This two-day course provides foundational knowledge on cloud concepts, core Azure services, security, privacy, compliance, and pricing. It includes hands-on labs with an Azure pass to gain practical experience and prepares students for the AZ-900 exam.

Learning Outcomes

• Describe the basic concepts of cloud computing.
• Determine whether Azure is the right solution for your business needs.
• Differentiate between the different methods of creating an Azure subscription.
• Describe the benefits and usage of Azure regions, region pairs, and availability zones.
• Describe the benefits and usage of Azure resources, resource groups, and Azure Resource Manager.
• Describe the benefits and usage of Azure subscriptions and management groups.
• Choose the Azure IoT service that best addresses your business scenario.
• Strengthen your security posture and protect against threats by using Azure Security Center.
• Collect and act on security data from many different sources by using Azure Sentinel.
• Store and access sensitive information such as passwords and encryption keys securely in Azure Key Vault.
• Manage dedicated physical servers to host your Azure VMs for Windows and Linux by using Azure Dedicated Host.
• Explain the difference between authentication and authorization.
• Describe how Azure AD provides identity and access management.
• Explain the role that single sign-on (SSO), multifactor authentication, and Conditional Access play in managing user identity.
• Use the Total Cost of Ownership Calculator to compare your current datacenter costs to running the same workloads on Azure.
• Describe the different ways you can purchase Azure products and services.
• Use the Pricing calculator to estimate the monthly cost of running your cloud workloads.
• Define some of the major factors that affect total cost and apply recommended practices to minimize cost.

Prerequisites

There are no formal prerequisites for this course. However, having some technical knowledge will enhance understanding of cloud concepts.