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Welcome to the Azure Security Course!

As part of an IT and cloud environment, it is always a challenge to make resources available to users while keeping them secure. In this course, you’ll work on managing identities, providing role-based access, and securing data within an azure ecosystem.

The Thinkcloudly team will assist you in preparing for the Microsoft Azure Security Certification (AZ-500) exam by taking you through sections, modules and videos.

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Module 1 : Overview of Azure Security

• • Defense in Depth
  • Security Layers
  • Compliance and Security Requirements

Module 2 : Azure Active Directory

Topics:

• Azure Active Directory(AD) Overview
• AD Connect Overview
• Authentication Options
• SSO and MFA
• Service Principals
• Identity Protection

Hands-On:

• Create Azure AD Tenant
• Move Subscription to another Directory
• Create Users and Groups
• Self-Service Password Reset
• Implementing AD Connect
• Monitoring With AD Connect Health
• Create a service Principal
• App Registration 
• Configure Identity protection

Module 3 : Privileged Identity Management(PIM)

Topics:

• Privileged Identity Management(PIM) Overview

Hands-On:

• Configure Azure PIM
• Assign Resource Roles(RBAC)
• PIM Role Activation

Module 4 : Platform Protection: Network Security

Topics:

• Network Overview
• VNet PEering and Connectivity
• VNet Peering
• Routing
• Internet and DNS
• Network Security Groups(NSGs)
• Azure Load Balancing Services
• Azure front Door
• Azure Firewall
• Distributed Denial of services(DDoS)
• Azure Bastion

Hands-On:

• Create Network in Portal
• Create VNETs and Subnets
• User-Defined Routes(Route Tables)
• Private DNS and Public DNS
• Create and Configure on NSG
• Create and Configure an Azure Load Balancer
• Configure App Gateway
• Azure Front Door
• Configure Azure Firewall
• Configure DDoS
• Network Watcher

Module 5 : Platform Protection: Host Security

Topics:

• Virtual Machines(VMs) Overview Part 1
• VM Storage
• Disk Caching
• VM Security Best Practices
• Azure Disk Encryption

Hands-On:

• Deploy VM from Portal
• Deploy VM from Powershell
• Add Disk
• Disk Caching
• Create Key Vault for Disk Encryption 
• Configure Disk Encryption on Windows
• Azure Security Center and VM Management
• VM Hardening in Security Center.

Module 6 : Containers and Security

Topics:

• Containers Overview
• Containers Security: Azure Kubernetes Service(AKS)
• Container Scanning

Hands-On:

• Install Docker and Git for Windows
• Prepare Application for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Create Azure Container Registry
• Create Kubernetes Cluster
• Run Application On Kubernetes
• Securing the Container Registry

Module 7 : Role Based Access Control(RBAC)

Topics:

• Lecture: RBAC Overview
• Azure Policy 
• Azure Resource Locks

Hands-On:

• Implement Role-Based Access
• Implement Azure Region Policy
• Subscription Policies
• Implement a Resource Lock

Module 8 : Security Operations

Topics:

• Log Analytics
• Azure Security Center Overview 

Hands-On:

• Azure Monitor and Alerts 
• Log Analytics
• Prevent and Respond to Threats in Azure  Security Center
• Azure Security Center 

Module 9 : Securing Data Services

Topics:

• Azure SQL Services
• Design Auditing and Caching Strategies
• Cosmos DB 
• Cosmos DB Consistency Levels
• Azure Data Lake Store Overview
• Types of Data

Hands-On:

• Creating an Azure SQL Database
• SQL Long Term Back up Retention
• Demo: Implement Security for Azure Data Lake Store

Module 10 : Storage  Security

Topics:

• Storage Account Overview 
• Manage Permissions
• Encryption Keys and Key Vault

Hands-On:

• Create Storage Account Via Portal 
• Use Storage Explorer with Azure Storage 
• Demo: Create and Manage SAS

Module 11 : Key Management

Topics: 

• Key Vault Overview 

Hands-On:

• Create a Key Vault Followed by a Key Secret

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This Azure DevOps Certification Training course is designed by industry azure developer associate experts to help learners develop proficient skills in Azure and DevOps. It’s curated for those who want to implement successful Azure DevOps Pipeline, practices using the cloud-based services of Microsoft Azure as well as other on-demand resources.

The training includes case studies, hands-on labs, interactive content, and interview questions that will make you an expert in both areas with a global certification at the end! DevOps is a career path that you should definitely consider. Not only will it allow for an exciting work environment, but the salary and benefits are unmatched in this field of expertise. So go ahead!

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Module 1: Introduction to Azure DevOps

In this module, we’ll cover the important aspects of Azure as well as DevOps. We will also learn about planning and source code management in DevOps. 

Topics:

• Introduction to Azure
• Introduction to DevOps
• Introduction to Azure DevOps
• Introduction to Transformation Planning
• Introduction to Source Control
• Migrating to Azure DevOps
• Git Authentication in Azure Repos

Hands-On:

• Creating an Azure account
• Azure Boards – Agile Planning and Portfolio Management
• Git Version Control through Visual Studio Code Editor
• Review Code with Pull Requests

Module 2: Implementing Continuous Integration

In this module, you will learn how to implement continuous integration in your Azure Pipeline for a successful build strategy. Topics:

• DevOps Pipeline
• Azure Pipeline
• Hosted and Private Agents
• Pipeline and Concurrency
• Azure Pipeline YAML and Visual Designer
• Continuous Integration
• Build Strategy Implementation
• Integrating Azure Pipelines
• Setting up Private Agents
• Analyze and Integrate Docker Multi-Stage Builds

Hands-On:

• Implement Continuous Integration with Azure Pipelines
• Integrate External Source Control with Azure Pipelines

Module 3: Building Containers with Azure DevOps

In this module, we work on creating and deploying a multi-container application using Azure Container Services. 

Topics:

• Introduction to Container
• Introduction to Orchestration
• Introduction to Kubernetes
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Hands-On:

• Deploying a multi-container application to AKS
• Modernizing ASP.NET Application to Azure

Module 4: Designing a Dependency Management Strategy  and Managing  Artifact Versioning.

In this module, you will learn how to maintain your version history for software artifacts and additionally use WhiteSource’s secure open-source license management tool. 

Topics:

• Package dependencies
• Package management
• Migrating and consolidating artifacts
• Package security
• Open-source software
• License and vulnerability scan integration

Hands-On:

• Updating Packages
• Using WhiteSource to Manage Open Source Security and License

Module 5: Setting Up Release Management Workflow

This module will help you manage your secrets using Azure Vault and configure a CI/CD pipeline using YAML. Create a dashboard for the release and configure Azure Monitor as a part of it. 

Topics:

• Continuous Delivery
• Azure Release Pipeline
• Deployment Patterns
• Release Tools
• Tasks and Templates
• Integrating Secrets with Release Pipeline
• Automating Health Inspection

Hands-On:

• Configuring CI/CD Pipeline as Code with YAML
• Use secrets in the pipeline with Azure Key vault
• Setting up and Running Functional Tests
• Release deployment control using Azure Monitor as release gate

Module 6: Implementing Deployment Models and Services

In this module, you will configure IaaS and PaaS services on Azure. Use the Azure Web Apps Container registry to deploy a containerized Docker application. 

Topics:

• Deployment Modules and Deployment Options
• Azure IaaS and PaaS Services
• Serverless and HPC Computer Services
• Azure Service Fabric
• Deployment Patterns

Hands-On:

• Feature Flag Management using LaunchDarkly
• Deploying a Dockerized app to Azure Web App for Containers

Module 7: Implement and Optimize Continous Feedback Mechanism

Monitoring application performance using Application Insights using Azure DevOps dashboards and Azure DevOps dashboards. Adapt Azure DevOps to work with Teams. 

Topics:

• Tools to Track System Usage, Feature Usage, and Flow
• Azure Dashboard
• Ticketing Systems
• Practices for Measuring End-User Satisfaction
• Processes for Capturing and Analyzing user Feedback
• Process for Automating Application Analytics
• Site Reliability Engineering
• Baseline by Analyzing Telemetry
• Tuning to Reduce Meaningless or Non-Actionable Alerts

Hands-On:

• Monitoring Application Performance
• Integration between Azure DevOps and Teams

Module 8:Azure Tools: Infrastructure and Configurations, and Third Party

Automate the infrastructure by creating a Terraform project with the Microsoft Demo generator. ARM templates can also be used to illustrate Infrastructure as Code (IaC). 

Topics:

• Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management
• Azure Resources
• Desired State Configuration (DSC)
• Automation with DevOps
• Chef
• Puppet
• Ansible
• Terraform
• Jenkins

Hands-On:

• Automate Infrastructure Deployment in the Cloud with Terraform and Azure Pipelines
• Azure Deployments using Resource Manager Templates

Module 9: Implementing Compliance and Security

Utilize SonarClou Exam preparation and Interview questions The purpose of this module is to discuss some important questions you might be asked during an interview as well as how to prepare for an exam. d on Azure DevOps to manage and check code quality. Access Azure Pipeline secrets using Azure Key Vault and Azure DevOps. 

Topics:

• Security
• Secure and Compliant Development Process
• Application Config Data
• Security and Compliance in a Pipeline
• Code Quality
• Security Policies

Hands-On:

• Manage Technical Debt with Azure DevOps and SonarCloud
• Integrate Azure Key Vault with Azure DevOps
• Implement Security and Compliance in an Azure DevOps Pipeline

Module 10: Exam Preparation and Interview Questions

The purpose of this module is to discuss some important questions you might be asked during an interview as well as how to prepare for an exam.

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This Microsoft Azure Architect certification training Az-305 (earlier AZ-300
& AZ-301) helps you achieve the title of Azure Solutions Architect. You will
learn how to design cloud-based solutions using these services effectively
this course covers advanced networking, authentication and security configurations for infrastructure, PaaS applications as well and end-to-end solution deployments on various platforms.

Azure cloud computing is currently very popular in the market and therefore has many Azure Architect Jobs. If you are ready to become an Azure Solution Architect, this course will help you get there!

Module 1: Introduction to cloud

Topics:

   What is cloud computing?
• Types of cloud
• Comparison between on-prim and cloud computing
• Azure Terminology
• Advantages and disadvantages
• Cloud computing security

Module 2: Azure Solution Architect
Certification and its services.

• Azure Subscriptions
• Azure Resources
• Azure Free Tier Account
• Azure Resource Manager
• Azure Resource Manager Template
• Azure Storage
• Types of Azure Storage

Hands-On :
• Create a free tier Azure account
• Create a web app service using Azure Portal
• Create and Deploy ARM templates
• Manage Azure Storage account using Storage Explorer
• Manage Azure Cost and Billing Service

Module 3: Azure Virtual Machines and Networking

• Azure Resource Manager Virtual Machine
• Virtual Machines in ARM Template
• Overview of Azure Virtual Machine
• Azure Managed Disks
• Azure Blob Storage

• Networking in Azure
• Subnets, NIC, NSG, IP Addresses, DNS

Hands-On :
• Create Windows and LINUX Virtual Machines
• Create BLOB Storage using Azure Portal
• Create VM with Storage Account and Managed Disks
• Configure Azure Virtual Network

Module 4: Azure VMSS and Availability Zones

• Azure Availability Sets
  • Azure Availability Zone
  • Autoscaling
  • Virtual Machine Scale Set
  • Fault Domain
  • Update Domain
  • Load Balancer
  • Application Gateway
  • Azure Disk Encryption
• Hands-On :
  • Create a Virtual Machine Scale Set
  • Configure VMSS and add custom usage alerts
  • Configure VM for Redundancy
  • Create Application Gateway

Module 5: Azure App Services and Its Features

• Azure App Service Web Apps
  • App Service Security
  • Serverless Computing Concepts
  • Function Apps
  • Azure Event Grid
  • Azure Service Bus
  • Azure App Service Logic App
  • Using Shell Commands to create Web App
  • Background Tasks
  • Swagger tool
• Hands-On :
  • Create an App Service Plan
  • Create a Web App Instance
  • Use shell commands to create an App Service Web App
  • Create a Continuous WebJob

Module 6: Advanced Azure Hybrid Connectivity
and Site Recovery

• Hybrid Connectivity
  • VNet S2S VPN
  • VNet Peering
  • Service Chaining
  • Azure VPN Gateway
  • Policy Based Gateway
  • Route Based Gateway
  • Swagger tool
  • Gateway Connections
  • Express Route
  • VNet Routing
  • User Defined Route
  • Border Gateway Protocol
• Hands-On :
  • Create a Virtual Network Gateway
  • Design User Defined Routes
  • Migrate On-Premise Machines to Azure using
  Azure Site Recovery

Module 7: :Azure Storage Solution and Design Patterns

• Azure Architecture Center
  • Cloud design patterns
  • Cache-aside pattern
  • Sharding Pattern
  • Azure SQL DB
  • Azure Elastic Pool
  • Azure Data Lakes
  • Azure Data Factory
  • Azure Cosmos DB
• Hands-On :
  • Create and Deploy Azure Data Lake
  • Create and Deploy Azure Cosmos DB

Module 8: Azure Kubernetes Service

Topics :
• Azure Container Registry
• Azure Container Instance
• Orchestration
• Azure Kubernetes Service
• Diagnostics Logs
Hands-On :
• Deploy an Application in ACI
• Deploy an Application in AKS

Module 9: Azure Active Directory and Role
Based Access Control

Topics :
• Access Control
• Role Based Access Control
• Authentication in applications (certificates, Azure
AD, Azure AD Connect, token-based)
• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
• Claims-based authorization
• Role-based access control (RBAC) authorization
• End-to-end encryption
• Azure confidential computing
• SSL and TLS communications
• Azure Key Vault
• Configure Fraud alerts
• Bypass option, trusted IPs
• Managed Service Identity
• Service Principal authentication
Hands-On :
• Implement authentication using certificates,
Azure AD, Azure AD Connect, and tokens
• Implement Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
• Implement Claims-based authorization
• Implement RBAC authorization

  Implement secure data for end-to-end encryption
• Implement secure data for implementing SSL and
TLS communications.
• Use Azure Key Vault to manage cryptographic keys

Module 10: Azure Messaging Service
(Events, Hubs, Queue and Bus)

Topics :
• Azure Messaging Service
• Azure Service Bus
• Azure Events Hub
• Azure Events Grid
• Azure Notifications Hub
• Auto Scale Ruling in Azure
• Transient Fault Handling
Hands-On :
• Create a Service Bus Queue
• Deploy Service Bus Topics and Subscriptions
• Design and Implement Azure Service Bus
• Enable Auto Scale based on CPU Metrics Or Schedule
• mplement Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Module 11: Azure Monitoring and Insights Service

Topics :
• Azure Monitoring
• Azure Analytics
• Azure Alerts
• Azure Resource Metrics
• Azure Activity Log
• Service Health
• Azure Log Analytics
• Azure App Insights
Hands-On :
• Create and Deploy Alert Rules for Azure Resources
• Analyze the data in your metric database
• Create and Configure Azure Log Analytics
• Deploy Azure App Insights Service

Module 12: Design Identity, Security and Storage

Topics :
• Authorisation and Authentication
• Authorisation and Authentication Protocols
• Azure AD B2B B2C
• Security and Risk Management
• PIM
• Licensing & Compliance
• Understanding Azure Storage
• Setting Up Azure Storage
• Designing Storage Access
• Storage Security and Best Practices
Hands-On :
• OpenID & OAuth2
• Conditional Access
• Storage Account Creation and Shared
Access Signatures

Module 13: Azure Migration

Topics :
• Design Migration & Integration Strategy
• Understand Data Protection at Different Stages
• Migration Fundamentals
• Azure Services for Migration
Hands-On :
• Migration and Access Using Azure Migrate

Module 14: Design Monitoring

Topics :
• Introduction to Design for Cost Optimization
• Azure Cost Calculator and Azure Cost Management
• Minimize Compute Costs
• Minimize Network Costs
• Minimize Storage Costs
• What should be your Monitoring Strategy
• What is Compliance
• What should be the Compliance Strategy
• Understand the Azure Monitoring Service
• Azure Application Insight
• Achieving Compliance with Azure Policy
• Azure Sentinel

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In this Microsoft Azure fundamental certification training, we will cover
various modules such as the Cloud Computing module which discusses
cloud models and their characteristics.
You’ll learn about core Azure services like Availability Zones, Azure VMs
(virtual machines) and containers.
After this course you will be ready to take Microsoft Azure fundamental
certification exam Az-900.

Module 1: Cloud Computing Concepts

Topics :

• Cloud Concepts
• Elasticity
• Scalability
• Cloud Service Models
• Cloud Economics
• Cloud Deployment Models

Module 2: Azure Core Services

Topics:

• Azure Core Services Overview
• Azure Resources Manager
• Azure Regions
• Groups

Hands-On:-

• Quick Overview of Azure Portal
• Demo on Resources Groups

Module 3: Compute

Topics:-

• Azure Virtual Machine
• VM Availability
• Availability Zones
• App Services
• Containers
• Serverless Computing 
• Comparing Compute Options

Hands-on:

• Create a VM
• Connect to a Window VM
• App Service Plan
• Deploy Web App

Module 4: Networking

• Networking Overview
• Content Delivery Network
• Hybrid Connectivity
• Load Balancers

Hands-on:

• Load Balancing
• Content Delivery Network
• Virtual Network (VNets) and Subnets

Module 5: Data and Storage Services

Topics:

• Types of Data
• Azure SQL
• Cosmos DB
• Azure Storage
• VM Disk Storage
• Storage Account Overview

Hands-on:

• Storage Account via Azure Portal

Module 6: High Availability and Scalability

Topics:

• Accounts and Subscription Overview
• Domain Services
• Azure AD
• RBAC
• Resource Locks
• Azure Policy

Hands-on:

• RBAC 
• Azure Policy
• Resource Locks

Module 7: Compliance, Security, and Cost 

Topics:

• ASecurity Center
• Compliance and Security

Hands-on:

• Security Center
• Walkthrough: Pricing Calculator and Azure Advisor