Microsoft Azure Architect Design (AZ-304) Training Course

In this Lecture, you will learn about Azure Monitor, Azure Application Insights, and Azure Sentinel. You will be able to monitor Azure Resources with Azure Monitor and collect and analyze resource Logs for Azure.

·      Lessons

·      Azure Monitoring Services

·      Azure Monitor

·      After completing this Lecture, students will be able to:

·      Monitor Azure resources with Azure Monitor

·      Collect and analyze Resource Logs for Azure resources

·      Understand how Azure Sentinel collects data on the devices, users, infrastructure, and applications

In this Lecture, you will learn to implement Conditional Access and Azure Multi-Factor Authentication and also be able to recommend an Authentication Methodology for Hybrid Identity.

·      Lessons

·      Recommend a Solution for Multi-Factor Authentication

·      Recommend a Solution for Single-Sign On (SSO)

·      Five Steps for Securing Identity Infrastructure

·      Recommend a Solution for a Hybrid Identity

·      Recommend a Solution for B2B Integration

·      After completing this Lecture, students will be able to:

·      Plan for a MFA Deployment

·      Understand Azure Active Directory Seamless Single Sign-On (SSO)

·      Recommend an Authentication Methodology for Hybrid Identity

·      Integrate with Identity Providers

In this Lecture, you will learn how to provide Identities to services and understand the hierarchy of Management Groups and Subscriptions

·      Lessons

·      Infrastructure Protection

·      Recommend a Hierarchical Structure for Management Groups, Subscriptions and

·      Resource Groups

·      After completing this Lecture, students will be able to:

·      Recommend hierarchy of Management Groups and Subscriptions.

·      Configure custom RBAC Role definitions and assignments

In this Lecture, you will learn apply an Azure Policy, Identify noncompliant resources, and manage tag governance with Azure Policy.

·      Lessons

·      Recommend a Solution for using Azure Policy

·      Recommend a Solution for using Azure Blueprint

·      After completing this Lecture, students will be able to:

·      Organize Policies with Initiatives

·      Manage Tag Governance with Azure Policy

·      Provide guidance on Azure Blueprints

In this Lecture, you will understand Azure Key Vault availability and redundancy, managed Identities for Azure resources. Also, learn about system-assigned Managed Identity and Azure VMs.

·      Lessons

·      Recommend a Solution using Key Vault

·      Recommend a Solution using Azure AD Managed Identities

·      After completing this Lecture, students will be able to:

·      Understand Key Vault authentication and authorization

·      Understand Azure Key Vault availability and redundancy

·      Understand how Blueprints differ from Resource Manager Templates and Azure Policy

In this Lecture, you will be able to recommend the appropriate data store and recommend Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance Service tiers.

·      Lessons

·      Select an Appropriate Data Platform Based on Requirements

·      Overview of Azure Data Storage

·      Recommend Database Service Tier Sizing

·      Dynamically Scale Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instances

·      Recommend a Solution for Encrypting Data at Rest, Transmission, and In Use

·      After completing this Lecture, students will be able to:

·      Recommend Database Service Tier Sizing

·      Recommend a Solution for Encrypting Data at Rest, Transmission, and In Use

·      Understand Azure Data Lake Store and Azure Blob Storage containers

In this Lecture, you will learn about data flows using Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics architecture.

·      Lessons

·      Recommend a Data Flow

·      Recommend a Solution for Data Integration

·      After completing this Lecture, students will be able to:

·      Implement Azure Synapse Analytics

·      Describe how data flows using Azure Data Factory

·      Demonstrate how to use Azure Data Factory to load data into SQL Data Warehouse

In this Lecture, you will learn about recommend a design a strategy for using tiered storage and manage tiered Storage using Azure tools.

·      Lessons

·      Understanding Storage Tiers

·      Recommend a Storage Access Solution

·      Recommend Storage Management Tools

·      After completing this Lecture, students will be able to:

·      Recommend tools for working with Azure Storage

·      Design for Azure Blob Storage access tiers

In this Lecture, you will learn about solutions for site recovery capacity and site failover and failback. You will be able to recommend solutions for recovery in different regions.

·      Lessons

·      Recommend a Recovery Solution for Hybrid and On-Premises Workloads

·      Design and Azure Site Recovery Solution

·      Recommend a Solution for Recovery in Different Regions

·      Recommend a Solution for Azure Backup Management

·      Design a Solution for Data Archiving and Retention

·      After completing this Lecture, students will be able to:

·      Recommend solutions for Azure hybrid and on-premises workloads that meets recovery objectives

·      Recommend a solution for site recovery capacity

·      Recommend storage types and methodology for data archiving

·      Identify requirements for data archiving

In this Lecture, you will learn about solutions for application and workload redundancy, including compute, database, and storage.

·      Lessons

·      Recommend a Solution for Application and Workload Redundancy

·      Recommend a Solution for Auto-scaling

·      Identify Resources that Require High Availability

·      Identify Storage Types for High Availability

·      Recommend a Solution for Geo-Redundancy of Workloads

·      After completing this Lecture, students will be able to:

·      Recommend a solutions for auto-scaling

·      Identify storage types for high availability

·      Recommend a solutions for geo-redundancy of workloads

In this Lecture, you will learn about the appropriate compute technologies, including virtual machines, App Services, Service Fabric, Azure Functions, Windows Virtual Desktop, and containers.

·      Lessons

·      Recommend a Solution for Compute Provisioning

·      Determine Appropriate Compute Technologies

·      Recommend a Solution for Containers

·      Recommend a Solution for Automating Compute Management

·      After completing this Lecture, students will be able to:

·      Refer solution for automating compute management

·      Recommend the appropriate compute technologies, including virtual machines, and App Services

·      Recommend the appropriate AKS and ACI and the configurations

In this Lecture, you will learn about solutions for network addressing and name resolution, network provisioning, and network security.

·      Lessons

·      Recommend a Solution for Network Addressing and Name Resolution

·      Recommend a Solution for Network Provisioning

·      Recommend a Solution for Network Security

·      Recommend a Solution for Internet Connectivity and OnPremises Networks

·      Recommend a Solution for Automating Network Management

·      Recommend a Solution for Load Balancing and Traffic Routing

·      After completing this Lecture, students will understand:

·      Solutions for network addressing and name resolution

·      Solutions for network security including private endpoints, firewalls, and gateways

·      Recommendations for network connectivity to the Internet, on premises networks, and other VNets.

·      Recommendations for load balancing and traffic routing

In this Lecture, you will learn about solution for deployment of applications including ARM templates, Logic Apps, or Azure Functions. You will also learn about micro services architecture including Event Grid, Event Hubs, Service Bus, Storage Queues, Logic Apps, Azure Functions, and web-hooks.

·      Lessons

·      Recommend a Micro services Architecture

·      Recommend an Orchestration Solution for Deployment of Applications

·      Recommend a Solution for API Integration

·      After completing this Lecture, students will be able to:

·      Recommend deployment solutions using ARM templates, Logic Apps, or Azure Functions

·      Recommend a solution for monitoring automation

·      Recommend a hosting structure for API management

In this Lecture, you will learn about recommend a solution for migrating applications and VMs and a solution for migration of databases.

·      Lessons

·      Assess and On-Premises Servers and Applications for Migration

·      Recommend a Solution for Migrating Applications and VMs

·      Recommend a Solution for Migration of Databases

·      After completing this Lecture, students will be able to:

·      Assess on-premises servers and applications for migration

·      Suggest solutions for migrating applications and VMs

·      Determine migration scope, including redundant, related, trivial, and out-dated data