Microsoft Azure is a public cloud computing platform that offers a variety of services, including compute, analytics, storage, and networking. Businesses can use these services to build and scale new applications or run existing ones in the cloud. Azure helps organizations meet their goals by offering tools that support various industries, such as e-commerce and finance. It's compatible with open-source technologies, giving users the flexibility to work with their preferred tools.

Azure provides four types of cloud computing models: infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), software as a service (SaaS), and serverless computing. With its wide range of services, Azure is used for diverse purposes, including running virtual machines or containers to host infrastructure components like DNS servers, Windows Server services (such as IIS), or third-party applications. Azure also supports operating systems like Linux.

Another common use of Azure is hosting databases in the cloud. It offers serverless relational databases like Azure SQL and non-relational options such as NoSQL. Additionally, many organizations use Azure for backup, disaster recovery, and long-term data storage to meet retention requirements.

Growth in the cloud market continues to be very strong, and Microsoft is poised to see rapid and sustained growth in its cloud share. This training course gives hands on experience so you can work for your customers to move their workloads to and manage them in Azure on a daily basis, this course will help you break into the growing Azure space to take advantage of cloud technologies. This course will prepare you for the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ-900 exam. Upon successful completion of the training course, you can apply to job roles like: Azure Administrator, AI Engineer, Data Analyst, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, Database Administrator, Developer and Security Engineer.

Skills Gained

You will:

• Discuss the basics of cloud computing and Azure, and how to get started with Azure's subscriptions and accounts.
• Describe the advantages of using cloud computing services, learning to differentiate between the categories and types of cloud computing, and how to examine the various concepts, resources, and terminology that are necessary to work with Azure architecture.
• Outline the core services available with Microsoft Azure.
• Discuss the core solutions that encompass a wide array of tools and services from Microsoft Azure.
• Describe the general security and network security features, and how you can use the various Azure services to help ensure that your cloud resources are safe, secure, and trusted.
• Discuss the identity, governance, privacy, and compliance features, and how Azure can help you secure access to cloud resources, what it means to build a cloud governance strategy, and how Azure adheres to common regulatory and compliance standards.
• Discuss the factors that influence cost, tools you can use to help estimate and manage your cloud spend, and how Azure's service-level agreements (SLAs) can impact your application design decisions.

Prerequisites:

There are no prerequisites for taking this course. However, the more technical knowledge a student has, the more they will understand about the cloud.

Module 1: Cloud Concepts

‍Lessons:

• Introduction to Azure fundamentals
• Discuss Azure fundamental concepts
• Describe core Azure architectural components

After completing this module, students will be able to::

• Understand the benefits of cloud computing in Azure and how it can save time and money.
• Explain concepts such as high availability, scalability, elasticity, agility, and disaster recovery.
• Describe core Azure architecture components, including subscriptions, management groups, and resources.
• Summarize geographic distribution concepts such as Azure regions, region pairs, and availability zones.

Module 2: Describe Azure Architecture and Services

‍Lessons:

• Explore Azure compute services
• Explore Azure networking services
• Explore Azure storage services
• Explore Azure database and analytics services

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand the services available in Azure, including compute, network, storage, and databases.
• Identify virtualization services such as Azure VMs, Azure Container Instances, and Azure Kubernetes.
• Compare Azure's database services such as Azure Cosmos DB, Azure SQL, and Azure Database for MySQL.
• Examine Azure networking resources such as Virtual Networks, VPN Gateways, and Azure ExpressRoute.
• Summarize Azure storage services, including Azure Blob Storage, Azure Disk Storage, and Azure File Storage.

Module 3: Core Solutions and Management Tools

‍Lessons:

• Choose the best AI service for your needs
• Choose the best tools to help organizations build better solutions
• Choose the best monitoring service for visibility, insight, and outage mitigation
• Choose the best tools for managing and configuring your Azure environment
• Choose the best Azure serverless technology for your business scenario
• Choose the best Azure IoT service for your application

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Choose the correct Azure AI service to address different business challenges.
• Choose the best software development process tools and services for a given business scenario.
• Choose the correct cloud monitoring service to address different business challenges.
• Choose the correct Azure management tool to address different technical needs.
• Choose the right serverless computing technology for your business scenario.
• Choose the best Azure IoT service for a given business scenario.

Module 4: Describe General Security and Network Security Features

‍Lessons:

• Protect against security threats on Azure
• Secure network connectivity on Azure

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Strengthen your security posture and protect against threats by using Azure Security Center.
• Collect and act on security data from many different sources using Microsoft Sentinel.
• Manage dedicated physical servers to host your Azure VMs for Windows and Linux.
• Identify the layers that make up a defense-in-depth strategy.
• Explain how Azure Firewall enables you to control what traffic is allowed on the network.
• Configure network security groups to filter network traffic to and from Azure resources.
• Explain how Azure DDoS Protection helps protect your Azure resources from DDoS attacks.

Module 5: Describe Identity, Governance, Privacy, and Compliance Features

‍Lessons:

• Secure access to your applications using Azure identity services
• Build a cloud governance strategy on Azure
• Examine privacy, compliance, and data protection standards on Azure

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Explain the difference between authentication and authorization.
• Describe how Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) provides identity and access management.
• Explain the role of single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and Conditional Access.
• Make organizational decisions about your cloud environment using the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) for Azure.
• Define who can access cloud resources using Azure role-based access control (RBAC).
• 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 using Azure Policy.
• Enable governance at scale across multiple Azure subscriptions using Azure Blueprints.
• Explain the types of compliance offerings that are available on Azure.
• Gain insight into regulatory standards and compliance on Azure.
• Explain Azure capabilities that are specific to government agencies.

Module 6: Describe Azure Cost Management and Service Level Agreements

‍Lessons:

• Plan and manage your Azure costs
• Choose the right Azure services by examining SLAs and service lifecycle

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Use the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator.
• Describe the different ways you can purchase Azure products and services.
• Use the Pricing Calculator to estimate the monthly cost of running your cloud workloads.
• Define the major factors that affect total cost and apply recommended practices to minimize cost.
• Describe what a service-level agreement (SLA) is and why SLAs are important.
• Identify factors, such as the service tier you choose, that can affect an SLA.
• Combine SLAs to compute a composite SLA.
• Describe the service lifecycle in Azure.

This course will provide foundational level knowledge on Azure covering key areas of:

• Cloud concepts
• Cloud types (Public, Private, Hybrid)
• Azure service types (IaaS, SaaS, PaaS)
• Core Azure services, core solutions and management tools
• Security, compliance, privacy, and trust
• Azure pricing levels, service level agreements
• Legacy and modern lifecycles