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Learn Azure Administration

By : Kamil Mrzygłód
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Learn Azure Administration

By: Kamil Mrzygłód

Overview of this book

Microsoft Azure is one of the upcoming cloud platforms that provide cost-effective solutions and services to help businesses overcome complex infrastructure-related challenges. This book will help you scale your cloud administration skills with Microsoft Azure. Learn Azure Administration starts with an introduction to the management of Azure subscriptions, and then takes you through Azure resource management. Next, you'll configure and manage virtual networks and find out how to integrate them with a set of Azure services. You'll then handle the identity and security for users with the help of Azure Active Directory, and manage access from a single place using policies and defined roles. As you advance, you'll get to grips with receipts to manage a virtual machine. The next set of chapters will teach you how to solve advanced problems such as DDoS protection, load balancing, and networking for containers. You'll also learn how to set up file servers, along with managing and storing backups. Later, you'll review monitoring solutions and backup plans for a host of services. The last set of chapters will help you to integrate different services with Azure Event Grid, Azure Automation, and Azure Logic Apps, and teach you how to manage Azure DevOps. By the end of this Azure book, you'll be proficient enough to easily administer your Azure-based cloud environment.

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Learn Azure Administration
Kamil Mrzygłód
Sep, 2020 | 452 pages
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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
To get the most out of this book
Code in Action
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Conventions used
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Section 1: Understanding the Basics
Section 1: Understanding the Basics
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Getting Started with Azure Subscriptions
Getting Started with Azure Subscriptions
Technical requirements
Getting an Azure subscription
PAYG
CSP
Enterprise Agreement
Understanding different subscription models
Implementing subscription policies
Getting started with Azure Policy
Policy validation results
Examples of Azure policies
Using Azure Blueprints for repeatable deploy and update operations
Getting started with Blueprint assignment
Assigning an Azure blueprint
Checking usage and managing quotas
Cost monitoring and analysis
Cost analysis
Budgets
Azure Advisor
Implementing management automation
Summary
Further reading
3
Managing Azure Resources
Managing Azure Resources
Technical requirements
Managing resource providers
Managing resource groups
Browsing resource groups
Listing the available resources
Moving resources
Understanding resource providers
Performing deployments using ARM with templates
Writing a template from scratch
Automation scripts
Other tools
Implementing resource locks
Subscription locks
Resource group locks
Automating resource group management with Azure Event Grid
Creating an event subscription
Analyzing the gathered data
Implementing proper resource naming conventions
Subscription
Resource group
Resources
Summary
4
Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks
Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks
Technical requirements
Creating and configuring VNet peering
The Azure portal
The Azure CLI
Creating and configuring VNet-to-VNet connection
Single region
Multiple regions
Connecting the networks
The same resource group
Different resource groups
Creating and configuring subnets
Creating a VNet
Creating a subnet
Understanding subnet configuration
Securing critical Azure services with service endpoints
Creating a VNet and Azure Storage account
Creating a service endpoint
Configuring a service endpoint
Configuring a naming resolutions
Creating a DNS zone
Configuring the DNS within a VNet
Creating and configuring network security groups (NSGs)
Creating a VNet with a subnet
Adding an NSG to a subnet
Reviewing NSG rules
Adding an NSG rule
Summary
5
Section 2: Identity and Access Management
Section 2: Identity and Access Management
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Identity Management
Identity Management
Technical requirements
Creating users in Azure AD
Getting started with user creation
Creating a user in an Azure Active Directory tenant
Creating a guest user
Describing the user creation process
Assigning a role to a user
Registering an application in Azure AD
Creating a new application
Creating groups
Group creation
Managing groups
Managing directory roles
Monitoring and auditing users
Enabling MFA authentication
Securing an Azure Service Fabric cluster
Summary
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Access Management
Access Management
Technical requirements
Creating a custom role
Configuring access to Azure resources
Configuring MSI
Securing Azure App Services
Using and revoking Shared Access Policies
Creating and managing Shared Access Policies
Generating SAS tokens for different services
Summary
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Managing Virtual Machines
Managing Virtual Machines
Technical requirements
Adding data disks
Creating a data disk
Adding network interfaces
Using Desired State Configuration
Scaling VMs up/out
Scaling caveats
Configuring monitoring
Configuring guest-level monitoring
Extending monitoring capabilities
Enabling connection monitor
Configuring high availability
Deploying VMs
Browsing the solutions
Deploying resources using various tools
Securing access to VMs
Connecting to a VM
Connecting to a VM
Using RDP and SSH to connect
Summary
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Section 3: Advanced Topics
Section 3: Advanced Topics
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Advanced Networking
Advanced Networking
Technical requirements
Implementing load balancing
Monitoring and diagnosing networks
IP flow verify
Next hop
Effective security rules
VPN troubleshoot, Packet capture, and Connection troubleshoot
Configuring DDoS protection
Enabling VNets in AKS
Enabling VNets for ACI
Enabling VNets in Redis Cache
Summary
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Implementing Storage and Backup
Implementing Storage and Backup
Technical requirements
Configuring network access for Azure Storage accounts
Enabling monitoring and finding logs for Azure Storage accounts
Managing the replication of Azure Storage accounts
Selecting the replication mode
Setting up Azure file shares
Transferring large datasets with low or no network bandwidth
Understanding your case – low or no bandwidth
Transferring data from on-premises to Azure
Transferring large datasets with medium or high network bandwidth
Understanding your case – medium or high bandwidth
The available options
Exploring periodic data transfer
Enabling security for Azure Storage
Summary
12
High Availability and Disaster Recovery Scenarios
High Availability and Disaster Recovery Scenarios
Technical requirements
Monitoring Azure VMs
Creating a VM
Enabling monitoring
Understanding the details
Monitoring Azure Storage services
Monitoring Azure App Service
Exploring capabilities of Azure Application Insights
Implementing Azure SQL backup
Creating our SQL server and database
Backing up your databases
Implementing Azure Storage backup
Backing up your storage account data
Implementing Availability Zones for VMs and HA
Availability Sets versus Availability Zones
Implementing AZs
Understanding how AZs work
Monitoring and managing global routing for web traffic with Azure Front Door
Understanding Azure Front Door
Creating an Azure Front Door instance
Designing backup plans for VMs
Summary
Further reading
13
Automating Administration in Azure
Automating Administration in Azure
Technical requirements
Starting/stopping Azure VMs during off-hours
Getting started with a VM
Creating an Automation account
Monitoring Blob storage with Azure Event Grid
Extending your setup
Monitoring ACR with Azure Event Grid
Integrating ACR with Azure Event Grid
Integrating FTP/SFTP servers with Azure Logic Apps
Creating an Azure Logic App instance
Understanding the setup
Integrating Office 365 with Azure Logic Apps
Integrating Azure SQL Server with Azure Logic Apps
Getting started with Azure Logic Apps
Managing updates for VMs
Getting started with the Update Management feature
Enabling the feature for multiple machines
Tracking changes in VMs
Summary
Further reading
14
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Generating SAS tokens for different services

Proper usage of SAS tokens is an important task, especially when leveraging multiple services of Azure Storage such as blobs, tables, and queues. The better you manage them, the easier it is to properly secure resources and the data stored in them. In this section, you will learn how to generate tokens for different parts of your storage and ensure granular access to them.

To generate a SAS token, you can use one of the following tools:

  • Use the commands available in the Azure CLI and create a SAS for different services
  • Use the SDK for the programming language of your choice and execute a program that generates a token
  • Use Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer to easily generate the token with just a few clicks

For the purpose of this book, I have made no assumptions when it comes to a programming language you are familiar with, so we will focus on the first and the last solutions (using the Azure CLI or Azure Storage Explorer).

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