UNF Professional and Lifelong Learning
UNF Professional and Lifelong Learning · Microsoft

Azure Security Technologies Training

LevelIntermediate
Duration4 Days
Experience2 years: Azure Administrators
Average Salary$113,000
LabsYes

Offered to the Jacksonville and Northeast Florida community through UNF Professional and Lifelong Learning in partnership with Applied Technology Academy — live online or in person, taught by ATA's practitioner instructors.

Course Overview

After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Manage Azure Subscriptions and Resources.
  • Configure and Secure Virtual Networking.
  • Administer Azure Identity and Access.
  • Deploy and Manage Virtual Machines.
  • Implement and Manage Storage Accounts.
  • Configure and Manage Microsoft Entra.
  • Implement and Manage Azure Governance.
  • Monitor and Back Up Azure Resources.
  • Manage Azure Applications and App Services.
  • Implement and Manage Azure Virtual Networks.
  • Work with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Templates.
Course Outline
  • Module 1: Identity In this module, you will learn how to secure identities with Azure Active Directory and implement users and groups.
    • Lessons
    • Azure Active Directory
    • Users and Groups
    • Lab: Manage Azure Active Directory Identities
  • Module 2: Governance and Compliance In this module, you will learn about managing your subscriptions and accounts, implementing Azure policies, and using Role-Based Access Control.
    • Lessons
    • Subscriptions and Accounts
    • Azure Policy
    • Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
    • Lab: Manage Subscriptions and RBAC
    • Lab: Manage Governance via Azure Policy
  • Module 3: Azure Administration In this module, you will learn about the tools an Azure Administrator uses to manage their infrastructure. This includes the Azure Portal, Cloud Shell, Azure PowerShell, CLI, and Resource Manager Templates.
    • Lessons
    • Azure Resource Manager
    • Azure Portal and Cloud Shell
    • Azure PowerShell and CLI
    • ARM Templates
    • Lab: Manage Azure resources by Using the Azure Portal
    • Lab: Manage Azure resources by Using ARM Templates
    • Lab: Manage Azure resources by Using Azure PowerShell
    • Lab: Manage Azure resources by Using Azure CLI
  • Module 4: Virtual Networking In this module, you will learn about basic
    • virtual networking concepts like virtual
    • networks and subnetting, IP addressing,
    • network security groups, Azure Firewall, and Azure DNS.
    • Lessons
    • Virtual Networks
    • IP Addressing
    • Network Security groups
    • Azure Firewall
    • Azure DNS
    • Lab: Implement Virtual Networking
  • Module 5: Intersite Connectivity In this module, you will learn about intersite connectivity features including VNet Peering, Virtual Network Gateways, and Site-to-Site Connections.
    • Lessons
    • VNet Peering
    • VPN Gateway Connections
    • ExpressRoute and Virtual WAN
    • Lab: Implement Intersite Connectivity
  • Module 6: Network Traffic Management In this module, you will learn about network traffic strategies including network routing and service endpoints, Azure Load Balancer, Azure Application Gateway, and Traffic Manager.
    • Lessons
    • Network Routing and
    • Endpoints
    • Azure Load Balancer
    • Azure Application Gateway
    • Traffic Manager
    • Lab: Implement Traffic Management
  • Module 7: Azure Storage In this module, you will learn about basic storage features including storage accounts, blob storage, Azure files and File Sync, storage security, and storage tools.
    • Lessons
    • Storage Accounts
    • Blob Storage
    • Storage Security
    • Azure Files and File Sync
    • Managing Storage
    • Lab: Manage Azure storage
  • Module 8: Azure Virtual Machines In this module, you will learn about Azure virtual machines including planning, creating, availability and extensions.
    • Lessons
    • Virtual Machine Planning
    • Creating Virtual Machines
    • Virtual Machine Availability
    • Virtual Machine Extensions
    • Lab: Manage virtual machines
  • Module 9: Serverless Computing In this module, you will learn administer
    • serverless computing features like Azure
    • App Service, Azure Container Instances, and Kubernetes.
    • Lessons
    • Azure App Service Plans
    • Azure App Service
    • Container Services
    • Azure Kubernetes Service
    • Lab: Implement Web Apps
    • Lab: Implement Azure Container Instances
    • Lab: Implement Azure Kubernetes Service
  • Module 10: Data Protection In this module, you will learn about backing up files and folders, and virtual machine backups.
    • Lessons
    • File and Folder Backups
    • Virtual Machine Backups
    • Lab: Implement Data Protection
  • Module 11: Monitoring In this module, you will learn about monitoring your Azure infrastructure including Azure Monitor, alerting, and log analytics.
    • Lessons
    • Azure Monitor
    • Azure Alerts
    • Log Analytics
    • Network Watcher
    • Lab: Implement Monitoring
Intended Audience
  • Successful Azure Administrators start this role with experience in virtualization, networking, identity, and storage.
  • Understand on-premises virtualization technologies, including VMs (Virtual Machines), virtual networking, and virtual hard disks.
  • Understand network configurations, including TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, firewalls, and encryption technologies.
  • Understand Microsoft Entra concepts, including users, groups, and role-based access control.
  • Understand resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.
Prerequisites
  • Successful Azure Administrators start this role with experience in virtualization, networking, identity, and storage.
  • 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.

You can gain the prerequisites and a better understanding of Azure by taking AZ-104: Prerequisites for Azure Administrators. This free online training will give you the experience you need to be successful in this course.