Hosting Virtual Machines in a Multicloud Environment

Hosting Virtual Machines in a Multicloud Environment

1h 55mAdvanced2024-04-04

Authors

Brien Posey

Brien Posey

Author, Speaker, Microsoft MVP

Course details

Using multiple cloud providers has become the norm for organizations, as multicloud environments can improve security and operational efficiency while potentially reducing costs. In this hands-on course, Microsoft MVP Brien Posey demonstrates how to enable communication between Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Get an overview of multicloud architecture and learn how to set up a cross cloud VPN between Azure and AWS using only native managed services. You will learn how to configure virtual private clouds, subnets and address ranges, gateway services, firewalls, and much more. After creating a cross cloud VPN, you will learn how to deploy Active Directory as a managed service, so that you can manage identities across clouds. You will even learn how to keep cloud based directory services synchronized with one another.

Skills covered

VirtualizationCloud AdministrationAmazon Web Services (AWS)AmazonAzureNetwork and System AdministrationCloud ComputingMicrosoftOne-Off

Concepts

Introduction

  • Adopting a multi-cloud architecture

Multicloud Architecture

  • A multicloud architectural overview

Create an Azure VPN

  • Create an Azure resource group
  • Create an Azure virtual network
  • Configure the address space
  • Create a VPN gateway
  • Document the gateway IP address

Create an AWS VPN

  • Create an AWS VPC
  • Create two subnets
  • Create a customer gateway
  • Create a virtual private gateway
  • Create an internet gateway
  • Create a site-to-site VPN
  • Download the configuration file

Setting Up an Azure Gateway

  • Create a local network gateway
  • Create a network gateway connection
  • Verify gateway connectivity

Modifying the Routing Tables

  • Edit the AWS routing tables

Creating Virtual Machines

  • Create an Azure virtual machine
  • Create an AWS EC2 instance
  • Edit the AWS security group
  • Configure the Azure port rules
  • Connect to the Azure VM
  • Connect to the EC2 instance
  • Configure the Windows Firewall
  • Verifying static routes
  • Testing communications between clouds

Building the Active Directory

  • Deploy an AWS Managed Microsoft AD
  • Create domain joined instances
  • Manually join instances to a domain
  • Install and test AD management tools
  • Add a custom domain name to Azure AD
  • Create a global admin account

Deploy Azure AD Connect

  • Install Azure AD Connect tools
  • Configure Azure AD connect permissions
  • Update security group rules
  • Install Azure AD Connect
  • Test Active Directory synchronization

Conclusion

  • Next steps
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