Microsoft Azure For Dummies

Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
	About This Book
	Foolish Assumptions
	Icons Used in This Book
	Beyond the Book
	Where to Go from Here
Part 1 Getting Started with Microsoft Azure
	Chapter 1 Introducing Microsoft Azure
		What Is Cloud Computing?
			NIST definition
			Cloud computing benefits
			Economies of scale
		Understanding Cloud Computing Models
			Deployment models
			Service delivery models
		Introducing Microsoft Azure Services
			Azure history
			PaaS products
		Starting Your First Azure Subscription
			Understanding subscription types
			Creating a free Azure account
			Viewing subscription details
	Chapter 2 Exploring Azure Resource Manager
		Introducing Azure Resource Manager
			REST APIs
			Resource providers
			JSON
			ARM management scopes
		Getting Familiar with Azure Regions
			Availability zones
			Geographies
			Special regions
			Paired regions
			Feature availability
		Introducing the Azure Management Tools
			Azure portal
			Azure PowerShell
			Azure CLI/Azure Cloud Shell
			Azure SDKs
			ARM REST API
Part 2 Deploying Compute Resources to Microsoft Azure
	Chapter 3 Managing Storage in Azure
		Understanding Azure Storage Data Types
			Unstructured data
			Semistructured data
			Structured data
		Working with a Storage Account
			Creating a storage account
			Using the blob service
			Understanding the file, table, and queue services
		Introducing Azure Disk Storage
	Chapter 4 Planning Your Virtual Network Topology
		Understanding Virtual Network Components
			Address space
			Subnets
		Creating a Virtual Network
			Deploying with the Azure portal
			Deploying with PowerShell
		Configuring Virtual Networks
			Deciding on a name resolution strategy
			Configuring network security groups
			Understanding service endpoints
		Connecting Virtual Networks
			Configuring VNet peering
			Understanding service chaining
	Chapter 5 Deploying and Configuring Azure Virtual Machines
		Planning Your VM Deployment
			Understanding VMs
			Starting your VM deployment from the Azure Marketplace
			Starting your VM deployment from your on-premises environment
		Recognizing Azure VM Components
			Compute
			Storage
			Network
		Architectural Considerations
			High availability
			Scalability
		Deploying Azure VMs from the Azure Marketplace
			Deploying a Linux VM
			Deploying a Windows Server VM
		Configuring Your VMs
		Starting, Stopping, and Resizing VMs
			Extending your VM’s capabilities
	Chapter 6 Shipping Docker Containers in Azure
		Understanding Docker
			Using Docker containers
			Setting up Docker on your workstation
			Running containers in Azure
		Implementing Azure Container Instances
			Deploying an Azure container instance
			Verifying and disposing of the container instance
		Storing Images in Azure Container Registry
			Deploying a container registry
			Pushing an image to a new container registry
			Pulling the repository image via ACI
		Introducing Azure Kubernetes Service
			AKS architecture
			AKS administration notes
		Using Containers with Azure App Service
Part 3 Deploying Platform Resources to Microsoft Azure
	Chapter 7 Deploying and Configuring Azure App Service Apps
		Introducing Azure App Service
			Web apps
			API apps
			Mobile apps
			Logic apps
			Function apps
			App Service logical components
		Deploying Your First Web App
			Deploying from the Azure portal
			Configuring Git
			Connecting to a web app from Visual Studio
			Deploying from Visual Studio
			Understanding deployment slots
		Configuring a Web App
			Customizing app settings
			Adding a custom domain
			Binding a TLS/SSL certificate
			Configuring autoscaling
		Monitoring a Web App
			Adding the Application Insights resource
			Enabling instrumentation in a web app
			Viewing Application Insights telemetry data
	Chapter 8 Running Serverless Apps in Azure
		Defining Serverless
			Getting to know Azure Functions apps
			Getting to know Azure Logic Apps
			Understanding triggers, events, and actions
		Working with Azure Functions
			Creating an Azure Function
			Configuring Function App settings
		Building Workflows with Azure Logic Apps
			Creating an Azure Logic App
			Deploying the resource in the Azure portal
			Defining the workflow
			Testing the trigger and action
	Chapter 9 Managing Databases in Microsoft Azure
		Revisiting the IaaS versus PaaS Question
			Controlling the environment
			Running any version of any database
			Using preinstalled VMs from Azure Marketplace
		Comparing Relational and Nonrelational Databases in Azure
			SQL Database
			SQL Database for MySQL Servers
			Azure Database for MariaDB Servers
			Azure Database for PostgreSQL Servers
		Implementing SQL Database
			Understanding service tiers
			Deploying an SQL Database virtual server
			Deploying SQL Database
			Configuring the database
			Inspecting the virtual server
			Connecting to the database
		Implementing Azure Cosmos DB
			Understanding Cosmos DB
			Creating a Cosmos DB account
			Running and debugging a sample Cosmos DB application
			Interacting with Cosmos DB
Part 4 Providing High Availability, Scalability, and Security for Your Azure Resources
	Chapter 10 Backing Up and Restoring Your Azure Data
		Protecting Your Storage Account’s Blob Data
			Backing up and restoring individual storage blobs
			Backing up storage blobs in bulk
		Protecting Your Virtual Machines
			Getting to know the Recovery Services vault
			Backing up VMs
			Restoring VMs
		Protecting Your App Services
			Backing up App Service apps
			Restoring App Service apps
		Protecting Your Databases
			Backing up and restoring SQL Database
			Backing up and restoring Cosmos DB
	Chapter 11 Managing Identity and Access with Azure Active Directory
		Understanding Active Directory
			AD versus AD DS
			Relationship between subscriptions and AD tenants
		Creating Users and Groups
			Adding a domain to your directory
			Understanding AD user and group types
			Creating an AD group
			Creating an Azure AD user
			Working with Azure AD user accounts
		Configuring Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
			Implementing built-in RBAC roles
			Adding an account to an Azure AD role
		Touring Azure Advisor
	Chapter 12 Implementing Azure Governance
		Implementing Taxonomic Tags
			Applying tags to resource groups and resources
			Reporting via tags
		Implementing Azure Policy
			Policy definition structure
			Policy life cycle
Part 5 Migrating to Microsoft Azure and Monitoring Your Infrastructure
	Chapter 13 Extending Your On-Premises Environment to Azure
		Data Migration Options
			Blob copy
			Azure Data Box
			Azure Migrate: Database Assessment
		Server Migration Options
			VHD upload
			Azure Migrate: Server Assessment
			Azure Migrate: Server Migration
		Hybrid Cloud Options
			S2S VPN
			ExpressRoute
		Introducing Azure Arc
			The Arc use case
			Arc family members
			Preparing your environment
			Adding a Windows Server system to Arc
			Adding a Linux system to Arc
			Managing local systems with Arc
	Chapter 14 Monitoring Your Azure Environment
		Azure Monitor
			Enabling diagnostic logging
			Plotting resource metrics and raising alerts
		Azure Log Analytics
			Creating a Log Analytics workspace
			Connecting data sources to the workspace
			Writing KQL queries
Part 6 The Part of Tens
	Chapter 15 Top Ten Azure News Resources
		Azure Status
		Azure Blog
		Azure Updates
		Azure.Source
		Build5Nines Weekly
		Azure Weekly (Endjin)
		Azure Official YouTube Channel
		Channel 9: Azure Friday
		Azure Feedback
		Tim’s Twitter Feed
	Chapter 16 Top Ten Azure Educational Resources
		Azure Documentation
		Azure Architecture Center
		Azure REST API Browser
		Microsoft @ edX
		Microsoft Learn
		Azure Certification
		MeasureUp
		Meetup
		CloudSkills
		Pluralsight
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