Azure Administration: Deploy and Manage Virtual Machines

2h 2mIntermediate2020-01-15

Authors

Sharon Bennett

Staff Author at LinkedIn focusing on Microsoft Azure and Office 365

Course details

Take the next step on the path to becoming a Microsoft certified Azure Administrator: Learn how to deploy and manage virtual machines (VMs). This course is designed to teach IT professionals the skills needed to create, deploy, and maintain virtual machines, including configuring virtual networks, automating VM deployment, and implementing backups. This demo-heavy course can also be used as a resource in preparation for the Microsoft Azure Administrator exam (AZ-103) or the Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies exam (AZ-300). Instructor Sharon Bennett also explains how to apply Desired State Configurations via PowerShell, how to use scale sets, and how to move and back up VMs.

Learning objectives
Configuring high availability with availability sets
Configuring virtual networking
Deploying scale sets
Configuring metrics
Automating Azure deployments with templates
Creating virtual machines
Applying PowerShell DSC
Moving and redeploying VMs
Managing VM backups

Skills covered

VirtualizationAzureNetwork AdministrationCloud PlatformsNetwork and System AdministrationCloud ComputingMicrosoftDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - How to manage Azure virtual machines (VMs)
02 - What you should know

1. Create and Configure a VM for Windows and Linux

03 - Availability set overview
04 - Configure high availability with an availability set
05 - Virtual machine networking overview
06 - Configure networking in the portal
07 - Create a basic virtual network using PowerShell
08 - Configure storage
09 - Configure virtual machine size
10 - Deploy and configure scale sets
11 - Configure diagnostic settings
12 - Configure and analyze metrics

2. Automate Deployment of Virtual Machines

13 - Azure templates overview
14 - Create a template from a VM deployment
15 - Modify Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template
16 - Deploy from a template using PowerShell
17 - Configure location using custom deployment

3. Manage Azure Virtual Machines

18 - Create a basic virtual machine using the portal
19 - Add data disks
20 - Add network interfaces
21 - Apply a PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) using PowerShell
22 - Apply a PowerShell DSC using the portal
23 - Apply a custom script extension using the portal
24 - Apply a custom script extension using PowerShell
25 - Move a virtual machine to a resource group
26 - Redeploy virtual machines

4. Manage Virtual Machine Backups

27 - Azure virtual machine backup
28 - Create and configure a Recovery Services vault
29 - Create and configure a Recovery Services vault using PowerShell
30 - Create an Azure virtual machine backup
31 - Restore an Azure virtual machine

Conclusion

32 - Next steps