• Online, Self-Paced
Course Description

Azure virtualization enables a wide range of computing solutions with support for Windows, Linux, and other operating systems. Provisioning, optimizing, and managing Azure VMs is covered in this course.

Learning Objectives

Implementing Azure Virtual Machines

  • start the course
  • provision SQL Server in an Azure VM
  • describe components such as compute, storage, and networking
  • recognize the different virtual machine tiers: basic and standard
  • plan storage capacity
  • demonstrate how to configure and optimize storage
  • create a windows virtual machine
  • deploy a VM workload
  • configure and optimize VM sizes by workload
  • demonstrate how to connect to Azure VMs
  • automate Azure VM configuration using PowerShell DSC

Practice: Deploying Azure VMs

  • demonstrate how to deploy and optimize Azure virtual machines

Framework Connections

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