Deploy & Administer Linux Virtual Machines on Azure (AZ-1007)

In this learning path, you prepare for the Applied Skill, Deploy and administer Linux virtual machines on Microsoft Azure. 

Course Information

Price: $675.00
Duration: 1 day
Certification: Microsoft Azure Intermediate
Exam: AZ-1007
Learning Credits:
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Prerequisites:

  • Experience using the Azure portal and CLI to create resources. 
  • Familiarity with identity management and role-based access control. 
  • Experience creating and configuring Azure virtual machines.
  • Working knowledge of administering operating systems based on the Linux kernel.

 

Target Audience:

 

Course Objectives:

Module in the Learning Path:

  • Configure Virtual Machines
  • Add and Size Disk in Azure Virtual Machines
  • Monitor Your Azure Virtual Machines with Azure Monitor
  • Protect Your Virtual Machines by Using Azure Backup
  • Manage Virtual Machines with the Azure CLI
  • Implement Access Management for Azure Resources
  • Configure Azure Files and Azure File Sync
  • Copy and Move Blobs from One Container or Storage Account to Another Using the AzCopy Command
  • Guided Project: Deploy & Administer Linux Virtual Machines on Azure

 

Course Outline:

Configure virtual machines:

  • Learn how to configure virtual machines including sizing, storage, and connections.
    • Review cloud services responsibilities
    • Plan virtual machines
    • Determine virtual machine sizing
    • Determine virtual machine storage
    • Create virtual machines in the Azure portal
    • Connect to virtual machines
    • Interactive lab simulation

Add & Size Disks in Azure Virtual Machines:

  • Understand and create the different types of disk storage available to Azure virtual machines (VMs).
    • Understand storage options for virtual machines (VMs)
    • Exercise – Add a data disk to a VM
    • Determine whether to use premium storage
    • Resize virtual machine disks
    • Exercise – Resize a VM disk

Monitor Your Azure Virtual Machines with Azure Monitor:

  • Learn how to monitor your Azure VMs by using Azure Monitor to collect and analyze VM host and client metrics and logs.
    • 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

Protect Your Virtual Machines by Using Azure Backup:

  • Use Azure Backup to help protect on-premises servers, virtual machines, SQL Server, Azure file shares, and other workloads.
    • Azure Backup features and scenarios
    • Back up an Azure virtual machine by using Azure Backup
    • Exercise – Back up an Azure virtual machine
    • Restore virtual machine data
    • Exercise – Restore Azure virtual machine data

Manage virtual machines with the Azure CLI:

  • Learn how to use the cross-platform Azure CLI to create, start, stop, and perform other management tasks related to virtual machines in Azure.
    • What is the Azure CLI?
    • Exercise – Create a virtual machine
    • Exercise – Test your new virtual machine
    • Exercise – Explore other VM images
    • Exercise – Sizing VMs properly
    • Exercise – Query system and runtime information about the VM
    • Exercise – Start and stop your VM with the Azure CLI
    • Exercise – Install software on your VM

Implement access management for Azure resources:

  • Explore how to use built-in Azure roles, managed identities, and RBAC-policy to control access to Azure resources. Identity is the key to secure solutions.
    • Assign Azure roles
    • Configure custom Azure roles
    • Create and configure managed identities
    • Access Azure resources with managed identities
    • Analyze Azure role permissions
    • Configure Azure Key Vault RBAC policies
    • Retrieve objects from Azure Key Vault
    • Explore Microsoft Entra Permissions Management

Configure Azure Files and Azure File Sync:

  • Learn how to configure Azure Files and Azure File Sync.
    • Compare storage for file shares and blob data
    • Manage Azure file shares
    • Create file share snapshots
    • Implement soft delete for Azure Files
    • Use Azure Storage Explorer
    • Deploy Azure File Sync

Copy and move blobs from one container or storage account to another using the AzCopy command:

  • Learn how to use AzCopy to copy and move blobs between contains and storage accounts both synchronously and asynchronously.
    • Move Azure Storage blobs using AzCopy
    • Exercise – Move Azure Storage blobs using AzCopy

Guided Project: Deploy and administer Linux virtual machines on Azure:

  • In this guided project module, you prepare and study for the Deploy and administer Linux virtual machines on Azure Applied Skill. 
    • Exercise – Create and configure Linux virtual machines
    • Exercise – Monitor virtual machines
    • Exercise – Configure storage for virtual machines
    • Exercise – Back up virtual machines