Deploy and administer Linux virtual machines on Azure

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Module 1: You will learn to configure virtual machines including sizing, storage, and connections.
In this module, you learn how to:
- Determine the responsibilities of cloud service providers and customers in a cloud computing environment.
- Identify the key considerations and factors involved in planning for virtual machines. Considerations include workload requirements, resource allocation, and secure access.
- Configure virtual machine storage and virtual machine sizing.
- Create a virtual machine in the Azure portal.
- Practice deploying an Azure virtual machine and verify the configuration.
Module 2: Learn about your virtual machine storage options and how to choose between standard and premium, managed and unmanaged disks for your Azure virtual machine.
In this module, you will:
- Create a virtual machine (VM)
- Configure and attach virtual hard drives (VHDs) to an existing VM
- Determine whether you need premium disks
- Resize disks for a VM
Module 3: Learn how to monitor your Azure VMs by using Azure Monitor to collect and analyze VM host and client metrics and logs.
- Understand which monitoring data you need to collect from your VM.
- Enable and view recommended alerts and diagnostics.
- Use Azure Monitor to collect and analyze VM host metrics data.
- Use Azure Monitor Agent to collect VM client performance metrics and event logs.
Module 4: Use Azure Backup to help protect on-premises servers, virtual machines, SQL Server, Azure file shares, and other workloads.
In this module, you'll:
- Identify the scenarios for which Azure Backup provides backup and restore capabilities
- Back up and restore an Azure virtual machine
Module 5: Learn how to use the cross-platform Azure CLI to create, start, stop, and perform other management tasks related to virtual machines in Azure.
In this module, you will:
- Create a virtual machine with the Azure CLI.
- Resize virtual machines with the Azure CLI.
- Perform basic management tasks using the Azure CLI.
- Connect to a running VM with SSH and the Azure CLI.
Module 6: Explore how to use built-in Azure roles, managed identities, and RBAC-policy to control access to Azure resources. Identity is the key to secure solutions.
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Configure and use Azure roles within Microsoft Entra ID
- Configure and managed identity and assign it to Azure resources
- Analyze the role permissions granted to or inherited by a user
- Configure access to data in Azure Key Vault using RBAC-policy
Module 7: Learn how to configure Azure Files for SMB cloud file shares and how to use Azure File Sync to transform Windows Server into a quick cache of your Azure file share.
In this module, you learn how to:
- Identify storage for file shares versus blob data.
- Configure Azure file shares and file share snapshots.
- Identify features and use cases of Azure File Sync.
- Identify Azure File Sync components and configuration steps.
Module 8: Use AzCopy to migrate files between Azure Storage accounts.
By the end of this module, you're able to:
- Copy and move blobs between Azure Storage accounts using the AzCopy tool.
Module 9: You learn how to create and configure Linux virtual machines in Microsoft Azure.
In this module, you practice for the Deploy and administer Linux virtual machines on Azure Applied Skill. You also gain skills to help with day-to-day administrator job tasks. The content combines topics on compute, storage, and monitoring tasks.

Syllabus

Module 1: Module 1: Configure virtual machines
- Introduction
- Review cloud services responsibilities
- Plan virtual machines
- Determine virtual machine sizing
- Determine virtual machine storage
- Create virtual machines in the Azure portal
- Connect to virtual machines
- Interactive lab simulation
- Knowledge check
- Summary and resources
Module 2: Module 2: Add and size disks in Azure virtual machines
- Introduction
- Understand storage options for virtual machines (VMs)
- Exercise - Add a data disk to a VM
- Determine whether to use premium storage
- Resize virtual machine disks
- Exercise - Resize a VM disk
- Summary
Module 3: Module 3: Monitor your Azure virtual machines with Azure Monitor
- Introduction
- Monitoring for Azure VMs
- Monitor VM host data
- Use Metrics Explorer to view detailed host metrics
- Collect client performance counters by using VM insights
- Collect VM client event logs
- Summary
Module 4: Module 4: Protect your virtual machines by using Azure Backup
- Introduction
- Azure Backup features and scenarios
- Back up an Azure virtual machine by using Azure Backup
- Exercise - Back up an Azure virtual machine
- Restore virtual machine data
- Exercise - Restore Azure virtual machine data
- Summary
Module 5: Module 5: Manage virtual machines with the Azure CLI
- What is the Azure CLI?
- Exercise - Create a virtual machine
- Exercise - Test your new virtual machine
- Exercise - Explore other VM images
- Exercise - Sizing VMs properly
- Exercise - Query system and runtime information about the VM
- Exercise - Start and stop your VM with the Azure CLI
- Exercise - Install software on your VM
- Summary and cleanup
Module 6: Module 6: Implement access management for Azure resources
- Introduction
- Assign Azure roles
- Configure custom Azure roles
- Create and configure managed identities
- Access Azure resources with managed identities
- Analyze Azure role permissions
- Configure Azure Key Vault RBAC policies
- Retrieve objects from Azure Key Vault
- Explore Microsoft Entra Permissions Management
- Knowledge check
- Summary and resources
Module 7: Module 7: Configure Azure Files and Azure File Sync
- Introduction
- Compare storage for file shares and blob data
- Manage Azure file shares
- Create file share snapshots
- Implement soft delete for Azure Files
- Use Azure Storage Explorer
- Deploy Azure File Sync
- Knowledge check
- Summary and resources
Module 8: Module 8: Copy and move blobs from one container or storage account to another using the AzCopy command
- Introduction
- Move Azure Storage blobs using AzCopy
- Exercise - Move Azure Storage blobs using AzCopy
- Summary
Module 9: Module 9: Guided Project: Deploy and administer Linux virtual machines on Azure
- Introduction
- Exercise - Create and configure Linux virtual machines
- Exercise - Monitor virtual machines
- Exercise - Configure storage for virtual machines
- Exercise - Back up virtual machines
- Knowledge check
- Summary and resources