Course Outline
Module 1: Describe core Azure concepts
This module offers an entry-level, end-to-end overview of Azure and its capabilities, laying a solid foundation for completing the Azure Fundamentals curriculum.
Lessons
- Introduction to Azure fundamentals
- Discussing Azure fundamental concepts
- Describing core Azure architectural components
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Understand the benefits of cloud computing in Azure, including how it can save time and money.
- Explain key 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 core Azure services
In this module, learners explore core Azure services, including Azure Database, Azure Compute, Azure Storage, and Azure Networking.
Lessons
- Explore Azure database and analytics services
- Explore Azure compute services
- Explore Azure Storage services
- Explore Azure networking services
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Understand the available Azure services, including compute, network, storage, and databases.
- Identify virtualization services such as Azure VMs, Azure Container Instances, and Azure Kubernetes.
- Compare Azure database services, including 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: Describe core solutions and management tools on Azure
This module covers AI and machine learning, Azure DevOps, monitoring and management fundamentals, serverless computing fundamentals, and IoT fundamentals.
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:
- Select the appropriate Azure AI service to address various business challenges.
- Choose the best software development process tools and services for a given business scenario.
- Select the correct cloud monitoring service to address different business challenges.
- Choose the correct Azure management tool to meet technical needs.
- Select 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
In this module, learners learn how to protect against security threats and secure networks using Azure.
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 using Azure Security Center.
- Collect and act on security data from multiple sources using Azure Sentinel.
- Manage dedicated physical servers to host Azure VMs for Windows and Linux.
- Identify the layers that constitute a defense in depth strategy.
- Explain how Azure Firewall enables control over allowed network traffic.
- Configure network security groups to filter traffic to and from Azure resources.
- Explain how Azure DDoS Protection helps safeguard Azure resources from DDoS attacks.
Module 5: Describe identity, governance, privacy, and compliance features
This module covers Azure identity services, cloud governance strategy development, and privacy, compliance, and data protection standards on Azure.
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 Azure Active Directory provides identity and access management.
- Explain the roles of single sign-on (SSO), multifactor authentication, and Conditional Access.
- Make organizational decisions about your cloud environment using the CAF for Azure.
- Define who can access cloud resources using Azure role-based access control.
- Apply a resource lock to prevent accidental deletion of Azure resources.
- Apply tags to Azure resources to describe their purpose.
- Control and audit resource creation using Azure Policy.
- Enable governance at scale across multiple Azure subscriptions using Azure Blueprints.
- Explain the types of compliance offerings available on Azure.
- Gain insight into regulatory standards and compliance on Azure.
- Explain Azure capabilities specific to government agencies.
Module 6: Describe Azure cost management and service level agreements
In this module, learners plan and manage Azure costs, and select appropriate Azure services by examining SLAs and service lifecycles.
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 Calculator.
- Describe different ways to purchase Azure products and services.
- Use the Pricing calculator to estimate the monthly cost of running cloud workloads.
- Define major factors affecting total cost and apply recommended practices to minimize expenses.
- Describe what a service-level agreement (SLA) is and why SLAs are important.
- Identify factors, such as service tier choices, that can affect an SLA.
- Combine SLAs to compute a composite SLA.
- Describe the service lifecycle in Azure.
Requirements
There are no prerequisites for this course. However, participants with more technical knowledge will likely gain a deeper understanding of cloud computing.
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