Get prepared for the AZ-305 exam with instructor led labs and hands on simulations available 24/7

What you'll learn

Learn the concepts and perform hands on activities needed to pass the AZ-305 exam

Gain a tremendous amount of knowledge involving advanced Azure services

Get loads of hands on experience with advanced Azure services

Utilize hands on simulations that can be access anytime, anywhere!

Requirements

Willingness to put in the time and practice the steps shown in the course

Description

We really hope you'll agree, this training is way more than the average course on Udemy! Have access to the following:Training from an instructor of over 20 years who has trained thousands of people and also a Microsoft Certified TrainerLecture that explains the concepts in an easy to learn method for someone that is just starting out with this materialInstructor led hands on and simulations to practice that can be followed even if you have little to no experienceTOPICS COVERED INCLUDING HANDS ON LECTURE AND PRACTICE TUTORIALS:IntroductionWelcome to the courseUnderstanding the Microsoft EnvironmentHaving a Solid Foundation of Active Directory DomainsHaving a Solid Foundation of RAS, DMZ, and VirtualizationHaving a Solid Foundation of the Microsoft Cloud ServicesOrder of concepts covered in the courseQuestions for John ChristopherSetting up for hands onIMPORTANT Using Assignments in the courseCreating a trial Microsoft 365/Azure AccountAdding a subscription to your Azure accountCreating some resources to use in the courseDesign a solution for logging and monitoringStarting content for AZ-305Using the appropriate level of metric logging in Azure monitorLog routing using a log analytics workspaceSetting up an alert strategy in Azure monitorUsing insights in Azure monitorUsing the Azure Advisor for strengthening your environmentImplementing a solution for DDos protectionDesign authentication and authorization solutionsAuthorization in the Microsoft cloud service environmentClarifying role-based access control (RBAC) in AzureImplementing a solution for role-based access control in AzureRole-based access control concepts with Privileged Identity Management (PIM)Using PIM to manage role-based access control in AzureIdentity management for guests using access reviews in AzureDesign governanceOrganizational and hierarchical structure for Azure resources with scopesIdentity management by utilizing access management groupsOrganizational management with administrative unitsUtilizing defender for cloud to strengthen administrative governanceUsing Microsoft Defender for Cloud to locate vulnerabilities in AzureDesign identities and access for applicationsIdentity and application access with zero trust conceptsCreating an Azure Key Vault for securing application accessAzure Key Vault access controlGenerating Azure Key Vault keys, secrets & certificates for use with app & moreKey rotation with Azure Key VaultsVisualizing application access registration concepts with Azure ADConfiguring an application registration with Azure AD, part of Microsoft EntraUsing an Azure app proxy for allowing application access through AzureExploring the configuration of an Azure application proxyRemoving un-needed resources before starting the next lesson Design a data storage solution for relational dataUnderstanding the role storage accounts play as a storage solutionAdding a storage account for use in AzureConfiguring network access to storage accountsConfiguring a storage account for Azure AD authenticationWorking with access keys on a storage accountUsing shared access signature (SAS) tokens in regards to storage accountsImplementing stored access policiesUnderstanding the use of storage redundancy in AzureImplementing storage redundancy in AzurePerforming object replicationManaging Azure file shares and storage tiersWorking with Blob storage managementBlob lifecycle management with Azure storageUnderstanding relational databasesUnderstanding database service tier sizingVisualizing solutions for database scalabilityDesign data integrationCreating an Azure VM with SQL as a relational data storage solutionAssigning a Public Azure DNS name to your Azure SQL VMUsing SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) to connect to an Azure SQL VM solutionRemoving the un-needed SQL resourcesProviding a solution for relational data using the Azure SQL databases resourceManaging client connections with the SQL firewall settingsImplementing database auditingRecommend a data storage solutionRelational, semi-structured, and non-relational data storage solutions in AzureConfiguring a solution for data authenticationUtilizing Azure SQL dynamic maskingImplementing database encryptionRemoving existing objectsEnabling Microsoft Defender for SQLDesign a data storage solution for non-relational dataUnderstanding non-relational data and NoSQLCapacity planning to balance features, performance, and costImplementing a non-relational Cosmos database solution in AzureCreating a container for non-relational data storageUsing replication for protection and durabilityUnderstanding data lake storageHow to create a data lake storage accountUnderstanding Azure Databrick StorageVisualizing the use of Azure SynapseRegistering Synapse as a resource providerAdding a SQL DB and server for use with SynapseCreating a Synapse workspace and Data Lake Storage accountSQL Pool usage with Azure SynapseCreating a SQL Pool for usage with Azure SynapseUnderstanding the Azure Data FactorySetting up an Azure Data Factory resourcesUsing Azure Data Factory copying data into Azure Synapse AnalyticsRemoving data storage resources that are no longer neededDesign a solution for backup and disaster recoveryRecovery Time Objective [RTO], Recovery Level Objective [RLO], Recovery Point Objective [RPO]Backup and recovery solutions using a Recovery Services VaultBackup policies for Recovery Time Objectives [RTO] & Recovery Point Object [RPO]Implementing Azure backup for storage and compute resourcesViewing reporting data involving Azure backup and recoveryDesign for high availabilityUsing availability zones as a high availability solution in AzureDesign concepts for Azure Site RecoveryAzure Site Recovery networkingUnderstanding recovery plansImplementing a high availability solution for VM compute resources Testing a failover high availability solution for VM compute resourcesCreating a second storage account for storage high availabilityReplicating data storage to provide high availabilityDesign a compute solutionUnderstanding Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop as a computer based solutionHost pool architectures with Azure Virtual Desktop compute solutionsUnderstanding the container-based compute solution in AzureImplementing a container-based compute solution in AzureUsing container groups to help manage multiple container-based computer solutionsUsing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) compute solutionsAzure Kubernetes Service scalingDesign an application architectureRecommend Azure messaging and event-driven architecture optionsInstalling Microsoft Visual Studio for application developmentSetting up Azure DevOps for application development and managementCreating a DevOps project and assigning tasksUsing Visual Studios to upload an application project to Azure DevOpsCreating a pipeline for a DevOps applicationCommitting application changes through the pipeline with Visual StudiosIntroduction to deploying a DevOps application to an App ServiceUnderstanding App Service Plans for deploying web applicationsApp Service Plan deployment in AzureImplementing App Service plan scalingCreating an App Service deploymentNetwork configuration within App ServicesApp Service deployment configuration management settingsUtilizing custom domain names with an Azure App ServicePerforming backups for an App Service deploymentAPI Management and integration in AzureDesign migrationsVisualizing migration solutions for storage, VMs, and databases to AzureUsing import and export jobs for data migrationsMigrating data with storage explorer and azcopySetup a SQL Server to migrate data fromSetup an Azure SQL Database as our migration destinationAdding a table of data to migrateInstalling Azure Data Studio and the Azure SQL Migration plugin needed for migrationMigrating SQL data from a source SQL service to a destination SQL serviceClearing resources before moving onDesign network solutionsPlan and implement network segmentation and address spacesCreating VNets based on network architecture workload requirementsProviding a connectivity solution with peeringPlanning subnets for Azure resource connectivity workload requirementsImplementing subnet delegation for supporting various Azure resource workloadsUsing prefixes with public IP addresses in Azure network architectureRecommending when its appropriate to use public IP address prefixesPlanning a custom public IP address prefix (bring your own IP) solution in AzureAllocating an address from a public IP address prefix to support workload requirementsAssociating an address from a public IP address prefix to an Azure resourceUnderstanding how NSGs and ASGs help optimize network security in AzureHow an Azure Firewall can help optimize network securityDeploy an Azure Firewall and route table to optimize network securityCleaning up existing networking resourcesUnderstanding usages for Azure load balancing solutionsUse cases for Azure load balancersSetting up a load balancing solution for VMs to host web applicationsVerifying health probes for proper load balancing traffic routing

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome to the course!

Lecture 2 Understanding the Microsoft Environment

Lecture 3 Having a Solid Foundation of Active Directory Domains

Lecture 4 Having a Solid Foundation of RAS, DMZ, and Virtualization

Lecture 5 Having a Solid Foundation of the Microsoft Cloud Services

Lecture 6 Order of concepts covered in the course

Lecture 7 Questions for John Christopher

Section 2: Setting up for hands on

Lecture 8 IMPORTANT Using Assignments in the course

Lecture 9 Creating a trial Microsoft 365/Azure Account

Lecture 10 Adding a subscription to your Azure account

Lecture 11 Creating some resources to use in the course

Section 3: Design a solution for logging and monitoring

Lecture 12 Starting content for AZ-305

Lecture 13 Using the appropriate level of metric logging in Azure monitor

Lecture 14 Log routing using a log analytics workspace

Lecture 15 Setting up an alert strategy in Azure monitor

Lecture 16 Using insights in Azure monitor

Lecture 17 Using the Azure Advisor for strengthening your environment

Lecture 18 Implementing a solution for DDoS protection

Section 4: Design authentication and authorization solutions

Lecture 19 Authorization in the Microsoft cloud service environment

Lecture 20 Clarifying role-based access control (RBAC) in Azure

Lecture 21 Implementing a solution for role-based access control in Azure

Lecture 22 Role-based access control concepts with Privileged Identity Management (PIM)

Lecture 23 Using PIM to manage role-based access control in Azure

Lecture 24 Identity management for guests using access reviews in Azure

Section 5: Design governance

Lecture 25 Organizational and hierarchical structure for Azure resources with scopes

Lecture 26 Identity management by utilizing access management groups

Lecture 27 Organizational management with administrative units

Lecture 28 Utilizing defender for cloud to strengthen administrative governance

Lecture 29 Using Microsoft Defender for Cloud to locate vulnerabilities in Azure

Section 6: Design identities and access for applications

Lecture 30 Identity and application access with zero trust concepts

Lecture 31 Creating an Azure Key Vault for securing application access

Lecture 32 Azure Key Vault access control

Lecture 33 Generating Azure Key Vault keys, secrets & certificates for use with app & more

Lecture 34 Key rotation with Azure Key Vaults

Lecture 35 Visualizing application access registration concepts with Azure AD

Lecture 36 Configuring an application registration with Azure AD, part of Microsoft Entra

Lecture 37 Using an Azure app proxy for allowing application access through Azure

Lecture 38 Exploring the configuration of an Azure application proxy

Lecture 39 Removing un-needed resources before starting the next lesson

Section 7: Design a data storage solution for relational data

Lecture 40 Understanding the role storage accounts play as a storage solution

Lecture 41 Adding a storage account for use in Azure

Lecture 42 Configuring network access to storage accounts

Lecture 43 Configuring a storage account for Azure AD authentication

Lecture 44 Working with access keys on a storage account

Lecture 45 Using shared access signature (SAS) tokens in regards to storage accounts

Lecture 46 Implementing stored access policies

Lecture 47 Understanding the use of storage redundancy in Azure

Lecture 48 Implementing storage redundancy in Azure

Lecture 49 Performing object replication

Lecture 50 Managing Azure file shares and storage tiers

Lecture 51 Working with Blob storage management

Lecture 52 Blob lifecycle management with Azure storage

Lecture 53 Understanding relational databases

Lecture 54 Understanding database service tier sizing

Lecture 55 Visualizing solutions for database scalability

Section 8: Design data integration

Lecture 56 Creating an Azure VM with SQL as a relational data storage solution

Lecture 57 Assigning a Public Azure DNS name to your Azure SQL VM

Lecture 58 Using SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) to connect to an Azure SQL VM solution

Lecture 59 Removing the un-needed SQL resources

Lecture 60 Providing a solution for relational data using the Azure SQL databases resource

Lecture 61 Managing client connections with the SQL firewall settings

Lecture 62 Implementing database auditing

Section 9: Recommend a data storage solution

Lecture 63 Relational, semi-structured, and non-relational data storage solutions in Azure

Lecture 64 Configuring a solution for data authentication

Lecture 65 Utilizing Azure SQL dynamic masking

Lecture 66 Implementing database encryption

Lecture 67 Removing existing objects

Lecture 68 Enabling Microsoft Defender for SQL

Section 10: Design a data storage solution for non-relational data

Lecture 69 Understanding non-relational data and NoSQL

Lecture 70 Capacity planning to balance features, performance, and cost

Lecture 71 Implementing a non-relational Cosmos database solution in Azure

Lecture 72 Creating a container for non-relational data storage

Lecture 73 Using replication for protection and durability

Lecture 74 Understanding data lake storage

Lecture 75 How to create a data lake storage account

Lecture 76 Understanding Azure Databrick Storage

Lecture 77 Visualizing the use of Azure Synapse

Lecture 78 Registering Synapse as a resource provider

Lecture 79 Adding a SQL DB and server for use with Synapse

Lecture 80 Creating a Synapse workspace and Data Lake Storage account

Lecture 81 SQL Pool usage with Azure Synapse

Lecture 82 Creating a SQL Pool for usage with Azure Synapse

Lecture 83 Understanding the Azure Data Factory

Lecture 84 Setting up an Azure Data Factory resources

Lecture 85 Using Azure Data Factory copying data into Azure Synapse Analytics

Lecture 86 Removing data storage resources that are no longer needed

Section 11: Design a solution for backup and disaster recovery

Lecture 87 Recovery Time Objective, Recovery Level Objective, Recovery Point Objective

Lecture 88 Backup and recovery solutions using a Recovery Services Vault

Lecture 89 Backup policies for Recovery Time Objectives [RTO] & Recovery Point Object [RPO]

Lecture 90 Implementing Azure backup for storage and compute resources

Lecture 91 Viewing reporting data involving Azure backup and recovery

Section 12: Design for high availability

Lecture 92 Using availability zones as a high availability solution in Azure

Lecture 93 Design concepts for Azure Site Recovery

Lecture 94 Azure Site Recovery networking

Lecture 95 Understanding recovery plans

Lecture 96 Implementing a high availability solution for VM compute resources

Lecture 97 Testing a failover high availability solution for VM compute resources

Lecture 98 Creating a second storage account for storage high availability

Lecture 99 Replicating data storage to provide high availability

Section 13: Design a compute solution

Lecture 100 Understanding Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop as a computer based solution

Lecture 101 Host pool architectures with Azure Virtual Desktop compute solutions

Lecture 102 Understanding the container-based compute solution in Azure

Lecture 103 Implementing a container-based compute solution in Azure

Lecture 104 Using container groups to help manage multiple container-based computer solution

Lecture 105 Using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) compute solutions

Lecture 106 Azure Kubernetes Service scaling

Section 14: Design an application architecture

Lecture 107 Recommend Azure messaging and event-driven architecture options

Lecture 108 Installing Microsoft Visual Studio for application development

Lecture 109 Setting up Azure DevOps for application development and management

Lecture 110 Creating a DevOps project and assigning tasks

Lecture 111 Using Visual Studios to upload an application project to Azure DevOps

Lecture 112 Creating a pipeline for a DevOps application

Lecture 113 Committing application changes through the pipeline with Visual Studios

Lecture 114 Introduction to deploying a DevOps application to an App Service

Lecture 115 Understanding App Service Plans for deploying web applications

Lecture 116 App Service Plan deployment in Azure

Lecture 117 Implementing App Service plan scaling

Lecture 118 Creating an App Service deployment

Lecture 119 Network configuration within App Services

Lecture 120 App Service deployment configuration management settings

Lecture 121 Utilizing custom domain names with an Azure App Service

Lecture 122 Performing backups for an App Service deployment

Lecture 123 API Management and integration in Azure

Section 15: Design migrations

Lecture 124 Visualizing migration solutions for storage, VMs, and databases to Azure

Lecture 125 Using import and export jobs for data migrations

Lecture 126 Migrating data with storage explorer and azcopy

Lecture 127 Setup a SQL Server to migrate data from

Lecture 128 Setup an Azure SQL Database as our migration destination

Lecture 129 Adding a table of data to migrate

Lecture 130 Installing Azure Data Studio and the Azure SQL Migration plugin for migration

Lecture 131 Migrating SQL data from a source SQL service to a destination SQL service

Lecture 132 Clearing resources before moving on

Section 16: Design network solutions

Lecture 133 Plan and implement network segmentation and address spaces

Lecture 134 Creating VNets based on network architecture workload requirements

Lecture 135 Providing a connectivity solution with peering

Lecture 136 Planning subnets for Azure resource connectivity workload requirements

Lecture 137 Implementing subnet delegation for supporting various Azure resource workloads

Lecture 138 Using prefixes with public IP addresses in Azure network architecture

Lecture 139 Recommending when its appropriate to use public IP address prefixes

Lecture 140 Planning a custom public IP address prefix (bring your own IP) solution in Azure

Lecture 141 Allocating an address from a public IP address prefix to support workloads

Lecture 142 Associating an address from a public IP address prefix to an Azure resource

Lecture 143 Understanding how NSGs and ASGs help optimize network security in Azure

Lecture 144 How an Azure Firewall can help optimize network security

Lecture 145 Deploy an Azure Firewall and route table to optimize network security

Lecture 146 Cleaning up existing networking resources

Lecture 147 Understanding usages for Azure load balancing solutions

Lecture 148 Use cases for Azure load balancers

Lecture 149 Setting up a load balancing solution for VMs to host web applications

Lecture 150 Verifying health probes for proper load balancing traffic routing

Section 17: FINAL - Where do I go from here?

Lecture 151 BONUS Lecture

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