AZ-305: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (Udemy.com)

The AZ-305: Azure Solutions Architect Expert course is for students that are becoming subject matter experts in designing cloud and hybrid solutions that run on Microsoft Azure, including compute, network, storage, monitoring, and security.

Responsibilities for this role include advising stakeholders and translating business requirements into designs for secure, scalable, and reliable Azure solutions.

An Azure solutions architect partners with developers, administrators, and other roles responsible for implementing solutions on Azure.

Course topics include:

Planning and Assessments

You will learn about Azure Governance and Planning

Lessons

• Landing Zones

• Azure Assessments

• Governance

• Management Groups

• Managing Multiple Subscriptions

• Resource Groups

• Resource Tagging

• Resource Tagging and Naming Conventions

Implement VMs for Windows and Linux

You will learn about Azure virtual machines including planning, creating, availability and extensions.

Lessons

• Select Virtual Machine Size

• Configure High Availability

• Implement Azure Dedicated Hosts

• Deploy and Configure Scale Sets

• Configure Azure Disk Encryption

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Plan for virtual machine implementations.

• Create virtual machines.

• Configure virtual machine availability, including scale sets.

• Understand High Availability options for VMs in Azure

Automate Deployment and Configuration of Resources

You will learn about the tools an Azure Administrator uses to manage their infrastructure.

Lessons

• Azure Resource Manager Templates

• Save a Template for a VM

• Evaluate Location of New Resources

• Configure a Virtual Hard Disk Template

• Deploy from a Template

• Create and Execute an Automation Runbook

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Leverage Azure Resource Manager to organize resources.

• Use ARM Templates to deploy resources.

• Create and Execute an Automation Runbook

• Deploy an Azure VM from a VHD

• Understand Azure encryption technologies

Implement Virtual Networking

You will learn about basic virtual networking concepts like virtual networks and subnetting, IP addressing, network security groups, Azure Firewall, and Azure DNS.

Lessons

• Virtual Network Peering

• Implement VNet Peering

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Connect services with Virtual Network Peering

• Configure VNet Peering

• Modify or delete VNet Peering

Implement Load Balancing and Network Security

You will learn about network traffic strategies including network routing and service endpoints, Azure Load Balancer, Azure Application Gateway, and Traffic Manager.

Lessons

• Implement Azure Load Balancer

• Implement an Application Gateway

• Understand Web Application Firewall

• Implement Azure Firewall

• Implementing Azure Traffic Manager

• Implement Network Security Groups and Application Security Group

• Implement Azure Bastion

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Select a Load Balancer solution

• Configure Application Gateway

• Implement Azure Firewall

• Understand Traffic Manager routing methods

• Configure Network Security Groups (NSGs)

Implement Storage Accounts

You will learn about basic storage features including storage accounts, blob storage, Azure files and File Sync, storage security, and storage tools.

Lessons

• Storage Accounts

• Blob Storage

• Storage Security

• Managing Storage

• Accessing Blobs

• Configure Azure Storage Firewalls and Virtual Networks

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand Storage Account services and types

• Configure Blob storage, accounts, containers, and access tiers

• Implement Shared Access Signatures

• Understand Azure Storage firewalls and virtual networks

Implement Azure Active Directory

You will learn how to secure identities with Azure Active Directory, and implement users and groups.

Lessons

• Overview of Azure Active Directory

• Users and Groups

• Domains and Custom Domains

• Azure AD Identity Protection

• Implement Conditional Access

• Configure Fraud Alerts for MFA

• Configure Trusted IPs

• Configure Guest Users in Azure AD

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Add Guest Users to Azure AD

• Configure Location Condition Configuration

• Configure Azure MFA settings

• Implement Conditional Access Azure MFA

Implement and Manage Azure Governance

You will learn about managing your subscriptions and accounts, implementing Azure policies, and using Role-Based Access Control.

Lessons

• Create Management Groups, Subscriptions, and Resource Groups

• Overview of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Roles

• Azure AD Access Reviews

• Implement and Configure an Azure Policy

• Azure Blueprints

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand Resource Groups

• Understand how RBAC works

• Create an Azure AD access review

• Create and manage policies to enforce compliance

• Create a Blueprint

Implement and Manage Hybrid Identities

You will learn how to install and configure Azure AD Connect and implement Azure AD Connect Health.

Lessons

• Install and Configure Azure AD Connect

• Configure Password Sync and Password Writeback

• Configure Azure AD Connect Health