Introduction to Azure

• Cloud technology overview
• Overview of Azure
• Managing Azure with the Azure portal
• Managing Azure with Windows PowerShell
• Overview of Azure Resource Manager
• Azure management services

Managing Microsoft Azure

• Use the Azure portals
• Use Azure Resource Manager features via the Azure portal.
• Use Azure PowerShell

Implementing and managing Azure networking

• Overview of Azure networking
• Implementing and managing Azure virtual networks
• Configuring Azure virtual networks
• Configuring Azure virtual network connectivity
• Overview of Azure classic networking

Using a deployment template to implement Azure virtual networks

• Creating an Azure virtual network by using a deployment template
• Creating a virtual network by using PowerShell
• Configure virtual networks

Configuring connectivity between classic and Azure Resource Manager virtual networks

• Using a PowerShell script to connect a classic VNet and an Azure Resource Manager VNet
• Configuring a point-to-site VPN
• Validating virtual network connectivity

Implementing virtual machines

• Overview of Azure Resource Manager virtual machines
• Planning for Azure virtual machines
• Deploying Azure Resource Manager virtual machines
• Authoring Azure Resource Manager templates
• Overview of classic virtual machines

Creating Azure Resource Manager virtual machines in Azure

• Creating virtual machines by using the Azure portal and Azure PowerShell
• Validating virtual machine creation

Deploying Azure Resource Manager virtual machines by using Azure Resource Manager templates

• Using Visual Studio and an Azure Resource Manager template to deploy virtual machines
• Using Azure PowerShell and an Azure Resource Manager template to deploy virtual machines

Managing Azure virtual machines

• Configuring virtual machines
• Configuring virtual machine disks
• Managing and monitoring Azure virtual machines
• Managing classic virtual machines
• Configuring availability
• Implementing desired state configuration (DSC)
• Implementing storage space–based volumes

Planning and implementing storage, backup, and recovery services

• Planning storage
• Implementing and managing storage
• Implementing Azure Content Delivery Networks
• Implementing Azure Backup
• Planning for and implementing Azure Site Recovery
• Creating and configuring Azure storage
• Using Azure file storage
• Protecting data with Microsoft Azure Backup

Azure Sql databases

• Introduction to Azure SQL databases
• Configuring SQL Database server
• Creating SQL databases
• Connecting to SQL Databases from Sql Server Management studio