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Learn Microsoft Azure

By : Mohamed Waly
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Learn Microsoft Azure

By: Mohamed Waly

Overview of this book

Azure is one of the leading public cloud service providers. Thanks to a number of Azure service updates, it continues to make advances in the realm of cloud computing. Learn Microsoft Azure starts with the fundamentals of cloud computing. You will learn to configure and set up the Azure infrastructure. As you make your way through the book, you'll explore Azure services, along with working on virtual memory systems (VMS) and deployment models. You will understand various services in the Azure ecosystem, such as Azure IoT and Azure Analytics, among others. An easy-to-follow introduction to various cloud design patterns will also add to your efficiency in designing cloud solutions. In the concluding chapters, you'll secure your virtual networks using Network security groups and configure Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to set a custom domain name and company profile. By the end of this book, you will have learned to secure and troubleshoot your Azure cloud environment and be fully aware of best practices for Azure cloud administration.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Implementing Azure Backup

In this section, we will go through a step-by-step guide to implement one of the Azure Backup solutions (Azure IaaS VM Backup).

Creating an Azure Recovery Services vault

Before backing up your data, you have to do some configuration, such as building a Recovery Services vault, which is the place where the backed-up data will be stored. Once you have done that, you can start backing the data up. To do so, perform the following steps:

  1. Navigate to All Services and search for Recovery Services Vault:
  1. A new blade will be opened where you can view the current recovery service vaults (if any). Click on Add to create a new one:
  1. A new blade will be opened where you can specify the following:
    • Name:...