Learners can explore how data privacy rules vary around the world, and how Microsoft Azure adheres to these numerous data security standards in this 11-video course, which examines ways in which Azure provides data security in alignment with numerous international data privacy standards: GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), NIST (US National Institute of Standards and Technology), and ISO security guidelines. You will learn about the various tools used by Azure including the Azure Security Center, the Azure Service Trust Portal, and the Azure Security Compliance Manager. Learn how Azure Government Services complies with regulations in various countries. The course then discusses the Azure service feature lifecycle. In the concluding exercise, learners are asked to explain the GDPR data privacy framework, then discuss how Azure Government services differs from standard Azure services. You will be asked to explain the purpose of Azure SLAs (service level agreements), and then work with or enable an Azure preview feature. This is one of a series of courses to help learners prepare for the AZ-900: Azure Fundamentals certification exam.

AZ-900, an entry-level Microsoft Azure certification, displays a user's familiarity with Azure service offerings such as storage, virtual machines, databases, and developer tools. Microsoft Azure allows users to leverage the infrastructure of an existing cloud provider computing environment to reduce or even eliminate on-premises solutions. In this 14-video course, you will learn how to secure Azure networks by using virtual networks (VNets) and Azure Firewall Key Vault, as well as many other Azure network security options. Watch a demonstration of how the Azure portal creates and configures a network security group (NSG). Next, learn how configuring a virtual machine in Azure with just-in-time access can further harden virtual machines. In the closing exercise, learners must describe how security is enhanced when one uses the Azure Firewall and uses Azure DDoS mitigation; and how security is enhanced by using NSGs. Then you will be directed to create an NSG by using the portal, and create a similar group by using the command-line interface.

In this 15-video course, you will continue to explore the AZ-900 entry-level Microsoft Azure certification displaying familiarity with Azure service offerings including storage, virtual machines, databases, and developer solutions. Azure Active Directory (AD) is a cloud-based directory service in which technicians can create user and group accounts to control resource access through role-based access control (RBAC). In this course, you will explore Azure subscription management options and how cloud technicians can implement Azure IAM (Identity and Access Management) and manage subscriptions to maximize security. Learn how to manage multiple subscriptions-for different countries, in a multinational firm, or even for different projects: one subscription for development versus one for production. The concluding exercise asks learners to compare on-premises Active Directory domain services with Azure AD, including similarities and differences; to describe the purpose of Azure policies; to create an Azure AD user with the portal; and to assign a built-in RBAC role by using the portal.

Learners will explore how to use Azure with big data to collect, store, and analyze vast data sets by using tools such as Azure HDInsight, SQL Data Warehouse, and Azure Data Lake Analytics in this 11-video course. Key concepts covered in this course include how to deploy an Azure Hadoop Cluster; how to use Azure Data Lake Analytics to collect, store, and analyze vast data sets; and how to add an Azure Storage Blob account as a Data Lake data source. You will also learn how to configure and work with a small Data Lake data set. The concluding exercise asks learners to provide a definition of Big Data, then describe SQL Data Warehouse components-by listing moving parts that work together to make the SQL (structured query language) data warehouse function as it does-and describe the ETL tool (extract, transform, and load) in the context of how it relates to data processing. Finally, learners will deploy Azure SQL data warehouse through the Azure portal. This is one of a series of courses to help learners prepare for the AZ-900: Azure Fundamentals certification exam.

In this 14-video course, learners can explore differences between cloud computing and traditional on-premises computing. You will examine AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals, the entry level Microsoft Azure certification that will introduce learners to Azure service offerings, including storage, virtual machines (VMs), databases, and developer solutions. Microsoft Azure lets users leverage the infrastructure of an existing computing environment to reduce, or even in some cases eliminate, on-premises solutions. You will learn that cloud computing depends on virtualization, and hypervisors, the underlying physical server hardware that allows VMs to be deployed and to run. Next, you will examine the components of Microsoft Azure include IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), which is basic computing and storage services such as VMs and network services. You will learn that Azure includes PaaS (Platform as a Service), which is used for application hosting environment solutions such as web hosting, messaging, and database hosting, and SaaS (Software as a Service) with on-demand applications. Finally, the course compares traditional on-premises IT solutions to their cloud equivalents, and compares on-premises to cloud migration strategies.

In this 14-video course, learners are shown how to distinguish between SQL (structured query language) and NoSQL Azure databases, including databases such as Azure SQL and Cosmos DB. The course begins by discussing some SQL basics and then explores Azure SQL databases in-depth, including Azure SQL database graphical user interface (GUI) deployment, deployment through the command-line interface (CLI), and using PowerShell cmdlets (lightweight commands). Next, watch a demonstration of how to connect to Azure SQL Database and how the SQL migration process works to bring data from on-premises into the Azure cloud. Explore the process of Azure database migration. Finally, you will learn how to describe options for using NoSQL solutions in Azure, such as CosmosDB. The concluding exercise directs learners to draw a comparison between SQL compliant databases and NoSQL database solutions, then use the Azure Portal to deploy Azure SQL Database; connect to Azure SQL Database from on-premises by using a tool such as Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio; and finally, to deploy CosmosDB. This is one of a series of courses to help learners prepare for the AZ-900: Azure Fundamentals certification exam.

This 11-video course describes the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) services available in Microsoft Azure, and what significant value Azure brings to an organization. The course opens with a detailed overview of what IoT is, as well as defining IoT central, IoT hub, and IoT edge, before drawing relationships between those components. Learners will become able to identify what Azure IoT solution accelerators are and when they should be used-in medical device tracking, in registering and tracking information related to industrial machinery controls, or remote control of building services, for instance. Next, you will learn about Azure cognitive services, and how users can work with and analyze data in the machine learning studio. In the concluding exercise, learners will begin by describing IoT; describing when the Azure IoT Hub should be used; and describing the purpose of IoT solution accelerators. You will be asked to list three examples of how artificial intelligence can be used through Azure. This is one of a series of courses to help learners prepare for the AZ-900: Azure Fundamentals certification exam.

Learners explore how to monitor Azure resources and control cloud-related costs in this 12-video course dealing with AZ-900 entry-level Microsoft Azure certification. You will learn about Azure service offerings, including those related to storage, virtual machines (VMs), databases, and developer solutions, and how Azure Resource Monitoring provides performance and security insights for subscribers. First, the course demonstrates use of Azure Monitoring to view Azure resource logs, and how to configure alert notifications and create custom dashboards. Then learn to utilize Azure cost management with Azure Pricing Calculator and Azure Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator; how to configure billing supports; and how to submit an Azure support request. In the closing exercise, learners will enable alerts to administrators, notifying when a specific VM's CPU utilization exceeds 85 percent; create a custom dashboard (HQ Admin) that shows Resource Groups and Users and Groups; use Azure Pricing Calculator to estimate costs related to three Linux VMs, and one managed Azure SQL Database instance; and configure an Azure billing alert when Azure charges reach $300.

In this 14-video course, learners discuss Azure network options such as virtual networks (VNets); virtual private network (VPN) connectivity to Azure; application gateways; and content delivery networks (cdns). The course opens with a deep dive into Azure network infrastructure, focusing on which Azure network components are required and how to configure them, depending on a user's workload needs. Learn how Azure VNets are addressed in Azure and how they can be used for the deployment of services, such as Cosmos DB and virtual machines. Next, learn how to implement VNets by using the graphical user interface (GUI), command-line interface (CLI), and PowerShell. You will learn when to use private and public IP addressing in Azure and how to implement an Azure point-to-site VPN. Finally, learn how to work with the application gateway to distribute or load balance incoming client traffic, and learn benefits of using a content delivery network. The concluding exercise asks learners to describe differences between point-to-site VPNs and site-to-site VPNs, then to use the Azure portal to create an Azure static public IP address. This is one of a series of courses to help learners prepare for the AZ-900: Azure Fundamentals certification exam.

Learners can explore how to recognize when specific storage solutions to best address a specific business need in this 15-video course. Discuss Azure Storage options such as Azure Disk Storage, Blob Storage, and how to use tools to manage Blob Storage items. Key topics covered in this course include the Blob and the key vault. Learners will also hear practical descriptions about using the command-line interface (CLI) commands as well as PowerShell cmdlets (lightweight commands) to work with Azure Storage accounts. Watch a demonstration of how to use the Azure portal to create a new Azure storage account-essentially a cloud-based shared folder. Finally, you will observe how the Azure Key Vault is used to store secrets securely. In the concluding exercise, learners use the Azure portal and the web graphical interface to create a storage account, then upload a file to it by using the portal, and create an Azure file share as well as a key vault, then store a secret within the vault. This is one of a series of courses to help learners prepare for the AZ-900: Azure Fundamentals certification exam.

Continue exploring differences between cloud computing and traditional on-premises computing, and how Microsoft Azure Cloud Services are made available to cloud customers, in this 15-video course examining the Azure ecosystem. Here you will learn about Microsoft Azure data centers or physical facilities, which are currently located in 140 countries, and that when you deploy new resources, you must specify the geographical location or region. Then you will learn how ARM (Azure Resource Manager) can be used to deploy or manage a single virtual machine (VM), or related resources as a group. Next, learners see that the Microsoft Azure portal is a GUI (graphical user interface tool), in the form of a web application, and the GUI management tool supports RBAC (role-based access control). You will learn to use the Microsoft Azure CLI (command-line interface) tool to manage resources from a command- line environment. You will learn to use Azure Cloud Shell CLI to deploy a Linux VM. Finally, you will explore Azure Powershell to manage Azure resources at the command line. This is one of a series of courses to help learners prepare for the AZ-900: Azure Fundamentals certification exam.

Explore how to facilitate the deployment and management of virtual machines (VMs) and Cloud-hosted applications in this 15-video course, which describes how Linux and Windows Azure virtual machines are deployed and managed, as well as how to connect to Azure VMs. First, you will learn how to manage them by using PowerShell. Next, the course offers detailed descriptions of Azure VM scale sets, load balancing, and app services. Finally, learners will explore how to work with Azure Cloud hosting of applications, including deploying a static HTML-type of Azure website, and then hear discussions of hosted Azure functions and how to use the Azure app event grid. Learn how to connect a VM from outside of Azure-over the Internet from an on-premises network. The concluding exercise directs learners to list Azure VM configuration considerations, then use the Azure portal to deploy a Linux VM; explain the benefit of VM scale sets and when they should be used; and describe the purpose of Azure serverless computing. This is one of a series of courses to help learners prepare for the AZ-900: Azure Fundamentals certification exam.