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Deploy and configure infrastructure (40-45%)

Analyze resource utilization and consumption

Section Documentation on Azure Docs

• configure diagnostic settings on resources

  • Diagnostic settings

• create baseline for resources

  • Lynda video

• create and test alerts

  • Alerting on Azure

• analyze alerts across subscription

  • Alerts across subscriptions

• analyze metrics across subscription

  • Alerts across subscriptions

• create action groups

  • Create action group

• monitor for unused resources

  • Use Azure Advisor

• monitor spend

  • Monitor spend

• report on spend

  • Using Cloudyn

• utilize Log Search query functions

  • Log Queries

• view alerts in Azure Monitor logs

  • Create and vew alerts

• visualize diagnostics data using Azure Monitor Workbooks

  • Monitor Workbooks

Create and configure storage accounts

• Section Documentation on Azure Docs

• Labs

• configure network access to the storage account

  • Restrict network access to a resource

• create and configure storage account

  • Create storage account

• generate shared access signature

  • Shared access signature

• implement Azure AD authentication for storage

  • AD Access

• install and use Azure Storage Explorer

  • Storage Explorer

• manage access keys

  • Storage Access Keys

• monitor activity log by using Azure Monitor logs

  • Activity Log

• implement Azure storage replication

  • Storage replication and redundancy

• implement Azure storage account failover

  • Storage account failover

Create and configure a Virtual Machine (VM) for Windows and Linux

Section Documentation on Azure Docs

• configure high availability

  • Linux High Availability

  • Windows High Availability

• configure monitoring, networking, storage, and virtual machine size

  • Monitoring Linux

  • Monitoring Windows

  • Networking Linux

  • Networking Windows

  • Storage Linux

  • Storage Windows

  • VM Sizes Linux

  • VM Sizes Windows

• implement dedicated hosts

  • Dedicated Hosts

• deploy and configure scale sets

  • Scale Sets

Automate deployment of Virtual Machines (VMs)

• Section Documentation on Azure Docs

• Labs

• modify Azure Resource Manager template

  • ARM Templates

• configure location of new VMs

  • Move VM to another region

• configure VHD template

  • VHD Template

• deploy from template

  • Deploy from portal

• save a deployment as an Azure Resource Manager template

  • Deployment as ARM

• deploy Windows and Linux VMs

  • Linux

  • Windows

Implement solutions that use virtual machines (VM)

• provision VMs

  • Linux VM

• create Azure Resource Manager templates

  • Create ARM

• configure Azure Disk Encryption for VMs

  • Encrypt disk on Linux VM

• implement Azure Backup for VMs

  • Backup Azure VM

Implement and manage virtual networking

Labs

• configure private and public IP addresses

  • Private IP

  • Public IP

• network routes, network interface, subnets, and virtual network

  • Traffic Routing

  • Network Interface

  • Subnets

  • Virtual Network

• create and configure Network Security Groups

  • Network Security Groups

• create and configure Application Security Groups

  • Application Security Groups

Create connectivity between virtual networks

• create and configure VNET peering

  • VNet Peering

• create and configure VNET to VNET connections

  • VNet to VNet connections

  • Point to Site connections

• verify virtual network connectivity

  • Check and Troubleshoot

• create virtual network gateway

  • Create Gateway

Manage Azure Active Directory (AD)

• Section Documentation on Azure Docs

• add custom domains

  • Add custom domain

  • When using TXT records, you need to configure the following at your registrar: TXT record (type), Alias (@), Destination (Microsoft generated code) and TTL (Time To Live standard) . When using MX records, you need to configure the following: MX record (type), Alias (@), Destination (Microsoft generated code), TTL (Time to Live standard), Priority (Microsoft auto generated)

• configure Azure AD Identity Protection, Azure AD Join

  • Identity Protection

  • AD Join

• configure self-service password reset

  • Pw reset

• implement conditional access policies

  • Policies

• manage multiple directories

  • Multi-directories

• perform an access review

  • Access Review

Implement and manage hybrid identities

• install and configure Azure AD Connect

  • AD Connect

• configure federation and single sign-on

  • SSO

  • Federation

• manage and troubleshoot Azure AD Connect

  • Azure AD Connect

• troubleshoot password sync and writeback

  • Password writeback