Azure Cloud Practitioner

This course is tailored for IT professionals and developers and employs interactive online modules, lectures, and hands-on labs. As part of the course, learners will prepare and test for the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ-900 certification, opening doors to exciting roles such as Cloud Administrators and Cloud Support Technicians.

What You’ll Learn:

• Explain the fundamental concepts of cloud computing, including its key characteristics and deployment models.
• Differentiate between traditional on-premises infrastructure and cloud-based solutions, highlighting the advantages of the latter.
• Identify the benefits of cloud services, such as cost savings, scalability, and agility.
• Analyze real-world case studies to demonstrate how organizations have leveraged cloud computing to achieve business objectives.
• Categorize cloud services into Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) models.
• Compare the use cases of different cloud service types to make informed deployment decisions.
• Identify the foundational components of Azure, including regions, availability zones, and data centers.
• Examine Azure’s global network infrastructure and its role in ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.
• Explore Azure’s compute services, such as virtual machines and app services, and their use cases.
• Configure virtual networking components in Azure, including virtual networks, subnets, and network security groups.
• Distinguish between Azure storage services, including blob, file, and table storage.
• Demonstrate how to create and manage storage accounts in Azure for data storage and retrieval.
• Implement Azure Active Directory for identity and access management, including user and group management.
• Enhance Azure security by configuring network security groups, firewall rules, and security best practices.
• Monitor and analyze Azure resource consumption using Azure Cost Management and Billing.
• Optimize Azure costs by implementing cost management best practices and resource tagging.
• Utilize Azure Blueprints and Policy to enforce compliance and governance standards across Azure resources.
• Create custom policies to meet specific organizational compliance requirements.
• Deploy Azure resources using Azure Resource Manager templates and the Azure CLI.
• Manage and automate resource deployments and configurations using Azure Resource Manager.
• Leverage Azure Monitor to collect and analyze telemetry data from Azure resources.
• Set up alerts and notifications to proactively monitor the performance and health of Azure resources.