Microsoft Azure Essentials Fundamentals of Azure

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Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
	Who should read this ebook
		Assumptions
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	Organization of this ebook
	Conventions and features in this ebook
	System requirements
	Acknowledgments
	Errata, updates, & support
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Chapter 1 Getting started with Azure
	What is Azure?
		Overview of cloud computing
		Cloud offering
		Azure services
	Introduction to portals
		Azure Preview Portal
		Azure Management Portal
	Subscription management and billing
		Available subscriptions
		Share administrative privileges for your Azure subscription
		Pricing calculator
		Billing
Chapter 2 Azure Websites and Azure Cloud Services
	Creating and configuring websites
		What is Azure Websites?
		Creating a new website
	Deploying and monitoring websites
		Options for creating websites
		Publishing a website from Visual Studio
		Monitoring a website
	PaaS Cloud Services
		Creating a cloud service
		Publishing a cloud service
		Scaling and monitoring a cloud service
		SCALE options
		Monitoring
	Miscellaneous points
		Configuration in the portal
		Production and staging slots in the portal
		Worker roles
Chapter 3 Azure Virtual Machines
	What is Azure Virtual Machines?
		VM status
		IP address
		Billing
	Create and configure virtual machines
		Create a virtual machine with the Azure Preview Portal
		Connect to a virtual machine
	Configure disks
		Caching
		Attach a disk
		Formatting disks
		Disk performance
		Endpoints
	Virtual machine management
		Availability set
		Service level agreement
		Scalability
		Image capture
Chapter 4 Azure Storage
	Blob storage
	Azure Files (preview)
	Table storage
	Queues
	Redundancy
	Creating and managing storage
		Create a storage account
		Create a container and add blobs
		Create a table and add records
Chapter 5 Azure Virtual Networks
	What is a virtual network
		Overview
		Definitions
	Creating a virtual network
		Quick Create
		Custom Create
	Using a network configuration file
		Export the network configuration file
		Import the network configuration file
		What ifs
		What if you add a network?
		What if you remove a network?
		What if you change a network?
	Cross-premises connection options
		Site-to-site connectivity
		Point-to-site connectivity
		Comparing site-to-site and point-to-site connectivity
		Private site-to-site connectivity (ExpressRoute)
	Point-to-site network
		Overview of setup process
		Configuring point-to-site VPN
Chapter 6 Databases
	Azure SQL Database
		Administration
		Billing
		Business continuity
	Applications connecting to Azure SQL Database
	SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machines
		Billing
		Virtual machine configuration
		Business continuity
	Comparing Azure SQL Database with SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machines
	Database alternatives
		MySQL
		NoSQL options
Chapter 7 Azure Active Directory
	Overview of Azure Active Directory
		What is Azure Active Directory?
		Active Directory editions
	Creating a directory
		Custom domains
		Delete a directory
	Users and groups
		Add users
		Add groups
		Multi-Factor Authentication
	Application gallery
	Adding gallery applications
	Assigning users to applications
	MyApps
Chapter 8 Management Tools
	Management tool overview
	Visual Studio 2013 and the Azure SDK
		Install the Azure SDK
		Manage resources with Server Explorer
		Create an Azure resource
	Windows PowerShell
		Azure PowerShell cmdlet installation
		Connecting to Azure
		Azure PowerShell modes
	Cross-Platform Command-Line Interface
		Installation
		Connecting to Azure
Chapter 9 Business Cases
	Development and test scenarios
	Hybrid scenarios
		Network connectivity
		Internet connectivity
	Application and infrastructure modernization and migration
	Azure Mobile Services
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