AZ-300 Links and Topics

October 07, 2019 November 06, 2019
by Alexander

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Deploy and configure infrastructure 25%-30%

Analyse resource utilisation and consumption

Configure diagnostic settings on resources
Create baseline for resources
- Baseline protection
Create and rest alerts
- Azure Monitor overview
- Alerts activity log
Analyse alerts across subscription
- Alerts overview
Analyse metrics across subscription
- Alerts metric
Create action groups
- Create and manage action groups in the Azure portal
Monitor for unused resources
Monitor spend
Report on spend
Utilise Log Search query functions
- get started with queries
View alerts in Log Analytics
- Azure Monitor log queries
- Joins in Azure Monitor log queries

Create and configure storage accounts

Storage Account Overview

Configure network access to the storage account
- Manage resources with portal
Create and configure storage account
Generate shared access signature
- Configure Azure Storage connection strings
- Using the Azure Storage REST API
Install and use Azure Storage Explorer
Manage access keys
- Storage Security Guide
- Storage SAS overview
Monitor activity log by using Log Analytics
- Quickstart: Route storage events to web endpoint with Azure CLI
Implement Azure storage replication
Azure Storage redundancy

Create and configure a Virtual Machine (VM) for Windows and Linux

Configure high availability
- Availability sets
Configure monitoring, networking, storage, and virtual machine size
- Deploying Microsoft Azure VM
Deploy and configure scale sets

Automate deployment of Virtual Machines (VMs)

Modify Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template
Configure location of new VMs
Configure VHD template
Deploy from template
Save a deployment as an ARM template
Deploy Windows and Linux VMs

Implement solutions that use virtual machines (VM)

Provision VMs; create ARM templates
Configure Azure Disk Encryption for VMs

Create connectivity between virtual networks

Create and configure VNET peering
- Virtual Network peering overview
- Manage peering
Create and configure VNET to VNET
Verify virtual network connectivity
Create virtual network gateway
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vpn-gateway/vpn-gateway-howto-site-to-site-resource-manager-portal
- Configure a Point-to-Site VPN connection to a VNet using native Azure certificate authentication: Azure portal
Implement and manage virtual networking
- Configure private and public IP addresses, network routes, network interface, subnets, and virtual network
Manage Azure Active Directory (AD)
- Add custom domains
- Configure Azure AD Identity Protection, Azure AD Join, and Enterprise State Roaming.
  - Identity protection
- Configure self-service password reset
- Implement conditional access policies
  - Howto configure risk policies
- Manage multiple directories
- Perform an access review
Implement and manage hybrid identities
- Install and configure Azure AD Connect
- Configure federation and single sign-on
- Manage Azure AD Connect
- Manage password sync and writeback
  - How-to: Configure password writeback

Implement workloads and Security 20-25%

https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/microsoft-azure-resources-workloads-monitoring

Migrate servers to Azure

https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/microsoft-azure-migrating-physical-virtual-servers
Migrate by using Azure Site Recovery (ASR);
- Migrate on-premises machines to Azure
Migrate using P2V;
Configure storage;
Create a backup vault;
Prepare source and target environments;
Backup and restore data;
- Recovery Services vaults overview
Deploy Azure Site Recovery (ASR) agent;
- Prepare virtual network

Configure serverless computing

https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/microsoft-azure-serverless-computing-configuring
Create and manage objects
Manage a Logic App resource
Manage Azure Function app settings
Manage Event Grid
Manage Service Bus

Implement application load balancing

Configure application gateway and load balancing rules
- What is Azure Application Gateway
Implement front end IP configurations
Manage application load balancing

Integrate on premises network with Azure virtual network

Create and configure Azure VPN Gateway
Create and configure site to site VPN
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vpn-gateway/vpn-gateway-howto-site-to-site-resource-manager-portal
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vpn-gateway/vpn-gateway-howto-point-to-site-resource-manager-portal
Configure Express Route
Verify on premises connectivity
Manage on-premise connectivity with Azure

Manage role-based access control (RBAC)

Create a custom role
- Built in roles
- Role definitions
configure access to Azure resources by assigning roles
configure management access to Azure
troubleshoot RBAC
implement RBAC policies
assign RBAC roles

Implement Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Enable MFA for an Azure tenant
Configure user accounts for MFA
- How to: Require MFA for access from untrusted networks with Conditional Access
Configure fraud alerts
Configure bypass options
Configure trusted Ips
Configure verification methods
Manage role-based access control (RBAC)
Implement RBAC policies
Assign RBAC Roles
Create a custom role
Configure access to Azure resources by assigning roles
Configure management access to Azure

Create and deploy apps 5-10%

Create web apps by using PaaS

Create an Azure App Service Web App
- Logic App Overview
- Logic App Gateway connection
Create documentation for the API
Create an App Service Web App for containers
Create an App Service background task by using WebJobs
Enable diagnostics logging

Design and develop apps that run in containers

https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/microsoft-azure-containers-deploying-managing
Configure diagnostic settings on resources
Create a container image by using a Docker file
Create an Azure Container Service (ACS/AKS)
Publish an image to the Azure Container Registry
Implement an application that runs on an Azure Container Instance
Manage container settings by using code

Implement Authentication and Secure Data 5-10%

https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/microsoft-azure-data-securing

Implement authentication

Implement authentication by using certificates, forms-based authentication, tokens, or Windows-integrated authentication
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/managed-identities-azure-resources/tutorial-windows-vm-access-arm
implement multi-factor authentication by using Azure AD
- What is Conditional Access
implement OAuth2 authentication
implement Managed Service Identity (MSI) Service Principal authentication
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/managed-identities-azure-resources/qs-configure-cli-windows-vm
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/managed-identities-azure-resources/tutorial-windows-vm-access-arm

Implement secure data solutions

Encrypt and decrypt data at rest and in transit
Encrypt data with Always Encrypted
Implement Azure Confidential Compute and SSL/TLS communications
Create, read, update, and delete keys, secrets, and certificates by using the KeyVault API
- Basic concepts
- Quick create with powershell

Develop for the Cloud and for Azure Storage 20-25%

Develop solutions that use Cosmos DB storage

Create, read, update, and delete data by using appropriate APIs
implement partitioning schemes
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/partitioning-overview
set the appropriate consistency level for operations
- Consistency levels
- Consistency levels tradeoffs

Develop solutions that use a relational database

Provision and configure relational databases;
configure elastic pools for Azure SQL Database;
- What is Azure SQL Database managed instance
- Managed instance T-SQL differences, limitations, and known issues
create, read, update, and delete data tables by using code

Configure a message-based integration architecture

Configure an app or service to send emails, Event Grid, and the Azure Relay Service;
create and configure Notification Hub, Event Hub, and Service Bus;
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-bus-messaging/service-bus-dotnet-how-to-use-topics-subscriptions
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-bus-messaging/service-bus-queues-topics-subscriptions
configure queries across multiple products

Develop for autoscaling

Implement autoscaling rules and patterns (schedule, operational/system metrics, code that addresses singleton application instances);
implement code that addresses transient state
- Transient faults handling

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Alexander Lvovich

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