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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)

Azure Automation

Re-implementing tasks from time to time can be tedious and time wasting. With Azure Automation, you can overcome this issue by automating all the manual, repetitive, and long-running processes.

Azure Automation is a part of OMS solutions. It gives you the ability to automate tasks across Azure Cloud, on-premises, and even other cloud platforms.

Benefits of Azure Automation

Azure Automation has many benefits. Here are some of them:

  • Time saving: You will save a lot of time when using automation by moving away from routine and error-prone manual tasks.
  • Low costs: The service usage itself does not cost too much. You can save many operational costs by automating your manual tasks and even automating the cleanup...