Course AZ-303T00 Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies

This course teaches Solutions Architects how to translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and reliable solutions. Lessons include virtualization, automation, networking, storage, identity, security, data platform, and application infrastructure. This course outlines how decisions in each theses area affects an overall solution.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Secure identities with Azure Active Directory and users and groups;
• Implement identity solutions spanning on-premises and cloud-based capabilities;
• Apply monitoring solutions for collecting, combining, and analyzing data from different sources;
• Manage subscriptions, accounts, Azure policies, and Role-Based Access Control;
• Administer Azure using the Resource Manager, Azure portal, Cloud Shell, and CLI;
• Configure intersite connectivity solutions like VNet Peering, and virtual network gateways;
• Administer Azure App Service, Azure Container Instances, and Kubernetes;
• Plan for virtual machine implementations;
• Create virtual machines;
• Configure virtual machine availability, including scale sets;
• Understand High Availability options for VMs in Azure;
• Leverage Azure Resource Manager to organize resources;
• Use ARM Templates to deploy resources;
• Create and Execute an Automation Runbook;
• Deploy an Azure VM from a VHD;
• Understand Azure encryption technologies;
• Connect services with Virtual Network Peering;
• Configure VNet Peering;
• Understand Service Chaining;
• Modify or delete VNet Peering;
• Select a Load Balancer solution;
• Configure Application Gateway;
• Implement Azure Firewall;
• Create an Azure Front Door;
• Understand Traffic Manager routing methods;
• Configure Network Security Groups (NSGs);
• Understand Storage Account services and types;
• Configure Blob storage, accounts, containers, and access tiers;
• Implement Shared Access Signatures;
• Understand Azure Storage firewalls and virtual networks;
• Understand how Multiple AAD organizations interact;
• Add Guest Users to Azure AD;
• Configure Location Condition Configuration;
• Configure Azure MFA settings;
• Implement Conditional Access Azure MFA;
• Understand Resource Group 0rganization;
• Understand how RBAC works;
• Create an Azure AD access review;
• Create and manage policies to enforce compliance;
• Create a Blueprint;
• Implement Azure AD seamless Single Sign-On;
• Perform an Azure AD Connect installation;
• Implement Azure AD Connect Health;
• Understand agent-based migration architecture;
• Prepare for Azure for migration;
• Prepare an on-premises VMware environment;
• Understand Azure VM backup architecture;
• Manage updates and patches for Azure VMs;
• Explain Key Vault uses such as screts, key, and Cerficate management;
• Use Managed Identities with Azure resources;
• Configure an Azure App Service;
• Create an App Service Plan;
• Create a Workflow using Azure Logic Apps;
• Create a Function App;
• Run Azure Container instances;
• Deploy Kubernetes with AKS;
• Outline the Table Service Data Model;
• Understand options for Azure Cosmos DB;
• Understand high availability using CosmosDB;
• Create an Azure SQL Database single database;
• Create an Azure SQL Database Managed Instance;
• Recommend high-availability architectural models used in Azure SQL Database.

Audience Profile

This course is for IT Professionals with expertise in designing and implementing solutions running on Microsoft Azure. They should have broad knowledge of IT operations, including networking, virtualization, identity, security, business continuity, disaster recovery, data platform, budgeting, and governance. Azure Solution Architects use the Azure Portal and as they become more adept they use the Command Line Interface. Candidates must have expert-level skills in Azure administration and have experience with Azure development processes and DevOps processes.

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including: VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks;
• Understanding of network configuration, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies;
• Understanding of Active Directory concepts, including domains, forests, domain controllers, replication, Kerberos protocol, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP);
• Understanding of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.

Successful Azure Solution Architects start this role with experience on operating systems, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, storage structures, and networking.