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Azure Stack Hub Demystified

By : Richard Young
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Azure Stack Hub Demystified

By: Richard Young

Overview of this book

Azure Stack Hub is the on-premise offering from Microsoft, which provides Azure Cloud services within a customer's own data center. It provides consistent processes between on-site and the cloud, allowing developers to test locally and deploy to the cloud in exactly the same manner. Azure Stack Hub Demystified provides complete coverage of deploying, configuring, administrating, and running Microsoft Azure Stack Hub efficiently. Firstly, you will learn how to deploy Azure Stack Hub within an organization. As you progress, you'll understand configuration and the different services provided by the platform. The book also focuses on the underlying architecture and connectivity options for the modern data center. Later, you will understand various approaches to DevOps and their implementation, and learn key topics for the AZ-600 exam. By the end of this Azure book, you will have a thorough understanding of Azure Stack Hub and the services that are provided by the platform, along with the confidence and information you need to be able to pass the AZ-600 exam.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Section 1: Architecture and Deployment
5
Section 2: Identity and Security
9
Section 3: Features
15
Section 4: Monitoring, Licensing, and Billing

Summary

In this chapter, we have focused on the deployment process that is run by the OEM vendor to deploy Azure Stack Hub within an organization's data center. We have talked about the prerequisites and the crucial decisions that need to be taken prior to the deployment process taking place. We have looked through the PowerShell UI, which is used to generate the configuration files used by the OEM vendor during the deployment process.

We have looked at the differences between the connected and disconnected scenarios. Importantly, we now understand what decisions cannot be changed post-deployment. We have talked about the different identity providers that can be configured during deployment. We should now be able to describe both the HLH and the DVM. We should be able to describe the part that each of these plays during the deployment process. We know that the deployment process is performed by the OEM vendor and that it is performed using PowerShell.

We understand the...