Design a Compute Strategy for Microsoft Azure
Understanding the compute capabilities of Azure is critical before embarking on any cloud project. This course will teach you the compute solutions available in Azure, and how to choose the right compute options based on different requirements.
What you'll learn
Architecting solutions in the cloud can be intimidating as there are so many compute options. In this course, Design a Compute Strategy for Microsoft Azure, you will gain the ability to identify the optimal compute solution for varying requirements, ensure performance and resiliency for the solution, and understand how different compute options can work together. First, you will learn the VM capabilities of Azure and how to scale. Next, you will discover the container-based services available in Azure, including their orchestration. Finally, you will explore how to leverage the most commonly used Platform as a Service compute options available in Azure. When you’re finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of Azure compute services needed to fully architect an Azure-based solution.
Table of contents
- Module Introduction 1m
- Why Is This important? 1m
- Key Azure Compute Points 5m
- Understanding Azure Regions 5m
- Availability Zones Overview 5m
- Azure Subscription Options 5m
- Scale-up vs. Scale-out 4m
- Consumption Based Billing 6m
- Types of Cloud Service 5m
- Why Organizations Use the Cloud 4m
- Azure Portal Overview 10m
- Module Summary 0m
- Module Introduction 0m
- Azure Resource Manager Overview 6m
- Using Resource Groups 5m
- Utilizing Role-based Access Control 9m
- Azure Policies 3m
- Using Azure Tags 3m
- Azure ARM Template Overview 5m
- Using ARM Templates 9m
- Using Blueprints 7m
- Resource Locking 2m
- PowerShell and CLI Azure Management 8m
- Module Summary 0m
- Module Introduction 1m
- Compute Options in Azure 6m
- Azure VM Overview 7m
- Azure VM Size Options 11m
- Azure Spot Virtual Machines 5m
- Stopped vs. Deallocated 4m
- Understanding Azure Reserved Instances 6m
- Azure Supported Operating Systems 4m
- Resiliency Options in Azure for Services 12m
- Built-in Compute Resiliency 2m
- Proximity Placement Groups 3m
- Actions Needed for Azure IaaS VMs 9m
- Azure VM Scale Sets 8m
- Ephemeral OS Disks 2m
- Azure Dedicated Host 2m
- VMware in Azure 3m
- Module Summary 0m
- Module Introduction 1m
- Platform as a Service Overview 4m
- App Service Plan Options 5m
- Deploy Slots and App Service Plan Scale 7m
- App Service Network Integration 5m
- Azure App Service Types 5m
- Leveraging Multiple Regions 3m
- Service Fabric Overview 3m
- Utilizing Serverless Compute Services 6m
- Module Summary 0m
About the author
John Savill is an 11-time MVP, Chief Architect and he holds many Microsoft certifications including Azure Infrastructure and Azure Architecture specialist. John was the author of the original FAQ for Windows and posts multiple videos a week to his YouTube channel https://onboardtoazure.com. John has written nine books on Microsoft technologies and in his spare time enjoys training for IRONMAN events.