Course: 20533C – Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions–Study reference

While teaching the 20533C course to students I provide them with more information about the topics covered in the training. Perhaps they can help you as well while studying for your exam. Keep in mind that the overview is valid for the C version of the course.

General Information:

• Github Repository for 20533 – https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/20533-ImplementingMicrosoftAzureInfrastructureSolutions

• Using XenApp & XenDesktop in Azure Resource Manager –https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2016/09/12/using-xenapp-xendesktop-in-azure-resource-manager/

• Mark Russinovich Blog on Azure – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/author/markruss/
• Microsoft Azure Blogarticles – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/

• Azure Products – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/
• Azure Visual Overview with links to all functionality – http://azureplatform.azurewebsites.net/en-us/
• Azure Status – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/status/
• Microsoft Trust Center // Security – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/TrustCenter/Security/default.aspx
• Recommended naming conventions for Azure resources – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/guidance-naming-conventions/
• System Center Management Pack for Microsoft Azure (Technical Preview) – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=50013
• Announcing the public preview of Azure Monitor – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-public-preview-of-azure-monitor/
• Azure nieuws vanaf Ignite 2016: Cloud innovations empowering IT for business transformation – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/cloud-innovations-empowering-it-for-business-transformation/
• Azure op Channel 9 – https://channel9.msdn.com/Azure
• Microsoft Azure Courses – https://mva.microsoft.com/product-training/microsoft-azure#!jobf=IT%20Professional&lang=1033
• Windows Server eBooks – https://mva.microsoft.com/ebooks/?topic=Windows%20Server
• Windows Azure eBooks – https://mva.microsoft.com/ebooks/?topic=Windows%20Azure
• 20533C Companion content – Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions – https://www.microsoft.com/en-pk/learning/companion-moc.aspx
• Download Microsoft Ignite Session Videos and Slidedecks – https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Ignite-2016-Slidedeck-and-296df316

Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft Azure

• Azure Startpagina: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/
• Azure regions – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/regions/
• Azure datacenters – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/datacenters/
• Microsoft Virtual Datacenter Tour – http://cloud-platform-assets.azurewebsites.net/datacenter/index.html
• Azure Portal: https://portal.azure.com
• Azure Portal (classic): https://manage.windowsazure.com
• Azure modules for PowerShell –
  • Web Platform Installer – https://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx
  • How to install and configure Azure PowerShell – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/powershell-install-configure/
• Azure Storage Latency Test – http://www.azurespeed.com/

Module 2: Implementing and managing Azure networking

• Create a VM with multiple NICs – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-networks-multiple-nics/
• Azure Quickstart Templates – https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates
• ExpressRoute: An overview – https://azure.microsoft.com/nl-nl/blog/expressroute-an-overview/
• About VPN devices for Site-to-Site VPN Gateway connections – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/vpn-gateway-about-vpn-devices/
• Site to Site VPNs no longer needed for vNets in the same Azure region – http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/site-to-site-vpns-no-longer-needed-for-vnets-in-the-same-azure-region/
• VNet peering – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-network-peering-overview/
• IP addresses (v1 virtual networks)
  • DIP addresses
  • VIP addresses
  • Instance-level PIP addresses
  • VIPs, DIPs and PIPs in Microsoft Azure – https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/cloud_solution_architect/2014/11/08/vips-dips-and-pips-in-microsoft-azure/
  • Static IP addresses
  • Reserved IP addresses
  • Reserved IP Overview – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-networks-reserved-public-ip/
  • How to set a static internal private IP address using PowerShell (Classic) – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-networks-reserved-private-ip/
• Connect Two Azure Resource Manager Virtual Networks Using VNet Peering – https://www.petri.com/connect-two-azure-resource-manager-virtual-networks-using-vnet-peering

Module 3: Implementing virtual machines

• Azure Virtual Machine Sizes en Pricing – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/
• Azure Stack Quickstart Templates – https://github.com/Azure/AzureStack-QuickStart-Templates
• Sizes for virtual machines in Azure – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-windows-sizes/
• Azure subscription and service limits, quotas, and constraints – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/azure-subscription-service-limits/
• Pricing calculator, Price and configure Azure features for your scenarios – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/
• Virtual machines and containers in Azure – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-windows-containers/
• How to create a VM image from an existing Azure VM – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-windows-capture-image/
• Create a Windows VM using Resource Manager and PowerShell – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-windows-ps-create/
• Create a Windows virtual machine with a Resource Manager template – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-windows-ps-template/
• Authoring Azure Resource Manager templates – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/resource-group-authoring-templates/
• Azure Resource Manager template functions – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/resource-group-template-functions/
• Microsoft server software support for Microsoft Azure virtual machines – https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2721672
• Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 3.0 – https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn873998.aspx

Module 4: Managing virtual machines

• Azure In-Place VM Migration Eliminates Reboots During Host Maintenance – http://www.aidanfinn.com/?p=19800
• High availability checklist – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/resiliency-high-availability-checklist/
  • What happens if you have a single virtual machine for a role? A single machine is a single point of failure and is not available for the Azure Virtual Machine Service Level Agreement. In the best cases, your application will run just fine but this is not a resilient design, is not covered by the Azure Virtual Machine SLA, and any single point of failure increases the chance of downtime if something fails.
• Availability checklist – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/best-practices-availability-checklist/
• Azure resiliency technical guidance – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/resiliency-technical-guidance/
  • The Azure service-level agreement (SLA) guarantees that when two or more web role instances are deployed to different fault and upgrade domains, they’ll have external connectivity at least 99.95 percent of the time. Unlike update domains, there’s no way to control the number of fault domains. Azure automatically allocates fault domains and distributes role instances across them. At least the first two instances of every role are placed in different fault and upgrade domains to ensure that any role with at least two instances will satisfy the SLA. This is represented in the following diagram.
  • https://azure.microsoft.com/nl-nl/support/legal/sla/virtual-machines/v1_2/
• How to configure an availability set for Windows virtual machines in the classic deployment model – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-windows-classic-configure-availability/
• Create an availability set (ARM) – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-windows-create-availability-set/
• Set Azure Resource Manager VM AvailabilitySet – https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Set-Azure-Resource-Manager-f7509ec4
• Create a Windows Virtual Machine Scale Set using Azure PowerShell – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machine-scale-sets-windows-create/
• Get started with Azure Key Vault – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/key-vault-get-started/
• Azure Disk Encryption for Windows and Linux IaaS VMs – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/azure-security-disk-encryption/
• Developing DSC scripts for the Azure Resource Manager DSC Extension – https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/golive/2015/09/01/developing-dsc-scripts-for-the-azure-resource-manager-dsc-extension/
• Set-AzureRmVMDscExtension – https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt603564.aspx
• Custom Script extension for Windows virtual machines (ASM) – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-windows-classic-extensions-customscript/
• Azure In-Place VM Migration Eliminates Reboots During Host Maintenance – http://www.aidanfinn.com/?p=19800
• IPv6 for Azure VMs available in most regions – https://azure.microsoft.com/nl-nl/updates/ipv6-for-azure-vms/

Module 5: Implementing Azure App Service (Niet behandeld)

• Web Apps
  • Web Apps documentation – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/services/app-service/web/
  • Gallery – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/web-applications/
• Mobile Apps
  • Mobile Apps documentation – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/services/app-service/mobile/
• Logic Apps
  • Logic Apps documentation – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/services/logic-apps/
• API Apps
  • API Apps documentation – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/services/app-service/api/
• Deploy your app to Azure App Service – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-deploy/
• Web Deploy (msdeploy) simplifies deployment of Web applications and Web sites to IIS servers – http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/web-deploy
• Continuous delivery to Azure using Visual Studio Team Services and Git – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/cloud-services-continuous-delivery-use-vso-git/
• Secure your app’s custom domain with HTTPS – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-configure-ssl-certificate/#4-enforce-https-on-your-app
• Scale up an app in Azure – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-scale/
• Analyze Windows Azure Website application logs using transient HDInsight cluster – https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Analyses-Windows-Azure-web-0b27d413
• Enable diagnostics logging for web apps in Azure App Service – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-enable-diagnostic-log/
• Kudu – Windows Azure Websites online tools you should know about – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/windows-azure-websites-online-tools-you-should-know-about/
• Webhook – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webhook

Module 6: Planning and implementing storage, backup, and recovery services

• Azure Queues and Service Bus queues – compared and contrasted – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/service-bus-azure-and-service-bus-queues-compared-contrasted/
• Azure Storage Pricing – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/storage/blobs/
• Azure Storage Scalability and Performance Targets – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/storage-scalability-targets/
• Transfer data with the AzCopy Command-Line Utility – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/storage-use-azcopy/
• New: Azure Storage Explorer 6 Preview 3 (August 2014) – http://azurestorageexplorer.codeplex.com/
• Browsing and Managing Storage Resources with Server Explorer – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/vs-azure-tools-storage-resources-server-explorer-browse-manage/
• Using Shared Access Signatures (SAS) – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/storage-dotnet-shared-access-signature-part-1/
• Use role assignments to manage access to your Azure subscription resources – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/role-based-access-control-configure/
• Using Azure CDN – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/cdn-create-new-endpoint/
• Azure CDN POP Locations – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/cdn-pop-locations/
• CDN Caching Policy in Media Services Extension – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/cdn-caching-policy/
• Azure CDN POP Locations – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/cdn-pop-locations/
• Back up a Windows Server or client to Azure using the Resource Manager deployment model – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/backup-configure-vault/
• How does Azure Site Recovery work? – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/site-recovery-components/
• Designing your network infrastructure for disaster recovery – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/site-recovery-network-design/
• Azure Site Recovery Capacity Planner – https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Azure-Recovery-Capacity-d01dc40e
• Capacity Planner for Hyper-V Replica – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39057
• vSphere Replication Capacity Planning Appliance – https://labs.vmware.com/flings/vsphere-replication-capacity-planning-appliance
• Plan capacity for protecting virtual machines and physical servers in Azure Site Recovery – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/site-recovery-capacity-planner/
• What workloads can you protect with Azure Site Recovery? – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/site-recovery-workload/
• Prepare for Azure Site Recovery deployment – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/site-recovery-best-practices/
• Replicate Hyper-V virtual machines in VMM clouds to Azure using Azure Site Recovery with the Azure portal | Microsoft Azure – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/site-recovery-vmm-to-azure/
• Create recovery plans – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/site-recovery-create-recovery-plans/
• Replicate between on-premises Hyper-V virtual machines and Azure by using PowerShell and Azure Resource Manager – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/site-recovery-deploy-with-powershell-resource-manager/

Module 7: Planning and implementing Azure SQL Database

• Azure SQL Database General Limitations and Guidelines – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/sql-database-general-limitations/
• Azure SQL Database Transact-SQL differences – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/sql-database-transact-sql-information/
• What’s new in SQL Database V12 – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/sql-database-v12-whats-new/
• Monitoring Azure SQL Database using dynamic management views – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/sql-database-monitoring-with-dmvs/

Module 8: Implementing PaaS cloud services (Niet behandeld)

• Cloud Services – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cloud-services/
• Azure Queues and Service Bus queues – compared and contrasted – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/service-bus-azure-and-service-bus-queues-compared-contrasted/
• Cloud Services documentation – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/services/cloud-services/

Module 9: Implementing Azure Active Directory

• Azure AD Resources – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/azure-active-directory-resources
• Azure AD application gallery – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/active-directory/
• RBAC: Built-in roles – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/role-based-access-built-in-roles/
• Get started with access management in the Azure portal – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/role-based-access-control-what-is/
• Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant for IT Professionals RTW – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=41950
• Azure AD Domain Services (Preview) – https://azure.microsoft.com/nl-nl/documentation/articles/active-directory-ds-overview/
• Microsoft Previews Azure Portal’s New Active Directory Features – https://redmondmag.com/articles/2016/09/12/azure-portal-active-directory-features.aspx
• Manage and support Azure Active Directory – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/azure-active-directory-resources
• Microsoft Cloud Security for Enterprise Architects – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/48121
• Privileged Access Management for Active Directory Domain Services – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-identity-manager/pam/privileged-identity-management-for-active-directory-domain-services
• What is Privileged Identity Management in Windows Server 2016? – http://windowsitpro.com/windows-server-2016/what-privileged-identity-management-windows-server-2016
• PAM in Server 2016 – http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles-tutorials/windows-server-2016-security/pam-server-2016.html
• Azure AD Services Deployment scenarios and use-cases – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/active-directory-ds-scenarios/

Module 10: Managing an Active Directory infrastructure in a hybrid environment

• Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=47594
• Custom settings installation of Azure AD Connect – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/active-directory-aadconnect-get-started-custom/
• Hybrid Cloud Identity Part 1: AD and Azure AD – https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/hybridcloudbp/2016/07/12/hybrid-cloud-identity-ad-and-azuread/
• AD FS deployment in Azure – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/active-directory-aadconnect-azure-adfs/
• MVA – Identity and Access Management – https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/identity-and-access-management-8488

Module 11: Implementing Azure-based management and automation

• Microsoft Operations Management Suite Experience Center – https://experience.mms.microsoft.com/
• Azure Automation in Depth: Runbook Authoring – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-automation-in-depth-runbook-authoring/
• PowerShell Workflows: The Basics – https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/2012/12/26/powershell-workflows-the-basics/
• DSC Configurations – https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/dsc/configurations
• Azure Automation DSC Overview – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/automation-dsc-overview/
• Onboarding machines for management by Azure Automation DSC – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/automation-dsc-onboarding/

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1. Series Introduction [5:40]

2. Introduction to the Cloud [45:55]

3. Azure Accounts, Subscriptions and Admin Roles [52:35]

4. Navigating the Azure Portal [42.51]

5. Azure PowerShell Basics [53:41]

6. Creating Virtual Machines in Azure – The basics [55:44]

7. Azure Virtual Networks – Part 1 [1:02:48]

8. Azure Virtual Networks – Part 2 [51:09]

9. Azure Virtual Networks – Part 3 [39:50]

10. Azure Virtual Networks – Part 4 – VIP, DIP and PIP Explained [1:12:41]

11. Azure Virtual Networks – Part 5 – Cross-premises connectivity concepts [25:05]

12. Azure Virtual Networks – Part 6 – Point-to-site VPN [51:15]

13. Azure Virtual Networks – Part 7 – VNet-to-VNet Connectivity [1:01:29]

14. Azure Virtual Machines – Part 1 – Advanced Concepts [1:36:37]

15. Azure Virtual Machines – Part 2 – Creating Virtual Machines  [40:21]

16. Azure Virtual Machines – Part 3 – Creating Azure VMs with PowerShell [54:48]

17. Azure Virtual Machines – Part 4 – Azure VM Data disks [1:03:44]

18. Azure Virtual Machines – Part 5 – Azure Images  [1:03:16]

19. Azure Virtual Machines – Part 6 – VM Agent and Extensions [57:29]

20. Azure Virtual Machines – Part 7 – VM Endpoints and Load Balancer [1:02:14]

21. Azure Virtual Machines – Part 8 – VM Availability Sets and Autoscaling [41:37]

22. Azure Virtual Machines – Part 9 – Azure VM Storage [47:51]

23. Azure Virtual Machines – Part 10 – Azure VM Monitoring [27:08]

24. Azure Websites – Part 1 – Azure Websites Introduction [1:04:53]

25. Azure Websites – Part 2 – Deploying Azure Websites [1:01:59]

26. Azure Websites – Part 3 – Azure Webjobs [30:26]

27. Azure Websites – Part 4 – Azure Website settings [32:54]

28. Azure Websites – Part 5 – Azure Website Custom Domains and SSL [47:59]

29. Azure Websites – Part 6 – Azure Websites Scaling [44:50]

30. Azure Websites – Part 7 – Azure Traffic Manager [1:07:32]

31. Azure Websites – Part 8 – Azure Websites diagnostics and monitoring [42:43]

32. Azure Cloud Services – Part 1 – The Basics [51:06]

33. Azure Cloud Services – Part 2 – Deploying Cloud Services [58:33]

34. Azure Cloud Services – Part 3 – Cloud Services Configuration [42:45]

35. Azure Cloud Services – Part 4 – Network Configuration and SSL [1:06:52]

36. Azure Cloud Services – Part 5 – Cloud Services Caching [30:13]

37. Azure Cloud Services – Part 6 – Advanced Configuration [44:35]

38. Azure Storage – Part 1 – Introduction [59:42]

39. Azure Storage – Part 2 – BLOB Storage & Security [57:46]

40. Azure Storage – Part 3 – Table, Queue & File Storage [25:39]

41. Azure Recovery Services – Part 1 – Azure Backup [59:24]

42. Azure Recovery Services – Part 2 – Azure VM Backup [42:40]

43. Azure Recovery Services – Part 3 – Azure Backup Server [1:06:34]

44. Azure SQL Database – Part 1 – Introduction [1:04:32]