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Learn Azure Administration - Second Edition

By : Kamil Mrzygłód
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Book Image

Learn Azure Administration - Second Edition

5 (1)
By: Kamil Mrzygłód

Overview of this book

Complete with the latest advancements in Azure services, this second edition of Learn Azure Administration is a comprehensive guide to scaling your cloud administration skills, offering an updated exploration of Azure fundamentals and delving into the intricacies of Azure Resource Manager and Azure Active Directory. Starting with infrastructure as code (IaC) basics, this book guides you through the seamless migration to Azure Bicep and ARM templates. From Azure virtual networks planning to deployment, you’ll get to grips with the complexities of Azure Load Balancer, virtual machines, and configuring essential virtual machine extensions. You'll handle the identity and security for users with the Microsoft Entra ID and centralize access using policies and defined roles. Further chapters strengthen your grasp of Azure Storage security, supplemented by an overview of tools such as Network Watcher. By the end of the book, you’ll have a holistic grasp of Azure administration principles to tackle contemporary challenges and expand your proficiency to administer your Azure-based cloud environment using various tools like Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, and infrastructure as code.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Part 1:Introduction to Azure for Azure Administrators
4
Part 2: Networking for Azure Administrator
7
Part 3: Administration of Azure Virtual Machines
12
Part 4: Azure Storage for Administrators
16
Part 5: Governance and Monitoring

To get the most out of this book

To get started with the book, make sure you have access to a Microsoft Azure subscription, and that you are the owner of that subscription. If you don’t have such a subscription, take a look at a free account for Microsoft Azure at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free.

Software/hardware covered in the book

Operating system requirements

Azure PowerShell

Windows, macOS, or Linux

Azure CLI

Windows, macOS, or Linux

cURL

Windows, macOS, or Linux

PuTTY

Windows, macOS, or Linux

AzCopy

Windows, macOS, or Linux

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself.

Code in Action

The Code in Action videos for this book can be viewed at https://packt.link/GTX9F.