Course Title: Microsoft Azure Fundamental Concepts

This course provides the skills required to set up and sustain an Office 365 tenant and user. Participants will learn to evaluate, plan , deploy and operate Microsoft Office 365 services that include : identities, dependencies, requirements, supporting technologies

Platform: VMWare Cloud Management Platform

Duration:

Schedule:

Prerequisites: IT professionals should already have the following technical knowledge:

• A basic understanding of virtualization
• A basic understanding of Active Directory concepts, including domains, users and domain controllers.
• An understanding of Web Sites
• A basic understanding of database concepts including tables and simple queries

Target Candidate: Individuals (Developers, Administrators, IT professionals, Database administrators) who want to evaluate, deploy ,configure and administer services and VMs using Azure

Instructor: Michael Hughes

​​Course Outline

Module 1: Getting Started with Microsoft Azure

This module introduces students to cloud services and the various Azure services. It describes how to use the Azure portal to access and manage Azure services, and to manage Azure subscription and billing.

Lessons

• What is cloud computing?
• What is Azure?
• Managing Azure
• Subscription management, support, and billing

Lab: Using the Azure portals

• Customizing the Azure portal interface
• Viewing billing, usage, and quotas data

Module 2: Microsoft Azure management tools

This module explains Azure PowerShell and its use in managing Azure subscriptions. It also describes the Azure Software Development Kit (SDK) and the Azure cross-platform command-line interface, and explains their benefits and uses.

Lessons

• What is Azure PowerShell
• The Azure SDK and the Azure CLI

Lab: Using Microsoft Azure management tools

• Using the Azure PowerShell modules
• Explain the Azure CLI

Module 3: Virtual machines in Microsoft Azure

This module explains how to use Azure to deploy virtual machines. It also explains the highly available and scalable configuration of Azure virtual machines, and the management of virtual machine disks by using Azure.

Lessons

• Creating and configuring VMs

Lab: Creating a VM in Azure

• Create a VM from the Azure Portal by using an Azure Marketplace images (Linux and Windows)
• Verify the functionality of the VM
• Log into and explore the virtual machines crated using different clients

Module 4: Creating and Configuring Virtual Networks

This module explains Azure virtual networks and how to create them. It also covers variety of virtual network components.

Lessons

• Getting started with virtual networks
• Creating a virtual network

Lab: Create a Virtual Network

• Creating a virtual network
• Verifying virtual network functionality

Module 5: Web Apps and Cloud Services

This module explains how to create, configure, and monitor Web apps by using Azure. It also describes the creation and deployment of Cloud Services on Azure.

Lessons

• Creating and configuring web apps
• Deploying and monitoring web apps
• Creating and deploying PaaS cloud services

Lab: Web Apps and Cloud Services

• Creating and configuring web apps (Using selected tools)
• Create a cloud service
• Logging into Azure and Configuring Web Apps using Visual Studio