Microsoft Azure Administrator

Learn How To Administrate Microsoft Azure

Learn what you need to be a Microsoft Azure Administrator
Prepare for the Microsoft Azure Administrator exam
Taught by Microsoft Certified Trainers
Includes official Microsoft material

Who should take this course

IT and Azure Administrators and Professionals

Prerequisites

Ideally, you should have proficiency in using PowerShell, the Command Line Interface, Azure Portal, ARM templates, operating systems, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, storage structures, and networking.

Manage Azure subscriptions and resources
Implement and manage storage
Deploy and manage virtual machines (VMs)
Configure and manage virtual networks
Manage identities

Course Overview

In this course, delegates will gain knowledge of how to manage their Azure subscriptions and create and scale virtual machines. They will gain an understanding of how to implement storage solutions, configure virtual networking, back up and share data, connect Azure and on-premises sites, manage network traffic, implement Azure Active Directory, secure identities, and monitor your solution.

In this 5-Day course, delegates will learn about basic storage features, including storage accounts, blob storage, Azure files, and storage security. They will also learn about data replication strategies, backing up files and folders, and virtual machine backups. This course explains multi-factor authentication, self-service password reset, Azure AD identity protection, Azure Active Directory (AD), and Azure AD Join.

This course will prepare IT professionals for the Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate Certification by passing exam AZ-103.

Course Content

Module 1: Azure Administration

In this module, delegates will learn about Azure Administrator uses to manage their infrastructure. This module includes Azure Portal, Azure PowerShell, Cloud Shell, CLI, resource manager, and resource manager templates.

Lesson

Resource Groups
Azure PowerShell and CLI
Resource Manager
ARM Templates

Module 2: Virtual Machines

This module describes Azure virtual machines including planning, creating, availability and extensions.

Lesson

Virtual Machine Planning
Creating Virtual Machines
Virtual Machine Availability
Virtual Machine Extensions
Lab: Deploy and Manage Virtual Machines

Module 3: Azure Storage

In this module, delegates will learn about basic storage features, including storage accounts, blob storage, Azure files, and storage security.

Lesson

Storage Accounts
Azure Blobs
Azure Files
Storage Security
Lab: Deploy and Manage Virtual Machines

Module 4: Virtual Networking

In this module, delegates will gain knowledge of virtual networks, IP addressing, Azure DNS, and network security groups.

Lesson

Virtual Networks
IP Addressing
Azure DNS
Network Security Groups
Lab: Implement and Manage Virtual Networking

Module 5: Data Protection

This data protection module describes data replication strategies, backing up files and folders, and virtual machine backups.

Lesson

Data Replication
File and Folder Backups
Virtual Machine Backups
Lab: Azure Site Recovery Between Regions

Module 6: Intersite Connectivity

In this module, delegates will learn about intersite connectivity features, including VNet Peering, VNet-to-VNet connections, Site-to-Site Connections, and ExpressRoute.

Lesson

Service Endpoints and Network Routing
VNet-to-VNet Connections
ExpressRoute
Lab: VNet Peering and Service Chaining

Module 7: Network Traffic Management

This module explains network traffic strategies, including service endpoints, network routing, Azure Load Balancer, and Azure Traffic Manager.

Lesson

Service Endpoints and Network Routing
Azure Load Balancer
Azure Traffic Manager
Lab: Load Balancer and Traffic Manager

Module 8: Subscriptions and Accounts

In this module, delegates will gain knowledge about managing subscriptions and accounts, including role-based access control, users and groups, Azure policy, and billing.

Lesson

Subscriptions and Accounts
Role-Based Access Control
Users and Groups
Azure Policy
Billing
Lab: Governance and Compliance

Module 9: Azure Active Directory

In this module, delegates will learn about Azure Active Directory (AD), including Azure AD Connect and Azure AD Join.

Lesson

Azure Active Directory
Azure AD Connect
Azure AD Join
Lab: Implement Directory Synchronisation

Module 10: Securing Identities

This module explains how to secure identities, including multi-factor authentication, self-service password reset, Azure AD identity protection.

Lesson

Multi-Factor Authentication
Azure AD Identity Protection
Self-Service Password Reset
Lab: Azure AD Identity Protection and Self-Service Password Reset

Module 11: Sharing Data

In this module, delegates will learn about how to share data using import and export service, content delivery network, data box, and file sync.

Lesson

Import and Export Service
Data Box
Content Delivery Network
File Sync
Lab: File Sync

Module 12: Monitoring

This module explains monitoring Azure infrastructure, alerting, log analytics, and network watcher.

Lesson

Azure Monitor
Azure Alerts
Log Analytics
Network Watcher
Lab: File Sync

About Wokingham

Wokingham

Wokingham is an ancient market town located in Berkshire, England that is 39 miles west of London. It is 11 km south-east of Reading, 13 km north of Camberley and 6.4 km west of Bracknell. According to 2011 census, Wokingham had a population of around 30,690.

Wokingham was called Borough before 1974 reorganisation of local government. Later Wokingham was merged with Wokingham rural district to establish a new Wokingham District. Borough granted its status in 2007.

Governance

Nothern part of Wokingham, centred on Ashridge was separated part of Wiltshire. The area was extended well into town centre before being transferred to Berkshire in 1844. In 1894 ancient parish was divided into rural and urban civil parishes. In 1974 Wokingham was merged with Wokingham Rural District under Local Government Act 1972 to create a non-metropolitan district of Wokingham. Since 1998 Wokingham is a unitary authority area. Wokingham consists of 54 elected councillors. Council is headed by one councillor known as the chairman of the council. Council elections are held in three out of every four years with Conservative party having a majority since 2002 election. Offices of Borough Council are based at Shute End. In Wokingham, successor parish continued to exist. Wokingham Town Council administers Wokingham. This council is elected every four years, and consists of 25 councillors that represent Wescott, Norreys, Evendons and Emmbrook and these are four wards of the town. Every year one is elected as Mayor. In 1860 present town hall was erected in Guildhall site. The constituency of Wokingham MP is Conservative John Redwood who has represented Wokingham since 1987.

Education

Wokingham has four secondary schools. Elmbrook School is a co-education school that is a Maths and Computing College. St Crispin's School is also a co-educational school which is a Computing and Maths College. In 1931, The Holl School was founded in the Dower House of Beches’s Manor, and it is a girls' school. The Holl School is also a Science and Language College. Forest School is a boys school and an enterprise as well as a business college. There is Private School also in Wokingham. In 1945 Holme Grange School for Girls was founded and for boys aged 3-`16 years. At Luckley, Luckley House School was founded in 1918 for girls aged 11-18. In 1937 Ludgrove School shifted to Wixenford house. White House Preparatory School was closed. The oldest school in Wokingham Borough, Reading Blue Coal School was founded in 1666. Blue Coat is situated in Sonning village since 1946 and has catchment areas of South Oxfordshire and most of Berkshire.