Microsoft Azure is one of the fastest growing public cloud computing platforms to help the organizations to meet its challenges, with the help of Infrastructure as a service (IAAS), Platform as a service (PAAS) & Software as a service (SAAS). Microsoft Azure acts as a tool to recover backups and site for businesses and protects data. It is a fast, flexible and affordable platform for an organization moving towards IoT and wants a global presence.

In Microsoft Azure training, you will be able to understand how useful a Microsoft Azure for services like analytics, networking, storage and much more. The training includes the role of Azure, managing customer web traffic at the peak time based on an auto scale feature. One of the key features of the Microsoft Azure, it helps the businesses to manage millions of devices & gain important insights to make precise decisions according to the situation.

In this Microsoft Azure course by Uplatz, you will be introduced to cloud computing, Microsoft Azure services, how to install and create an account, Azure CLI and power cell and much more. You will also get a hand on experience on how to move and organize resources & how to create a resource group and deploy resources in it.

Module 01 - Introduction to Cloud Computing & Microsoft Azure

1.1 Introduction to cloud computing
1.2 What is Microsoft Azure?
1.3 Microsoft Azure Services
1.4 Creating a Microsoft Azure Account
1.5 Azure CLI, Azure Powershell
1.6 Managing Azure Resources & Subscriptions
1.7 Azure Resource Manager
1.8 Microsoft Azure Architecture

Hands-on Exercise:
1. Move and organised resources in the resource groups
2. Create a resource Groups and deploy resources in it.

Module 02 - Implementing Azure Storage

2.1 Introduction Azure Storage Account
2.2 Explain types -Azure Blob Storage, Azure Files Storage,Azure Table Storage, Azure Queue Storage, Azure Storage Explorer
2.3 Attach & Detach an External Storage Account
2.4 Azure Shared Access Sgnature (SAS).

Hands-on Exercise: 
1. Create Storage Account
2. Create and manage Azure Blob
3. Create and manage Azure File Storage
4. Create and manage Azure Queue Storage
5. Create and manage Azure Table Storage
6. Download and Set Up Storage Explorer
7. Attach and detach external storage account in storage Explorer
8. Access Storage Services using Storage Explorer.

Module 03 - Securing & Managing Azure Storage

3.1 Azure Storage Replication
3.2 Why Azure Storage Replication?
3.3 Data Replication Options
3.4 Azure Import/Export Service
3.5 How Import/Export Service Works
3.6 Azure File Sync, Azure Backup Service
3.7 Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN).

Hands-on Exercise:
1. Create Archive Backup
2. Create SNapshot Backup
3. Create AZ Copy Backup
4. Create and Use CDN Endpoints.

Module 04 - Create & Configure Virtual Machines

4.1 Introduction to Azure Virtual Machines
4.2 Virtual Machine Configurations
4.3 Creating and Configuring Azure VM
4.4 Data Disks in Azure
4.5 Creating VM from an existing OS disk
4.6 Azure VMs & Interfaces
4.7 Introduction to ARM templates
4.8 Introduction to VHD templates
4.9 Creating Virtual Machines using templates
4.10 Introduction to Custom Images of Azure VM.

Hands-on Exercise: 
1. Create and congfigure a Virtual Machine
2. Creating a VM from VHD Template
3. Deploying a VM from a Custom Image.

Module 05 - Configuring High Availability for Azure VMs

5.1 Why Use Virtual Machine Scale Sets
5.2 Virtual Machine Availability Sets
5.3 Backing Up Azure Virtual Machines
5.4 VM Back Up Policies
5.5 Restoring Azure Virtual machines
5.6 Azure Site Recovery.

Hands-on Exercise:
1. Create and configure a Virtual Machine
2. Create a Scale Set
3. Creating a VM from VHD Template
4. Deploying a VM from a Custom Image
5. Take a back up of an Azure VM
6. Restore the VM
7. Create a Scale Set.

Module 06 - Azure Virtual networks & Network Security groups

6.1 Introduction to Azure Virtual Networks
6.2 Azure Vnet Components
6.3 IP Addresess – Public & Private IPs
6.4 Azure Vnet Subnets
6.5 Azure Network Interface Cards (NIC)
6.6 Network Security Group (NSG)
6.7 NSG Rules
6.8 Creating Route Tables, Service Tags
6.9 Introduction to Azure DNS and Private DNS.

Hands-on Exercise: 
1. Assigning Static IP
2. Creating Azure Vnet from Scratch
3. Creating and Attaching NIC to VM
4. Creating and using NSG
5. Create and configure DNS.

Module 07 - Managing Traffic and Connectivity

7.1 Introduction to Azure Load Balancers
7.2 Troubleshooting Azure Load Balancers
7.3 Azure Network Watcher
7.4 Virtual Network Gateway
7.5 Vnet Peering, Vnet to Vnet Connection Gateway, Vnet Site to Site Connection
7.6 Azure Express Route, Express Route Circuits, Express Route Peering.

Hands-on Exercise:
1. Create and Configure Vnet to Vnet Peering
2. Create and Configure Vnet to Vnet Gateway Connection
3. Create Internal Load Balancer
4. Create Public Load Balancer
5. Estabalish site to site VPN gateway Connection.

Module 08 - Access management in Azure

8.1 What is Access Management in Azure?
8.2 Role Based Access Management (RBAC)
8.3 Built in Roles in Access Management
8.4 Structure of Role Definitions
8.5 Creating a Custom Role
8.6 Role Assignment in Azure Resources, Azure Users & Groups, RBAC Policies.

Hands-on Exercise:
1. Creating a Custom Role
2. Attach policies to the role
3. Assigning role to Azure resources.

Module 09 - Managing Azure Active Directory

9.1 What is Active Directory
9.2 Why Azure Active Directory?
9.3 What is Windows Active Directory?
9.4 Windows AD Vs Azure AD, Azure AD Users, Azure AD Groups,Azure AD Domains, Azure AD Tenants.

Hands-on Exercise:
1. Create an Azure Active Directory
2. Create Azure AD Users – Guests and Members
3. Assign roles to Users, Create Azure AD Groups
4. Create a Custom Domain in Azure Active Directory.

Module 10 - Managing Hybrid Identities & Implementing Authentication

10.1 What is Azure AD Connect?
10.2 Features of Azure AD Connect
10.3 Authentication Options, AD Connect Password hash Synchronization
10.4 AD Connect Federation Integration, Azure AD Connect Health Monitoring
10.5 Self Service password Reset (SSPR)
10.6 Implementing Multi Factor Authentication (MFA).

Hands-on Exercise:
1. Configure Azure AD Connect
2. Manage Azure AD Connect Health operations
3. Enable and implement Self service password reset for a certain user
4. Enable and implement Multi factor Authentication for users.

Module 11 - Azure compute services

11.1 Data Disks in Azure
11.2 Azure VMs & Interfaces
11.3 ARM templates and VHD templates
11.4 Custom Images of Azure VM
11.5 Virtual Machine Scale Sets
11.6 Virtual Machine Availability Sets
11.7 Backing Up Azure Virtual Machines
11.8 VM Back Up Policies, Restoring Azure Virtual machines
11.9 Azure Site Recovery
11.10 App Service Web App for Containers
11.11 App Service plan
11.12 Networking for an App Service
11.13 Deployment slots, Container image
11.14 Azure Kubernetes Service
11.15 Azure Container Registry

Hands-on Exercise:
1. Create Networking for an App Service
2. Create Azure Container Registry
3. Backing Up Azure Virtual Machines
4. VM Back Up Policies
5. Restoring Azure Virtual machines