Deploy & Administer Linux Virtual Machines on Azure (AZ-1007)

In this learning path, you prepare for the Applied Skill, Deploy and administer Linux virtual machines on Microsoft Azure.

Course Information

Price: $675.00

Duration: 1 day

Certification: Microsoft Azure Intermediate

Exam: AZ-1007

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Prerequisites:

Experience using the Azure portal and CLI to create resources.
Familiarity with identity management and role-based access control.
Experience creating and configuring Azure virtual machines.
Working knowledge of administering operating systems based on the Linux kernel.

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Course Objectives:

Module in the Learning Path:

Configure Virtual Machines
Add and Size Disk in Azure Virtual Machines
Monitor Your Azure Virtual Machines with Azure Monitor
Protect Your Virtual Machines by Using Azure Backup
Manage Virtual Machines with the Azure CLI
Implement Access Management for Azure Resources
Configure Azure Files and Azure File Sync
Copy and Move Blobs from One Container or Storage Account to Another Using the AzCopy Command
Guided Project: Deploy & Administer Linux Virtual Machines on Azure

Course Outline:

Configure virtual machines:

Learn how to configure virtual machines including sizing, storage, and connections.
- Review cloud services responsibilities
- Plan virtual machines
- Determine virtual machine sizing
- Determine virtual machine storage
- Create virtual machines in the Azure portal
- Connect to virtual machines
- Interactive lab simulation

Add & Size Disks in Azure Virtual Machines:

Understand and create the different types of disk storage available to Azure virtual machines (VMs).
- Understand storage options for virtual machines (VMs)
- Exercise – Add a data disk to a VM
- Determine whether to use premium storage
- Resize virtual machine disks
- Exercise – Resize a VM disk

Monitor Your Azure Virtual Machines with Azure Monitor:

Learn how to monitor your Azure VMs by using Azure Monitor to collect and analyze VM host and client metrics and logs.
- Monitoring for Azure VMs
- Monitor VM host data
- Use Metrics Explorer to view detailed host metrics
- Collect client performance counters by using VM insights
- Collect VM client event logs

Protect Your Virtual Machines by Using Azure Backup:

Use Azure Backup to help protect on-premises servers, virtual machines, SQL Server, Azure file shares, and other workloads.
- Azure Backup features and scenarios
- Back up an Azure virtual machine by using Azure Backup
- Exercise – Back up an Azure virtual machine
- Restore virtual machine data
- Exercise – Restore Azure virtual machine data

Manage virtual machines with the Azure CLI:

Learn how to use the cross-platform Azure CLI to create, start, stop, and perform other management tasks related to virtual machines in Azure.
- What is the Azure CLI?
- Exercise – Create a virtual machine
- Exercise – Test your new virtual machine
- Exercise – Explore other VM images
- Exercise – Sizing VMs properly
- Exercise – Query system and runtime information about the VM
- Exercise – Start and stop your VM with the Azure CLI
- Exercise – Install software on your VM

Implement access management for Azure resources:

Explore how to use built-in Azure roles, managed identities, and RBAC-policy to control access to Azure resources. Identity is the key to secure solutions.
- Assign Azure roles
- Configure custom Azure roles
- Create and configure managed identities
- Access Azure resources with managed identities
- Analyze Azure role permissions
- Configure Azure Key Vault RBAC policies
- Retrieve objects from Azure Key Vault
- Explore Microsoft Entra Permissions Management

Configure Azure Files and Azure File Sync:

Learn how to configure Azure Files and Azure File Sync.
- Compare storage for file shares and blob data
- Manage Azure file shares
- Create file share snapshots
- Implement soft delete for Azure Files
- Use Azure Storage Explorer
- Deploy Azure File Sync

Copy and move blobs from one container or storage account to another using the AzCopy command:

Learn how to use AzCopy to copy and move blobs between contains and storage accounts both synchronously and asynchronously.
- Move Azure Storage blobs using AzCopy
- Exercise – Move Azure Storage blobs using AzCopy

Guided Project: Deploy and administer Linux virtual machines on Azure:

In this guided project module, you prepare and study for the Deploy and administer Linux virtual machines on Azure Applied Skill.
- Exercise – Create and configure Linux virtual machines
- Exercise – Monitor virtual machines
- Exercise – Configure storage for virtual machines
- Exercise – Back up virtual machines