INT327 Syllabus
INT327 Syllabus
CO1 :: explain cloud economics and show the cost of cloud computing.
CO2 :: develop the right mindset to tackle security issues in the cloud environment and learn to
leverage the power of Microsoft Entra ID
CO3 :: describe the importance of data protection compliances and regulations, and utilize Azure
Policy to manage and enforce these compliance requirements.
CO4 :: discuss Azure Storage accounts, and implement strategies to ensure robust redundancy
and availability in cloud-based data storage solutions.
CO5 :: elaborate essential cloud infrastructure skills for robust application development and
deployment.
CO6 :: construct Azure network capabilities for robust and secure cloud infrastructure deployment
Unit I
Introduction to Cloud Computing and Cloud Economics : History of Cloud Computing,
Fundamentals of Cloud Computing, Cost efficiency, Disaster recovery and business continuity,
Industry Use Cases, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a
Service (SaaS), Pricing models: pay-as-you-go, reserved instances, spot instances, Azure Pricing
Calculator
Unit II
Cloud Governance and Manage Identities : Authentication vs Authorisation, Zero trust, Cloud
security, Understand Microsoft Entra ID, configure user and group accounts, Configure role-based
access control, Secure your Azure resources with Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC)
Unit III
Cloud Compliances and Regulations : Overview of Cloud Compliance, Digital Personal Data
Protection Act, HIPAA, GDPR, Microsoft Compliance, Introduction to Azure Policy: Understand its
purpose and functionality.
Unit IV
Cloud Storage : Azure storage accounts, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Storage security, Control access
to Azure Storage with shared access signatures, Azure Storage Explorer
Unit V
Cloud compute resources : virtual machines, Configure virtual machine availability, Azure App
Service plans, Configure Azure App Service, Configure Azure Container Instances, Manage virtual
machines with the Azure CLI, Host a web application with Azure App Service
Unit VI
Cloud Networking : Configure virtual networks, Configure network security groups, Configure Azure
Virtual Network peering, Configure network routing and endpoints, Configure Azure Load Balancer,
Configure Azure Application Gateway
Text Books:
1. AZ-104: PREREQUISITES FOR AZURE ADMINISTRATORS by MICROSOFT, Microsoft
References:
1. CLOUD COMPUTING: CONCEPTS, TECHNOLOGY, SECURITY & ARCHITECTURE by THOMAS
ERL, ERIC BARCELÓ MONROY, PEARSON