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Hands-On Cloud Administration in Azure

By : Mustafa Toroman
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Hands-On Cloud Administration in Azure

By: Mustafa Toroman

Overview of this book

Azure continues to dominate the public cloud market and grow rapidly thanks to a number of recent innovations. Azure's wide range of services and support has led to a large number of customers switching to Azure cloud. Hands-On Cloud Administration in Azure starts with the basics of Azure cloud fundamentals and key concepts of the cloud computing ecosystem and services. Then, you will gradually get acquainted with core services provided by Azure, including Azure VNet, types and assignments of IP addresses, and network security groups. You will also work on creating and administering Azure Virtual Machines, types of virtual machines (VMs), and design VM solutions based on computing workloads. As you make your way through the chapters, you will explore Azure App Service, discover how to host your web apps in Azure, and monitor and troubleshoot them. In the concluding chapters, you will learn more complex and abstract services, such as Azure Storage, Azure Backup, and Azure Site Recovery. You will also get to grips with Azure SQL Databases and the SQL on Azure VM concept. By the end of this book, you will have obtained practical experience of working with Azure services and Azure administration, along with maintaining, monitoring, and securing your Azure resources.

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Table of Contents (13 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
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1
Key Concepts of Cloud Computing
Key Concepts of Cloud Computing
Cloud computing concepts
Cloud services models
Understanding the Azure subscription model
Summary
Questions
2
Azure Networking - Foundation of Azure IaaS
Azure Networking - Foundation of Azure IaaS
Technical requirements
Azure networking basics
Connected devices
IP address types
ARM templates
Summary
Questions
3
Infrastructure as a Service - the First Layer of Cloud Computing
Infrastructure as a Service - the First Layer of Cloud Computing
Technical requirements
Deploying Azure Virtual Machines
Managing Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Load Balancers
Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set
Summary
Questions
4
Azure App Service - Hosting Web Applications without a Server
Azure App Service - Hosting Web Applications without a Server
Technical requirements
Azure App Service Plan and Azure Web Apps
Managing Azure Web App
Monitoring a Web App in Azure
Azure App Service Plan
Azure Web App high availability
Running Azure Web Apps in a dedicated environment
Summary
Questions
5
The Azure Data Platform
The Azure Data Platform
Technical requirements
Azure Database options
SQL Server as IaaS
SQL Server as PaaS
Other data services in Azure
Summary
Questions
6
Azure Storage, Backup, and Site Recovery - Moving your Data to Azure
Azure Storage, Backup, and Site Recovery - Moving your Data to Azure
Technical requirements
Azure Storage
Migrating a database to the cloud
Azure Recovery Service
Summary
Questions
7
Hybrid Cloud with Azure - Extending Local Workloads to the Cloud
Hybrid Cloud with Azure - Extending Local Workloads to the Cloud
Technical requirements
Hybrid clouds
Connecting the local network and Azure Virtual Network
On-premises data gateway
Azure Stack
Summary
Questions
8
Azure Active Directory - Identity in the Cloud
Azure Active Directory - Identity in the Cloud
Technical requirements
The Azure Active Directory
Syncing AAD with on-premises AD
Managing AAD
Role-based access control
Summary
Questions
9
Azure Security and Administration
Azure Security and Administration
Technical requirements
Demystifying cloud security
Securing your identity
Securing the network
Encryption
Azure Security Center
Summary
Questions
10
Best Practices
Best Practices
Technical requirements
Azure best practices
Infrastructure as code
Configuration as code
Summary
Questions
11
Assessments
Assessments
Chapter 1: Key Concepts of Cloud Computing
Chapter 2: Azure Networking – Foundation of Azure IaaS
Chapter 3: Infrastructure as a Service – the First Layer of Cloud Computing
Chapter 4: Azure App Service – Hosting Web Applications without a Server
Chapter 5: The Azure Data Platform
Chapter 6: Azure Storage, Backup, and Site Recovery – Moving your Data to Azure
Chapter 7: Hybrid Cloud with Azure – Extending Local Workloads to the Cloud
Chapter 8: Azure Active Directory – Identity in the Cloud
Chapter 9: Azure Security and Administration
Chapter 10: Best Practices
12
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On-premises data gateway

In some cases, all the requirements to create S2S connections to Azure are not met, but we still need to connect to local resources. For example, we need to connect to a local database, but the VPN device we have locally doesn't support a connection to Azure.

In this case, we can use an on-premises data gateway to allow Azure services to use a local database in a secure way.

An on-premises data gateway acts as a bridge and allows us to access local data with Azure services. Services currently supported are Power BI, Microsoft Flow, PowerApps, Azure Analysis Services, and Azure Logic Apps. Logic apps can be used to pass this data to other services as well.

Supported connectors are:

  • BizTalk Server 2016
  • Filesystems
  • IBM DB2
  • IBM Informix
  • IBM MQ
  • MySQL
  • Oracle Database
  • PostgreSQL
  • SAP Application Server
  • SAP Message Server
  • SharePoint Server
  • SQL Server
  • Teradata...
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