Prerequisites for Azure administrators

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

• Make organizational decisions about your cloud environment by using the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure.
• Define who can access cloud resources by using Azure role-based access control.
• Apply a resource lock to prevent accidental deletion of your Azure resources.
• Apply tags to your Azure resources to help describe their purpose.
• Control and audit how your resources are created by using Azure Policy.
• Enable governance at scale across multiple Azure subscriptions by using Azure Blueprints.

In this module, you will:

• Compile a checklist for creating a virtual machine
• Describe the options to create and manage virtual machines
• Describe the additional services available to administer virtual machines

In this module, you will:

• List the different network protocols and network standards.
• List the different network types and topologies.
• List the different types of network devices used in a network.
• Describe network communication principles like TCP/IP, DNS, and ports.
• Describe how these core components map to Azure networking.

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Describe the client-server network model.
• Describe the difference between authentication and authorization.
• List the different network firewall types.
• List the types of items to monitor in a network.
• Map core network components to Azure networking.

In this module, you will:

• Install the Azure CLI on Linux, macOS, and/or Windows
• Connect to an Azure subscription using the Azure CLI
• Create Azure resources using the Azure CLI

In this module, you will:

• Decide if Azure PowerShell is the right tool for your Azure administration tasks
• Install Azure PowerShell on Linux, macOS, and/or Windows
• Connect to an Azure subscription using Azure PowerShell
• Create Azure resources using Azure PowerShell

In this module, you will:

• Describe the core terminology of Azure AD.
• Describe the core features of Azure AD.
• Describe the licensing models for Azure AD.

In this module, you will:

• Evaluate whether Docker is an appropriate containerization platform for you
• Describe how the components of Docker containers support compute container implementations

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

• Introduction
• Control access to cloud resources by using Azure role-based access control
• Prevent accidental changes by using resource locks
• Exercise - Protect a storage account from accidental deletion by using a resource lock
• Organize your Azure resources by using tags
• Control and audit your resources by using Azure Policy
• Exercise - Restrict deployments to a specific location by using Azure Policy
• Govern multiple subscriptions by using Azure Blueprints
• Accelerate your cloud adoption journey by using the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
• Create a subscription governance strategy
• Knowledge check
• Summary

• Introduction
• Compile a checklist for creating an Azure Virtual Machine
• Exercise - Create a VM using the Azure portal
• Describe the options available to create and manage an Azure Virtual Machine
• Manage the availability of your Azure VMs
• Back up your virtual machines
• Knowledge check
• Summary

• Introduction
• Network types and topologies to use when you design a network
• Types of network devices to use when you build a network
• Network protocols to use when you implement a network
• IP address standards and services
• Summary

• Introduction
• An introduction to network client and server technology
• Use authentication and authorization in your network
• Understand firewalls and network security
• Network monitoring
• Summary

• Introduction
• What is the Azure CLI?
• Exercise - Install and run the Azure CLI
• Work with the Azure CLI
• Exercise - Create an Azure website using the CLI
• Summary

• Introduction
• Decide if Azure PowerShell is right for your tasks
• Install PowerShell
• Exercise - Install Azure PowerShell
• Create an Azure Resource using scripts in Azure PowerShell
• Exercise - Create an Azure Resource using scripts in Azure PowerShell
• Create and save scripts in Azure PowerShell
• Exercise - Create and save scripts in Azure PowerShell
• Summary

• Introduction
• Azure Active Directory overview
• Understand Azure AD licenses and terminology
• Essential features of Azure AD
• Get started with Azure AD
• Summary

• Introduction
• What is Docker?
• How Docker images work
• How Docker containers work
• When to use Docker containers
• Summary

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