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Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions: Exam Guide 70-533

By : Mélony Qin
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Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions: Exam Guide 70-533

By: Mélony Qin

Overview of this book

<p>Microsoft Azure is a prominent public cloud provider, recording the highest user base growth in the year 2017. Microsoft has prominent certifications that help architects, developers, and administrators gain hands-on knowledge while working on Azure. 70-533 is one such advanced-level certification, which deals with infrastructure solutions on Microsoft Azure.</p> <p>Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions starts with an overview of the certification and an introduction to Microsoft Azure. Next, you will learn how to plan and implement virtual machines and containers, followed by designing and implementing service apps. As you make your way through the chapters, you will learn how to implement and manage virtual networks and Azure identities, as well as the Active Directory infrastructure in a hybrid environment. In the concluding chapters, you will learn how to plan and implement storage and security, and business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) strategies. You will also automate and monitor cloud management operations in Azure. By the end of the book, you will have covered all of the modules, along with the practice questions at the end of each chapter, which will be extremely helpful in passing the 70-533 certification exam.</p>
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Summary


In this chapter, we have discussed Azure Automation, which is an automation and configuration service in Azure that provides a wide range of capabilities during deployment, operations, and the decommissioning of workloads and resources such as process automation, configuration management, update management, and shared capabilities. It also supports a couple of types, such as graphical runbook, graphical PowerShell workflow runbook, PowerShell runbook, PowerShell workflow runbook, and Python runbook. Azure Automation is not only a cloud-based automation service; it can also be used for simplifying cloud management through process automation. It can be integrated with Azure Web App, Event Grid, Logic App, and more Azure Services to build powerful cloud-based solutions. Next, we progressed to Azure Automation Desired State Configuration which is a configuration management service in Azure. A configuration is a document that describes an environment with specific characteristics. Lastly...