Azure NetApp Files fundamentals

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Overview

Module 1: Evaluate whether Microsoft Azure NetApp Files is appropriate for migrating and running your organization's file-based workloads.
By completing this module, you can:
- Understand how Azure NetApp Files provides enterprise-grade storage in Azure.
- Evaluate whether Azure NetApp Files is appropriate for migrating and running your organization's file-based workloads.
- Describe the performance tiers of Azure NetApp Files and choose a performance level that fits your workload requirements.
- Understand how Azure NetApp Files supports your application running in Azure.
Module 2: Understand network attached storage (NAS) concepts and various NAS protocols supported in Azure NetApp Files.
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Classify the various NAS protocols supported in Azure NetApp Files and choose the one that best suits your workload.
- Describe NAS permissions and their uses.
- Understand file locking and lock types in Azure NetApp Files
Module 3: Learn about the key parts of Azure NetApp Files, including storage terminology and monitoring strategies, to help you optimize your setup and deployment processes.
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Describe the service levels for Azure NetApp Files
- Classify the various network planning elements to design a network architecture for Azure NetApp Files
- Understand how to monitor Azure NetApp Files
Module 4: This module looks at cost models and cost optimization features in Azure NetApp Files.
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Evaluate various pricing examples for Azure NetApp Files
- Describe how cool access works in Azure NetApp Files and the effects of cool access on data.
- Save storage cost with reserved capacity
Module 5: Learn how to manage and monitor capacity in Azure NetApp Files.
By the end of this module, you'll be able to describe the following:
- Describe volume quota for Azure NetApp Files
- Manage and monitor Azure NetApp Files capacity consumption
- Classify default and individual user and group quotas for Azure NetApp Files
- Use large volumes on Azure NetApp Files
Module 6: Learn about the different factors that influence performance in Azure NetApp Files and make choices to optimize the performance to meet the needs of your workloads.
By the end of this module, you'll be able to describe the following:
- Describe volume quota for Azure NetApp Files
- Describe performance considerations for large volumes
- Classify volume performance and metrics using Azure NetApp Files
Module 7: Learn how to use Azure NetApp Files application volume groups to optimize deployments with Oracle and SAP HANA.
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Describe the key components of application volume groups.
- Define the best practices of Azure NetApp Files application volume group.
Module 8: This module teaches you about data protection options in Azure NetApp Files to help you improve the resiliency of your data.
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Enumeration protection and disaster recovery features in Azure NetApp Files
- Explain how Azure NetApp Files snapshots work
- Describe Azure NetApp Files backup and recovery
- Describe the different benefits of cross-region and cross-zone replication
Module 9: Learn about applications for Azure NetApp Files with Linux OSS applications and databases, Windows applications and SQL Server solutions, SAP on Azure solutions, and other products.
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Describe the solutions for different workloads.
- Classify the benefits of using Azure NetApp Files with various workloads.
Module 10: Learn about data encryption options available in Azure NetApp Files to improve the security of your data.
By the end of this module, you should:
- Understand the Microsoft cloud security benchmark
- Enumerate encryption options in Azure NetApp Files and their benefits

Syllabus

Module 1: Module 1: Introduction to Azure NetApp Files
- Introduction
- What is Azure NetApp Files?
- How Azure NetApp Files works
- When to use Azure NetApp Files
- Knowledge check
- Summary
Module 2: Module 2: Understand how Azure NetApp Files provides volumes as a service
- Introduction
- NAS protocols in Azure NetApp Files
- NAS share permissions in Azure NetApp Files
- NAS file permissions in Azure NetApp Files
- Knowledge check
- Summary
Module 3: Module 3: Understand Azure NetApp Files essentials
- Introduction
- Service levels for Azure NetApp Files
- Azure NetApp Files limits
- Azure NetApp Files network planning
- Monitor Azure NetApp Files
- Monitor Azure NetApp Files
- Knowledge check
- Summary
Module 4: Module 4: Optimize costs with Azure NetApp Files
- Introduction
- Azure NetApp Files storage with cool access
- Reserved capacity for Azure NetApp Files
- Knowledge check
- Summary
Module 5: Module 5: Understand quotas in Azure NetApp Files
- Introduction
- Capacity management in Azure NetApp Files
- Regional capacity quota for Azure NetApp Files
- Understand default and individual user and group quotas in Azure NetApp Files
- Requirements and considerations for large volumes in Azure NetApp Files
- Knowledge check
- Summary
Module 6: Module 6: Understand and tune Azure NetApp Files performance
- Introduction: performance considerations for Azure NetApp Files
- Performance considerations for large volumes
- Performance benchmark test recommendations for Azure NetApp Files
- Knowledge check
- Summary
Module 7: Module 7: Using Azure NetApp Files application volume group
- Introduction
- Azure NetApp Files application volume group best practices and benefits
- Knowledge check
- Summary
Module 8: Module 8: Understand data protection and resiliency in Azure NetApp Files
- Introduction
- How do Azure NetApp Files snapshot works?
- How does Azure NetApp Files backup work?
- Cross-region replication in Azure NetApp Files
- Cross-zone replication in Azure NetApp Files
- Knowledge check
- Summary
Module 9: Module 9: Solutions and benefits for using Azure NetApp Files
- Introduction
- Benefits of using Azure NetApp Files
- Knowledge check
- Summary
Module 10: Module 10: Azure security for Azure NetApp Files
- Introduction
- Data encryption at rest in Azure NetApp Files
- Data encryption in transit in Azure NetApp Files
- Knowledge check
- Summary