The Microsoft Azure Certification course teaches delegates how to manage Azure resources using Azure Resource Manager, how to identify services and capabilities that Microsoft Azure provides, how to manage Azure services and subscriptions using Windows PowerShell. The delegates will be introduced to the fundamentals of Microsoft Azure including Azure Powershell, Azure Site Recovery, Azure resource Manager, Azure Cloud Service, Azure Virtual network and Azure Storage. The Microsoft Azure course is aimed at IT professionals who have an understanding of Web/Mobile Applications, Virtualization technologies and Active Directory Domain Services. The course is also beneficial for professionals who work for organisations who wish to develop their IT infrastructure in the cloud and companies who are planning to migrate their infrastructure services onto Azure platform.           

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform that provides a range of services including VMs, file storage, databases for mobile and web apps. Azure was introduced by Microsoft in October 2008, and it was formerly known as Windows Azure.  The Azure course provides an overview of the essential components of Azure, cloud technology and Azure networking including virtual networking and classic networking. During the course, the delegates will learn to manage Azure with Windows PowerShell and Azure CLI, plan and manage virtual networks, deploy VMs using Azure PowerShell and an Azure Resource Manager, configure and manage Azure VMs, plan and implement storage, backup, and recovery services, plan and deploy Azure Cloud Services and implement Azure Active Directory.

Prerequisites

The delegates must possess the following technical knowledge before attending the course:

• Knowledge of Active Directory concepts such as domains, domain controllers and LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
• Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies such as virtual hard disks, VMs and virtual networking
• A basic knowledge of websites including: how to create, deploy, configure and manage a website on IIS (Internet Information Services)
• Knowledge of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations
• Understanding of network configuration including VPNs, TCP/IP, DNS and encryption technologies

Course Objectives

• Optimise availability and reliability by configuring, monitoring and managing Azure VMs
• Explain Azure architecture components including portals, infrastructure and tools
• Configure cross-premises connectivity
• Implement Azure App Service
• Implement Azure AD
• Implement and manage virtual networking within Azure
• Plan and create Azure VMs
• Plan and implement storage, backup, and recovery services
• Deploy, configure, monitor, and diagnose cloud services
• Manage an Active Directory infrastructure in a hybrid environment
• Use Azure Automation runbooks to automate operations in Azure

Who is this course for?

The Microsoft Azure 70-533 Certification course is designed for IT professionals who want to enhance their knowledge of Azure and they already have some knowledge of cloud technologies. The course is also designed for:

• Windows Server administrators who want to assess and migrate on-premises Active Directory roles and services to the cloud
• IT professionals who want to configure, deploy and monitor services and virtual machines in Azure
• IT professionals who want to host websites and mobile app back-end services using Azure
• IT professionals who use Microsoft System Center to manage server infrastructure
• IT professionals who already have experience of working with non-Microsoft cloud technologies