Microsoft Azure Advanced Administration


Course Description

This five-day instructor-led course is designed primarily for Azure Administrators who have some experience with Azure and want a more in depth administrative knowledge of Azure services and how to architect a solution. Lessons include virtualisation, automation, networking, storage, identity, security, data platform, and application infrastructure. This course outlines how decisions in each of these areas affect an overall solution.

Duration: 5 days


Who should attend

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, virtualisation, identity, security, business continuity, disaster recovery, data platform, budgeting, and governance. Azure Advanced Administrators use the Azure Portal and as they become more adept, they use the Command Line Interface. Candidates must have basic skills and knowledge of Azure administration. It is recommended that students have attended the AZ-104 – Microsoft Azure Administrator course prior to attending this course.

Implement Azure Active Directory

Module 1: Implement Azure Active Directory In this module, you will learn how to secure identities with Azure Active Directory, and implement users and groups. This module includes: Lessons Overview of Azure Active Directory Users and Groups Administrative Units Domains and Custom Domains Azure AD Identity Protection Implement Conditional Access (Named locations in Conditional Access) Configure Guest Users (B2B) in Azure AD Manage Multiple Directories Azure AD Identity Governance Access Reviews Access Packages Privileged Identity Management

Implement and Manage Hybrid Identities

Install and Configure Azure AD Connect & Cloud Sync Configure Password Sync and Password Writeback Configure Azure AD Connect Health

Implement Virtual Networking

Virtual Networking Virtual Network Peering VPNs Advanced Virtual Networking

Implement VMs for Windows and Linux

Select Virtual Machine Size Configure High Availability Availability Sets Availability Zones Proximity Placement Groups Implement Azure Dedicated Hosts Deploy and Configure Scale Sets Configure Azure Disk Encryption Advanced Azure Virtual Machine Administration Virtual Machine Update Management Center Virtual Machine Automanage Virtual Machine Run Command VM Inspector Reset Password Redeploy / Reapply Serial Console

Implement Load Balancing and Network Security

Implement Azure Load Balancer Global load balancers Implement an Application Gateway Zone redundant GWs Understand Web Application Firewall Implement Azure Firewall Implement Azure Front Door Implementing Azure Traffic Manager Implement Network Security Groups and Application Security Groups Implement Azure Bastion

Implement Storage Accounts

Storage Accounts Blob Storage Storage Security Managing Storage Accessing Blobs and Queues using AAD

Implement NoSQL Databases

Configure Storage Account Tables Select Appropriate CosmosDB APIs

Implement Azure SQL Databases

Configure Azure SQL Database Settings Implement Azure SQL Database Managed Instances High-Availability and Azure SQL Database

Automate Deployment and Configuration of Resources

Azure Resource Manager Templates Save a Template for a VM Evaluate Location of New Resources Configure a Virtual Hard Disk Template Deploy from a template Create and deploy Bicep Templates Create and Execute an Automation Runbook

Implement and Manage Azure Governance

Create Management Groups, Subscriptions, and Resource Groups Overview of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Roles Implement and Configure an Azure Policy Azure Blueprints

Manage Security for Applications

Azure Key Vault Azure Managed Identity

Manage Workloads in Azure

Migrate Workloads using Azure Migrate VMware – Agentless Migration VMware – Agent-Based Migration Implement Azure Backup Azure to Azure Site Recovery Implement Azure Update Management

Implement Container-Based Applications

Azure Container Instances Configure Azure Kubernetes Service Networking Node Pools Types and usages Upgrading Clusters Upgrading Nodes

Implement an Application Infrastructure

Create and Configure Azure App Service Create an App Service Web App for Containers Create and Configure an App Service Plan Configure Networking for an App Service Create and Manage Deployment Slots Implement Logic Apps Implement Azure Functions

Implement Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring

Azure Infrastructure Security Monitoring Azure Monitor Azure Workbooks Azure Alerts Log Analytics Microsoft Defender for Cloud Network Watcher Azure Service Health Monitor Azure Costs Azure Application Insights Unified Monitoring in Azure


Schedule

NameDateLocation 
Microsoft Azure Advanced Administration 2024-12-02 Online
Microsoft Azure Advanced Administration 2025-03-24 Online

Azure AZ-305 AZ305 AZ-104 Cloud Computing