or a combination of them - for your business scenario is the best way to get the most performant solution.

In this module, you will:

Learn how to classify your data as structured, semi-structured, or unstructured
Learn how to determine the operational needs, latency requirements, and transaction requirements for your data
Determine whether your data requires transactions

Module 2: Discover ways to use an Azure Storage account to manage your data for billing, access, and storage location of your blobs, files, queues, and tables.

In this module, you will:

Decide how many storage accounts you need for your project
Determine the appropriate settings for each storage account
Create a storage account using the Azure portal

Module 3: Azure Storage Explorer allows you to quickly view all the storage services under your account. You can browse through, read, and edit data stored in those services through a user-friendly graphical interface.

In this module, you will:

Describe the features of Azure Storage Explorer
Install Storage Explorer
Use Storage Explorer to connect to Azure Storage services and manipulate stored data

Module 4: Create a simple application and add configuration, client library references, and C# or JavaScript code to connect it to Azure Storage.

In this module, you will:

Explore the data types and services supported by an Azure storage account.
Create a new Azure storage account using the Azure portal.
Create a new application and connect the app to an Azure Storage account.

Module 5: In this module, you learn how to make your application storage highly available by ensuring that you can fail over resources if there's an Azure region failure.

In this module, you will:

Identify the features of RA-GRS storage
Identify the application design considerations when you use RA-GRS
Implement the Circuit Breaker pattern in a sample application

Module 6: Learn how Azure Storage provides multilayered security to protect your data with access keys, secure networks, and Advanced Threat Protection monitoring.

In this module you will:

Explore the Azure Data Lake enterprise-class security features.
Understand storage account keys.
Understand shared access signatures.
Understand transport-level encryption with HTTPS.
Understand Advanced Threat Protection.
Control network access.

Module 7: Azure provides a variety of disk storage options for virtual machine workloads. Identify the features of capabilities of each type to ensure your application performs optimally.

In this module, you will:

Identify the types of disk storage available to virtual machines
Identify the capabilities of different disk storage
Identify the use cases for each type of disk storage

Module 8: Monitor, diagnose, and troubleshoot your Azure storage

In this module, you will:

Identify the tools used to troubleshoot issues with Azure storage
Identify the metrics and logs that can be used to troubleshoot and diagnose storage performance
Troubleshoot performance issues in Azure storage

Syllabus

Module 1: Choose a data storage approach in Azure

Introduction
Classify your data
Determine operational needs
Group multiple operations in a transaction
Choose a storage solution on Azure
Summary

Module 2: Create an Azure Storage account

Introduction
Decide how many storage accounts you need
Choose your account settings
Choose an account creation tool
Exercise - Create a storage account using the Azure portal
Knowledge check - Create a storage account
Summary

Module 3: Upload, download, and manage data with Azure Storage Explorer

Introduction
Connect Azure Storage Explorer to a storage account
Exercise - Connect Azure Storage Explorer to a storage account
Connect Azure Storage Explorer to Azure Cosmos DB and Data Lake
Exercise - Connect Azure Storage Explorer to Azure Cosmos DB and Data Lake
Summary

Module 4: Connect an app to Azure Storage

Introduction
Explore Azure storage services
Exercise - Create a new app to work with Azure storage
Exercise - Create an Azure storage account
Interact with the Azure Storage APIs
Exercise - Add the storage client library to your app
Connect to your Azure storage account
Exercise - Add Azure Storage configuration to your app
Exercise - Connect your application to your Azure Storage account
Exercise - Upload an image to your Azure Storage account
Knowledge check
Summary

Module 5: Make your application storage highly available with read-access geo-redundant storage

Introduction
Understand the role of an Azure storage account and its replication features
Exercise - Create an Azure storage account
Design HA applications to handle disaster recovery
Exercise - Deploy a highly available application
Summary

Module 6: Secure your Azure Storage account

Introduction
Explore Azure Storage security features
Understand storage account keys
Understand shared access signatures
Control network access to your storage account
Understand advanced threat protection for Azure Storage
Explore Azure Data Lake Storage security features
Summary

Module 7: Choose the right disk storage for your virtual machine workload

Introduction
Managed, unmanaged, and local disk storage
Disk types for virtual machines
Select a disk type for your workload
Summary

Module 8: Monitor, diagnose, and troubleshoot your Azure storage

Introduction
Identify the troubleshooting tools available in Azure
Troubleshoot with storage metrics
Exercise - Enabling storage metrics and view metric data
Troubleshoot with storage logging
Exercise - Enable storage logging and view log data
Summary

Architect storage infrastructure in Azure

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