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AZ-104: Monitor and back up Azure resources

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Overview

Module 1: You will learn how to configure backup and restore policies that meet your company's regulatory needs.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

Identify features and usage cases for Azure Backup.
Configure Recovery Services Vault backup options.
Implement on-premises file and folder backup.
Configure the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Agent.

Module 2: You will learn how to configure virtual machine backups including restore operations.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

Identify features and usage cases for different Azure backup methods.
Configure virtual machine snapshots and backup options.
Implement virtual machine backup and restore, including soft delete.
Compare the Azure Backup (MARS) agent to the Azure Backup Server (MABS).
Perform site-to-site recovery by using Azure Site Recovery.

Module 3: You will learn how to configure Azure Monitor including querying the activity log.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

Identify the features and usage cases for Azure Monitor.
Configure and interpret metrics and logs.
Identify the Azure Monitor components and data types.
Configure the Activity Log.

Module 4: You will learn how to configure Azure alerts including action groups.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

Configure Azure Monitor alerts.
Create alert rules and action groups.

Module 5: You will learn how to configure Log Analytics including structuring queries.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

Identify the features and usage cases for Log Analytics.
Create a Log Analytics workspace and configure connected and data sources.
Structure a Log Analytics query and review results.

Module 6: You will learn how to configure Network Watcher and troubleshoot common networking problems.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

Identify the features and usage cases for Azure Network Watcher.
Configure diagnostic capabilities like IP Flow Verify, Next Hop, and Network Topology.

Module 7: 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 8: 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

Module 9: Learn how to use Azure Monitor VM Insights to monitor your organization's Azure virtual machines.

Evaluate Azure Monitor Logs and Azure Monitor VM Insights.
Configure a Log Analytics workspace.
Build queries from the Heartbeat and InsightsMetrics tables.

Syllabus

Module 1: Configure file and folder backups

Introduction
Describe Azure backup benefits
Implement Azure backup center
Setup recovery service vault backup options
Configure on-premises file and folder backups
Manage the Azure recovery services agent
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 2: Configure virtual machine backups

Introduction
Protect virtual machine data
Create virtual machine snapshots
Setup recovery services vault backup options
Backup virtual machines
Restore virtual machines
Implement Azure Backup Server
Compare backup options
Manage soft delete
Implement Azure Site Recovery
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 3: Configure Azure Monitor

Introduction
Describe Azure Monitor key capabilities
Describe Azure Monitor components
Define metrics and logs
Identify data types
Describe activity log events
Query the activity log
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 4: Configure Azure alerts

Introduction
Manage Azure Monitor alerts
Create alert rules
Create action groups
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 5: Configure Log Analytics

Introduction
Determine Log Analytics uses
Create a workspace
Define connected sources
Define data sources
Visualize Log Analytics data
Structure Log Analytics queries
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 6: Configure Network Watcher

Introduction
Describe Network Watcher features
Review flow verify diagnostics
Review next hop diagnostics
Visualize the network topology
Knowledge check
Summary and resources

Module 7: 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 8: 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

Module 9: Monitor performance of virtual machines by using Azure Monitor VM Insights

Introduction
What are Azure Monitor Logs and Azure Monitor VM Insights?
Exercise - Set up a Log Analytics workspace and Azure Monitor VM Insights
Build log queries by using the Kusto Query Language
Exercise - Build log queries
Summary

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