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Understanding Microsoft Azure Management and Governance

Master Azure Management and Governance with our comprehensive course, ideal for data professionals seeking cloud expertise.

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Course Description

Overview of Azure Management and Governance

This course is designed to teach you how to efficiently manage and govern resources within Microsoft Azure. You will learn essential tools and best practices for maintaining control, security, and cost-effectiveness in cloud environments. This course is ideal for those looking to deepen their knowledge of Azure’s management capabilities while also preparing for the AZ-900 certification in an interactive way.

Key Azure Tools for Management

Throughout the course, you will explore powerful Azure tools like the Azure Resource Manager (ARM) for organizing and deploying resources, and role-based access control (RBAC) to securely manage permissions. You will also delve into Azure Policy, which helps enforce governance standards, ensuring compliance across cloud operations.

Cost Management and Monitoring Solutions

The course also emphasizes Azure Cost Management and monitoring solutions. You will gain the skills needed to track cloud expenditures, set budgets, and optimize resource usage. Additionally, Azure’s monitoring services, such as Azure Monitor, are covered to help users keep track of system performance, troubleshoot issues, and maintain high availability.

Preparation for the Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Exam

As the third Azure course in the track preparing for the Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) exam, this course provides essential knowledge and practical skills for cloud professionals. By the end, you will be equipped to manage Azure resources efficiently, ensuring secure, compliant, and cost-optimized operations. It’s ideal for anyone looking to advance their cloud management expertise and pursue certification.

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Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

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  1. 1

    Azure Management and Governance Fundamentals

    Free

    Start your journey by learning what the concepts of management and governance mean in Azure and what kind of use cases and tasks are involved. You'll learn more about cost management, governance, resource management, and monitoring in Azure.

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    Azure management and governance
    50 xp
    Azure resources vs. services
    50 xp
    Possible use cases for management and governance
    50 xp
    Use case: dashboard performance
    100 xp
    Cost management and governance
    50 xp
    Regional differences in compliance
    50 xp
    Concepts of cost management and governance
    100 xp
    Use case: managing budgets
    50 xp
    Resource management and monitoring
    50 xp
    Benefits of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
    50 xp
    Resource tags and resource locks
    100 xp
    Use case: monitoring with Azure
    50 xp
    Resource creation, tags and locks
    50 xp
    Create a resource
    100 xp
    Changing and adding tags
    100 xp
  2. 2

    Cost Management and Governance

    Cost management and governance will have no secrets for you anymore after this chapter. You'll learn how to plan and manage costs in Azure and work with Azure cost management tools. You'll also familiarize yourself with the implementation of governance and compliance, and the tools Azure provides to help you with that.

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    Planning and managing costs
    50 xp
    Cost factors in Azure
    100 xp
    Changing Azure pricing model
    50 xp
    Use case: cost reduction recommendations
    50 xp
    Cost management tools
    50 xp
    Pricing Calculator vs. TCO Calculator
    50 xp
    Analyzing costs in Azure
    50 xp
    Use case: migrating to Azure
    100 xp
    Governance and compliance implementation
    50 xp
    Service Trust Portal
    50 xp
    Governance and compliance features
    100 xp
    Use case: data management with Microsoft Purview
    50 xp
    Governance and compliance tools
    50 xp
    Azure Initiatives
    50 xp
    Azure Blueprints vs. Azure Policy
    100 xp
    Use case: mandatory resource tagging
    50 xp
    Using the pricing calculator
    50 xp
    The price of a real-time analytics set-up
    100 xp
  3. 3

    Resource Management and Monitoring

    In the final chapter, we'll dive deeper into resource management and monitoring. You'll learn how to apply resource management and monitoring to your projects, using the tools Azure provides to assist you with this.

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    Interacting with the Azure environment
    50 xp
    Interaction tools in Azure
    100 xp
    PowerShell vs. Command Line Interface
    50 xp
    Use case: connecting to external SQL servers
    50 xp
    Azure resource management
    50 xp
    Resource providers
    50 xp
    Resource management tools
    100 xp
    Use case: ARM templates
    50 xp
    Azure Monitor
    50 xp
    Azure Monitor capabilities
    50 xp
    Metrics and logs
    100 xp
    Use case: Azure Monitor workflow
    100 xp
    Monitoring tools
    50 xp
    Monitoring an application with Azure Monitor
    50 xp
    Consulting Service Health
    50 xp
    Using Azure Advisor
    50 xp
    Use case: selecting the right monitoring tool
    100 xp
    Setting up alerts in Monitor
    50 xp
    Set up a Monitor alert for a VM
    100 xp
    Wrap-up
    50 xp
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