Ch 1: Cloud Introduction & Azure
- What is Cloud? Benefits of Cloud?
- Benefits of Cloud Computing?
- Popular Cloud Providers
- Azure Vs Amazon Vs Google Cloud
- Benefits of Microsoft Azure Cloud
- Cloud Environment Types & Options
- SaaS, IaaS and PaaS Implementations
- Cloud Computing Features
- Shared Responsibility Models
- Private, Public and Hybrid Cloud
- Multi Cloud Implementation Model
- Azure Arc Model and Virtual Machine
- Consumption Based Model & OPEx
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Ch 5: Azure Active Directory
- Azure Active Directory (AAD) & Security
- Understanding AD Principals and Tenants
- Azure Active Directory (AAD): Create Users
- Azure Active Directory (AAD): Create Groups
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Owner Role, Contributor and Reader Role
- ACL : Access Control Lists & Security
- Azure BLOB Storage Containers & ACLs
- Folder Level and File Level Security
- ACL Permissions: Read, Write & Execute
- Hierarchical Level Security in Azure
- Access Policy: Creation and Realtime Use
- Permissions: rwacdl; Azure Principals, CORS
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Ch 9: Azure Key Vaults & Pricing
- Azure Key Vaults & ADLS [Data Lake] Security
- Azure Passwords, Keys and Certificates
- Azure Key Vaults - Name and Vault URI
- Inbuilt Managed Key and Azure Key Vaults
- Standard Type, Premium Type Key Vaults
- Secret Page, Key Backups and Key Restores
- Azure Pricing : Parameters
- Region Level Settings, Pricing Dependency
- Storage Resources : Pricing Options
- Azure Subscriptions: Billing Charts
- Tenants and Zero Trust Defenders
- Azure Product Categories, Pricing Units
- Compute Cost and Storage Cost
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Ch 2: Azure Management Infrastructure
- Azure Resource : Concept, Purpose
- Azure Resource Types & Usage
- Storage Resources, Engineering Resources
- Database Resources & IoT Resources
- Resource Group: Purpose & Usage
- Azure Subscriptions and Types
- Billing and Access Control Boundaries
- Azure Management Resource Groups
- Root Management Group & Regions
- Azure Fundamentals : Basic Terminology
- Microsoft Azure : Cloud Benefits
- Comparing SaaS, PaaS and IaaS
- Azure Cloud Account Creation, Subscription
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Ch 6: Azure Monitor & Metrics
- Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
- Azure Monitor Components, Metrics
- Azure Metric Charts and Timelines
- Chart Components; Azure Insights
- Monitor Dashboards and Auditing
- Azure Advisor Options and Service Health
- Azure Alerts and Signal Logic
- Conditions and Signal Value Thresholds
- Evaluation Timelines & Frequency
- Signal Logic Condition Frequency
- Action Rules and their Usage
- Notification Settings& Usage
- Alert Monitoring and Verifications
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Ch 10: Azure Governance & Physical Infra
- Azure Governance Concepts @ Microsoft
- Azure BluePrints & Azure Policy
- Azure Resource Locks, Service Trust Portal
- Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Templates
- Azure Physical Infrastructure Concepts
- Azure Regions, Availability Zones
- Zone Redundant Services, Non Regional
- Region Pairs & Geography Concepts
- Azure Sovereign Regions and Usage
- Azure Infrastructure Hierarchy
- Cloud Computing Options with Azure
- Local and Geo Options & Cost Management
- Azure Product Categories, Pricing Units
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Ch 3: Azure Storage Resources, Usage
- Storage Components in Microsoft Azure
- Azure Storage Services and Types - Uses
- High Availability, Durability & Scalability
- Blob: Binary Large Object Storage
- General Purpose: Gen 1 & Gen 2 Versions
- Blobs, File Share, Queues and Tables
- Data Lake Gen 2 Operations with Azure
- Azure Storage Account Creation
- Azure Storage Container: Usage
- Azure Data Explorer: Operations
- File Uploads, Edits and Access URLs
- Azure Storage Explorer Tool Usage
- Directory Creation, File Operations
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Ch 7: Azure Virtual Machines (VM)
- Azure Virtual Machines, Container Instance
- Advantages of Azure Virtual Machines
- Deploying Azure VMs Using Portal
- VM Types and Sizing Parameters
- Disk Types, CPU and Memory; Scale Sets
- Network Concepts; Firewalls; Availability
- RDP @ Azure VM; Azure Virtual Desktop
- Availability Sets and Availability Zones
- Public Endpoints & Private End Points
- Application Hosting Options with VM
- Web Apps Features & Azure Containers
- Virtual Networking; Subnets & Masks
- Peering, DNS, Gateways, Express Route
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Ch 11: Azure Migrations & Azure Databox
- Azure Migrate : Key Concepts, Advantages
- Azure Data Migration Assistant (DMA) Tool
- On-Premise to Azure Migrations (File)
- On-Premise to Azure Migrations (SQL DB)
- Verifying Migrations: Scalability, Cautions
- Azure Databox : Big Data Storage and
- Azure Databox : Big Data Storage
- Azure Databox : Cloud Data Transfers
- Data Box, Data Box Disk, and Data Box
- Using Robocopy for Data Transfers
- AES Encryptions with Azure Databox
- Using BLOCK BLOB, PAGE BLOB
- Using SMB and NFS Protocols
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Ch 4: Azure Tables & Replication
- Azure Tables - Real-time Usage
- Tables, Entities and Properties Concepts
- Azure Tables: Creation and Data Inserts
- Azure Tables in Portal - GUI and Data Types
- Azure Tables: Data Imports in Explorer
- Data Edits, Queries & Delete Operations
- Azure Storage: Replications and DR Options
- LRS: Locally Redundant Storage
- GRS: Globally Redundant Storage
- ZRS: Zone Redundant Storage
- Replication Options and Advantages
- Replication Verification and Modifications
- Azure Storage Endpoints, Failover Partner
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Ch 8: Networking Entities, Cloud Shell
- Understanding Virtual Networks
- VNET Masks: Realtime Use
- Static and Dynamic IP Address
- Subnets, Peers & Azure Express Route
- IP Range Allocations & ScaleSets
- Azure Active Directory Domain Services
- Azure Power Shell Versus Bash
- Creating Resource Groups with Shell
- Creating Resources, Operations with Shell
- Cloud Computing Options with Azure
- Azure Implementation of Cloud Services
- Azure Monitor Components, Metrics
- Azure Metric Charts and Timelines
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Ch 12: Az 400 Exam Guidance
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