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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.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Section 1: Understanding the Basics
5
Section 2: Identity and Access Management
9
Section 3: Advanced Topics

CSP

Another option to obtain a subscription is to collaborate with Microsoft's partner, which offers Azure indirectly and supports you in the process of obtaining access to the cloud, services, and deployments. All providers are certified by Microsoft, so you can be sure that you are working with competent specialists who will help you in case of technical issues and questions. This is the best solution when you seek expertise and do not have resources, which will take care of managing the more formal aspects of having cloud solutions in connection with your business.

Let's follow these steps to get a CSP subscription:

  1. Go to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/solution-providers/home and enter your city or address, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 1.4 - CSP search form
  1. Click the GO > button and you will see multiple search results categorized depending on criteria such as distance and responsiveness
  2. Click on the selected provider to get a better picture of what is offered and on what terms.
  3. Click on the SELECT PROVIDER + button to add it to the contact form:
Figure 1.5 - Choosing a provider
  1. Click on the Contact selected providers button to get a form that will allow you to enter everything a provider needs to know before starting cooperation:
Figure 1.6 - Contacting a selected provider
  1. Wait for an answer from the provider.

Next, let's take a look at EAs.