Deploy and administer Linux virtual machines on Azure

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.

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

• 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.

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

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.

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

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.

By the end of this module, you're able to:

• Copy and move blobs between Azure Storage accounts using the AzCopy tool.

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.