Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

Master The Basics Of Microsoft Azure

The cloud services provided by Microsoft Azure have changed the world, providing businesses with technical services and infrastructure which is reliable, scalable and resilient. Azure Fundamentals provides a comprehensive introduction to Microsoft Azure for those new to cloud technology and its main concepts.

Over 1 day, you'll learn the benefits of Microsoft Azure, strategies for migrating to it, and its features and services for things like networks, storage and security. You will also have the chance to try Azure out for yourself through our hands-on labs.

Who should take this course

The Microsoft Azure Fundamentals course is aimed at those individuals who are interested in evaluating, deploying, configuring, and administering services using Microsoft Azure. This could be:

Developers wishing to work with Azure solutions.
Windows Server administrators who want to migrate from Active Directory to Microsoft Azure Active Directory.
IT professionals who want to use of Microsoft Azure to host websites and mobile app back-end services.
Database Administrators who want to use Microsoft Azure to host SQL databases.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites to attend.

Understand cloud concepts
Understand core Azure services
Understand security, privacy, compliance, and trust
Understand Azure pricing and support

Course Content

Module 1: Cloud Concepts

In this module, you will learn about cloud services, the types of cloud models, and the types of cloud services.

Lessons

Why Cloud Services
Types of Cloud models
Types of Cloud services

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Define cloud computing and its key advantages.
Explain public, private, and hybrid cloud models.
Explain IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS cloud services.

Module 2: Core Azure Services

In this module, you learn about Azure core cloud architectural components, Azure services and products, Azure solutions, and Azure management tools.

Lessons

Core Azure Architectural components
Core Azure Services and Products
Azure Solutions
Azure management tools
Lab : Walkthrough: Create a virtual machine
Lab : Walkthrough: Deploy Azure container instances
Lab : Walkthrough: Create a virtual network
Lab : Walkthrough: Create blob storage
Lab : Walkthrough: Create a SQL database
Lab : Walkthrough: Implement an Azure IoT Hub
Lab : Walkthrough: Implement Azure Functions
Lab : Walkthrough: Create a web app
Lab : Walkthrough: Create a VM with a Template
Lab : Walkthrough: Create a VM with PowerShell
Lab : Walkthrough: Create a VM with CLI

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Identify core Azure architectural components, such as regions, geographies, and resource groups.
Identify usage cases for Azure core services and products, such as virtual machines and storage.
Identify usage cases for Azure solutions, such as the Internet of Things and Machine Learning.
Identify what Azure management tools are available such as Azure PowerShell and the CLI.

Module 3: Security, Privacy, Compliance, and Trust

In this module, you learn about Azure security, identity, governance, monitoring, reporting, and standards.

Lessons

Secure network connectivity
Core Azure identity services
Security tools and features
Azure governance methodologies
Monitoring and reporting
Privacy, compliance, and data protection standards
Lab : Walkthrough: Secure network traffic
Lab : Walkthrough: Implement Azure key vault
Lab : Walkthrough: Create an Azure Policy
Lab : Walkthrough: Manage access with RBAC
Lab : Walkthrough: Manage resource locks
Lab : Walkthrough: Implement resource tagging
Lab : Walkthrough: Exploring the Trust Center

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe virtual network security connectivity options such as Network Security Groups.
Describe Azure identity authentication and authorization options.
Describe usage cases for the Security Center, Key vault, threat and information protection options.
Describe Azure policies and role-based access control.
Describe usage cases for Azure Monitor and Azure Service Health.
Describe privacy, compliance, and data protection standards.

Module 4: Azure Pricing and Support

In this module, you will learn about Azure subscriptions, planning and managing costs, support options, SLAs, and service lifecycles.

Lessons

Azure subscriptions
Planning and managing costs
Azure support options
Azure Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
Service lifecycle in Azure
Lab : Walkthrough: Use the Azure Pricing Calculator
Lab : Walkthrough: Use the Azure TCO Calculator
Lab : Walkthrough: Open a Support request
Lab : Walkthrough: Calculate composite SLAs
Lab : Walkthrough: Access Azure Preview features

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Use an Azure subscription.
Plan and manage costs.
Explain Azure support options.
Describe Azure SLAs.
Explain Azure service lifecycles.

About Burton Upon Trent

Burton upon Trent is a town on the stream Trent in East Staffordshire. It was having a populance of 72,299 in 2011. Burton is well known for preparing beer. The town previously produced around Burton Abbey. Burton Bridge was also the site of two fights, in 1322 when Edward II overwhelmed the rebel Earl of Lancaster and 1643 when royalists apprehended the town during the First English Civil War. William Lord Paget and his descendants were responsible for dispersal of the manor house within the grounds of abbey and facilitating the delay of the River Trent Navigation to Burton. Burton developed as a busy market town by the early modern period.

Government:

Burton is the managerial centre for the area of East Staffordshire and forms part of the Burton electorate. The local Member of Assembly is the Traditional Party's Andrew Griffiths, who has indicated the Burton electorate since May 2010. The Traditionalists detached the seat from Labor in the 2010 general election with an 8.7% swing.

In 1978 it was combined as a municipal borough. The combined area was divided between the counties of Staffordshire and Derbyshire - the Local Government Act 1888 combined the total of the area in Staffordshire, including the former Derbyshire parishes of Stapenhill and Winshill. It developed a county borough in 1901, having touched the 50,000 population obligatory.

It never significantly exceeded the population of 50,000, and at a population of 50,201 in the 1971 survey was the smallest county area in England after Canterbury. The Local Government Commission for England optional in the 1960s that it be relegated to a non-county borough within Staffordshire, but this was not applied.

Geography:

It is nearly 109 miles north-west of London, approx. 30 miles to northeast of Birmingham, which is the UK's second largest city and about 23 miles east of the county town Stafford. It is located at the eastern part of the county of Staffordshire; it's an against the course of the River Trent creating part of the county boundary.

Demography:

The total population of town is 43,784 in the 2001 Survey. Winshill and Stapenhill were treated distinctly and together had a additional population of 21,985. According to the 2001 survey, 71% of the town's population classify themselves as Christian, 12% as a nonbeliever or doubting and 8.5% Muslim. In the 2011 census shows that the population of the town is 72,299.