Azure Strategy and Implementation Guide: The essential handbook to cloud transformation with Azure, 4th Edition

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Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
	What is Microsoft Azure?
	Approaches for Azure adoption
		Public cloud
		Private cloud
		Hybrid cloud
		Multicloud
		Edge computing
	Azure migration strategies
		Re-hosting
		Re-platforming
		Refactoring
	Business benefits of Azure infrastructure
	Helpful links
Chapter 2: Automation and governance in Azure
	Azure DevOps
		ARM templates
	Deploying Azure IaC
	Benefits of Azure IaC
	Best practices
		Parameters
		Variables
		Resources
	Identity and access control
		What are the security benefits of Azure?
		Best practices
	Azure governance
		What are the benefits?
	Summary
	Important links
Chapter 3: Modernizing with hybrid cloud and multicloud
	What is hybrid cloud, multicloud, and edge computing?
	What makes a hybrid and multicloud strategy successful?
	Azure Arc overview
		Kubernetes app management at scale
		Azure Arc enabled servers
		Azure Arc enabled data services
		Prerequisites for Azure data services
		Connectivity modes
		Connectivity requirements
		Azure Arc data controller creation
		Azure Arc in GitHub
	Modernizing your datacenter with Azure Stack
		Azure Stack Hub overview
		Use cases for Azure Stack Hub
		Azure Stack Hub architecture
		Azure Stack Hub identity provider
		How is Azure Stack Hub managed?
		Resource providers
		Azure Stack Hub administration basics
		Getting support
		Azure Stack Development Kit
		Azure Stack Hub update management
	Azure Stack HCI solution overview
		Azure Stack HCI use cases
		Azure integration benefits
		Azure Stack HCI prerequisites
		Hardware partners
		Software partners
		Licensing, billing, and pricing
		Management tools
	Getting started with Azure Stack HCI and Windows Admin Center
		Installing Windows Admin Center
		Adding and connecting to an Azure Stack HCI cluster
	Comparing Azure Stack Hub and Azure Stack HCI
	Summary
Chapter 4: Cloud migration: Planning, implementation, and best practices
	Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework
	Choosing your underlying infrastructure
		Compute
		Networking
		Storage
	Workload migration scenarios
		Windows Server and Linux workloads
		SQL Server
		Containers
		VMware workloads
		SAP workloads
		High-performance computing
	Achieving cloud scale and maximizing performance
		Azure autoscaling
		Compute and storage performance considerations
	Enterprise-grade backup and disaster recovery
		Azure Backup
		Azure Site Recovery
	Azure migration best practices and support
		The official Azure documentation
		Azure Migrate
		Azure Migration Program
		Azure Architecture Center
		Azure App Service
		Azure SQL Database
		Free training with Microsoft Learn
		Contact an Azure sales specialist
	Summary
Chapter 5: Enabling secure, remote work with Microsoft Azure AD and WVD
	The fundamentals of deploying remote work infrastructure
	Azure Active Directory
		Plan your environment
		Configuring Azure AD and hybrid environments
		Secure your identity infrastructure
	Enabling remote connectivity
		Azure Virtual WAN
		Azure VPN
	Securing and managing traffic to your workloads
		Application Gateway with WAF
		Azure Firewall
		Azure Load Balancer and cross-region load balancing
		Azure Bastion and Just-in-Time (JIT) access
	Enabling remote work with Windows Virtual Desktop
		Network guidelines
		Managing user profiles with Azure Files and NetApp Files
		Azure Monitor for Windows Virtual Desktop
		Windows Virtual Desktop partner integrations
	Summary
Chapter 6: Security fundamentals to help protect against cybercrime
	Enabling security for remote workers
		Security operations excellence
		Cyber Defense Operations Center
		Protect
		Detect
		Respond
		Microsoft Intelligent Security Association
	Gain visibility into your entire infrastructure with Azure Security Center
		Security posture management and multicloud
		Azure Security Center architecture
		Azure Security Benchmark
		Achieve advanced threat protection for your hybrid and multicloud environments with Azure Defender
		Azure Defender dashboard
	Best practices for securing your network
	Modernize your security operations with Azure Sentinel, a cloud-native SIEM
	A unified SecOps experience
	Summary
Chapter 7: Offers, support, resources, and tips to optimize cost in Azure
	Understanding and forecasting your costs
		Cloud economics
		Cost management tools
		Choosing the right pricing model
	Optimizing your costs
		Azure Advisor
		Azure Hybrid Benefit
		Azure reservations
		Spot Virtual Machines
		DevTest pricing
		Optimization checklist
	Summary
Chapter 8: Conclusion
	Resources
	Glossary
Index