Enrol for Azure administration with PowerShell from DASVM Technologies. In this course you will learn the basic concepts about PowerShell and managing Azure Storage account, Virtual Networks, Virtual Machines and Cloud Services using PowerShell. You will learn basic concepts and syntax of PowerShell to create and manage resources, subscriptions, and identities in Azure while gaining a basic understanding of how to build your own scripts. Azure PowerShell is designed for managing and administering Azure resources from the command line. These essential skills will help you use PowerShell to automate your administrative tasks, as well as gather useful information from your Azure resources.

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• PowerShell basic concepts.
• Add an Account on Azure PowerShell Console.
• Manage a storage account with PowerShell.
• Manage a Virtual Network with PowerShell.
• Manage a Cloud Service with PowerShell.
• Manage a Virtual Machine with PowerShell.

Course content

Azure Administration

Manage Azure identities and governance

Manage Azure AD objects

• create users and groups
• manage user and group properties
• manage device settings
• perform bulk user updates
• manage guest accounts
• configure Azure AD Join
• configure self-service password reset
• NOT: Azure AD Connect; PIM

Manage role-based access control (RBAC)

• create a custom role
• provide access to Azure resources by assigning roles
  • subscriptions
  • resource groups
  • resources (VM, disk, )
• interpret access assignments
• manage multiple directories

Manage subscriptions and governance

• configure Azure policies
• configure resource locks
• apply tags
• create and manage resource groups
  • move resources
  • remove RGs
• manage subscriptions
• configure Cost Management
• configure management groups

Implement and manage storage

Manage storage accounts

• configure network access to storage accounts
• create and configure storage accounts
• generate shared access signature
• manage access keys
• implement Azure storage replication
• configure Azure AD Authentication for a storage account

Manage data in Azure Storage

• export from Azure job
• import into Azure job
• install and use Azure Storage Explorer
• copy data by using AZCopy

Configure Azure files and Azure blob storage

• create an Azure file share
• create and configure Azure File Sync service
• configure Azure blob storage
• configure storage tiers for Azure blobs

Deploy and manage Azure compute resources

Configure VMs for high availability and scalability 

• configure high availability
• deploy and configure 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

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

Create and configure containers

• create and configure Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• create and configure Azure Container Instances (ACI)
• NOT: selecting an container solution architecture or product; container registry settings

Create and configure Web Apps

• create and configure App Service
• create and configure App Service Plans
• NOT: Azure Functions; Logic Apps; Event Grid

Configure and manage virtual networking

Implement and manage virtual networking

• create and configure VNET peering
• configure private and public IP addresses, network routes, network interface, subnets, and virtual network

Configure name resolution 

• configure Azure DNS
• configure custom DNS settings
• configure a private or public DNS zone

Secure access to virtual networks 

• create security rules
• associate an NSG to a subnet or network interface
• evaluate effective security rules
• deploy and configure Azure Firewall
• deploy and configure Azure Bastion Service
• NOT: Implement Application Security Groups; DDoS

Configure load balancing 

• configure Application Gateway
• configure an internal load balancer
• configure load balancing rules
• configure a public load balancer
• troubleshoot load balancing
• NOT: Traffic Manager and FrontDoor and PrivateLink

Monitor and troubleshoot virtual networking

• monitor on-premises connectivity
• use Network Performance Monitor
• use Network Watcher
• troubleshoot external networking
• troubleshoot virtual network connectivity

Integrate an on-premises network with an Azure virtual network

• create and configure Azure VPN Gateway
• create and configure VPNs
• configure ExpressRoute
• configure Azure Virtual WAN

Monitor and back up Azure resources

Monitor resources by using Azure Monitor

• configure and interpret metrics
  • analyze metrics across subscriptions
• configure Log Analytics
  • implement a Log Analytics workspace
  • configure diagnostic settings
• query and analyze logs
  • create a query
  • save a query to the dashboard
  • interpret graphs
• set up alerts and actions
  • create and test alerts
  • create action groups
  • view alerts in Azure Monitor
  • analyze alerts across subscriptions
• configure Application Insights
• NOT: Network monitoring

Implement backup and recovery

• configure and review backup reports
• perform backup and restore operations by using Azure Backup Service
• create a Recovery Services Vault
  • use soft delete to recover Azure VMs
• create and configure backup policy
• perform site-to-site recovery by using Azure Site Recovery
• NOT: SQL or HANA

Powershell Scripting

Automating Windows Administration using PowerShell

Introduction:

• Getting to know about Windows PowerShell
• Command Line Interface, Capabilities of PowerShell
• Basic commands and Command design structure
• Understanding the get-help in PowerShell
• Understanding the basic Syntax for PowerShell.

Getting started with Technical commands:

• Understanding the Headers
• Working with Pipeline Operator, Where-object and Syntax
• Working with Operators: Arithmetic Operators, Comparison Operators & Logical Operators

Working with Multiple Operators

• Designing a single liner Powershell command
• Formatting Options: Format-Table vs Select Object vs Format-list
• Sort-object & Common Parameters

Scripting:

• Creating your First Script file/Multiple liner.
• Input statement & Output statements in Powershell
• Understanding Variables and Variable Types in Powershell
• Working with Static and Dynamic Variable
• Importing contents from a File / Exporting the result to a file.
• If, Elseif, Else statement
• Do-while & Do-Until Statement

Looping Statements:

• For Statement
• Switch Statements
• For Each statements
• While Statements
• Try Catch Finally statement
• Break and Continue statements
• Throw and Trap Statements

Functions and Parameters

• Understanding the Powershell Functions
• Implementing Functions and calling the Function
• Understanding the Parameters
• Passing parameters while Script execution
• Usage of Parameters in Scheduled Scripts

Remote Management

• Understanding the Powershell Modules.
• Understanding the PowershellPSSession
• Importing a PSSession from Remote server.
• Finding a Module from Internet.
• Installing and Importing a Module from PSGallery source.
• Downloading and Installing PS Modules for Cloud Technologies like Office 365, Azure and Sharepoint.
• Connecting to the PowerCLI Module and create Simple VMs.
• Remote Command Triggering
• Remote Script Triggering

Security

• Securing the Passwords
• Embedding the Passwords in the Script.

WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation)

• Understanding WMI&WMI Classes
• WMI vs CIM Classes
• Scripting &Windows Remote Management using WMI.
• Custom Health Report generation using WMI and PSObject.
• Disk Management
• Value conversions

DSC:

• Overview and Introduction to Push method and Pull Method.

Windows Forms:

• Developing small GUI based applications on Powershell using Windows Forms.

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