Microsoft Azure Administrator

Course Duration:  30 hours
                          5 days training
                          9am - 3pm

Course Schedule: Monday - Friday
                          Every Saturday
                          Every Sunday

Equipment:  Real server computer (dual processor)
                  10k RPM SAS drive
                  Fast internet

Inclusion (face-to-face training): Lunch Meal
                                               Certificate of completion
                                               Training handout
                                               Review material for exam
                                               Free flowing coffee

Inclusion (Online Training):  Certificate of completion
                                        Training handout (soft copy)
                                        Review material for exam

Day 1

Manage Azure AD objects
• Create users and groups
• Manage licenses in Azure AD
• Create administrative units
• Manage user and group properties
• Manage device settings and device identity
• Perform bulk updates
• Manage guest accounts
• Configure self-service password reset

Manage access control
• Create custom role-based access control (RBAC) and Azure AD roles
• Provide access to Azure resources by assigning roles at different scopes
• Interpret access assignments

Manage Azure subscriptions and governance
• Configure and manage Azure Policy
• Configure resource locks
• Apply and manage tags on resources
• Manage resource groups
• Manage subscriptions
• Manage costs by using alerts, budgets, and recommendations
• Configure management groups 

Day 2

Configure access to storage
• Configure network access to storage accounts
• Create and configure storage accounts
• Generate shared access signature tokens
• Configure stored access policies
• Manage access keys
• Configure Azure AD authentication for a storage account
• Configure storage encryption

Manage data in Azure storage accounts
• Create import and export jobs
• Manage data by using Azure Storage Explorer and AzCopy
• Implement Azure Storage redundancy
• Configure object replication

Configure Azure files and Azure blob storage
• Create an Azure file share
• Configure Azure Blob Storage
• Configure storage tiers
• Configure blob lifecycle management 

Day 3

Automate deployment of resources by using templates
• Modify an ARM template
• Deploy a template
• Save a deployment as an ARM template
• Deploy virtual machine (VM) extensions

Create and configure VMs
• Create a VM
• Manage images by using the Azure Compute Gallery
• Configure Azure Disk Encryption
• Move VMs from one resource group to another
• Manage VM sizes
• Add data disks
• Configure VM network settings
• Configure VM availability options
• Deploy and configure VM scale sets

> Create and configure containers
• Configure sizing and scaling for Azure Container Instances
• Configure container groups for Azure Container Instances
• Create and configure Azure Container Apps
• Configure storage for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Configure scaling for AKS
• Configure network connections for AKS
• Upgrade an AKS cluster
 

Day 4

Create and configure an Azure App Service
• Create an App Service plan
• Configure scaling settings in an App Service plan
• Create an App Service
• Secure an App Service
• Configure custom domain names
• Configure backup for an App Service
• Configure networking settings
• Configure deployment settings

Configure virtual networks
• Create an App Service
• Secure an App Service
• Configure custom domain names
• Configure backup for an App Service
• Configure networking settings
• Configure deployment settings

Configure secure access to virtual networks
• Create and configure network security groups (NSGs) and application security groups (ASGs)
• Evaluate effective security rules
• Implement Azure Bastion
• Configure service endpoints on subnets
• Configure private endpoints
  

Day 5

Configure load balancing
• Configure Azure Application Gateway
• Configure an internal or public load balancer
• Troubleshoot load balancing

Monitor virtual networking
• Monitor on-premises connectivity
• Configure and use Azure Monitor for networks
• Use Azure Network Watcher
• Troubleshoot external networking
• Troubleshoot virtual network connectivity

Monitor resources by using Azure Monitor
• Configure and interpret metrics
• Configure Azure Monitor Logs
• Query and analyze logs
• Set up alerts and actions
• Configure monitoring of VMs, storage accounts, and networks by using VM insights

Implement backup and recovery
• Create an Azure Recovery Services vault
• Create an Azure Backup vault
• Create and configure backup policy
• Perform backup and restore operations by using Azure Backup
• Configure Azure Site Recovery for Azure resources
• Perform failover to a secondary region by using Azure Site Recovery
• Configure and review backup reports