Azure for Researchers part 2: Cloud Security and Cost Management

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

• Strengthen your security posture and protect against threats by using Azure Security Center.
• Collect and act on security data from many different sources by using Azure Sentinel.
• Store and access sensitive information such as passwords and encryption keys securely in Azure Key Vault.
• Manage dedicated physical servers to host your Azure VMs for Windows and Linux by using Azure Dedicated Host.

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

• Identify the layers that make up a defense in depth strategy.
• Explain how Azure Firewall enables you to control what traffic is allowed on the network.
• Configure network security groups to filter network traffic to and from Azure resources within a Microsoft Azure virtual network.
• Explain how Azure DDoS Protection helps protect your Azure resources from DDoS attacks.

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

• Use the Total Cost of Ownership Calculator to compare your current datacenter costs to running the same workloads on Azure.
• Describe the different ways you can purchase Azure products and services.
• Use the Pricing calculator to estimate the monthly cost of running your cloud workloads.
• Define some of the major factors that affect total cost and apply recommended practices to minimize cost.

In this module, you will:

• Set up your organization for success when using Cost Management
• Analyze costs on a subscription using cost analysis
• Create your first Azure budget based on your analysis

• Introduction
• Protect against security threats by using Azure Security Center
• Detect and respond to security threats by using Azure Sentinel
• Store and manage secrets by using Azure Key Vault
• Exercise - Manage a password in Azure Key Vault
• Host your Azure virtual machines on dedicated physical servers by using Azure Dedicated Host
• Knowledge check
• Summary

• Introduction
• What is defense in depth?
• Protect virtual networks by using Azure Firewall
• Protect from DDoS attacks by using Azure DDoS Protection
• Filter network traffic by using network security groups
• Exercise - Configure network access to a VM by using a network security group
• Combine Azure services to create a complete network security solution
• Knowledge check
• Summary

• Introduction
• Compare costs by using the Total Cost of Ownership Calculator
• Exercise - Compare sample workload costs by using the TCO Calculator
• Purchase Azure services
• Exercise - Estimate workload cost by using the Pricing calculator
• Manage and minimize total cost on Azure
• Knowledge check
• Summary

• Introduction
• Cost management principles
• Evaluate your costs using cost analysis
• Exercise - Determine your most expensive resource and see trends
• Build budgets and alerts
• Exercise - Create your first budget
• Summary