Azure Syllabus

(This syllabus taken by Azure official Curriculum)

Configure Subscriptions
❖ Introduction of Subscriptions
❖ Identify Azure Regions
❖ Implement Azure Subscriptions
❖ Obtain an Azure Subscriptions
❖ Identify Azure Subscription usage
❖ Implement Microsoft Cost Management
❖ Apply resource tagging
❖ Apply cost savings
❖ Labs on Cost Management

Configure Virtual Machines

❖ Introduction of Azure Virtual Machines
❖ Cloud Servies responsibilities
❖ Plan Virtual Machines
❖ Determine Virtual Machine sizing
❖ Determine Virtual Machine Storage
❖ Create Virtual Machine in the Azure Portal
❖ Create a Windows Virtual Machine
❖ Connect to Virtual Machines using RDP connections
❖ Configure Azure Virtual Machine Network settings
❖ Labs on Creatin g Virtual Machines

Configure Virtual Networks

❖ Introduction of Azure Virtual Networks
❖ Plan IP Addressing
❖ Plan Virtual Networks
❖ Create Virtual Network and Subnets
❖ Create Public IP Addressing
❖ Associate Public IP Addresses
❖ Allocate or assign private IP Addresses
❖ Labs on Creating Virtual Network and Subnets
Configure Network Security Groups
❖ Introduction of Network Security Group
❖ Implement Network Security Groups
❖ Determine Network Security Group Rules
❖ Determine Network Security Group effective rules
❖ Create Network Security Group rules
❖ Implement Application Security Groups
❖ Labs on Network Security Group

Configure Azure Virtual Network Peering

❖ Determine Azure Virtual Network peering uses
❖ Determine gateway transit and connectivity
❖ Create Virtual Network peering
❖ Extend peering with user-defined routes and service
❖ Labs on Azure Virtual Network Peering

Configure Azure Load Balancer

❖ Determine Azure Load Balancer uses
❖ Implement a public Load Balancer
❖ Implement an Internal Load Balancer
❖ Determine Load Balancer SKUs
❖ Create back-end pools
❖ Create health probes
❖ Create Load Balancer rules
❖ Azure Load Balancer features and capabilities
❖ Labs on Azure Load Balancer

Configure Azure Application Gateway

❖ Introduction of Azure Application Gateway
❖ Implement Azure Application Gateway
❖ Determine Azure Application Gateway routing
❖ Configure Azure Application Gateway components
❖ Labs on Azure Application Gateway

Host your domain on Azure DNS

❖ Introduction of Azure DNS
❖ Configure Azure DNS to host your domain
❖ Create a DNS Zone and Records manually
 ❖ Dynamically resolve resource name by using alia record
❖ Labs on Azure DNS Zone

Configure Virtual Machine Availability

❖ Introduction of Virtual Machine Availability
❖ Plan for maintenance and downtime
❖ Create Availability Sets
❖ Review update domains and fault domains
❖ Review Availability Zones
❖ Compare Vertical and Horizontal Scaling
❖ Implement Azure Virtual Machine Scale sets
❖ Create Virtual Machine Scale Sets
❖ Implement Auto-scale
❖ Labs on Virtual Machine Availability

Configure Azure Storage account

❖ Introduction of Azure Storage account
❖ Implement Azure Storage
❖ Explore Azure Storage services
❖ Determine storage account types
❖ Determine replication strategies
❖ Access storage
❖ Secure storage endpoints
❖ Labs on Azure Storage account

Create an Azure Storage account

❖ Introduction of Azure Storage account
❖ Decide how many storage accounts you need
❖ Choose your storage settings
❖ Choose an account creation tool
❖ Labs on Creating Storage account

Configure Azure Blob Storage

❖ Introduction of Blob Storage
❖ Implement Azure Blob Storage
❖ Create blob containers
❖ Assign blob access tiers
❖ Add blob lifecycle management rules
 ❖ Determine blob object replication
❖ Upload objects to blobs
❖ Determine Blob Storage pricing
❖ Labs on Azure Blob Storage

Configure Azure Files and Azure File Sync

❖ Introduction of Azure Files Shares
❖ Compare storage for file shares and blob data
❖ Manage Azure File Shares
❖ Create File share snapshots
❖ Implement soft delete for Azure Files
❖ Use Azure Storage Explore
❖ Deploy Azure File Sync
❖ Labs on Azure Storage Files

Upload, Download and manage data with Azure Storage Explorer

❖ Introduction of Azure Storage Explorer
❖ Connect Azure Storage Explorer to a storage account
❖ Connect Azure Storage Explorer to Azure Data Lake Storage
❖ Labs on Azure Storage Explorer

Control access to Azure Storage with shared access signatures

❖ Introduction of access to Azure storage with SAS
❖ Authorization options for Azure Storage
❖ Use shared access signatures to delegate access to Azure Storage
❖ Use storage access policies to delegate access to Azure storage
❖ Labs on Azure SAS

Configure Azure Storage Security

❖ Introduction of Azure Storage Security
❖ Review Azure Storage security strategies
❖ Create shared access signatures
❖ Identify URI and SAS parameters
❖ Determine Azure Storage encryption
❖ Create customer managed keys
❖ Apply Azure Storage security best practices
❖ Labs on Azure Storage Security
Configure Network routing and endpoints
❖ Introduction of Network routing and endpoints
❖ Review system routes
❖ Identify user-defined routes
❖ Determine service endpoint uses
❖ Determine service endpoint services
❖ Identify private link uses
❖ Labs on endpoints

Manage and control traffic flow in Azure deployment with routes

❖ Introduction of Traffic Flow
❖ Identify routing capabilities of an Azure Virtual Network
❖ What is Network Virtual Appliance
❖ Route traffic through the Network Virtual Appliance
❖ Labs on Creating Network Virtual Appliance

Configure Azure App Service Plans

❖ Introduction of Azure App Service Plans
❖ Implement Azure App Service Plans
❖ Determine Azure App Service Plan pricing
❖ Scale up and scale out Azure App Service
❖ Configure Azure App Service auto-scale
❖ Labs on Creating Azure App Service Plan

Configure Azure App Service

❖ Introduction of Azure App Service
❖ Implement Azure App Service
❖ Create an app with App Service
❖ Explore continuous integration and deployment
❖ Create deployment slots
❖ Add deployment slots
❖ Secure your App Service App
❖ Create custom domain names
❖ Backup and restore your App Service app
❖ Use Azure Application Insights
❖ Labs on Azure App Services
Host a web application with Azure App Service
❖ Introduction of Web Application
❖ Create a web app in the Azure Portal
❖ Prepare the web application code
❖ Labs on Web Application in Azure App Service

Understand Microsoft Entra ID

❖ Introduction of Microsoft Entra ID
❖ Examine Microsoft Entra ID
❖ Compare Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory Domain Services
❖ Examine Microsoft Entra ID as a Directory Service for cloud apps
❖ Compare Microsoft Entra ID P1 and P2 plans
❖ Examine Microsoft Entra Domain Services

Configure user and group accounts

❖ Introduction of User and Groups in Entra ID
❖ Create user accounts
❖ Manage user accounts
❖ Create bulk user accounts
❖ Create group accounts
❖ Create administrative units
❖ Labs on Creating Users and Groups

Configure role-based access control

❖ Introduction of role-based access control
❖ Implement role-based access control
❖ Create a role definition
❖ Create a role assignment
❖ Compare Azure Roles to Microsoft Entra roles
❖ Apply role-based access control
❖ Review fundamental Azure RBAC roles
❖ Labs on Role Based Access Control

Create Azure users and groups in Microsoft Entra ID

❖ What are user accounts in Microsoft Entra ID
❖ Add and delete users in Microsoft Entra ID
❖ Manage app and resource access by using Microsoft Entra groups
❖ Assign users to Microsoft Entra groups
 ❖ Collaborate by using guest accounts and Microsoft Entra B2B
❖ Give guest users access in Microsoft Entra B2B

Secure your Azure resources with Azure role-based access control

(RBAC)
❖ What is Azure RBAC
❖ List access using Azure RBAC and the Azure Portal
❖ Grant access using Azure RBAC and the Azure Portal
❖ View activity logs for Azure RBAC changes

Allow users to reset their password with Microsoft Entra

self-service password reset
❖ Introduction to self-service password reset
❖ What is SSPR in Microsoft Entra ID
❖ Implement Microsoft Entra self-service password reset
❖ Customize directory branding

Configure Azure Policy

❖ Introduction of Azure Policy
❖ Create management groups
❖ Implement Azure Policies
❖ Create Azure Policies
❖ Create Policy definitions
❖ Create an initiative definition
❖ Scope the initiative definition
❖ Determine compliance
❖ Labs on Azure Policy
Configure Azure Container Instances
❖ Introduction of Azure Container Instances
❖ Compare containers to Virtual Machines
❖ Review Azure Container Instances
❖ Implement container groups
❖ Review Azure container groups
❖ Review Azure container Apps
❖ Labs on Azure Container Instances

Understand Azure Backup

❖ Introduction of Azure Backup
❖ What is Azure Backup
❖ How Azure Backup works
❖ When to use Azure Backup

Configure Azure Virtual Machine Backups

❖ Introduction of Virtual Machine Backups
❖ Explore options to protect Virtual Machine data
❖ Create Virtual Machine snapshots in Azure Backup
❖ Set up Azure Recovery Services vaults backup options
❖ Backup your Virtual Machines
❖ Restore your Virtual Machines
❖ Implement soft delete for your Virtual Machines
❖ Implement Azure Site Recovery
❖ Labs on Azure Virtual Machine Backups

Configure Azure Monitor

❖ Introduction of Azure Monitor
❖ Describe Azure Monitor key capabilities
❖ Describe Azure Monitor components
❖ Define metrics and logs
❖ Identify monitoring data and tiers
❖ Describe activity log events
❖ Query the activity log
❖ Labs on Azure Monitor

Configure Log Analytics

❖ Introduction of Log Analytics
 ❖ Determine Log Analytics uses
❖ Create a Log Analytics workspace
❖ Create Kusto (KQL) queries
❖ Structure Log Analytics queries
❖ Labs on Log Analytics

Configure Network Watcher

❖ Introduction of Network Watcher
❖ Describe Azure Network Watcher features
❖ Review IP flow verify diagnostics
❖ Review next hop diagnostics
❖ Visualize the network topology

Improve incident response with Azure Monitor alerts

❖ Introduction of Azure Monitor alerts
❖ Explore the different alert types that Azure Monitor supports
❖ Use metric alerts for alerts about performance issues in your Azure environment
❖ Use log alerts to alert on events in your application
❖ Use active log alerts to alert on events within your Azure infrastructure
❖ Use action groups and alert processing rules to send notifications when an alert
is fired
❖ Labs on Azure Monitor alerts

Analyze your Azure infrastructure by using Azure Monitor logs

❖ Introduction of Azure Monitor Logs
❖ Features of Azure Monitor logs
❖ Create basic Azure Monitor log queries to extract information form log data
❖ Labs on Azure Monitor Logs

Monitor your Azure Virtual Machines with Azure Monitor

❖ Introduction of Azure Virtual Machines Monitor
❖ Monitoring for Azure VMs
❖ Monitor VM host data
❖ Use Metrics Explorer to view detailed host metrics
❖ Collect client performance counters by using VM insights
❖ Collect VM client event logs

Manage Virtual Machines with the Azure CLI

❖ What is Azure CLI
❖ Understand Azure Cloud shell
❖ Create a Virtual Machine
❖ Test your New Virtual Machine
❖ Explore other VM images
❖ Sizing VMs properly
❖ Query system and runtime information about the VM
❖ Start and Stop your VM with the Azure CLI
❖ Install software on your VM
❖ Labs on Azure CLI