Section 3: Deploy and Manage Azure Compute Resources

Deploy and Manage Azure Compute Resources (25-30%)

Configure VMs for high availability and scalability

Configure high availability • deploy and configure scale sets

• Availability options for virtual machines in Azure

• Manage the availability of Windows virtual machines in Azure

• Tutorial: Create and deploy highly available virtual machines with Azure PowerShell

• What are virtual machine scale sets?

Automate deployment and configuration of VMs

Modify Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template • configure VHD template • deploy from template • save a deployment as an ARM template • automate configuration management by using custom script extensions

• Extend Azure Resource Manager template functionality

• Azure Resource Manager templates overview

• Tutorial: Create and deploy your first Azure Resource Manager template

• Update a resource in an Azure Resource Manager template

• Create a Windows virtual machine from a Resource Manager template

• Create a VM from a VHD by using the Azure portal

• Quickstart: Create and deploy Azure Resource Manager templates by using the Azure portal

• Download the template for a VM

• Custom Script Extension for Windows

• Use the Azure Custom Script Extension Version 2 with Linux virtual machines

Create and configure VMs

Configure Azure Disk Encryption • move VMs from one resource group to another • manage VM sizes • add data discs • configure networking • redeploy VMs

• Azure Disk Encryption for Linux VMs

• Azure Disk Encryption for Windows VMs

• Quickstart: Create and encrypt a Windows virtual machine with the Azure portal

• Move a Windows VM to another Azure subscription or resource group

• Sizes for Windows virtual machines in Azure

• Resize a Windows VM

• Attach a managed data disk to a Windows VM by using the Azure portal

• Attach a data disk to a Windows VM with PowerShell

• Common PowerShell commands for Azure Virtual Networks

• How to open ports to a virtual machine with the Azure portal

• Create and manage a Windows virtual machine that has multiple NICs

Create and configure containers

Create and configure Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) • create and configure Azure Container Instances (ACI)

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

• Quickstart: Deploy an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster using the Azure portal

• What is Azure Container Instances?

• Quickstart: Deploy a container instance in Azure using the Azure CLI

• Quickstart: Deploy a container instance in Azure using the Azure portal

Create and configure Web Apps

Create and configure App Service • create and configure App Service Plans

• App Service overview

• Create an ASP.NET Core web app in Azure

• Azure App Service plan overview

• Manage an App Service plan in Azure

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