Microsoft Azure Technologies for AWS Architects

Transform your cloud architecture skills by mastering Microsoft Azure technologies, optimized for AWS architects, to create secure and scalable solutions.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Secure identities with Azure Active Directory and manage user access.

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Implement and configure virtual networking and virtual machines.

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Administer Azure resources and monitor applications.

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Design solutions using Azure's data and application management services.

Format

  • Instructor-led
  • 4 days with lectures and hands-on labs.

Audience

  • AWS Cloud Architects
  • Solution Architects
  • Cloud Engineers
  • IT Professionals with AWS experience

Description

This course teaches Solutions Architects who have previously designed for Amazon Web Services how to translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and reliable solutions for Azure. Lessons include virtualization, automation, networking, storage, identity, security, data platform, and application infrastructure. This course outlines how decisions in each theses area affects an overall solution.

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Course Outline

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Module 1: Introduction to Azure

  1. Subscriptions and accounts

  2. Resource groups and templates in Azure Resource Manager

Module 2: Azure Global Infrastructure

  1. Azure regions

  2. Azure Availability Zones

  3. Comparison with AWS

Module 3: Implement Azure Active Directory

  1. Introduction to Azure Active Directory

  2. Domains and custom domains

  3. Safety features

  4. Guest users in Azure Active Directory

  5. Manage multiple directories

  6. Comparison with AWS

Module 4: Implement and Manage Hybrid Identities

  1. Introduction to Azure AD Connect

  2. Comparison with AWS

Module 5: Implement Virtual Networking

  1. Azure Virtual Network and VNet peering

  2. VPN and ExpressRoute connections

  3. Comparison with AWS

Module 6: Implement VMs for Windows and Linux

  1. Configure high availability

  2. Comparison with AWS

Module 7: Implement Load Balancing and Network Security

  1. Implement Azure Load Balancer

  2. Implement an Azure Application Gateway

  3. Implement Azure Firewall

  4. Implement network security groups and application security groups

  5. Comparison with AWS

Module 8: Implement Container-Based Applications

  1. Configure Azure Kubernetes Service

  2. Publish a solution on an Azure Container Instance

  3. Comparison with AWS

Module 9: Implement an Application Infrastructure

  1. Create an App Service plan

  2. Create and configure Azure App Service

  3. Configure networking for an App Service

  4. Introduction to Logic Apps and Azure Functions

  5. Comparison with AWS

Module 10: Implement Storage Accounts

  1. Azure Storage core concepts

  2. Managing the Azure Blob storage lifecycle

  3. Working with Azure Blob storage

  4. Comparison with AWS

Module 11: Implement NoSQL Databases

  1. Introduction to Azure Cosmos DB

  2. Consistency

  3. Select appropriate CosmosDB APIs

  4. Set up replicas in CosmosDB

  5. Comparison with AWS DynamoDB

Module 12: Implement Azure SQL Databases

  1. Configure Azure SQL database settings

  2. Implement Azure SQL Database managed instances

  3. Configure high availability for an Azure SQL database

  4. Comparison with AWS

Module 13: Implement Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring

  1. Monitor security

  2. Monitor cost

  3. Configure a Log Analytics workspace

  4. Comparison with AWS

Module 14: Implement and Manage Azure Governance Solutions

  1. Assign RBAC roles

  2. Configure management access to Azure

  3. Implement and configure an Azure Policy

  4. Comparison with AWS

Module 15: Manage Security for Applications

  1. Implement Azure Key Vault

  2. Implement and configure Azure AD Managed Identities

  3. Register and manage applications in Azure AD

  4. Comparison with AWS

Module 16: Migration, Backup, and Disaster Recovery Management

  1. Migrate workloads

  2. Implement Azure Backup for VMs

  3. Implement disaster recovery

  4. Comparison with AWS

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