DESCRIPTION

This course is aimed at experienced IT Professionals who currently administer their on-premise infrastructure. The course introduces the student to Microsoft Azure and then teaches them how to manage their infrastructure in Azure rather than on premise.

Additionally, this course is the recommended training for exam 70-533, which grants you a Microsoft Specialist Certification in Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

TARGET AUDIENCE

• This course is intended for: Information Technology (IT) professionals who have some knowledge of cloud technologies and want to learn more about Microsoft Azure. IT professionals who want to deploy, configure, and administer services and virtual machines in Microsoft Azure. IT professional who have used Microsoft System Center to manage and orchestrate a Microsoft server infrastructure. Windows Server administrators who are looking to evaluate and migrate on-premises Active Directory roles and services to the cloud. IT professionals who want to use Windows Azure to host web sites and mobile app back-end services. IT professionals who are experienced in other non-Microsoft cloud technologies, who meet the course prerequisites, and are looking to cross-train on Microsoft Azure. IT professionals who want to take the Microsoft Certification exam, 70-533, Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions.

OBJECTIVES

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Describe Azure architecture components including infrastructure, tools, and portals.
• Implement and manage virtual networking within Azure and to connect to on-premises environments.
• Plan and create Azure virtual machines.
• Configure, manage, and monitor Azure virtual machines to optimize availability and reliability.
• Implement, manage, backup and monitor storage solutions.
• Plan and implement data services based on SQL Database to support applications.
• Deploy and configure websites.
• Deploy, configure, monitor, and diagnose cloud services.
• Publish content through CDNs and publish videos by using Media Services.
• Create and manage Azure AD directories, and configure application integration with Azure AD.
• Integrate on-premises Windows AD with Azure AD.
• Automate operations in Azure management by using PowerShell runbooks.

PREREQUISITES REQUIRED

• Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 Boot Camp
• Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 (R2 Update)
• Administering Windows Server 2012 Boot Camp
• Administering Windows Server 2012 (R2 Update)
• Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services Boot Camp
• Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services (R2 Update)