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Architect infrastructure operations in Azure

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Overview

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  • Module 1: Use Azure Resource Manager to organize resources, enforce standards, and protect critical assets from deletion.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Use resource groups to organize Azure resources
    • Use tags to organize resources
    • Apply policies to enforce standards in your Azure environments
    • Use resource locks to protect critical Azure resources from accidental deletion
  • Module 2: Learn how to access policies, resource locks, and tags, as well as how Azure services such as Azure Policy and Azure Blueprints can help you build a comprehensive cloud governance strategy. Prepare for AZ-900.
  • After completing this module, you'll be able to:

    • Make organizational decisions about your cloud environment by using the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure.
    • Define who can access cloud resources by using Azure role-based access control.
    • Apply a resource lock to prevent accidental deletion of your Azure resources.
    • Apply tags to your Azure resources to help describe their purpose.
    • Control and audit how your resources are created by using Azure Policy.
    • Enable governance at scale across multiple Azure subscriptions by using Azure Blueprints.
  • Module 3: Use monitoring services on Azure to bring operational excellence to your applications and infrastructure.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Select the appropriate monitoring solution based on use case
    • Integrate monitoring solutions to create a unified monitoring strategy
  • Module 4: Respond to incidents and activities in your infrastructure through alerting capabilities in Azure Monitor.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Configure alerts on events in your Azure resources based on metrics, log events, and Activity log events
    • Learn how to use smart groups to identify and group related alerts to reduce alert noise
  • Module 5: Use Azure Monitor logs to extract valuable information about your infrastructure from log data.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Identify the features and capabilities of Azure Monitor logs
    • Create basic Azure Monitor log queries to extract information from log data

Syllabus

  • Module 1: Control and organize Azure resources with Azure Resource Manager
    • Introduction
    • Principles of resource groups
    • Use tagging to organize resources
    • Use policies to enforce standards
    • Secure resources with role-based access control
    • Use resource locks to protect resources
    • Check your Knowledge
    • Summary
  • Module 2: Build a cloud governance strategy on Azure
    • Introduction
    • Control access to cloud resources by using Azure role-based access control
    • Prevent accidental changes by using resource locks
    • Exercise - Protect a storage account from accidental deletion by using a resource lock
    • Organize your Azure resources by using tags
    • Control and audit your resources by using Azure Policy
    • Exercise - Restrict deployments to a specific location by using Azure Policy
    • Govern multiple subscriptions by using Azure Blueprints
    • Accelerate your cloud adoption journey by using the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
    • Create a subscription governance strategy
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 3: Design a holistic monitoring strategy on Azure
    • Introduction
    • Introduction to full stack monitoring in Azure
    • Monitoring options available in Azure
    • Manage applications by using Azure Monitor Application Insights
    • Analyze resource utilization and performance using Azure Monitor Insights
    • Analyze infrastructure security by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
    • Analyze enterprise security by using Microsoft Sentinel
    • Summary
  • Module 4: Improve incident response with alerting on Azure
    • Introduction
    • Explore the different alert types that Azure Monitor supports
    • Use metric alerts for alerts about performance issues in your Azure environment
    • Exercise - Use metric alerts to alert on performance issues in your Azure environment
    • Use log alerts to alert on events in your application
    • Use activity log alerts to alert on events within your Azure infrastructure
    • Exercise - Use activity log alerts to alert on events within your Azure infrastructure
    • Use smart groups to reduce alert noise in Azure Monitor
    • Summary
  • Module 5: Analyze your Azure infrastructure by using Azure Monitor logs
    • Introduction
    • Features of Azure Monitor logs
    • Create basic Azure Monitor log queries to extract information from log data
    • Exercise - Create basic Azure Monitor log queries to extract information from log data
    • Summary

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