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AZ-104: Configure and manage virtual networks for Azure administrators

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Overview

    • Module 1: You will learn to configure virtual networks and subnets, including IP addressing.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

      • Describe virtual network features and components.
      • Identify features and usage cases for subnets and subnetting.
      • Identify usage cases for private and public IP addresses.
      • Create and determine which resources require public IP addresses.
      • Create and determine which resources require private IP addresses.
      • Create virtual networks.
    • Module 2: You will learn how to implement network security groups and ensure network security group rules are correctly applied.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

      • Determine when to use network security groups.
      • Implement network security group rules.
      • Evaluate network security group effective rules.
    • Module 3: You will learn how to configure the Azure Firewall including firewall rules.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

      • Determine when to use Azure Firewall.
      • Implement Azure Firewall including firewall rules
    • Module 4: You will learn how to configure Azure DNS including custom domain names and record sets.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

      • Identify features and usage cases for domains, custom domains, and private zones.
      • Verify custom domain names using DNS records.
      • Implement DNS zones, DNS delegation, and DNS record sets.
    • Module 5: You will learn to configure a VNet peering connection and address transit and connectivity concerns.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

      • Identify usage cases and product features of virtual network peering.
      • Configure gateway transit, connectivity, and service chaining.
    • Module 6: You will learn how to create VPN gateways and securely connect your company sites to Azure.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

      • Identify features and usage cases for VPN gateways.
      • Implement high availability scenarios.
      • Configure site-to-site VPN connections using a VPN gateway.
    • Module 7: You will learn how to configure ExpressRoute and Virtual WAN to provide connection services.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

      • Identify features and usage cases for ExpressRoute.
      • Coexist site-to-site and ExpressRoute networks.
      • Identify features and usage cases for virtual WAN.
    • Module 8: You will learn how to configure routes including endpoints and private links.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

      • Implement system routes and user-defined routes.
      • Configure a custom route.
      • Implement service endpoints.
      • Identify features and usage cases for private links and endpoint services.
    • Module 9: You will learn how to configure an internal or public load balancer.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

      • Identify features and usage cases for Azure load balancer.
      • Implement public and internal Azure load balancers.
      • Configure load balancer SKUs, backend pools, session persistence, and health probes.
    • Module 10: You will learn how to configure an Azure Application Gateway.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

      • Identify features and usage cases for Azure Application Gateway.
      • Implement Azure Application Gateway, including selecting a routing method.
      • Configure gateway features such as routing rules.
    • Module 11: In this module, you will learn how to plan and implement an IP addressing scheme for virtual networks and virtual machines in Azure.

In this module, you will:

      • Identify the private IP addressing capabilities of Azure virtual networks.
      • Identify the public IP addressing capabilities of Azure.
      • Identify the requirements for IP addressing when integrating with on-premises networks.
    • Module 12: Use virtual network peering to enable communication across virtual networks in a way that's secure and minimally complex.

In this module, you will:

      • Identify use cases for virtual network peering.
      • Identify the features and limitations of virtual network peering.
      • Configure peering connections between virtual networks.
    • Module 13: Learn how to host your domain on Azure DNS.

In this module, you will:

      • Configure Azure DNS to host your domain
    • Module 14: Learn how to control Azure virtual network traffic by implementing custom routes.

In this module, you will:

      • Identify the routing capabilities of an Azure virtual network
      • Configure routing within a virtual network
      • Deploy a basic network virtual appliance
      • Configure routing to send traffic through a network virtual appliance
    • Module 15: In this module, you will learn how to use Azure Load Balancer to distribute traffic between multiple virtual servers or services.

In this module, you will:

    • Identify the features and capabilities of Azure Load Balancer
    • Deploy and configure an Azure load balancer

Syllabus

  • Module 1: Configure virtual networks
    • Introduction
    • Plan virtual networks
    • Create subnets
    • Create virtual networks
    • Plan IP addressing
    • Create public IP addressing
    • Associate public IP addresses
    • Associate private IP addresses
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary and resources
  • Module 2: Configure network security groups
    • Introduction
    • Implement network security groups
    • Determine network security group rules
    • Determine network security group effective rules
    • Create network security group rules
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary and resources
  • Module 3: Configure Azure Firewall
    • Introduction
    • Determine Azure Firewall uses
    • Create Azure Firewalls
    • Create firewall rules
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary and resources
  • Module 4: Configure Azure DNS
    • Introduction
    • Identify domains and custom domains
    • Verify custom domain names
    • Create Azure DNS zones
    • Delegate DNS domains
    • Add DNS record sets
    • Plan for private DNS zones
    • Determine private zone scenarios
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary and resources
  • Module 5: Configure virtual network peering
    • Introduction
    • Determine virtual network peering uses
    • Determine gateway transit and connectivity
    • Create virtual network peering
    • Determine service chaining uses
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary and resources
  • Module 6: Configure VPN Gateway
    • Introduction
    • Determine VPN gateway uses
    • Create site-to-site connections
    • Create the gateway subnet
    • Create the VPN gateway
    • Determine the VPN gateway type
    • Determine gateway SKU and generation
    • Create the local network gateway
    • Setup the on-premises VPN gateway
    • Create the VPN connection
    • Determine high availability scenarios
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary and resources
  • Module 7: Configure ExpressRoute and Virtual WAN
    • Introduction
    • Determine ExpressRoute uses
    • Determine ExpressRoute capabilities
    • Coexist site-to-site and ExpressRoute
    • Compare intersite connection options
    • Determine Virtual WAN uses
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary and resources
  • Module 8: Configure network routing and endpoints
    • Introduction
    • Review system routes
    • Identify user-defined routes
    • Examine a routing example
    • Determine service endpoint uses
    • Determine service endpoint services
    • Identify private link uses
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary and resources
  • Module 9: Configure Azure Load Balancer
    • Introduction
    • Determine Azure load balancer uses
    • Implement a public load balancer
    • Implement an internal load balancer
    • Determine load balancer SKUs
    • Create backend pools
    • Create load balancer rules
    • Configure session persistence
    • Create health probes
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary and resources
  • Module 10: Configure Azure Application Gateway
    • Introduction
    • Implement Application Gateway
    • Determine Application Gateway routing
    • Application Gateway component set up
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary and resources
  • Module 11: Design an IP addressing schema for your Azure deployment
    • Introduction
    • Network IP addressing and integration
    • Public and private IP addressing in Azure
    • Plan IP addressing for your networks
    • Exercise - Design and implement IP addressing for Azure virtual networks
    • Summary
  • Module 12: Distribute your services across Azure virtual networks and integrate them by using virtual network peering
    • Introduction
    • Connect services by using virtual network peering
    • Exercise - Prepare virtual networks for peering by using Azure CLI commands
    • Exercise - Configure virtual network peering connections by using Azure CLI commands
    • Exercise - Verify virtual network peering by using SSH between Azure virtual machines
    • Summary
  • Module 13: Host your domain on Azure DNS
    • Introduction
    • What is Azure DNS?
    • Configure Azure DNS to host your domain
    • Exercise - Create a DNS zone and an A record by using Azure DNS
    • Dynamically resolve resource name by using alias record
    • Exercise - Create alias records for Azure DNS
    • Summary
  • Module 14: Manage and control traffic flow in your Azure deployment with routes
    • Introduction
    • Identify routing capabilities of an Azure virtual network
    • Exercise - Create custom routes
    • What is an NVA?
    • Exercise - Create an NVA and virtual machines
    • Exercise - Route traffic through the NVA
    • Summary
  • Module 15: Improve application scalability and resiliency by using Azure Load Balancer
    • Introduction
    • Azure Load Balancer features and capabilities
    • Configure a public load balancer
    • Exercise - Configure a public load balancer
    • Internal load balancer
    • Summary

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    Luiz Cláudio Eghito
    O curso "Virtual Networks for Azure Administrators", e estou extremamente satisfeito com a experiência e o conhecimento adquirido. Este curso se destaca por sua abordagem completa e detalhada sobre redes virtuais no Azure, fornecendo uma base sólida para profissionais que buscam se especializar na administração de redes na nuvem.
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    Learned many things from the course as from the IT background its our first priority to keep ourselves up to date and this course helped me out to learn about new technologies
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    Excellent experience of the learning it's a clear language to understand everything!!! Easy to get a theoretical knowledge as well practical knowledge by getting practice!!!
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    Danish Khan
    VM system is now understand properly how it work and how to create a vm machine nic and very good i think it was amazing experinece to learn a advacne techology
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