AZ-103: Azure Administrator - On-Demand Course

  The AZ-103: Azure Administrator course is a 4-day course that is designed to teach students how to manage their Azure subscriptions, create and scale virtual machines, implement storage solutions, configure virtual networking, back up and share data, connect Azure and on-premises sites, manage network traffic, implement Azure Active Directory, secure identities, and monitor your solution.

Topics covered in the course include:

• Azure Administration
• Azure Virtual Machines
• Azure Storage
• Virtual Networking
• Intersite Connectivity
• Monitoring
• Data Protection
• Network Traffic Management
• Azure Active Directory
• Securing Identities
• Governance and Compliance
• Data Services

Target Student:This course is intended for Azure Administrators.

Students should have the following prerequisite experience:

• Knowledge of on-premises virtualization technologies, including: VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks.
• Knowledge of network configuration, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies.
• Knowledge of Active Directory concepts, including domains, forests, domain controllers, replication, Kerberos protocol, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
• Knowledge of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.

Section 1: Azure Administration
In this section, students will learn about to tooling Azure Administrator uses to manage their infrastructure. This includes the Azure Portal, Cloud Shell, Azure PowerShell, CLI, Resource Manager, and Resource Manager Templates. The demonstrations in this section will ensure students are successful in the course labs.

Topics:
Azure Portal and Cloud Shell
Azure PowerShell and CLI
Resource Manager
ARM Templates

Section 2: Azure Virtual Machines
In this section, students will learn about Azure virtual machines including planning, creating, availability and extensions.

Topics:
Virtual Machine Planning
Creating Virtual Machines
Virtual Machine Availability
Virtual Machine Extensions

Lab : Deploy and Manage Virtual Machines

Lab : Virtual Machines and Scale Sets

Section 3: Azure Storage
In this section, students will learn about basic storage features including storage accounts, blob storage, Azure files, and storage security.

Topics:
Storage Accounts
Azure Blobs
Azure Files
Storage Security

Lab : Implement and Manage Storage

Section 4: Virtual Networking
In this section, students will learn about basic virtual networking concepts like virtual networks, IP addressing, Azure DNS, and network security groups.

Topics:
Virtual Networks
IP Addressing
Azure DNS
Network Security Groups

Lab : Configure Azure DNS

Section 5: Intersite Connectivity
In this section, students will learn about intersite connectivity features including VNet Peering, VNet-to-VNet connections, Site-to-Site Connections, and ExpressRoute.

Topics:
VNet Peering
VNet-to-VNet Connections
ExpressRoute Connections

Lab : VNet Peering and Service Chaining

Section 6: Monitoring
In this section, students will learn about monitoring your Azure infrastructure including Azure Monitor, alerting, log analytics, and Network Watcher.

Topics:
Azure Monitor
Azure Alerts
Log Analytics
Network Watcher

Lab : Network Watcher

Section 7: Data Protection
In this section, students will learn about data replication strategies, backing up files and folders, and virtual machine backups.

Topics:
Data Replication
File and Folder Backups
Virtual Machine Backups

Lab : Azure Site Recovery Between Regions

Section 8: Network Traffic Management
In this section, students will learn about network traffic strategies including service endpoints, network routing, Azure Load Balancer, and Azure Traffic Manager.

Topics:
Service Endpoints and Network Routing
Azure Load Balancer
Azure Traffic Manager

Lab : Load Balancer and Traffic Manager

Section 9: Azure Active Directory
In this section, students will learn about Azure Active Directory (AD) including Azure AD Connect and Azure AD Join.

Topics:
Azure Active Directory
Azure AD Connect
Azure AD Join

Lab : Implement Directory Synchronization

Section 10: Securing Identities
In this section, students will learn how to secure identities including Multi-Factor Authentication, Azure AD Identity Protection, and Self-Service Password Reset.

Topics:
Multi-Factor Authentication
Azure AD Identity Protection
Self-Service Password Reset

Lab : Azure AD Identity Protection

Lab : Self-Service Password Reset

Section 11: Governance and Compliance
In this section, students will learn about managing your subscriptions and accounts including role-based access control, users and groups, and Azure policy.

Topics:
Subscriptions and Accounts
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Users and Groups
Azure Policy

Lab : Role-Based Access Control

Lab : Governance and Compliance

Section 12: Data Services
In this section, students will learn how to effectively share data using Import and Export service, Data Box, Content Delivery Network, and File Sync.

Topics:
Content Delivery Network
File Sync
Import and Export Service
Data Box

Lab : File Sync