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Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Learn Microsoft Azure
About Packt
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Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
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Conventions used
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Microsoft Azure 101
Microsoft Azure overview
Evolution of cloud computing
Azure as a cloud platform
Cloud deployment models
Private cloud
Advantages
Disadvantages
Public cloud
Advantages
Disadvantages
Hybrid cloud
Azure regions
Public regions
Azure Government
Azure Germany
Azure China
Azure subscriptions
Cloud services
Azure portal experience
Signing up for a free Azure subscription
The portal
The dashboard
The hub
Notifications
Azure cloud shell
Azure portal settings
More to do in the portal
Azure Resource Manager model
ARM key points
Azure automation tools
Azure PowerShell
Installing the Azure PowerShell module
Installing the Azure PowerShell module from the PowerShell Gallery
Azure CLI
Installing Azure CLI 2.0
Summary
Questions
Further reading
Understanding Azure Storage
Introduction to Microsoft Azure Storage
Why use Azure Storage?
Azure Storage types
Durability
Replication types
Locally redundant storage
Zone redundant storage
Geo-redundant storage
Read-access geo-redundant storage
Performance
Standard storage
Premium storage
Persistency
Persistent storage
Non-persistent storage
Azure storage accounts
General-purpose storage account v1
Blob storage account
Hot access tier
Cool access tier
Archive access tier
Premium access tier
General-purpose storage account v2
Azure Storage account tips
Creating an Azure storage account
Azure Storage services
Blob storage
Creating Blob storage
Blob storage key points
Table storage
PartitionKey
RowKey
Timestamp
Creating Table storage
Table storage key points
Queue storage
Creating Queue storage
Queue storage key points
File storage
File storage advantages
Creating file storage
File storage key points
Azure Storage architecture
Frontend layer
Partition layer
Stream layer
Sparse storage and TRIM in Azure
Summary
Questions
Further reading
Getting Familiar with Azure Virtual Networks
An introduction to Azure Virtual Networks
What is Azure VNet?
Why use Azure VNets?
Creating an Azure VNet
Adding subnets to the VNet
Adding a normal subnet to the VNet
Adding a gateway subnet to the VNet
Adding an address space to the Azure VNet
Azure VNet related services
Public IPs
Creating a public IP address
Creating a public IP prefix
NICs
Azure service endpoints
Summary
Questions
Further reading
Understanding Azure Virtual Machines
Introducing Azure virtual machines
Azure VM statuses
Azure VM service level agreements
Azure VM series
Creating an Azure VM
Azure VM storage
Managed versus unmanaged disks
Managed Disks-key points
VM disks
Adding a data disk to an Azure VM
Data disk-key points
Expanding disks
Host caching
Host caching-key points
Azure VM networking
Adding inbound and outbound rules
Adding an additional network interface card to the VM
Configuring the NICs
Azure VNet considerations for Azure VMs
Summary
Questions
Further reading
Azure Web Apps Basics
Introduction to Azure App Service
Azure Web Apps
App Service plans
Azure App Service Environments
App Service Environment types
Creating an App Service Environment
Creating an App Service plan
Creating an App Service
Summary
Questions
Further reading
Managing Azure Web Apps
Deployment slots
Deployment slots key points
App Service application settings
Application settings key points
Azure App Service scalability
Scaling up
App Service plan scaleup key points
Scaling out
Scaling out the App Service plan manually
Scaling out the App Service plan automatically
Key points for autoscaling your App Service plan
Azure App Service backup
App Service backup key points
Summary
Questions
Further reading
Basics of Azure SQL Database
Introduction to Azure SQL Database
Why Azure SQL Database?
SQL Database (IaaS/PaaS)
Azure SQL Database (PaaS)
Scenarios that would fit Azure SQL Database
SQL on Azure VMs (IaaS)
Scenarios that would suit SQL on Azure VMs
Azure SQL Database types
Elastic database pools
Single databases
SQL database managed instance
Service tier types
DTU service tiers
vCore service tiers
Creating an Azure SQL Database
Connecting to Azure SQL Database
Server-level firewall
Connecting to Azure SQL Database using SQL SSMS
Summary
Questions
Further reading
Managing Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL elastic database pools
Benefits of using elastic database pools
Creating an elastic database pool
Adding a database to an elastic pool
Setting Azure Active Directory authentication
Azure SQL Database business continuity
How business continuity works in Azure SQL Database
Hardware failure
Point-in-time restore
Point-in-time restoration key points
Restoring a deleted database
Active geo-replication
Auto-failover groups
Azure SQL Managed Instances
Azure SQL Managed Instance types
Creating an Azure SQL Managed Instance
Connecting to an Azure SQL Managed Instance
Azure SQL Managed Instance key points
Summary
Questions
Further reading
Understanding Azure Active Directory
Introduction to Azure AD
Azure AD benefits
Azure AD flavors
Free
Basic
Premium P1
Premium P2
Working with users in Azure AD
Creating an Azure AD user
User password reset
Deleted users
Working with groups in Azure AD
Creating an Azure AD group
Azure AD common tasks
Self-service password reset
Azure AD user sign-in activities
Multi-Factor Authentication
Configuring a custom domain name in Azure AD
Summary
Questions
Further reading
Monitoring and Automating Azure Services Using OMS
Introduction to OMS
OMS terminologies
Introduction to Azure Log Analytics
Azure Log Analytics deployment models
Onboarding OMS agents
Creating the workspace
Onboarding the agents
Adding solutions to the workspace
Azure Automation
Benefits of Azure Automation
Azure Automation runbook types
Creating an automation account
Azure runbooks
Azure Automation hybrid integration
Summary
Questions
Further reading
Data Protection and Business Continuity Using OMS
Introducing Azure Recovery Services
Introducing to Azure Backup
Why Azure Backup?
Introducing to Azure Site Recovery
ASR supportability
Hyper-V servers
VMware vSphere and physical servers
Implementing Azure Backup
Creating an Azure Recovery Services vault
Backing up an Azure VM
Implementing Azure Site Recovery
Preparing the infrastructure for replication
Enabling the replication
Summary
Questions
Further reading
Assessments
Chapter 1: Microsoft Azure 101
Chapter 2: Understanding Azure Storage
Chapter 3: Getting Familiar with Azure Virtual Networks
Chapter 4: Understanding Azure Virtual Machines
Chapter 5: Starting with Azure Web Apps Basics
Chapter 6: Managing Azure Web Apps
Chapter 7: Basics of Azure SQL Database
Chapter 8: Managing Azure SQL Database
Chapter 9: Understanding Azure Active Directory
Chapter 10: Monitoring and Automating Azure Services Using OMS
Chapter 11: Data Protection and Business Continuity Using OMS
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