This David Papkin page has course info on Microsoft Azure AZ-104.
Azure Storage Introduction
Exercises
Quickstart: Create a Windows virtual machine in the Azure portal
Quickstart: Create a virtual machine scale set in the Azure portal
Quickstart: Create a virtual network using the Azure portal
Tutorial: Route network traffic with a route table using the Azure portal
Get started with Azure Advisor
Practice – Azure Network Watcher
Create, view, and manage activity log alerts by using Azure Monitor
Export Azure Activity log to storage or Azure Event Hubs
Quick steps: Create and use an SSH public-private key pair for Linux VMs in Azure
Quickstart: Create and deploy Azure Resource Manager templates by using the Azure portal
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Networking
Tutorial: Create a Site-to-Site connection using Azure Virtual WAN
Storage
Create a file share in Azure Files
Quickstart: Upload, download, and list blobs with the Azure portal
Back up a Windows Server or client to Azure
DNS
Quickstart: Create an Azure DNS zone and record using Azure PowerShell
Quickstart: Create an Azure private DNS zone using the Azure portal
Azure Questions
Q How can you access Azure Monitor?
A Portal, API, Event Hubs and Log Analytics
Q How long is Azure Monitor historical data accessable?
A 30 days
Q
How can use Azure Monitor to view metrics and logs?
A
Log Analytics, SCOM, and Event Hubs
Q What is the difference between Maintenance and Downtime?
A Understand VM Reboots – maintenance vs. downtime
Q What is the purpose of Azure VMs?
A Windows virtual machines in Azure
Q What are some tools to determine what workloads can be virtualised and costs?
A
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator
Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine Readiness Assessment
Q How do network security groups filter network traffic ?
A You can use an Azure network security group to filter network traffic to and from Azure resources in an Azure virtual network. A network security group contains security rules that allow or deny inbound network traffic to, or outbound network traffic from, several types of Azure resources. For each rule, you can specify source and destination, port, and protocol.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/network-security-group-how-it-works
Q
Name the different Azure support plans.
A
- Basic
- Developer
- Standard
- Professional Direct
Q
How to implement backup of on-prem folders and files?
A
- Create recovery services vault
- Download the agent and credential file
- Install and register agent
- Configure the backup
Q
What are the options for different deployment methods in Continuous Deployment?
A
Manual deployment
- CLI,Git, Visual studio, FTP
Automated deployment
- GitHub, Bitbucket, or Azure DevOps
Q
What are the different ways to manage Azure?
A
Portal, Powershell, CLI, Cloudshell
Q
How to setup Azure Policy?
A
- Browse policy definitions
- Create Initiative Definitions
- Scope the Definitions
- View Eval results
Q
What are some capabilities of Azure Monitor?
A
- Monitor and visualize metrics
- Query and analyze logs
- Setup alerts and actions
Q
What are some available High Availability solutions for Azure?
A
Availability Sets
Availability Zones
Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
Load Balancer
Traffic Manager
Front Door
Application Gateway
Q
What are the steps to create an Azure Virtual Machine?
A
Quickstart: Create a Windows virtual machine in the Azure portal
Azure 104 Labfiles
Azure lab setup procedure
DO NOT use your corporate email address for this subscription!!!!!!
STRONGLY suggested to use INPRIVATE BROWSER
1) Create NEW Microsoft email account at https://outlook.live.com/owa/ in the following format:
xxxaz104dmmyy@outlook.com suggested password Pa55w.rd1234 where ddmmyy = starting date of your course and xxx = your initials
Ex: cyfaz104121222@outlook.com
When filling in Email account details, Please use FULL name , NOT just initials and COMPLETE ADDRESS with Postal Code.
The new Microsoft account is needed for the Azure Pass used for the labs in this course. The use of any other account is not supported for this class. Appreciate your understanding.
Make sure you are logged out of all other email accounts (except the new email account you have created) in ALL browsers before proceeding to #2. This will prevent any issues that may occur due to Microsoft DDOS protection.
2)Redeem Azure pass
Open an in-private browser and navigate to www.microsoftazurepass.com,
Use your newly created Microsoft Email address
If you are asked during the Redemption process You MUST fill in the same Surname and Given name completely , do NOT use initials only. Also use a valid COMPLETE mailing address and phone number. The mailing address will be validated. This will prevent any issues that may occur due to Microsoft DDOS protection.
After finished, you will be redirected to https://portal.azure.com
3) Make a new folder C:\Labfiles using File Explorer
or from Powershell or Cmd prompt
Md C:\Labfiles (command line)
If using Apple, just create folder Labfiles anywhere on your desktop
Download and extract into C:\Labfiles
https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/AZ-104-MicrosoftAzureAdministrator/archive/master.zip
https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/AZ-104-MicrosoftAzureAdministrator/archive/master.zip
4 ) Download and install Visual Studio Code Visual Studio Code (optional)
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events.
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Azure Fridays Join Scott Hanselman as he engages one-on-one with the engineers
who build the services that power Microsoft Azure as they demo capabilities,
answer Scott’s questions, and share their insights.
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