This course offers an overview of these services, providing the knowledge necessary to design hybrid solutions properly. It also includes a number of demonstrations and labs that enable students to develop hands-on skills that are necessary when implementing such solutions.
Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft Azure
This module starts with a general overview of cloud computing, and then focuses on Microsoft Azure and its technologies that offer integration opportunities. It also introduces the most common methods of interacting with Azure, including the Azure portals, Azure PowerShell, Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI), and Microsoft Visual Studio. The module concludes by covering Azure deployment models, which dictate how you provision and manage Azure services.
Lessons
Overview of cloud computing and Azure
Overview of the Azure deployment models
Lab : Use Azure portal, Azure PowerShell, and Microsoft Visual Studio to deploy and manage Azure resources
Deploying Microsoft Azure VMs by using the Azure portal
Deploying Azure VMs by using Azure PowerShell
Creating and deploying an Azure Resource Manager deployment template
Identify and delete newly deployed resources
Module 2: Integrating with Azure Compute services
This module explores the different compute resources available in Azure in the context of hybrid scenarios. It first explains the differences between Azure Virtual Machines and Azure Cloud Services and how you can use each of them to migrate on-premises workloads. Next, it describes the process of migrating on-premises virtual machines to Azure by using virtual machine images and disks. It also explains the process of extending Big Compute workloads to Azure by integrating them with on-premises high performance computing (HPC) deployments and by using Azure Batch. The module concludes with an explanation on containers and Azure Service Fabric.
Lessons
Overview of Azure virtual machines and Azure cloud services
Migrating workloads to Azure virtual machines by using virtual machine images and disks
Extending HPC workloads to Azure
Integrating compute workloads by using containers and Azure Service Fabric
Lab : Uploading an on-premises virtual disk file to Azure
Preparing for an upload of a virtual disk file to Azure
Uploading a virtual disk file to Azure
Lab : Moving containers between on-premises Hyper V virtual machines and Azure virtual machines
Creating a Docker host by using Docker Machine
Deploying a private Docker Registry in Azure
Module 3: Integrating with Microsoft Azure virtual networks
This module introduces the Azure Virtual Network service and its components. It also describes how to implement Azure virtual networks and integrate them with your on-premises computing resources by establishing direct network connectivity between the two environments.
Lessons
Overview of Azure Virtual Network Service
Extending on-premises networks to Azure
Lab : Implementing a point-to-site VPN by using Azure Resource Manager
Preparing a Microsoft Azure subscription for implementing a point-to-site VPN
Completing the point-to-site VPN setup
Testing a point-to-site VPN from an on-premises virtual machine
Module 4: Integrating with Azure Storage and data services
This module starts with a description of Azure Storage types and their capabilities. It then describes Azure Backup, StorSimple hybrid storage solution, Microsoft SQL Server Stretch Database, Azure Data Factory with Data Management Gateway, and Azure Content Delivery Network. It concludes with a detailed walkthrough of the implementation of Azure Recovery Services agent-based and Microsoft Azure Backup Server-based backups.
Lessons
Overview of Azure Storage and data services
Implementing Azure Backup for on-premises workloads
Lab : Implementing the Azure Recovery Services agent-based backups
Preparing your Microsoft Azure subscription for the implementation
Configuring a virtual machine for Azure Recovery Services agent-based backups
Testing the backup of the virtual machine files and folders
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