• Secure identities with Azure Active Directory and users and groups.
• Implement identity solutions spanning on-premises and cloud-based capabilities
• Apply monitoring solutions for collecting, combining, and analyzing data from different sources.

This course is for AWS Cloud Architects with expertise in designing and implementing solutions running on AWS who now want to design for Microsoft Azure.

• Experience (>1year) as an AWS Architect designing secure and scalable AWS cloud solutions across storage structures, compute, networking, and the interaction with external resources/services.
• Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including: VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks.
• Understanding of network configuration, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies.
• Understanding of Active Directory concepts, including domains, forests, domain controllers, replication, Kerberos protocol, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
• Understanding of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.
• Understanding of programming fundamentals and use of a scripting language.

Candidates will benefit from familiarity with Azure administration, Azure development processes, and DevOps processes.

Module 1: Introduction to Azure

In this module, you’ll learn about how Azure organizes subscriptions and accounts, and you can set up resource groups and templates to standardize creation and life-cycle management of your resources.

Lessons

• Subscriptions and accounts
• Resource groups and templates in Azure Resource Manager

Module 2: Azure global infrastructure

In this module, you’ll see the worldwide architecture of Microsoft Azure and how that architecture affects the availability and reliability of your applications and sites.

Lessons

• Azure regions
• Azure Availability Zones
• Comparison with AWS

Module 3: Implement Azure Active Directory

In this module, you will learn how to secure identities with Azure Active Directory, and implement users and groups.

Lessons

• Introduction to Azure Active Directory
• Domains and custom domains
• Safety features
• Guest users in Azure Active Directory
• Manage multiple directories
• Comparison with AWS

Module 4: Implement and manage hybrid identities

In this module, you will learn how to extend your on-premises Active Directory accounts to the cloud, and how to sync the accounts.

Lessons

• Introduction to Azure AD Connect
• Comparison with AWS

Module 5: Implement virtual networking

In this module, you will learn about basic virtual networking concepts like virtual networks and subnetting, IP addressing, Azure DNS, network security groups, and Azure Firewall.

Lessons

• Azure Virtual Network and VNet peering
• VPN and ExpressRoute connections
• Comparison with AWS

Module 6: Implement VMs for Windows and Linux

In this module, you will learn how to configure VMs for high availability and how to deploy and configure scale sets.

Lessons

• Configure high availability
• Comparison with AWS

Module 7: Implement load balancing and network security

In this module, you will learn how to implement Azure Load Balancer, and how to set up security groups.

Lessons

• Implement Azure Load Balancer
• Implement an Azure Application Gateway
• Implement Azure Firewall
• Implement network security groups and application security groups
• Comparison with AWS

Module 8: Implement container-based applications

In this module, you will learn how to configure the Azure Kubernetes Service and how to publish a solution on an Azure container.

Lessons

• Configure Azure Kubernetes Service
• Publish a solution on an Azure Container Instance
• Comparison with AWS

Module 9: Implement an application infrastructure

In this module, you’ll learn the basics of selecting an App Service plan, configuring your plan, and setting up Logic Apps and Azure Functions.

Lessons

• Create an App Service plan
• Create and configure Azure App Service
• Configure networking for an App Service
• Introduction to Logic Apps and Azure Functions
• Comparison with AWS

Module 10: Implement storage accounts

In this module, you’ll be introduced to Azure Storage and how to configure network access, replication, authentication, access, and failover.

Lessons

• Azure Storage core concepts
• Managing the Azure Blob storage lifecycle
• Working with Azure Blob storage
• Comparison with AWS

Module 11: Implement NoSQL databases

In this module, you will learn about Azure Cosmos DB and how to configure it.

Lessons

• Introduction to Azure Cosmos DB
• Consistency
• Select appropriate CosmosDB APIs
• Set up replicas in CosmosDB
• Comparison with AWS DynamoDB

Module 12: Implement Azure SQL databases

In this module, you will learn how to implement managed instances of Azure SQL database and how to configure it for high availability.

Lessons

• Configure Azure SQL database settings
• Implement Azure SQL Database managed instances
• Configure high availability for an Azure SQL database
• Comparison with AWS

Module 13: Implement cloud infrastructure monitoring

In this module, you will learn how to use Azure Monitor to set alerts and how to log and manage costs.

Lessons

• Monitor security
• Monitor cost
• Configure a Log Analytics workspace
• Comparison with AWS

Module 14: Implement and manage Azure governance solutions

In this module, you will learn how to configure role-based access control and how to configure Azure Policy to force compliance with governance requirements.

Lessons

• Assign RBAC roles
• Configure management access to Azure
• Implement and configure an Azure Policy
• Comparison with AWS

Module 15: Manage security for applications

In this module, you will learn how to implement and configure KeyVault, how to register and manage the application in Azure Active Directory, and how to configure Azure Active Directory Managed Identities.

Lessons

• Implement Azure Key Vault
• Implement and configure Azure AD Managed Identities
• Register and manage applications in Azure AD
• Comparison with AWS

Module 16: Migration, backup, and disaster recovery management

In this module, you will learn how to migrate workloads, and now to manage backup, disaster recovery, and updates.

Lessons

• Migrate workloads
• Implement Azure Backup for VMs
• Implement disaster recovery
• Comparison with AWS