Microsoft Azure AZ-303 Info

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Azure AD

LAB_Implement Directory Synchronization

Factors influencing the performance of Azure AD Connect

Databases

Quickstart: Create an Azure Cosmos account, database, container, and items from the Azure portal

Quickstart: Create a single database in Azure SQL Database using Azure Portal

Encryption

Quickstart: Create and encrypt a Windows virtual machine with the Azure portal

Quickstart: Create and encrypt a Windows VM with the Azure CLI

Azure Key Vault

Tutorial: Use Azure Key Vault with a virtual machine in .NET

Azure Migrate

How to migrate VMware VMs to Azure IaaS

Set up dependency visualization

Analyze machine dependencies (agentless)

Discover and assess on-premises VMware VMs for migration to Azure

About Azure Migrate

Troubleshoot Azure Migrate

Using Service Map solution in Azure

Download Data Migration Assistant

Overview of the Azure Monitor agents

Azure cloud migration best practices checklist

Azure migration guide overview

Discover, assess, and migrate Amazon Web Services (AWS) VMs to Azure

Azure Site Recovery

ASR Features

Replicate Hyper-V VMs to Azure

ASR End to End

Replicate Hyper-V VMs to Azure

Configure failback from Azure to on-premises

Move Azure VMs into Availability Zones

Disaster recovery of zone pinned Azure Virtual Machines to another region

Event Grid

Azure Event Grid

Understanding Azure Events and Messages: Azure Service Bus, Event Grids, and Event Hubs

Monitoring

Lab-Implement_Monitoring

Networking

Choose a solution for connecting an on-premises network to Azure

Tutorial: Connect virtual networks with virtual network peering using the Azure portal

Microsoft Learn Labs

Microsoft Learn provides self-paced skills training on a variety of topics. You can also
search for additional content that might be helpful.
  You can search for the following learning activities in Microsoft Learn.

Microsoft Learn – Additional Study Resources

Identity
Create Azure users and groups in Azure Active Directory
Manage users and groups in Azure Active Directory
Secure your Azure resources with role-based access control
Secure Azure Active Directory users with Multi-Factor Authentication
Allow users to reset their password with Azure Active Directory self-service
password reset
Secure your application by using OpenID Connect and Azure AD
Governance and Compliance
Analyze costs and create budgets with Azure Cost Management
Predict costs and optimize spending for Azure
Control and organize Azure resources with Azure Resource Manager
Apply and monitor infrastructure standards with Azure Policy
Create custom roles for Azure resources with role-based access control
Manage access to an Azure subscription by using Azure role-based access control
Secure your Azure resources with role-based access control
Azure Administration
Core Cloud Services – Manage services with the Azure portal
Control and organize Azure resources with Azure Resource Manager
Build Azure Resource Manager templates
Automate Azure tasks using scripts with PowerShell
Manage virtual machines with the Azure CLI Virtual Networking
Networking Fundamentals – Principals
Trainer Preparation Guide: AZ-303T00A 7
Design an IP addressing schema for your Azure deployment
Secure and isolate access to Azure resources by using network security groups
and service endpoints
Intersite Connectivity
Distribute your services across Azure virtual networks and integrate them by using
virtual network peering
Connect your on-premises network to Azure with VPN Gateway
Connect your on-premises network to the Microsoft global network by using
ExpressRoute
Network Traffic Management
Manage and control traffic flow in your Azure deployment with routes
Improve application scalability and resiliency by using Azure Load Balancer
Load balance your web service traffic with Application Gateway
Enhance your service availability and data locality by using Azure Traffic Manager
Azure Storage
Create an Azure Storage account
Secure your Azure Storage
Optimize storage performance and costs using Blob storage tiers
Make your application storage highly available with read-access geo-redundant
storage
Copy and move blobs from one container or storage account to another from the
command line and in code
Move large amounts of data to the cloud by using Azure Data Box family
Monitor, diagnose, and troubleshoot your Azure storage
Azure Virtual Machines
Build a scalable application with virtual machine scale sets
Deploy Azure virtual machines from VHD templates
Choose the right disk storage for your virtual machine workload
Add and size disks in Azure virtual machines
Protect your virtual machine settings with Azure Automation State Configuration
Serverless Computing
Host a web application with Azure App service
Stage a web app deployment for testing and rollback by using App Service
deployment slots
Scale an App Service web app to efficiently meet demand with App Service scale
up and scale out
Dynamically meet changing web app performance requirements with autoscale
rules
Capture and view page load times in your Azure web app with Application Insights
Run Docker containers with Azure Container Instances
Introduction to the Azure Kubernetes Service
Data Protection
Protect your virtual machines by using Azure Backup
Back up and restore your Azure SQL database
Protect your Azure infrastructure with Azure Site Recovery
Protect your on-premises infrastructure from disasters with Azure Site Recovery
Monitoring
Analyze your Azure infrastructure by using Azure Monitor logs
Improve incident response with alerting on Azure
Monitor the health of your Azure virtual machine by collecting and analyzing
diagnostic data
Monitor, diagnose, and troubleshoot your Azure storage

Optional lab exercises

Module 1

 

Module 2

 

Module3

Tutorial: Connect virtual networks with virtual network peering using the Azure portal

Module 4

If you get an error about “the subscription  is not registered to use namespace microsoft.insights ”

goto Subscriptions –> Resource Providers and register microsoft.insights

Quickstart: Create a virtual machine scale set in the Azure portal

Tutorial: Create and manage a virtual machine scale set with Azure PowerShell

Connecting to a scale set using RDP

How to connect to a scale set

If the quickstart above doesnt allow you to RDP because no NSG  was created that allows RDP, please do the following to create the NSG and try RDP again

  1. Create NSG in Same Resource Group and Location as VMSS
  2. Create Inbound Rule allowing RDP ANY ANY TCP 3389
  3. Associate it to the Subnet

Tutorial: Automatically scale a virtual machine scale set with Azure PowerShell

Quickstart: Create and encrypt a Windows virtual machine with the Azure portal

Quickstart: Create and encrypt a Windows VM with the Azure CLI

 

Module 7

Quickstart: Create an Azure Cosmos account, database, container, and items from the Azure portal

Module 8

Quickstart: Create a single database in Azure SQL Database using Azure Portal

Module 9

Tutorial: Create and deploy your first ARM template

Module 10

alerts

Create, view, and manage activity log alerts by using Azure Monitor

Create, view, and manage log alerts using Azure Monitor

Create activity log alerts on service notifications using the Azure portal

Quickstart: Create activity log alerts on service notifications using an ARM template

log analytics

Send Azure Activity log to Log Analytics workspace using Azure portal

Module 11

Configure managed identities for Azure resources on a VM using the Azure portal

Quickstart: Set and retrieve a secret from Azure Key Vault using the Azure portal

Quickstart: Set and retrieve a secret from Azure Key Vault using Azure CLI

LAB_Manage_Azure_AD_Identities

Module13

Quickstart: Deploy an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster using the Azure portal

Tutorial: Deploy and use Azure Container Registry

Here is the Voting app code

Tutorial: Prepare an application for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Module 14

 

Module15

 

Practices

Quickstart: Create a Front Door for a highly available global web application

Quickstart: Create a Front Door using an ARM template

AZ-303 Labs student setup instructions

1) Create NEW email account xxxaz303ddmmyy@outlook.com password Pa55w.rd1234 where xxx = your initials and ddmmyy = starting date of your course

Ex: cyfaz303010221@outlook.com

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.

2) Md C:\Labfiles

3) Download and extract into C:\Labfiles

AZ-303-Microsoft-Azure-Architect-Technologies-master

4 ) Download and install Visual Studio Code  Visual Studio Code

Please Wait for your Instructor before redeeming your Azure Pass!

You MUST be signed out of all other email accounts you are logged into. Using Private browsing will not help.

5) Redeem the Azure pass with the link provided by the instructor

If you were unable to redeem the Azure pass in #5 , you will have to create Azure Free Trial account in #6 which will require a credit card for identity only.

6) Create new Azure account https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/

Links to the labs in HTML format

Helpful Azure  learning links

Microsoft Azure Forums  The Azure forums are very active. You can search the threads for a
specific area of interest. You can also browse categories like Azure Storage, Pricing
and Billing, Azure Virtual Machines, and Azure Migrate.

Azure Architecture Center  Gain access to the Azure Application Architecture Guide,
Azure Reference Architectures, and the Cloud Design Patterns.

Microsoft Learning Community Blog  Get the latest information the certification
tests and exam study groups.

https://channel9.msdn.com/  Channel 9 provides a wealth of informational videos, shows, and
events.

Azure Tuesdays With Corey  Corey Sanders answers your questions about
Microsoft Azure – Virtual Machines, Web Sites, Mobile Services, Dev/Test etc.

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.

Microsoft Azure Blog  Keep current on what’s happening in Azure, including what’s
now in preview, generally available, news & updates, and more.

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