Azure Architect Technologies (updated 1/2023)

This course is to help students learn about Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies

What you'll learn

Be in a better position in taking the AZ-303 - Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies exam

Understand all the details required for understanding the various objectives for the exam

Requirements

Students should have prior knowledge on the Azure platform

Students should be familiar with IT concepts such as web applications, database applications ,networking

Description

v 5.0 - March 2021Added several new videos that includesAzure Storage accounts - Working with the File and Table serviceAzure Storage accounts - Access tiersAzure AD - Self-service password resetAzure BlueprintsAzure SQL Managed InstanceAzure SQL - High Availability v 4.0 - August 2020Updated course to cover objectives for both AZ-300 and AZ-303v 3.1 - May 2020Refreshed multiple chapters including Azure Webs , Azure Functions, Azure Key Vault.Added more chapters on Azure Cosmos DBv 3.0 - Apr 2020Core chapters on Virtual Machines , Virtual Networks and Storage accounts updated to reflect newer features in AzureAdded new chapters on working with Virtual Machines , Virtual Networks and Storage accountsv2.1 - Sep 2019Added chapters on Docker , containerizing .Net applications and working with KubernetesAdded chapters on Managed Service IdentityAdded chapters on Azure Event Grid, Azure Event Hub, Notification Hub and Azure Service Busv1.0 - Course released - June 2019"There is a huge demand for cloud based architects. Being an Azure Architect will propel you to the top of the chain"This course will make students be prepared to take on the following examExam AZ-300: Microsoft Azure Architect TechnologiesAll concepts covered in this course are aligned to the following Exam ObjectivesDeploy and configure infrastructureImplement workloads and securityCreate and deploy appsImplement authentication and secure dataDevelop for the cloud and for Azure storage

Overview

Section 1: Introduction and Starting with Azure

Lecture 1 IMPORTANT - About this course

Lecture 2 Important Course Instructions

Lecture 3 NEW - The Architect Role

Lecture 4 NEW - Overview of Azure

Lecture 5 Azure Free Account

Lecture 6 NEW - Concepts in Azure

Lecture 7 Tour of the Azure Portal

Lecture 8 What is Azure Active Directory

Section 2: Implement and Monitor an Azure Infrastructure

Lecture 9 What are we going to cover first

Lecture 10 What are storage accounts

Lecture 11 Lab - Creating a storage account

Lecture 12 Lab - Working with the Blob service - Uploading an object

Lecture 13 NEW - Lab - Working with the Blob service - Accessing an object

Lecture 14 NEW - Azure Storage Accounts - Other aspects for the objects

Lecture 15 NEW - Use case scenario for using the Blob service

Lecture 16 NEW - Azure Storage Accounts - File Service

Lecture 17 NEW - Lab - Azure Storage Accounts - File Service

Lecture 18 NEW - Azure Storage Accounts - Table service

Lecture 19 NEW - Lab - Azure Storage Accounts - Table service

Lecture 20 Lab - Using Azure Storage Explorer

Lecture 21 New - Azure Storage Accounts - Different authorization techniques

Lecture 22 Lab - Azure Storage Accounts - Using Access Keys

Lecture 23 Lab - Azure Storage Accounts - Shared Access Signatures - Blob level

Lecture 24 NEW - Lab - Azure Storage Accounts - Shared Access Signatures - Account Level

Lecture 25 NEW - Lab - Azure Storage Accounts - Stored Access Policy

Lecture 26 NEW - Lab - Azure Storage Accounts - Active Directory Authentication

Lecture 27 NEW - Azure Storage Accounts - Authorization techniques review

Lecture 28 NEW - Understanding Storage account replication - Part 1

Lecture 29 NEW - Understanding Storage account replication - Part 2

Lecture 30 NEW - Lab - Storage Account - Trying out redundancy

Lecture 31 NEW - Storage Accounts - Access Tiers

Lecture 32 NEW - Lab - Storage Accounts - Hot and Cool Access Tier

Lecture 33 NEW - Lab - Storage Accounts - Archive Access Tier

Lecture 34 NEW - Azure Storage Accounts - Other Costing aspects of Access tiers

Lecture 35 NEW - Azure Storage Accounts - Lifecycle policies

Lecture 36 NEW - Azure Storage Accounts - Changing replication

Lecture 37 NEW - Quick Note on different types of storage accounts

Lecture 38 Lab - Using Azure Cloud Shell

Lecture 39 The Virtual Machine service

Lecture 40 Deploying Virtual Machines

Lecture 41 Lab - Building Windows Virtual Machine

Lecture 42 Connecting to the Virtual machine

Lecture 43 Lab - Installing Internet Information Services

Lecture 44 State of the Virtual Machine

Lecture 45 Lab - State of the Virtual Machine

Lecture 46 Lab - Deploying Linux Virtual Machines

Lecture 47 Terminating resources

Lecture 48 Disks for Azure Virtual Machines

Lecture 49 Lab - Adding data disks

Lecture 50 NEW - Adding a secondary network interface

Lecture 51 NEW - Lab - Adding a secondary network interface

Lecture 52 Lab - Resizing a virtual machine

Lecture 53 Lab - Creating a virtual machine image

Lecture 54 Virtual Machine Service Level Agreement

Lecture 55 Availability Sets

Lecture 56 Availability Sets - Further aspects

Lecture 57 Lab - Availability Set

Lecture 58 NEW - Availability set - Use case scenario

Lecture 59 Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Lecture 60 Lab - Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Lecture 61 NEW - Virtual Machine Scale Sets - Use case scenario

Lecture 62 Availability Zones

Lecture 63 Lab - Availability Zones

Lecture 64 Review on Availability services

Lecture 65 NEW - Azure Dedicated Hosts

Lecture 66 Azure Virtual Networks

Lecture 67 The Network Interface

Lecture 68 Notes on Azure networking

Lecture 69 Notes on IP Addressing

Lecture 70 Lab - Working with virtual networks

Lecture 71 Lab - IP Addressing

Lecture 72 Network Security Groups

Lecture 73 Lab - Network Security Groups

Lecture 74 NEW - Lab - Network Security Groups - Working with rules

Lecture 75 NEW - Lab - Network Security Groups - Priority setting

Lecture 76 NEW - Lab - Network Security Groups - Subnet Considerations

Lecture 77 Application Security Groups

Lecture 78 NEW - Lab - Application Security Groups - Setup - SQL Server

Lecture 79 NEW - Lab - Application Security Groups - Implementation

Lecture 80 Using a jump server

Lecture 81 Lab - Using a jump server

Lecture 82 Azure Bastion Host

Lecture 83 Lab - Azure Bastion Host

Lecture 84 Service Endpoints

Lecture 85 UPDATED - Lab - Service Endpoints

Lecture 86 NEW - Private Endpoints

Lecture 87 Custom Routing

Lecture 88 Lab - User Defined Routes

Lecture 89 Virtual Network Peering

Lecture 90 Lab - Virtual Network Peering

Lecture 91 Point to Site VPN Connection

Lecture 92 UPDATED - Lab - Point to Site VPN - Windows Server setup

Lecture 93 NEW - Lab - Point to Site VPN - Windows 10 Setup

Lecture 94 NEW - Lab - Point to Site VPN - Virtual Network Gateway setup

Lecture 95 NEW - Lab - Point to Site VPN - Creating the connection

Lecture 96 NEW - Lab - Point to Site VPN - Using another client

Lecture 97 Notes on Point-to-Site VPN connections

Lecture 98 Site-to-Site VPN Connections

Lecture 99 UPDATED - Site to Site VPN Connection - What are going to do

Lecture 100 UPDATED - Site to Site VPN - Server Setup

Lecture 101 NEW - Lab - Site-to-site - Connection in Azure

Lecture 102 NEW - Lab - Site-to-site - Completing the connection

Lecture 103 Lab - Site-to-Site VPN Connection - Implementation

Lecture 104 UPDATED - Lab - Site to Site VPN - Gateway Transit

Lecture 105 Notes on Site-to-Site VPN connections

Lecture 106 Azure Resource Manager templates

Lecture 107 Lab - ARM Templates - Virtual Network

Lecture 108 Lab - ARM Templates - parameters

Lecture 109 Lab - ARM Templates - variables

Lecture 110 Creating a storage account

Lecture 111 Lab - ARM Templates for a virtual machine

Lecture 112 NEW - Lab - ARM Templates - Use case scenario

Lecture 113 NEW - Lab - ARM Templates - Use case scenario - Resources

Lecture 114 NEW - Lab - ARM Templates - Use case scenario

Lecture 115 Lab - ARM Templates - Use case scenario - Resources

Lecture 116 Azure Backup Service for Azure Virtual Machines

Lecture 117 Lab - Azure backup service for Azure virtual machines

Lecture 118 Lab - Azure MARS agent

Lecture 119 What are we going to do next

Lecture 120 What is Azure AD

Lecture 121 Quick look at Azure AD

Lecture 122 Quick look at creating users

Lecture 123 Azure AD Custom Domains

Lecture 124 Azure AD Licences

Lecture 125 Azure AD and subscriptions

Lecture 126 Multi-Factor Authentication

Lecture 127 Lab - Multi-Factor Authentication

Lecture 128 Lab - Multi-Factor Authentication - Trusted Devices

Lecture 129 Lab - Multi-Factor Authentication - Skip IPs

Lecture 130 Conditional Access Policies

Lecture 131 Lab - Conditional Access Policies

Lecture 132 Azure AD Identity Protection

Lecture 133 NEW - Access Reviews

Lecture 134 Lab - Access Reviews

Lecture 135 NEW - Lab - Access Reviews - Finalizing reviews

Lecture 136 Working with multiple directories

Lecture 137 What is Azure AD Connect

Lecture 138 Active Directory Implementation - Part 1

Lecture 139 Active Directory Implementation - Part 2

Lecture 140 Lab - Azure AD Connect - Installation

Lecture 141 Azure AD Connect - Using Password Hash Synchronization

Lecture 142 Benefit of Azure AD Connect

Lecture 143 Going through the Azure AD Connect settings

Lecture 144 Lab - Azure AD Connect - Pass-through Authentication

Lecture 145 Lab - Azure AD Connect - Single Sign-on

Lecture 146 Azure AD Connect - Password writeback

Lecture 147 Lab - Azure AD Connect - Domain-OU Filtering

Lecture 148 Azure AD Connect Health

Lecture 149 NEW - Different Active Directory Scenarios

Lecture 150 NEW - Lab - Azure AD - Dynamic groups

Lecture 151 NEW - Lab - Azure AD - Self-service password reset - Setup

Lecture 152 Lab - Azure AD - Self-service password reset - Implementation

Section 3: Implement Management and Security Solutions

Lecture 153 What is the Azure Migrate Service

Lecture 154 What is the Azure Site Recovery Service

Lecture 155 Azure Site Recovery for Virtual Machines - Overview

Lecture 156 Lab - Azure Site Recovery - Azure Virtual Machines

Lecture 157 Lab - Azure Site Recovery - Azure VM - Part 2

Lecture 158 Azure Migrate for Hyper-V - Overview

Lecture 159 Setting up Hyper-V - Demo

Lecture 160 Azure Migrate - Hyper-V - Assessment Setup - Demo

Lecture 161 Azure Migrate - Assessment - What have we done

Lecture 162 Azure Migrate - Assessment - Demo

Lecture 163 Azure Migrate - Assessment - What have we done

Lecture 164 Azure Migrate - Migration - Demo

Lecture 165 Azure Migrate - Migration - What did we do

Lecture 166 Azure Migrate - clean-up

Lecture 167 Azure Site Recovery - Hyper-V - Demo

Lecture 168 Azure Site Recovery - Hyper-V - Migration and Clean-up - Demo

Lecture 169 Azure Migrate and Azure Site Recovery - Review

Lecture 170 Azure Load Balancer

Lecture 171 Azure Load Balancer - Additional points

Lecture 172 Lab - Azure Load Balancer - Basic SKU - Setup

Lecture 173 Lab - Azure Load Balancer - Basic SKU - Implementation

Lecture 174 Lab - Azure Load Balancer - Standard SKU - Setup

Lecture 175 Lab - Azure Load Balancer - Standard SKU - Implementation

Lecture 176 Azure Application Gateway Service

Lecture 177 Lab - Azure Application Gateway - Setup

Lecture 178 Lab - Azure Application Gateway - URL Routing

Lecture 179 Lab - Azure Application Gateway - Web Application Firewall

Lecture 180 Notes on Azure Application Gateway

Lecture 181 Difference between Azure Load Balancer and the Application Gateway

Lecture 182 Azure Traffic Manager

Lecture 183 Setting up Visual Studio

Lecture 184 Lab - Azure Traffic Manager - Part 1

Lecture 185 Lab - Azure Traffic Manager - Part 2

Lecture 186 Azure Traffic Manager - Real User measurements

Lecture 187 Notes on Azure Traffic Manager

Lecture 188 Lab - Azure Front Door Service - Part 1

Lecture 189 Lab - Azure Front Door Service - Part 2

Lecture 190 NEW - Azure Front Door - Extra points

Lecture 191 What is Azure Firewall

Lecture 192 Lab - Azure Firewall - Setup

Lecture 193 Lab - Azure Firewall - Adding the route

Lecture 194 Lab - Azure Firewall - NAT Rule collection

Lecture 195 Lab - Azure Firewall - Application Rules

Lecture 196 NEW - Subscriptions and Management Groups

Lecture 197 Role based access control

Lecture 198 Lab - Role Based Access

Lecture 199 Notes on Role based access control

Lecture 200 Custom Role Based Access Control

Lecture 201 NEW - What is the Azure Policy service

Lecture 202 Lab - Azure Policies

Lecture 203 NEW - Lab Azure Policies - Remediation

Lecture 204 NEW - Azure Blueprints

Lecture 205 NEW - Lab - Azure Blueprints - Definition

Lecture 206 NEW - Lab - Azure Blueprints - Assignment

Section 4: Implement Solutions for Apps

Lecture 207 Azure Web App Service

Lecture 208 Azure App Service Plan

Lecture 209 Lab -Azure Web Apps

Lecture 210 NEW - Lab - Azure Web Apps - Publishing from Visual Studio 2019

Lecture 211 Exploring the Azure Web App

Lecture 212 Azure App Service Plan - Linux

Lecture 213 Quick Note for the next video

Lecture 214 Lab - Azure Web Apps - From GitHub

Lecture 215 Lab - Azure Web Apps - Web Jobs

Lecture 216 Lab -Azure Web Apps - App Service Logs - UPDATED MAY 2020

Lecture 217 Azure Web Apps - Autoscaling

Lecture 218 Lab - Auto scaling a web app

Lecture 219 Azure Web App - Deployment Slots

Lecture 220 Lab Azure Web App - Deployment Slots

Lecture 221 NEW - Lab - Azure Web Apps - Application Insights

Lecture 222 NEW - Lab - Azure Web App - Azure Virtual Network Integration - Setup

Lecture 223 NEW - Lab - Azure Web App - Azure Virtual Network Integration - Configuration

Lecture 224 Azure Functions

Lecture 225 NEW - Lab - Azure Functions

Lecture 226 NEW - Lab - Azure Functions - Adding a function

Lecture 227 NEW - Azure Function - App Service Plan

Lecture 228 NEW - Use of Azure Functions

Lecture 229 Lab - Azure Logic App Service

Lecture 230 Azure Service Bus

Lecture 231 Lab - Azure Service Bus Queue

Lecture 232 Lab - Azure Service Bus Topics

Lecture 233 Primer on Docker Containers

Lecture 234 Continuation on What is Docker

Lecture 235 Lab - Look at Docker

Lecture 236 Understanding on how we deployed the docker container

Lecture 237 Lab - Deploying a .Net core application to a Linux VM

Lecture 238 Lab - Containerizing a .Net app

Lecture 239 Lab - Azure Container Registry

Lecture 240 Lab - Azure Container Instance

Lecture 241 Lab - Azure Web App - Docker container

Lecture 242 What is Kubernetes and Azure Kubernetes

Lecture 243 Lab - Creating a Kubernetes cluster

Lecture 244 Understanding of application deployment to a Kubernetes cluster

Lecture 245 What is a service principal

Lecture 246 Lab - Deploying nginx onto the Kubernetes cluster

Lecture 247 Lab - Azure Kubernetes and Azure Container Registry

Section 5: Implement and Manage Data Platforms

Lecture 248 Azure SQL Database Service

Lecture 249 Lab - Azure SQL Database service

Lecture 250 Lab - Azure SQL Database - Using the Query Editor

Lecture 251 SQL Elastic Pools

Lecture 252 Lab - SQL Elastic Pools

Lecture 253 NEW - Lab - Working with data in a SQL database

Lecture 254 Lab - Working with data in a SQL database - Resources

Lecture 255 NEW - Azure SQL Managed Instance

Lecture 256 NEW - Lab - Creating an Azure SQL Managed Instance resource

Lecture 257 NEW - Lab - Connecting to the Azure SQL Managed Instance

Lecture 258 NEW - Server-side transactions

Lecture 259 NEW - Azure SQL database - Active geo-replication

Lecture 260 NEW - Lab - Azure SQL database - Active geo-replication

Lecture 261 NEW - Azure SQL database - Auto-failover groups

Lecture 262 Quick primer on NoSQL Databases

Lecture 263 Introduction to Azure CosmosDB

Lecture 264 Lab - Azure CosmosDB

Lecture 265 Lab - Azure Cosmos DB - Working with items

Lecture 266 Lab - Azure Cosmos DB - Working with items - Resources

Lecture 267 CosmosDB - Partition Key

Lecture 268 NEW - Azure Cosmos DB - Replicating data

Lecture 269 CosmosDB - Consistency Levels

Lecture 270 CosmosDB - Consistency Levels - Setting the level

Lecture 271 NEW - Lab - Azure Cosmos DB - Table API

Lecture 272 NEW - Lab - Azure Cosmos DB - Graph API

Lecture 273 NEW - Lab - Azure Cosmos DB - Graph API - Resources

Lecture 274 CosmosDB - Example Reference Architecture

Section 6: More on Security

Lecture 275 The Azure Key Vault Service

Lecture 276 Lab - Azure Key Vault

Lecture 277 Lab - Azure Key Vault - secrets

Lecture 278 Lab - Azure Key Vault - secrets - Resources

Lecture 279 Lab - Managing Azure Key vault secrets

Lecture 280 Managing Azure Key Vault secrets

Lecture 281 NEW - Lab - Disk Server-Side Encryption

Lecture 282 Lab - Azure Disk Encryption

Lecture 283 NEW - Azure Disk Encryption - Additional points

Lecture 284 NEW - Lab - Azure Key Vault - Firewall settings

Lecture 285 Lab - Managed Service Identity - Setup

Lecture 286 Lab - Managed Service Identity - Implementation

Section 7: More on Monitoring and Diagnostics

Lecture 287 What is the Azure Monitor Service

Lecture 288 Lab - Working with Azure Monitor

Lecture 289 NEW - Azure Monitor - Dynamic alerts

Lecture 290 What is a Log Analytics Workspace

Lecture 291 Lab - Creating a workspace

Lecture 292 Lab - Connecting machines to a Log Analytics Workspace

Lecture 293 Lab - Connecting machines manually to the workspace

Lecture 294 Lab - Choosing data to be sent to the workspace

Lecture 295 Lab - Log Analytics - Queries

Lecture 296 Lab - Log Analytics - Queries - Resources

Lecture 297 Lab - Log Analytics - Alerts

Lecture 298 Lab - Azure Log Analytics - Sending custom logs

Lecture 299 Lab - Working with Dashboards

Lecture 300 NEW - Azure Automation

Lecture 301 NEW - Lab - Azure Automation

Lecture 302 NEW - Lab - Azure Automation - Resources

Lecture 303 What is Update Management

Lecture 304 Lab - Update Management - Part 1

Lecture 305 Lab - Update Management - Part 2

Lecture 306 Azure Monitor pricing

Lecture 307 Diagnostics for your resources

Lecture 308 Lab - Azure Activity Logs - Diagnostics

Lecture 309 Lab - Diagnostics - Virtual Machines

Lecture 310 Lab - Diagnostics - Azure Storage Accounts

Lecture 311 Azure Function - Metrics

Lecture 312 Azure Functions - Diagnostics

Lecture 313 Azure Web Apps - Metrics

Lecture 314 Azure Web Apps - Diagnostics

Lecture 315 Introduction to Resource tags

Lecture 316 Lab - Working with Tags

Lecture 317 Lab - Costing in Azure

Lecture 318 NEW - Azure Advisor

Section 8: Practice Section

Lecture 319 Bonus Lecture

Those who want to take the AZ-303-Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies exam