Topics include:
– What is cloud computing?
– What is Windows Azure?
– Creating a Windows Azure virtual machine
– Creating and deploying an Azure website
– Adding Worker and Web roles to your cloud service
– Creating a new SQL database
– Writing and reading from the Service Bus Queue
– Saving Queue Messages to Table Storage
Installing and Running WordPress : Microsoft Azure:
All you need to set up and publish a WordPress site is a hosting solution and about a half an hour of your time. In this course, Morten Rand-Hendrix will look at how Windows Azure allows anyone to easily set up, manage, and launch a WordPress site as a true cloud-hosting solution. Learn how to set up an account, get WordPress configured in a couple of clicks, and start accessing WordPress through FTP and managing your files with version-control systems like Git and GitHub.
Want to set up WordPress is a regular shared host or create a local install on your own computer? Check out the rest of the courses in the Installing and Running WordPress series and find the solution that works for you.
Topics include:
0. Introduction
1. Introduction to Microsoft Azure
2. Setting Up WordPress is Microsoft Azure
3. Managing WordPress is Microsoft Azure
4. Conclusion
Microsoft Azure: Security Concepts
More than 60% of Fortune 500 companies rely on Microsoft Azure for cloud services. With Azure, they can scale faster and cheaper. But with great power and flexibility comes the risk. The professionals in charge of Azure management need to know how to secure services in order to protect data flow between client computers and the cloud. Here, David Elfassy is investigating security concepts related to Azure deployment and services such as Office 365, Exchange, and Azure Active Directory. Find out how to use Azure’s built-in security tools, secure virtual machines, implement more robust multifactor authentication, and protect your services and data, including email, documents, and user data. Plus, learn how to configure security certificates for your app deployments using custom domains.
Topics include:
– Securing objects and virtual machines
– Deploying certificates for Azure resources
– Implementing multifactor authentication
– Securing Office 365
– Securing Azure in Active Directory
Microsoft Azure: Create and Manage ARM Virtual Machines
Build your own existing Azure implementation skills and expand your skills by learning how to create, scale, and monitor virtual machines. This course is designed to teach IT professionals the skills needed to implement ARM (Azure Resource Manager) virtual machines, including deploying workloads, configuring networks, and implementing storage. The Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions Implementation Guide for the 70-533 Exam. The instructor, cloud platform and infrastructure expert Sharon Bennett, also covers how to automate your configuration using extensions, how to use the new VM Scale Set feature, and how to secure your virtual machine while keeping it available.
Topics include:
– Creating a Windows virtual machine
– Deploying a Linux virtual machine
– Using PowerShell for creating a Windows VM
– Configuring extensions
– Enabling remote debugging
– Configuring shared storage
– Configuring disk storage
– Working with Azure Disk Encryption
– Monitoring and creating VM alerts
– Configuring diagnostic and storage monitoring
– Creating availability
units – Combining the load balancer With availability sets
– Scaling and scaling down VM sizes
– Creating and modifying VM scale sets
Understanding Microsoft Azure Core Functionalities
Get an IT administrator’s view of Microsoft Azure. David Elfassy provides an in-depth look at working with Azure cloud-based storage and networking services, which can scale up or down as your organization changes. He shows you how to manage your Azure account, configure options through portals or PowerShell scripting, and set up services successfully, including web apps, virtual machines, Active Directory, and VPNs. The final chapter makes the business case for Azure, and shows you how to implement backups to ensure your data is safe on-premises and in the cloud.
Topics include:
– Understanding Azure subscriptions
– Managing Azure with portals and PowerShell
– Configuring Azure web apps
– Deploying virtual machines
– Configuring virtual machines for high availability
– Managing Azure Active Directory
– Creating Azure Virtual Networks
– Implementing a VPN
– Performing Azure Backups
Microsoft Azure: Secure Resources
Protect your Azure deployments. Learn to secure Azure resources using managed identities, hybrid identities, and identity providers. Sharon Bennett discusses technologies such as Azure Active Directory, AAD Graph Explorer, OAuth, SAML, Key Vault, and Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS). Discover how to secure AAD and ADFS, implement AAD B2B and B2C directories, and create custom roles for role-based access control. Plus, learn to identify an appropriate security solution, whether you are secure virtual machines, cloud apps, or databases, and monitor your resources with Azure Security Center and the Microsoft Operations Management Suite. As an intermediate-level course, an existing understanding of the Azure platform is required to get the most out of the training. Studying for Microsoft certification? Topics covered here map to the objectives are exam 70-534, Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions.
Topics include:
– Securing with managed identities
– Securing with hybrid identities
– Security with identity providers
– Identifying the right solution
– Designing a role-based Azure security solution
– Managing security risks
