Overview of Cloud Computing and Microsoft Azure

Objective: Upon completing this module, you should be able to: Summarize Cloud and its features, Relate different Cloud Models, Classify different Cloud Services, Categorize the Cloud vendors, Define Datacenter, List the Azure Services, Describe the different Portals used to handle the Service Instances.

Topics: Summarize Cloud and its features, Relate different Cloud Models, Classify different Cloud Services, Categorize the Cloud vendors, Overview on Regions and Datacenter, List the features of Azure, Azure Services, Azure Management Portals.

Building Application Infrastructure in Azure using Virtual Machines

Objective: At the end of this module, you should be able to: Setup a Virtual Machine in Azure, Create Windows and Linux VMs, Create a VM using Images, Scale ARM Virtual Machines.

Topics: Azure Virtual Machines setup, Creating Windows and Linux VM, Create VM using images, Scaling ARM Virtual Machines.

Hosting Web Applications on the Azure Platform

Objective: At the end of this module, you should be able to: Explain Azure App Services, Azure Web App Service, Create a Web App instance, Create an Learnests Web app, Publish a simple ASP.NET web to Web Apps, Monitor and manage the Learnests Web App.

Topics: Azure Web Apps, Hosting Web Applications in Azure, Configuring an Azure Web App, Publishing an Azure Web App, Monitor and Analyze Azure Web Site.

SQL Data Storage in Azure

Objective: At the end of this module, you should be able to: Classify the different Azure SQL Database tiers, Create an Azure SQL Database, Configure and perform Point-in-Time Recovery, Enable Geo-Replication, Import and export data and schema, Scale Azure SQL databases.

Topics: Azure SQL Database overview, Different SQL Database tiers in Azure, Azure SQL Database Tools, Securing and Recovering an Azure SQL Database Instance, Migrating data to Azure SQL Database, Scale Azure SQL databases.

Designing Resilient Cloud Applications

Objective: At the end of this module, you should be able to: Define Resiliency requirements, Design for Resiliency, Design strategies for Scaling with Cloud Applications, Test for Resiliency.

Topics: Resiliency and its aspects, Process to achieve Resiliency, Defining Resiliency requirements, Approaches to think about Resiliency, Design for Resiliency, Resiliency Strategies, Testing for Resiliency, High Availability for Azure Applications.

Cloud Services Management in Azure

Objective: At the end of this module, you should be able to: Use Cloud Service Worker Roles and Web Sites Web Jobs to process data in the background, Use Cloud Service Cache Roles to store data in the cache.

Topics: Overview of Azure Cloud Services, Cloud Service Web Roles, Customizing Cloud Service Configurations, Updating and Managing Cloud Service Deployments, Cloud Service Worker Role, Cloud Service Worker Role Processing, Analyzing Application Cloud Service Role Instances.

Tabular Data Storage in Azure

Objective: At the end of this module, you should be able to: Store data in Azure Table Storage.

Topics: Azure Storage Overview, Azure Storage Tables Overview, Table Entity Transactions, Azure DocumentsDB.

Storing and Consuming Files from Azure Storage

Objective: At the end of this module, you should be able to: Master the Blobs storage in Microsoft Azure Storage, Identify the software development kit (SDK) libraries, namespaces, and classes that are available for blobs.

Topics: Azure Storage Blobs, Controlling Access to Storage Blobs and Containers, Monitoring Storage Blobs, Configuring Azure Storage Accounts, Azure Files, Uploading and Migrating Storage data.

Designing a Communication Strategy by Using Queues and Service Bus

Objective: At the end of this module, you should be able to: Use Azure Queue Storage to queue data for Asynchronous processing, Identify the Service Bus offerings and which ones to use in appropriate scenarios, Use the Azure Service Bus Relay to connect on-premise services with Client applications.

Topics: Queue mechanisms in Azure, Azure Storage Queues, Handling Storage Queues Messages, Azure Service Bus, Azure Service Bus Queues, Azure Service Bus Relay, Azure Service Bus Notifications Hubs.

Automating Integration with Azure Resources

Objective: At the end of this module, you should be able to: Describe the Azure Software Development Kits (SDKs) and Client Libraries, Use Windows PowerShell, Client Libraries or REST API to Automate Azure Service Management, Explore two sets of Modules available for PowerShell Automation, Describe the Service Management API and compare with Resource Manager, Use the Resource Manager to create Resource Groups and Templates.

Topics: Azure SDK Client Libraries, Virtual Machine Configuration Management, Scripting Azure Service Management by Using Windows PowerShell, Azure REST Interface, Azure Resource Manager.

Azure Web Applications Security

Objective: At the end of this module, you should be able to: Describe the Azure AD service, Understand the features that are available for the directories in Azure AD, Use Azure Active Directory to implement Security in a Cloud Web Application, Use Microsoft Azure Multi-Factor Authentication service efficiently.

Topics: Azure Active Directory, Introduction to Identity Providers, Azure AD Directories, Azure AD Multi-Factor Authentication, Azure Role-Based Access Control.

Maintaining and Monitoring Web Solutions in Azure

Objective: At the end of this module, you should be able to: Use Web Deploy and Service Packages to Efficiently Deploy Web Applications to Azure.

Topics: Deployment Strategies for Web Applications, Deploying Azure Services, Continuous Integration, Monitoring Cloud Applications.