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Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies: Exam Guide AZ-300

By : Sjoukje Zaal
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Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies: Exam Guide AZ-300

By: Sjoukje Zaal

Overview of this book

From designing solutions on Azure to configuring and managing virtual networks, AZ-300 certification can help you achieve all this and more. Whether you want to get certified or gain hands-on experience in administering, developing, and architecting Azure solutions, this study guide will help you get started. The book features not only the different exam objectives, but also guides you through configuring, managing, securing, and architecting Azure resources. Divided into five modules, this book will systematically take you through the different concepts and features as you advance through the sections. The first module demonstrates how to deploy and configure infrastructure. You will cover techniques related to implementing workloads and security, before learning how to create and deploy apps in the next module. To build on your knowledge, the final two modules will get you up to speed with implementing authentication, data security, and application and platform monitoring, along with covering Azure storage, alerting, and automation strategies. Finally, you’ll work through exam-based mock tests with answers to boost your confidence in passing the exam. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned the concepts and techniques you need to know in order to prepare for the AZ-300 exam, along with the skills to design effective solutions on Microsoft Azure.
Table of Contents (30 chapters)
1
Section 1: Deploying and Configuring Infrastructure
9
Section 2: Implementing Workloads and Security
16
Section 3: Creating and Deploying Apps
19
Section 4: Implementing Authentication and Secure Data
22
Section 5: Developing for the Cloud and for Azure Storage
26
Mock Questions
27
Mock Answers

Migrating on-premises machines to Azure

In the upcoming demo, we are going to use Azure Migrate to assess a Hyper-V environment and migrate virtual machines that are deployed inside the Hyper-V environment to Azure. This demo is going to be divided into different steps. The first step is to create an assessment for the on-premises environment. Due to this, we need an Azure Migrate project in the Azure portal.

Create an Azure Migrate project

Before we can create an assessment in the Azure portal, we need to create an Azure Migrate project. Therefore, we have to perform the following steps:

  1. Navigate to the Azure portal by opening https://portal.azure.com.
  2. Click Create a resource and type Azure Migrate into the search bar.
  3. Create a new Azure Migrate project.
  4. In the overview blade, click Assess and migrate servers.
  5. The first step is to add a tool to Azure Migrate. Select Add tool(s).
  6. The Add a tool blade will open. In the Migrate Project tab, add the following settings:
    1. Subscription: Pick...