Microsoft Azure Infrastructure and Deployment -Course

Course Overview

AZ-100 Microsoft Azure Infrastructure and Deployment

Manage Azure Subscription and Resources 

·         Manage Azure subscriptions and billing, and implement Azure policies.

·         Implement access management with Azure users, groups, and role-based access control.

·         Use Azure Monitor to configure Azure alerts and review the Azure Activity Log.

·         Query and analyze Log Analytics data.

·         Deploy resources with ARM templates and organize Azure resources.

·         Optimize your use of Azure tools like the Azure portal, Azure PowerShell, Cloud Shell and the Azure CLI.

Implementing and Managing Storage

·         Create Azure storage accounts for different data replication, pricing, and content scenarios.

·         Implement virtual machine storage, blob storage, Azure files, and structured storage.

·         Secure and manage storage with shared access keys, Azure backup, and Azure File Sync.

·         Store and access data using Azure Content Delivery Network, and the Import and Export service.

·         Monitor Azure storage with metrics and alerts, and the Activity Log.

Deploying and Managing Virtual Machines 

·         Explain virtual machine usage cases, storage options, pricing, operating systems, networking capabilities, and general planning considerations.

·         Create Windows virtual machines in the Azure Portal, with Azure PowerShell, or using ARM Templates.

·         Deploy custom server images and Linux virtual machines.

·         Configure virtual machine networking and storage options.

·         Implement virtual machine high availability, scalability, and custom scripts extensions.

·         Backup, restore, and monitor virtual machines.

Configure and Manage Virtual Networks 

·         Understand virtual networking components, IP addressing, and network routing options.

·         Implement Azure DNS domains, zones, record types, and resolution methods.

·         Configure network security groups, service endpoints, logging, and network troubleshooting.

·         Implement site connectivity schemas including VNet-to-VNet connections and virtual network peering.

Manage Identities

·         Implement Azure Active Directory, Self-Service Password Reset, Azure AD Identity Protection, and integrated SaaS applications.

·         Configure domains and tenants, users and groups, roles, and devices.

·         Implement and manage Azure Active Directory integration options and Azure AD Application Proxy.

AWS Solution Architect –Associate -Course

 AWS Solution Architect –Associate

                AWS - AWS Technical Essentials

>Introduction and History of AWS
>AWS Foundational Services: EC2, VPC, S3, EBS
>AWS Security, Identity, and Access Management: IAM
>AWS Databases: RDS, Dynamo DB
>AWS Management Tools: Auto Scaling, Cloud Watch, Elastic Load Balancing, Trusted Advisor

Course Content

1 Domain 1.0: High Availability and Business Continuity

1.1 Demonstrate ability to architect the appropriate level of availability based on stakeholder requirements

1.2 Demonstrate ability to implement DR for systems based on RPO and RTO

1.3 Determine appropriate use of multi-Availability Zones vs. multi-Region architectures

1.4 Demonstrate ability to implement self-healing capabilities

Content may include the following:

• High Availability vs. Fault Tolerance

2 Domain 2.0: Costing

2.1 Demonstrate ability to make architectural decisions that minimize and optimize infrastructure cost

2.2 Apply the appropriate AWS account and billing set-up options based on scenario

2.3 Ability to compare and contrast the cost implications of different architectures

3 Domain 3.0: Deployment Management

3.1 Ability to manage the lifecycle of an application on AWS

3.2 Demonstrate ability to implement the right architecture for development, testing, and staging

environments

3.3 Position and select most appropriate AWS deployment mechanism based on scenario

4 Domain 4.0: Network Design for a complex large scale deployment

4.1 Demonstrate ability to design and implement networking features of AWS

4.2 Demonstrate ability to design and implement connectivity features of AWS

5 Domain 5.0: Data Storage for a complex large scale deployment

5.1 Demonstrate ability to make architectural trade off decisions involving storage options

5.2 Demonstrate ability to make architectural trade off decisions involving database options

5.3 Demonstrate ability to implement the most appropriate data storage architecture

5.4 Determine use of synchronous versus asynchronous replication

6 Domain 6.0: Security

6.1 Design information security management systems and compliance controls

6.2 Design security controls with the AWS shared responsibility model and global infrastructure

6.3 Design identity and access management controls

6.4 Design protection of Data at Rest controls

6.5 Design protection of Data in Flight and Network Perimeter controls

7 Domain 7.0: Scalability and Elasticity

7.1 Demonstrate the ability to design a loosely coupled system

7.2 Demonstrate ability to implement the most appropriate front-end scaling architecture

7.3 Demonstrate ability to implement the most appropriate middle-tier scaling architecture

vSphere 6.7 Course Contents

VMware vSphere 6.7 with ESXi and vCenter

Detailed Chapter List

Chapter 1 – Virtualization Infrastructure Overview

• Virtualization explained

• How VMware virtualization compares to traditional PC deployments

• Common pain points in PC Server management

• How virtualization effectively addresses common IT issues

• VMware vSphere software products

• What's New and Improved in vSphere 6.7

Chapter 2 – How to Install, Configure ESXi 6.7

• Understanding ESXi

• Selecting, validating and preparing your server

• Storage controllers, disks and partitions

• Software installation and best practices

• Join ESXi to a Domain

• Local User Management and Policies

• First look at the VMware vSphere Client and VMware Host Client

Chapter 3 – Virtual and Physical Networking

• vNetwork standard and distributed virtual Switches

• Virtual Switches, Ports and Port Groups

• Creating VMkernel ports

• Creating, sizing and customizing Virtual Switches

Chapter 4 – Connecting to and Using NAS Shared Storage

• Benefits Shared Storage offer to Virtual Infrastructure

• NFS Overview

• Configuring ESX to use NFS Shares

• Configuring NFS for performance and redundancy

• NFS Use Cases

• Troubleshooting NFS connections

Chapter 5 – Virtual Hardware and Virtual Machines

• VM virtual hardware, options and limits

• Sizing and creating a new VM

• Assigning, modifying and removing Virtual Hardware

• Working with a VM’s BIOS

• VMware remote console applications

• Installing an OS into a VM

• Driver installation and customization

Chapter 6 – vCenter Server Appliance and Web Client

• The need for Identity Source management

• Installing and configuring vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded Platform Service Controller

• Connecting Single Sign On (SSO) to Active Directory and other identity sources

• vCenter feature overview and components

• Organizing vCenter's inventory views

• Importing ESX hosts into vCenter management

• Administering vCenter Server with Web Client

Chapter 7 – VM Rapid Deployment using Templates, Clones

• Templates – Virtual Machine Golden Master images

• Creating, modifying, updating and working with Templates

• Patching, and refreshing Templates

• Cloning, one time copies of VMs

• Best practices for cloning and templating

• Adding and resizing virtual disks

• Hotplug VM virtual CPUs and Memory

Chapter 8 – ESXi and vCenter Permission Model

• VMware Security model

• Configuring local users and groups

• Managing local permissions

• vCenter security model

• Local, Domain and Active Directory users and groups

• How permissions are applied

Chapter 9 – Using Fibre and iSCSI Shared Storage

• Fibre SAN overview

• Identifying and using Fibre Host Bus Adapters

• Scanning and Rescanning Fibre SANs

• iSCSI overview

• Virtual and physical iSCSI adapters

• Connecting to iSCSI storage

• Scanning and rescanning iSCSI SANS

• Performance and redundancy considerations and best practices

• Understanding the benefits of VMware VAAI compliant storage

Chapter 10 – VMware File System (VMFS)

• Unique file system properties of VMFS

• Managing shared Volumes

• Creating new VMFS partitions

• Explanation of new VMFS 6 features and capabilities

• Managing VMFS capacity with LUN spanning and LUN expansion

• Native and 3rd party Multipathing with Fibre and iSCSI SANs

• VMFS performance considerations

• VMFS scalability and reliability

Chapter 11 – Infrastructure Monitoring with vCenter Alarms

• Alarm categories and definitions

• Creating custom alarms and actions

• Configure vCenter so it can send E-mail and SNMP alerts

• Reviewing alarms and acknowledging them

• Work with alarm conditions, triggers and actions

• Identify most useful alarms to review and enable

Chapter 12 – Resource Management and Resource Pools

• Delegate resources in bulk using Resource Pools

• How ESX delivers resources to VMs

• Shares, Reservations and Limits

• CPU resource scheduling

• Memory resource scheduling

• Resource Pools

Chapter 13 – VMotion Migration, Cold Migration, Storage VMotion

• Cold VM migrations to new ESX hosts, datastores

• Hot Migrations with VMotion

• VMotion requirements and dependencies

• How VMotion works – detailed explanation

• Troubleshooting VMotion

• How to test hosts for VMotion compatibility

• Storage VMotion for hot VM disk migrations

Chapter 14 – Distributed Resource Scheduling Clusters

• CPU and Memory resource balanced clusters with VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler

• DRS Cluster configuration and tuning

• Per-VM cluster policy overrides

• Learn the features and benefits of DRS Power Management

Chapter 15 – Failure Recovery with High Availability Clusters

• High Availability options to minimize unplanned down time

• How VMware HA protects against ESXi host, storage network and SAN volume failures

• Understand and review HA’s many policies

• Introduction to continuous VM availability using VMware Fault Tolerance

Chapter 15.1 – Failure Recovery with High Availability Clusters

• How Fault Tolerance provides continuous VM availability during ESXi host, storage network and SAN

storage failures

• How to configure ESXi hosts and networks to enable Fault Tolerance

• How to configure, enable and monitor Fault Tolerance on VMs

• Managing Fault Tolerance protected VMs

• Fault Tolerance scalability, performance and limitations

Chapter 16 – Disaster Preparedness with vSphere Replication

• Explain vSphere Replication features and Use Cases

• Import the vSphere Replication virtual appliance

• Configure vSphere Replication including Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs)

• Performing an initial VM replication

• Scheduling periodic VM synchronization to the replication target site

• Recover a VM using vSphere Replication

Chapter 17 – Patch Management with VMware Update Manager

• Configure and enable VMware Update Manager

• Establishing a patch baseline

• Verifying compliance and patching ESXi hosts

Chapter 18 – Managing Scalability and Performance

• VMkernel CPU and memory resource management mechanisms

• Tuning VM storage I/O performance

• Identifying and resolving resource contention

• Monitoring VM and ESX host performance

• Performance and capacity planning strategies