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Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Students in this course are interested in Azure development or in passing the Microsoft Azure Developer Associate certification exam. This course teaches developers how to create end-to-end solutions in Microsoft Azure. Students will learn how to implement Azure compute solutions, create Azure Functions, implement and manage web apps, develop solutions utilizing Azure storage, implement authentication and authorization, and secure their solutions by using KeyVault and Managed Identities. Students will also learn how to connect to and consume Azure services and third-party services, and include event- and message-based models in their solutions. The course also covers monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing Azure solutions. Prerequisites To be successful in this course, learners should have the following: Hands-on experience with Azure IaaS and PaaS solutions, and the Azure Portal. Experience writing in an Azure supported language at the intermediate level. (C#, JavaScript, Python, or Java) Ability to write code to connect and perform operations on, a SQL or NoSQL database product. (SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra or similar) Experience writing code to handle authentication, authorization, and other security principles at the intermediate level. A general understanding of HTML, the HTTP protocol and REST API interfaces. 1 - EXPLORE AZURE APP SERVICE * Examine Azure App Service * Examine Azure App Service plans * Deploy to App Service * Explore authentication and authorization in App Service * Discover App Service networking features 2 - CONFIGURE WEB APP SETTINGS * Configure application settings * Configure general settings * Configure path mappings * Enable diagnostic logging * Configure security certificates 3 - SCALE APPS IN AZURE APP SERVICE * Examine autoscale factors * Identify autoscale factors * Enable autoscale in App Service * Explore autoscale best practices 4 - EXPLORE AZURE APP SERVICE DEPLOYMENT SLOTS * Explore staging environments * Examine slot swapping * Swap deployment slots * Route traffic in App Service 5 - EXPLORE AZURE FUNCTIONS * Discover Azure Functions * Compare Azure Functions hosting options * Scale Azure Functions 6 - DEVELOP AZURE FUNCTIONS * Explore Azure Functions development * Create triggers and bindings * Connect functions to Azure services 7 - EXPLORE AZURE BLOB STORAGE * Explore Azure Blob storage * Discover Azure Blob storage resource types * Explore Azure Storage security features * Discover static website hosting in Azure Storage 8 - MANAGE THE AZURE BLOB STORAGE LIFECYCLE * Explore the Azure Blob storage lifecycle * Discover Blob storage lifecycle policies * Implement Blob storage lifecycle policies * Rehydrate blob data from the archive tier 9 - WORK WITH AZURE BLOB STORAGE * Explore Azure Blob storage client library * Create a client object * Manage container properties and metadata by using .NET * Set and retrieve properties and metadata for blob resources by using REST 10 - EXPLORE AZURE COSMOS DB * Identify key benefits of Azure Cosmos DB * Explore the resource hierarchy * Explore consistency levels * Choose the right consistency level * Explore supported APIs * Discover request units 11 - WORK WITH AZURE COSMOS DB * Explore Microsoft .NET SDK v3 for Azure Cosmos DB * Create stored procedures * Create triggers and user-defined functions * Explore change feed in Azure Cosmos DB 12 - MANAGE CONTAINER IMAGES IN AZURE CONTAINER REGISTRY * Discover the Azure Container Registry * Explore storage capabilities * Build and manage containers with tasks * Explore elements of a Dockerfile 13 - RUN CONTAINER IMAGES IN AZURE CONTAINER INSTANCES * Explore Azure Container Instances * Run containerized tasks with restart policies * Set environment variables in container instances * Mount an Azure file share in Azure Container Instances 14 - IMPLEMENT AZURE CONTAINER APPS * Explore Azure Container Apps * Explore containers in Azure Container Apps * Implement authentication and authorization in Azure Container Apps * Manage revisions and secrets in Azure Container Apps * Explore Dapr integration with Azure Container Apps 15 - EXPLORE THE MICROSOFT IDENTITY PLATFORM * Explore the Microsoft identity platform * Explore service principals * Discover permissions and consent * Discover conditional access 16 - IMPLEMENT AUTHENTICATION BY USING THE MICROSOFT AUTHENTICATION LIBRARY * Explore the Microsoft Authentication Library * Initialize client applications 17 - IMPLEMENT SHARED ACCESS SIGNATURES * Discover shared access signatures * Choose when to use shared access signatures * Explore stored access policies 18 - EXPLORE MICROSOFT GRAPH * Discover Microsoft Graph * Query Microsoft Graph by using REST * Query Microsoft Graph by using SDKs * Apply best practices to Microsoft Graph 19 - IMPLEMENT AZURE KEY VAULT * Explore Azure Key Vault * Discover Azure Key Vault best practices * Authenticate to Azure Key Vault 20 - IMPLEMENT MANAGED IDENTITIES * Explore managed identities * Discover the managed identities authentication flow * Configure managed identities * Acquire an access token 21 - IMPLEMENT AZURE APP CONFIGURATION * Explore the Azure App Configuration service * Create paired keys and values * Manage application features * Secure app configuration data 22 - EXPLORE API MANAGEMENT * Discover the API Management service * Explore API gateways * Explore API Management policies * Create advanced policies * Secure APIs by using subscriptions * Secure APIs by using certificates 23 - EXPLORE AZURE EVENT GRID * Explore Azure Event Grid * Discover event schemas * Explore event delivery durability * Control access to events * Receive events by using webhooks * Filter events 24 - EXPLORE AZURE EVENT HUBS * Discover Azure Event Hubs * Explore Event Hubs Capture * Scale your processing application * Control access to events * Perform common operations with the Event Hubs client library 25 - DISCOVER AZURE MESSAGE QUEUES * Choose a message queue solution * Explore Azure Service Bus * Discover Service Bus queues, topics, and subscriptions * Explore Service Bus message payloads and serialization * Explore Azure Queue Storage * Create and manage Azure Queue Storage and messages by using .NET 26 - MONITOR APP PERFORMANCE * Explore Application Insights * Discover log-based metrics * Instrument an app for monitoring * Select an availability test * Troubleshoot app performance by using Application Map 27 - DEVELOP FOR AZURE CACHE FOR REDIS * Explore Azure Cache for Redis * Configure Azure Cache for Redis * Interact with Azure Cache for Redis by using .NET 28 - DEVELOP FOR STORAGE ON CDNS * Explore Azure Content Delivery Networks * Control cache behavior on Azure Content Delivery Networks * Interact with Azure Content Delivery Networks by using .NET

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for This four-day course is intended for Windows Server Hybrid Administrators who have experience working with Windows Server and want to extend the capabilities of their on-premises environments by combining on-premises and hybrid technologies. Windows Server Hybrid Administrators implement and manage on-premises and hybrid solutions such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage in a Windows Server hybrid environment. This course teaches IT Professionals how to manage core Windows Server workloads and services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. The course teaches IT Professionals how to implement and manage on-premises and hybrid solutions such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage in a Windows Server hybrid environment. Prerequisites Experience with managing Windows Server operating system and Windows Server workloads in on-premises scenarios, including AD DS, DNS, DFS, Hyper-V, and File and Storage Services Experience with common Windows Server management tools (implied in the first prerequisite). Basic knowledge of core Microsoft compute, storage, networking, and virtualization technologies (implied in the first prerequisite). Experience and an understanding of core networking technologies such as IP addressing, name resolution, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Experience working with and an understanding of Microsoft Hyper-V and basic server virtualization concepts Basic experience with implementing and managing IaaS services in Microsoft Azure Basic knowledge of Azure Active Directory Experience working hands-on with Windows client operating systems such as Windows 10 or Windows 11 Basic experience with Windows PowerShell 1 - INTRODUCTION TO AD DS * Define AD DS * Define users, groups, and computers * Define AD DS forests and domains * Define OUs * Manage objects and their properties in AD DS 2 - MANAGE AD DS DOMAIN CONTROLLERS AND FSMO ROLES * Deploy AD DS domain controllers * Maintain AD DS domain controllers * Manage the AD DS Global Catalog role * Manage AD DS operations masters * Manage AD DS schema 3 - IMPLEMENT GROUP POLICY OBJECTS * Define GPOs * Implement GPO scope and inheritance * Define domain-based GPOs * Create and configure a domain-based GPO * Define GPO storage * Define administrative templates 4 - MANAGE ADVANCED FEATURES OF AD DS * Create trust relationships * Implement ESAE forests * Monitor and troubleshoot AD DS * Create custom AD DS partitions 5 - IMPLEMENT HYBRID IDENTITY WITH WINDOWS SERVER * Select a Microsoft Entra integration model * Plan for Microsoft Entra integration * Prepare on-premises Active Directory for directory synchronization * Install and configure directory synchronization with Microsoft Entra Connect * Implement Seamless Single Sign-On * Enable Microsoft Entra login in for Windows VM in Azure * Describe Microsoft Entra Domain Services * Implement and configure Microsoft Entra Domain Services * Manage Windows Server 2019 in a Microsoft Entra Domain Services environment * Create and configure a Microsoft Entra Domain Services instance * Join a Windows Server VM to a managed domain 6 - DEPLOY AND MANAGE AZURE IAAS ACTIVE DIRECTORY DOMAIN CONTROLLERS IN AZURE * Select an option to implement directory and identity services using Active Directory Domain Services in Azure * Deploy and configure Active Directory Domain Services domain controllers in Azure VMs * Install a replica Active Directory domain controller in an Azure VM * Install a new Active Directory forest on an Azure VNet 7 - PERFORM WINDOWS SERVER SECURE ADMINISTRATION * Define least privilege administration * Implement delegated privileges * Use privileged access workstations * Use jump servers 8 - DESCRIBE WINDOWS SERVER ADMINISTRATION TOOLS * Explore Windows Admin Center * Use Server Manager * List Remote Server Administration Tools * Use Windows PowerShell * Use Windows PowerShell to remotely administer a server 9 - PERFORM POST-INSTALLATION CONFIGURATION OF WINDOWS SERVER * List the available post-installation configuration tools * Configure Server Core using Sconfig * Use DSC to configure Windows Server * Perform post-installation configuration with Windows Admin Center * Configure a server with answer files 10 - JUST ENOUGH ADMINISTRATION IN WINDOWS SERVER * Explain the concept of Just Enough Administration (JEA) * Define role capabilities for a JEA endpoint * Create a session configuration file to register a JEA endpoint * Describe how JEA endpoints work to limit access to a PowerShell session * Create and connect to a JEA endpoint * Demonstration: Connect to a JEA endpoint 11 - ADMINISTER AND MANAGE WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VIRTUAL MACHINE REMOTELY * Select the appropriate remote administration tool * Manage Windows Virtual Machines with Azure Bastion * Create an Azure Bastion host * Configure just-in-time administration 12 - MANAGE HYBRID WORKLOADS WITH AZURE ARC * Describe Azure Arc * Onboard Windows Server instances * Connect hybrid machines to Azure from the Azure portal * Use Azure Arc to manage Windows Server instances * Restrict access with RBAC 13 - CONFIGURE AND MANAGE HYPER-V * Define Hyper-V * Define Hyper-V Manager * Configure Hyper-V hosts using best practices * Configure Hyper-V networking * Assess advanced Hyper-V networking features * Define nested virtualization 14 - CONFIGURE AND MANAGE HYPER-V VIRTUAL MACHINES * List the virtual machine configuration versions * List the virtual machine generation versions * List available VHD formats and types * Create and configure VMs * Determine storage options for VMs * Define shared VHDs and VHD Sets * Implement guest clusters using shared VHDX 15 - SECURE HYPER-V WORKLOADS * Define guarded fabric * Define the Host Guardian Service * Explore TPM-trusted attestation * Define KPS * Determine key features of shielded VMs * Compare encryption-supported and shielded VMs in a guarded fabric * Implement a shielded VM 16 - RUN CONTAINERS ON WINDOWS SERVER * Define containers * List the differences between containers and VMs * Define Windows Server and Hyper-V containers and isolation modes * Explore Docker * Prepare a Windows Server 2019 host for container deployment * Security, Storage, and Networking with Windows containers 17 - ORCHESTRATE CONTAINERS ON WINDOWS SERVER USING KUBERNETES * Define orchestration * Define Kubernetes * Deploy Kubernetes resources * Create a Kubernetes cluster on Windows * Define Azure Arc * Connect an Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes cluster to Azure Arc 18 - PLAN AND DEPLOY WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VIRTUAL MACHINES * Describe Azure compute * Describe Virtual Machine storage * Deploy Azure Virtual Machines * Create a windows Virtual Machine using the portal * Create a windows Virtual Machine using Azure CLI * Deploy Azure Virtual Machines using templates * Describe additional management optimization options 19 - CUSTOMIZE WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VIRTUAL MACHINE IMAGES * Create a generalized image * Create a new Virtual Machine from a managed image * Create a managed image of a generalized virtual machine in Azure * Create a Virtual Machine from a managed image * Implement Azure Image Builder * Create a windows Virtual Machine using Azure Image Builder template * Create a Windows Virtual Machine with Azure Image Builder using PowerShell 20 - AUTOMATE THE CONFIGURATION OF WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VIRTUAL MACHINES * Describe Azure Automation * Implement Azure Automation with DSC * Remediate noncompliant servers * Describe Custom Script Extensions * Configure a Virtual Machine by using DSC 21 - DEPLOY AND MANAGE DHCP * Use DHCP to simplify IP configuration * Install and configure the DHCP role * Configure DHCP options * Configure DHCP scopes * Select DHCP high availability options * Implement DHCP Failover 22 - IMPLEMENT WINDOWS SERVER DNS * Explore the DNS architecture * Work with DNS zones and records * Install and configure the DNS role * Implement DNS forwarding 23 - IMPLEMENT IP ADDRESS MANAGEMENT * Define IP Address Management * Deploy IP Address Management * Administer IP Address Management * Configure IP Address Management options * Manage DNS zones with IP Address Management * Manage DHCP servers with IP Address Management * Use IP Address Management to manage IP addressing 24 - IMPLEMENT REMOTE ACCESS * Examine the remote access options in Windows Server * Select and set up VPNs * Use NPS to create and enforce network access policies * Plan and implement NPS * Deploy a PKI for remote access * Use WAP as a reverse web proxy 25 - IMPLEMENT HYBRID NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE * Describe Azure network topologies * Implement Azure VPN options * Create a route-based VPN gateway using the Azure portal * Implement Azure ExpressRoute * Configure Azure Virtual WAN * Implement DNS in hybrid environments 26 - IMPLEMENT DNS FOR WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VMS * Understand Azure DNS * Implement Azure DNS * Create an Azure DNS zone and record using the Azure portal * Implement DNS with Azure IaaS virtual machines * Implement split-horizon DNS in Azure * Troubleshoot DNS 27 - IMPLEMENT WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VM IP ADDRESSING AND ROUTING * Implement a virtual network * Implement IaaS VM IP addressing * Assign and manage IP addresses * Configure a private IP address for a virtual machine using the Azure portal * Create a virtual machine with a static public IP address using the Azure portal * Implement IaaS virtual machine IP routing * Implement IPv6 for Windows Server IaaS virtual machines 28 - MANAGE WINDOWS SERVER FILE SERVERS * Define the Windows Server file system * List the benefits and uses of File Server Resource Manager * Define SMB and its security considerations * Configure SMB protocol * Define Volume Shadow Copy Service 29 - IMPLEMENT STORAGE SPACES AND STORAGE SPACES DIRECT * Define the Storage Spaces architecture and its components * List the functionalities, benefits, and use cases of Storage Spaces * Implement Storage Spaces * List the functionalities, components, benefits, and use cases of Storage Spaces Direct * Implement Storage Spaces Direct 30 - IMPLEMENT WINDOWS SERVER DATA DEDUPLICATION * Define the architecture, components, and functionality of Data Deduplication * Define the use cases and interoperability of Data Deduplication * Implement Data Deduplication * Manage and maintain Data Deduplication 31 - IMPLEMENT WINDOWS SERVER ISCSI * List the functionalities, components, and use cases of iSCSI * List the considerations for implementing iSCSI * Implement iSCSI * Configure high availability for iSCSI 32 - IMPLEMENT WINDOWS SERVER STORAGE REPLICA * List the functionalities and components of Storage Replica * Examine the prerequisites for implementing Storage Replica * Implement Storage Replica by using Windows Admin Center * Implement Storage Replica by using Windows PowerShell 33 - IMPLEMENT A HYBRID FILE SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE * Describe Azure File services * Configure Azure Files * Configure connectivity to Azure Files * Describe Azure File Sync * Implement Azure File Sync * Deploy Azure File Sync * Deploy Azure File Sync 2 * Manage cloud tiering * Migrate from DFSR to Azure File Sync

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for This four-day course is intended for Windows Server Hybrid Administrators who have experience working with Windows Server and want to extend the capabilities of their on-premises environments by combining on-premises and hybrid technologies. Windows Server Hybrid Administrators who already implement and manage on-premises core technologies want to secure and protect their environments, migrate virtual and physical workloads to Azure Iaas, enable a highly available, fully redundant environment, and perform monitoring and troubleshooting. This course teaches IT Professionals to configure advanced Windows Server services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. The course teaches IT Professionals how to leverage the hybrid capabilities of Azure, how to migrate virtual and physical server workloads to Azure IaaS, and how to secure Azure VMs running Windows Server. The course also teaches IT Professionals how to perform tasks related to high availability, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery. The course highlights administrative tools and technologies including Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, Azure Arc, Azure Automation Update Management, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Azure Security Center, Azure Migrate, and Azure Monitor. Prerequisites An understanding of the following concepts as related to Windows Server technologies: High availability and disaster recovery Automation Monitoring Troubleshooting 1 - SECURE WINDOWS SERVER USER ACCOUNTS * Configure user account rights * Protect user accounts with the Protected Users group * Describe Windows Defender Credential Guard * Block NTLM authentication * Locate problematic accounts 2 - HARDENING WINDOWS SERVER * Describe Local Password Administrator Solution * Configure Privileged Access Workstations * Secure domain controllers * Analyze security configuration with Security Compliance Toolkit * Secure SMB traffic 3 - WINDOWS SERVER UPDATE MANAGEMENT * Explore Windows Update * Outline Windows Server Update Services server deployment options * Define Windows Server Update Services update management process * Describe the process of Update Management 4 - SECURE WINDOWS SERVER DNS * Implement split-horizon DNS * Create DNS policies * Implement DNS policies * Secure Windows Server DNS * Implement DNSSEC 5 - IMPLEMENT WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VM NETWORK SECURITY * Implement network security groups and Windows IaaS VMs * Implement adaptive network hardening * Implement Azure Firewall and Windows IaaS VMs * Implement Windows firewall with Windows Server IaaS VMs * Choose the appropriate filtering solution * Deploy and configure Azure firewall using the Azure portal * Capture network traffic with network watcher * Log network traffic to and from a VM using the Azure portal 6 - AUDIT THE SECURITY OF WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VIRTUAL MACHINES * Describe Azure Security Center * Enable Azure Security Center in hybrid environments * Implement and assess security policies * Protect your resources with Azure Security Center * Implement Azure Sentinel 7 - MANAGE AZURE UPDATES * Describe update management * Enable update management * Deploy updates * View update assessments * Manage updates for your Azure Virtual Machines 8 - CREATE AND IMPLEMENT APPLICATION ALLOWLISTS WITH ADAPTIVE APPLICATION CONTROL * Describe adaptive application control * Implement adaptive application control policies 9 - CONFIGURE BITLOCKER DISK ENCRYPTION FOR WINDOWS IAAS VIRTUAL MACHINES * Describe Azure Disk Encryption and server-side encryption * Configure Key Vault for Azure Disk Encryption * Encrypt Azure IaaS Virtual Machine hard disks * Back up and recover data from encrypted disks * Create and encrypt a Windows Virtual Machine 10 - IMPLEMENT CHANGE TRACKING AND FILE INTEGRITY MONITORING FOR WINDOWS IAAS VMS * Implement Change Tracking and Inventory * Manage Change Tracking and Inventory * Manage tracked files * Implement File Integrity Monitoring * Select and monitor entities * Use File Integrity Monitoring 11 - INTRODUCTION TO CLUSTER SHARED VOLUMES * Determine the functionality of Cluster Shared Volumes * Explore the architecture and components of Cluster Shared Volumes * Implement Cluster Shared Volumes 12 - IMPLEMENT WINDOWS SERVER FAILOVER CLUSTERING * Define Windows Server failover clustering * Plan Windows Server failover clustering * Implement Windows Server failover clustering * Manage Windows Server failover clustering * Implement stretch clusters * Define cluster sets 13 - IMPLEMENT HIGH AVAILABILITY OF WINDOWS SERVER VMS * Select high-availability options for Hyper-V * Consider network load balancing for Hyper-V VMs * Implement Hyper-V VM live migration * Implement Hyper-V VMs storage migration 14 - IMPLEMENT WINDOWS SERVER FILE SERVER HIGH AVAILABILITY * Explore the Windows Server File Server high-availability options * Define Cluster Shared Volumes * Implement Scale-Out File Server * Implement Storage Replica 15 - IMPLEMENT SCALE AND HIGH AVAILABILITY WITH WINDOWS SERVER VM * Describe virtual machine scale sets * Implement scaling * Implement load-balancing VMs * Create a virtual machine scale set in the Azure portal * Describe Azure Site Recovery * Implement Azure Site Recovery 16 - IMPLEMENT HYPER-V REPLICA * Define Hyper-V Replica * Plan for Hyper-V Replica * Configure and implement Hyper-V Replica * Define extended replication * Define Azure Site Recovery * Implement Site Recovery from on-premises site to Azure * Implement Site Recovery from on-premises site to on-premises site 17 - PROTECT YOUR ON-PREMISES INFRASTRUCTURE FROM DISASTERS WITH AZURE SITE RECOVERY * Azure Site Recovery overview * Workloads supported for protection with Azure Site Recovery * Run a disaster recovery drill * Failover and failback 18 - IMPLEMENT HYBRID BACKUP AND RECOVERY WITH WINDOWS SERVER IAAS * Describe Azure Backup * Implement recovery vaults * Implement Azure Backup policies * Recover Windows IaaS Virtual Machines * Perform file and folder recovery * Perform backup and restore of on-premises workloads * Manage Azure Virtual Machine backups with Azure Backup service 19 - PROTECT YOUR AZURE INFRASTRUCTURE WITH AZURE SITE RECOVERY * What is Azure Site Recovery * Prepare for disaster recovery with Azure Site Recovery * Run a disaster recovery drill * Failover and failback using Azure Site Recovery 20 - PROTECT YOUR VIRTUAL MACHINES BY USING AZURE BACKUP * Azure Backup features and scenarios * Back up an Azure virtual machine by using Azure Backup * Restore virtual machine data 21 - ACTIVE DIRECTORY DOMAIN SERVICES MIGRATION * Examine upgrade vs. migration * Upgrade a previous version of Active Directory Domain Services to Windows Server 2022 * Migrate to Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2022 from a previous version * Explore the Active Directory Migration Tool 22 - MIGRATE FILE SERVER WORKLOADS USING STORAGE MIGRATION SERVICE * Storage Migration Service overview and usage scenarios * Storage migration requirements * Migrate a server with Storage migration * Evaluate storage migration considerations 23 - MIGRATE WINDOWS SERVER ROLES * Describe the Windows Server Migration Tools * Install the Migration Tools * Migrate roles using the Migration Tools 24 - MIGRATE ON-PREMISES WINDOWS SERVER INSTANCES TO AZURE IAAS VIRTUAL MACHINES * Plan your migration * Describe Azure Migrate * Perform server assessment * Assess physical servers with Azure Migrate * Migrate Windows Server workloads by using Azure Migrate 25 - UPGRADE AND MIGRATE WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VIRTUAL MACHINES * Describe Azure Migrate * Migrate Windows Server workloads by using Azure Migrate * Describe storage migration * Migrate file servers by using Storage Migration Service 26 - CONTAINERIZE AND MIGRATE ASP.NET APPLICATIONS TO AZURE APP SERVICE * Azure Migrate App Containerization overview 27 - MONITOR WINDOWS SERVER PERFORMANCE * Use Performance Monitor to identify performance problems * Use Resource Monitor to review current resource usage * Review reliability with Reliability Monitor * Implement a performance monitoring methodology * Use Data Collector Sets to analyze server performance * Monitor network infrastructure services * Monitor virtual machines running Windows Server * Monitor performance with Windows Admin Center * Use System Insights to help predict future capacity issues * Optimize the performance of Windows Server 28 - MANAGE AND MONITOR WINDOWS SERVER EVENT LOGS * Describe Windows Server event logs * Use Windows Admin Center to review logs * Use Server Manager to review logs * Use custom views * Implement event log subscriptions 29 - IMPLEMENT WINDOWS SERVER AUDITING AND DIAGNOSTICS * Describe basic auditing categories * Describe advanced categories * Log user access * Enable setup and boot event collection 30 - TROUBLESHOOT ACTIVE DIRECTORY * Recover objects from the AD recycle bin * Recover the AD DS database * Recover SYSVOL * Troubleshoot AD DS replication * Troubleshoot hybrid authentication issues 31 - MONITOR WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VIRTUAL MACHINES AND HYBRID INSTANCES * Enable Azure Monitor for Virtual Machines * Monitor an Azure Virtual Machine with Azure Monitor * Enable Azure Monitor in hybrid scenarios * Collect data from a Windows computer in a hybrid environment * Integrate Azure Monitor with Microsoft Operations Manager 32 - MONITOR YOUR AZURE VIRTUAL MACHINES WITH AZURE MONITOR * 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 33 - TROUBLESHOOT ON-PREMISES AND HYBRID NETWORKING * Diagnose DHCP proble

This training is for lawyers who may come into contact with vulnerable people through their work. In particular, it is aimed at those who hold legal aid contracts and must meet the requirements of the Specialist Quality Mark (SQM) standard in respect of safeguarding. Everyone has the right to be kept safe from harm, abuse or neglect. We all have obligations to ensure that vulnerable people are protected and that we have appropriate procedures in place to ensure that abuse is identified and reported.  We will help you to understand the following; * What is safeguarding? * The different types of abuse * Example signs of abuse, harm and neglect * What action should be taken if abuse is suspected * The SQM requirements * What a Safeguarding Policy should include TARGET AUDIENCE The online course is suitable for staff of all levels, from support staff to senior partners. RESOURCES Comprehensive and up to date course notes will be provided to all delegates which may be useful for ongoing reference or cascade training. Please note a recording of the course will not be made available. SPEAKER AMIE HIGGINS, CONSULTANT, DG LEGAL [https://dglegal.co.uk/the-team/amie-higgins/] Amie is a Senior Solicitor, qualified under the Law Society’s Immigration & Asylum Accreditation Scheme (IAAS) as an Advanced Caseworker and Supervisor. Amie specialises in all aspects of Immigration, Asylum and Human Rights work, with a specialism in human trafficking/modern slavery cases and working with vulnerable clients. Amie is an experienced trainer, delivering a range of training on both legal and practice management topics.

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is for experienced cloud security engineers who have taken a previous certification in the security, compliance and identity portfolio. Specifically, students should have advanced experience and knowledge in a wide range of security engineering areas, including identity and access, platform protection, security operations, securing data, and securing applications. They should also have experience with hybrid and cloud implementations. Beginning students should instead take the course SC-900: Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals. This is an advanced, expert-level course. Although not required to attend, students are strongly encouraged to have taken and passed another associate level certification in the security, compliance and identity portfolio (such as AZ-500, SC-200 or SC-300) before attending this class. This course prepares students with the expertise to design and evaluate cybersecurity strategies in the following areas: Zero Trust, Governance Risk Compliance (GRC), security operations (SecOps), and data and applications. Students will also learn how to design and architect solutions using zero trust principles and specify security requirements for cloud infrastructure in different service models (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS). Prerequisites Highly recommended to have attended and passed one of the associate level certifications in the security, compliance and identity portfolio (such as AZ-500T00 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies, SC-200T00: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst, or SC-300T00: Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator.) Advanced experience and knowledge in identity and access, platform protection, security operations, securing data and securing applications. Experience with hybrid and cloud implementations. 1 - INTRODUCTION TO ZERO TRUST AND BEST PRACTICE FRAMEWORKS * Zero Trust initiatives * Zero Trust technology pillars part 1 * Zero Trust technology pillars part 2 2 - DESIGN SOLUTIONS THAT ALIGN WITH THE CLOUD ADOPTION FRAMEWORK (CAF) AND WELL-ARCHITECTED FRAMEWORK (WAF) * Define a security strategy * Cloud Adoption Framework secure methodology * Design security with Azure Landing Zones * The Well-Architected Framework security pillar 3 - DESIGN SOLUTIONS THAT ALIGN WITH THE MICROSOFT CYBERSECURITY REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE (MCRA) AND MICROSOFT CLOUD SECURITY BENCHMARK (MCSB) * Design solutions with best practices for capabilities and controls * Design solutions with best practices for attack protection 4 - DESIGN A RESILIENCY STRATEGY FOR COMMON CYBERTHREATS LIKE RANSOMWARE * Common cyberthreats and attack patterns * Support business resiliency * Ransomware protection * Configurations for secure backup and restore * Security updates 5 - CASE STUDY: DESIGN SOLUTIONS THAT ALIGN WITH SECURITY BEST PRACTICES AND PRIORITIES * Case study description * Case study answers * Conceptual walkthrough * Technical walkthrough 6 - DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR REGULATORY COMPLIANCE * Translate compliance requirements into a security solution * Address compliance requirements with Microsoft Purview * Address privacy requirements with Microsoft Priva * Address security and compliance requirements with Azure policy * Evaluate infrastructure compliance with Defender for Cloud 7 - DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT * Design cloud, hybrid and multicloud access strategies (including Azure AD) * Design a solution for external identities * Design modern authentication and authorization strategies * Align conditional access and Zero Trust * Specify requirements to secure Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) * Design a solution to manage secrets, keys, and certificates 8 - DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR SECURING PRIVILEGED ACCESS * The enterprise access model * Design identity governance solutions * Design a solution to secure tenant administration * Design a solution for cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM) * Design a solution for privileged access workstations and bastion services 9 - DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR SECURITY OPERATIONS * Design security operations capabilities in hybrid and multicloud environments * Design centralized logging and auditing * Design security information and event management (SIEM) solutions * Design solutions for detection and response * Design a solution for security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) * Design security workflows * Design threat detection coverage 10 - CASE STUDY: DESIGN SECURITY OPERATIONS, IDENTITY AND COMPLIANCE CAPABILITIES * Case study description * Case study answers * Conceptual walkthrough * Technical walkthrough 11 - DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR SECURING MICROSOFT 365 * Evaluate security posture for collaboration and productivity workloads * Design a Microsoft 365 Defender solution * Design configurations and operational practices for Microsoft 365 12 - DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR SECURING APPLICATIONS * Design and implement standards to secure application development * Evaluate security posture of existing application portfolios * Evaluate application threats with threat modeling * Design security lifecycle strategy for applications * Secure access for workload identities * Design a solution for API management and security * Design a solution for secure access to applications 13 - DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR SECURING AN ORGANIZATION'S DATA * Design a solution for data discovery and classification using Microsoft Purview * Design a solution for data protection * Design data security for Azure workloads * Design security for Azure Storage * Design a security solution with Microsoft Defender for SQL and Microsoft Defender for Storage 14 - CASE STUDY: DESIGN SECURITY SOLUTIONS FOR APPLICATIONS AND DATA * Case study description * Case study answers * Conceptual walkthrough * Technical walkthrough 15 - SPECIFY REQUIREMENTS FOR SECURING SAAS, PAAS, AND IAAS SERVICES * Specify security baselines for SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services * Specify security requirements for web workloads * Specify security requirements for containers and container orchestration 16 - DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR SECURITY POSTURE MANAGEMENT IN HYBRID AND MULTICLOUD ENVIRONMENTS * Evaluate security posture by using Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark * Design integrated posture management and workload protection * Evaluate security posture by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud * Posture evaluation with Microsoft Defender for Cloud secure score * Design cloud workload protection with Microsoft Defender for Cloud * Integrate hybrid and multicloud environments with Azure Arc * Design a solution for external attack surface management 17 - DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR SECURING SERVER AND CLIENT ENDPOINTS * Specify server security requirements * Specify requirements for mobile devices and clients * Specify internet of things (IoT) and embedded device security requirements * Secure operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS) with Microsoft Defender for IoT * Specify security baselines for server and client endpoints * Design a solution for secure remote access 18 - DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR NETWORK SECURITY * Design solutions for network segmentation * Design solutions for traffic filtering with network security groups * Design solutions for network posture management * Design solutions for network monitoring 19 - CASE STUDY: DESIGN SECURITY SOLUTIONS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE * Case study description * Case study answers * Conceptual walkthrough * Technical walkthrough ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans SC-100T00 Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the SC-100T00 Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for The audience for this course is data professionals managing data and databases who want to learn about administering the data platform technologies that are available on Microsoft Azure. This course is also valuable for data architects and application developers who need to understand what technologies are available for the data platform with Azure and how to work with those technologies through applications. This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to administer a SQL Server database infrastructure for cloud, on-premises and hybrid relational databases and who work with the Microsoft PaaS relational database offerings. Additionally, it will be of use to individuals who develop applications that deliver content from SQL-based relational databases. Prerequisites In addition to their professional experience, students who take this training should have technical knowledge equivalent to the following courses: AZ-900T00 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals DP-900T00 Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals 1 - PREPARE TO MAINTAIN SQL DATABASES ON AZURE * Describe Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform roles * Understand SQL Server in an Azure virtual machine * Design Azure SQL Database for cloud-native applications * Explore Azure SQL Database Managed Instance 2 - DEPLOY IAAS SOLUTIONS WITH AZURE SQL * Explain IaaS options to deploy SQL Server in Azure * Understand hybrid scenarios * Explore performance and security * Explain high availability and disaster recovery options 3 - DEPLOY PAAS SOLUTIONS WITH AZURE SQL * Explain PaaS options for deploying SQL Server in Azure * Explore single SQL database * Deploy SQL database elastic pool * Understand SQL database hyperscale * Examine SQL managed instance * Describe SQL Edge 4 - EVALUATE STRATEGIES FOR MIGRATING TO AZURE SQL * Understand compatibility level * Understand Azure preview features * Describe Azure database migration options 5 - MIGRATE SQL WORKLOADS TO AZURE SQL DATABASES * Choose the right SQL Server Instance option in Azure * Migrate SQL Server to Azure SQL Database offline * Migrate SQL Server to Azure SQL Database online * Load and move data to Azure SQL Database 6 - MIGRATE SQL WORKLOADS TO AZURE MANAGED INSTANCES * Evaluate migration scenarios to SQL Database Managed Instance * Migrate to SQL Database Managed Instance * Load and Move data to SQL Database Managed Instance 7 - CONFIGURE DATABASE AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION * Describe Active Directory and Azure Active Directory * Describe authentication and identities * Describe Security Principals * Describe database and object permissions * Identify authentication and authorization failures 8 - PROTECT DATA IN-TRANSIT AND AT REST * Explore Transparent Data Encryption * Configure server and database firewall rules * Explain object encryption and secure enclaves * Enable encrypted connections * Describe SQL injection * Understand Azure Key Vault 9 - IMPLEMENT COMPLIANCE CONTROLS FOR SENSITIVE DATA * Explore data classification * Explore server and database audit * Implement Dynamic Data Masking * Implement Row Level security * Understand Microsoft Defender for SQL * Explore Azure SQL Database Ledger * Implement Azure Purview 10 - DESCRIBE PERFORMANCE MONITORING * Describe performance monitoring tools * Describe critical performance metrics * Establish baseline metrics * Explore extended events * Describe Azure SQL Insights * Explore Query Performance Insight 11 - CONFIGURE SQL SERVER RESOURCES FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE * Explain how to optimize Azure storage for SQL Server virtual machines * Describe virtual machine resizing * Optimize database storage * Control SQL Server resources 12 - CONFIGURE DATABASES FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE * Explore database maintenance checks * Describe database scoped configuration options * Describe automatic tuning * Describe intelligent query processing 13 - EXPLORE QUERY PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION * Understand query plans * Explain estimated and actual query plans * Describe dynamic management views and functions * Explore Query Store * Identify problematic query plans * Describe blocking and locking 14 - EVALUATE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS * Describe wait statistics * Tune and maintain indexes * Understand query hints 15 - EXPLORE PERFORMANCE-BASED DESIGN * Describe normalization * Choose appropriate data types * Design indexes 16 - AUTOMATE DEPLOYMENT OF DATABASE RESOURCES * Describe deployment models in Azure * Automate deployment by using Azure Resource Manager templates and Bicep * Automate deployment by using PowerShell * Automate deployment by using Azure CLI 17 - CREATE AND MANAGE SQL AGENT JOBS * Create a SQL Server maintenance plan * Describe task status notifications 18 - MANAGE AZURE PAAS TASKS USING AUTOMATION * Explore Elastic jobs * Understand Azure Automation * Build an automation runbook * Automate database workflows by using Logic Apps * Monitor automated tasks 19 - DESCRIBE HIGH AVAILABILITY AND DISASTER RECOVERY STRATEGIES * Describe recovery time objective and recovery point objective * Explore high availability and disaster recovery options * Describe Azure high availability and disaster recovery features for Azure Virtual Machines * Describe high availability and disaster recovery options for PaaS deployments * Explore an IaaS high availability and disaster recovery solution * Describe hybrid solutions 20 - EXPLORE IAAS AND PAAS SOLUTIONS FOR HIGH AVAILABILITY AND DISASTER RECOVERY * Describe failover clusters in Windows Server * Configure Always-on availability groups * Describe temporal tables in Azure SQL Database * Describe active geo-replication for Azure SQL Database * Explore auto-failover groups for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance 21 - BACK UP AND RESTORE DATABASES * Back up and restore SQL Server running on Azure virtual machines * Back up a SQL Server virtual machine * Back up and restore a database using Azure SQL Database ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans DP-300T00: Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the DP-300T00: Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Plan, deploy and monitor cloud solutions in Microsoft Azure's Infrastructure as a Service

Learn to design a resilient and scalable cloud solution using traffic load balancers, availability sets, and scale sets

Learn to effectively monitor the performance, health, and availability of Azure Services and your cloud resources

This course focuses on the beginner-level concepts of cloud computing in two different arenas. The first part is to explore the world of database technologies or DBaaS (Database as a Service) and the second part revolves around IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) model.