Course Outline

Lesson 1: Azure Fundamentals

•  Introduction to Azure
•  Different segments SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS
•  Azure Regions and Data Centers
•  Overview of all Azure services
•  Azure portal

Lesson 2: Azure Storage

•  Understanding Storage Account
•  Features
•  Storage Account Replication Techniques: LRS, ZRS, GRS & RA-GRS
•  Protocols
•  Consistency Model

Lesson 3: Azure File Storage

•  Use cases for Azure File Storage
•  Share, Files and Folders
•  Access control

Lesson 4: Azure Blob Storage

•  Use cases for Azure Blob Storage
•  Containers
•  Block Blob
•  Page Blob
•  Access Control
•  Shared Access Signatures
•  Locking Operations

Lesson 5: Azure Table Storage

•  Brief intro to NoSQL
•  Use cases for Azure Table Storage
•  Schema for Azure Tables
•  Scaling Tables
•  Access Control

Lesson 6: Azure Queue Storage

•  Need for Queues
•  Understanding Azure Queues
•  Hands-on Lab: Microsoft Azure Storage Lab; Using File storage, Blog storage, and Table Storage

Lesson 7: Azure CDN

•  Introduction to CDN
•  Need for CDN
•  Setting up CDN on Azure
•  Hands-on Lab: Managing content using CDN

Lesson 8: Azure Virtual Networks Overview

•  IP Addressing
•  What is a Virtual Network?
•  Understanding Network ACL and Network Security Group
•  Why is it needed?
•  Creating Virtual Networks in Azure
•  VPN options:
•  Architectural difference between Azure VPNs like VNET to VNET, point-to-site and site-to-site.
•  Endpoints
•  Load Balancing Endpoints
•  Private and Public IP
•  ExpressRoute
•  Hands-on Lab: Create a virtual network Azure Virtual Networks (VNet to VNet connection)

Lesson 9: Azure Web Apps

•  Understanding Web App tiers
•  Resource Group and Web Hosting Plans in the New Preview portal
•  Supported language
•  Scaling of Websites
•  Deployment sources
•  Deployment pipeline
•  Security
•  Frameworks
•  Pricing
•  Monitoring
•  Understanding Web Jobs
•  Hands-on Lab: Deploy and create staging to prod deployment pipeline for Azure website

Lesson 10: Azure Virtual Machines

•  Understanding VMs architecture
•  Types of OS supported Images by Azure
•  Virtual Machine instances
•  Virtual Machine Types
•  Compute Tiers
•  Instance Types
•  Pricing
•  Understanding OS disk and Data disk
•  Understanding Custom Image
•  Understanding concepts of: Load balancing, Availability Set and Auto Scaling
•  Types of Provisioning
•  Disks & Images
•  Virtual Machine management, automation and scripting
•  Cloud Service
•  Endpoints
•  Load Balanced Endpoint
•  Hands-on Lab: Creating VMs under VNet and managing security using Network ACL

Lesson 11: Azure Cloud Services

•  Features of Cloud Services
•  Deployment
•  Benefits
•  Roles
•  Web Role
•  Worker Role
•  Understanding Fault Domain
•  Understanding Upgrade Domain
•  Types of Configuration file
•  Deployment pipeline
•  Components
•  Specifications
•  Hands-on Lab: Deploying Application package with Azure Cloud Services

Lesson 12: Azure SQL Database

•  Understanding Database as a service
•  SQL Database is not SQL Server
•  Advance Capabilities
•  Benefits of SQL database
•  Scaling SQL database
•  Backup Options
•  Performance Model
•  Security
•  SQL Reporting
•  SQL Data Sync
•  SQL Federation
•  Pricing
•  Hands-on Lab: Migrate a database from on - premise to SQL Azure

Lesson 13: Implement an Azure Active Directory

•  Active Directory Fundamentals
•  Understanding Azure Active Directory
•  Self-Managed Azure AD
•  Need for Azure Active Directory
•  Azure AD data sync
•  Issues with data sync and how to solve it
•  Moving local AD to Azure AD
•  Integration Scenarios
•  Cloud Native App AD
•  Desktop App AD
•  Federation App AD
•  Single Sign-on for SaaS
•  Multi-Factor Authentication
•  Role-based Access Control
•  ADFS and Azure Access Control Service
•  Hands-on Lab: Authentication On‐Premise app using Azure AD

Lesson 14: Provisioning Infrastructure PowerShell

•  Evolution of Script
•  Azure PowerShell cmdlets
•  Understanding PowerShell DSC
•  Hands-on Lab: Provisioning infrastructure using PowerShell cmdlets

Lesson 15: Azure Mobile Service

•  Requirement of Mobile App development
•  Azure MBaaS
•  Cross Platform App development
•  Authentication Flow
•  Understanding Push Notification

Lesson 16: Azure HDInsight

•  BigData
•  Hadoop
•  Azure HDInsight Service

Lesson 17: Azure Media Services

Lesson 18: Developing on Azure

•  For High Availability
•  For High Scalability
•  Disaster Recovery
•  Cost Optimization

Lesson 19: Monitoring Strategy with Azure

•  Monitoring tools
•  Monitoring web apps using Visual Studio
•  Monitoring services using Azure portal
•  Hands-on Lab: Monitoring services using various tools

Lesson 20: Azure Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

•  Business Continuity Guidance
•  Disaster Recovery & High Availability
•  Azure Site Recovery
•  Hyper‐V Replica

Lesson 20: Azure Automation

•  Automation Account
•  Runbook
•  Scheduled Jobs
•  Use case for Azure Automation Configuration
•  Discussion about the Azure Exam 70-534: Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions