1 – Manage services with the Azure portal

• Azure management options
• Navigate the portal
• Azure portal dashboards
• Access preview features

2 – Introduction to Azure Cloud Shell

• What is Azure Cloud Shell?
• How does Azure Cloud Shell work?
• When should you use Azure Cloud Shell?
• Module assessment

3 – Introduction to Bash

• What is Bash?
• Bash fundamentals
• Bash commands and operators
• Module assessment

4 – Introduction to PowerShell

• What is PowerShell?
• Locate commands
• Module assessment

5 – Deploy Azure infrastructure by using JSON ARM templates

• Explore Azure Resource Manager template structure
• Add flexibility to your Azure Resource Manager template by using parameters and outputs
• Module assessment

6 – Understand Microsoft Entra ID

• Examine Microsoft Entra ID
• Compare Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory Domain Services
• Examine Microsoft Entra ID as a directory service for cloud apps
• Compare Microsoft Entra ID P1 and P2 plans
• Examine Microsoft Entra Domain Services
• Module assessment

7 – Create, configure, and manage identities

• Create, configure, and manage users
• Create, configure, and manage groups
• Configure and manage device registration
• Manage licenses
• Create custom security attributes
• Explore automatic user creation
• Module assessment

8 – Describe the core architectural components of Azure

• What is Microsoft Azure
• Get started with Azure accounts
• Describe Azure physical infrastructure
• Describe Azure management infrastructure
• Module assessment

9 – Azure Policy initiatives

• Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
• Azure Policy design principles
• Azure Policy resources
• Azure Policy definitions
• Evaluation of resources through Azure Policy

10 – Secure your Azure resources with Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC)

• What is Azure RBAC?
• Module assessment

11 – Allow users to reset their password with Microsoft Entra self-service password reset

• What is self-service password reset in Microsoft Entra ID?
• Implement Microsoft Entra self-service password reset

12 – Configure virtual networks

• Plan virtual networks
• Create subnets
• Create virtual networks
• Plan IP addressing
• Create public IP addressing
• Associate public IP addresses
• Allocate or assign private IP addresses
• Module assessment

13 – Configure network security groups

• Implement network security groups
• Determine network security group rules
• Determine network security group effective rules
• Create network security group rules
• Implement application security groups
• Module assessment

14 – Host your domain on Azure DNS

• What is Azure DNS?
• Configure Azure DNS to host your domain
• Dynamically resolve resource name by using alias record

15 – Configure Azure Virtual Network peering

• Determine Azure Virtual Network peering uses
• Determine gateway transit and connectivity
• Create virtual network peering
• Extend peering with user-defined routes and service chaining
• Module assessment

16 – Manage and control traffic flow in your Azure deployment with routes

• Identify routing capabilities of an Azure virtual network
• What is an NVA?

17 – Introduction to Azure Load Balancer

• What is Azure Load Balancer?
• How Azure Load Balancer works
• When to use Azure Load Balancer
• Module assessment

18 – Introduction to Azure Application Gateway

• What is Azure Application Gateway?
• How Azure Application Gateway works
• When to use Azure Application Gateway
• Module assessment

19 – Introduction to Azure Network Watcher

• What is Azure Network Watcher?
• How Azure Network Watcher works
• When to use Azure Network Watcher
• Module assessment

20 – Configure storage accounts

• Implement Azure Storage
• Explore Azure Storage services
• Determine storage account types
• Determine replication strategies
• Access storage
• Secure storage endpoints
• Module assessment

21 – Configure Azure Blob Storage

• Implement Azure Blob Storage
• Create blob containers
• Assign blob access tiers
• Add blob lifecycle management rules
• Determine blob object replication
• Manage blobs
• Determine Blob Storage pricing
• Module assessment

22 – Configure Azure Storage security

• Review Azure Storage security strategies
• Create shared access signatures
• Identify URI and SAS parameters
• Determine Azure Storage encryption
• Create customer-managed keys
• Apply Azure Storage security best practices
• Module assessment

23 – Configure Azure Files

• 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
• Consider Azure File Sync

24 – Introduction to Azure virtual machines

• Compile a checklist for creating an Azure Virtual Machine
• Describe the options available to create and manage an Azure Virtual Machine
• Manage the availability of your Azure VMs
• Back up your virtual machines
• Module assessment

25 – Configure virtual machine availability

• Plan for maintenance and downtime
• Create availability sets
• Review update domains and fault domains
• Review availability zones
• Compare vertical and horizontal scaling
• Implement Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
• Create Virtual Machine Scale Sets
• Implement autoscale
• Configure autoscale
• Module assessment

26 – Configure Azure App Service plans

• Implement Azure App Service plans
• Determine Azure App Service plan pricing
• Scale up and scale out Azure App Service
• Configure Azure App Service autoscale
• Module assessment

27 – Configure Azure App Service

• Implement Azure App Service
• Create an app with App Service
• Explore continuous integration and deployment
• Create deployment slots
• Add deployment slots
• Secure your App Service app
• Create custom domain names
• Back up and restore your App Service app
• Use Azure Application Insights
• Module assessment

28 – Configure Azure Container Instances

• Compare containers to virtual machines
• Review Azure Container Instances
• Implement container groups
• Review Azure Container Apps
• Module assessment

29 – Introduction to Azure Backup

• What is Azure Backup?
• How Azure Backup works
• When to use Azure Backup
• Module assessment

30 – Protect your virtual machines by using Azure Backup

• Azure Backup features and scenarios
• Back up an Azure virtual machine by using Azure Backup
• Restore virtual machine data

31 – Improve incident response with Azure Monitor alerts

• Explore the different alert types that Azure Monitor supports
• Use metric alerts for alerts about performance issues in your Azure environment
• Use log search alerts to alert on events in your application
• Use activity log alerts to alert on events within your Azure infrastructure
• Use action groups and alert processing rules to send notifications when an alert is fired