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Build great solutions with the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework

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Overview

  • Module 1: Learn how using key principles throughout your cloud architecture can help you design and build a solid architectural foundation that you can continuously improve.
  • By the end of this module, you'll be able to:

    • Describe the pillars of the Azure Well-Architected Framework
    • Identify key principles for creating a solid architectural foundation
  • Module 2: Learn how to use the cost optimization pillar of the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework to design a cloud-based architecture that is efficient, eliminates waste, and gives you full visibility into where your money is spent on cloud resources.
  • By the end of this module, you will be able to:

    • Use monitoring and analytics to gain cost insights
    • Maximize the efficiency of your cloud environment
    • Provision resources that are optimized for cost
  • Module 3: Learn how to design an Azure architecture that uses modern practices and gives you full visibility into what's happening in your environment.
  • By the end of this module, you will be able to:

    • Apply modern practices to design, build, and orchestrate resources on Azure
    • Gain operational insights by using monitoring and analytics
    • Reduce effort and error by using automation
    • Identify issues and improve quality in your application by using tests
  • Module 4: Learn how to adjust your capacity based on workload and how to optimize network performance, storage, and database performance.
  • By the end of this module, you'll be able to:

    • Scale your capacity based on workload.
    • Optimize network performance.
    • Optimize storage and database performance.
    • Improve application performance by identifying bottlenecks.
  • Module 5: Learn how to recover from infrastructure and service failure, loss of data, and disasters by incorporating reliability into your architecture.
  • By the end of this module, you will be able to:

    • Design a highly available application by leveraging Azure services
    • Incorporate Azure disaster recovery capabilities into your architecture
    • Protect your application from data loss or corruption
  • Module 6: Discover the tools that Azure provides to help you design a secure environment throughout your infrastructure, data, network, and applications.
  • By the end of this module, you'll be able to:

    • Develop a defense-in-depth approach to securing your architecture
    • Choose the technologies to secure your Azure infrastructure
    • Develop a strategy for secure identity management

Syllabus

  • Module 1: Introduction to the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework
    • Introduction
    • Azure Well-Architected Framework pillars
    • Cost optimization
    • Operational excellence
    • Performance efficiency
    • Reliability
    • Security
    • Summary
  • Module 2: Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Cost optimization
    • Introduction
    • Plan and estimate your Azure costs
    • Provision with optimization
    • Use monitoring and analytics to gain cost insights
    • Maximize efficiency of cloud spend
    • Summary
  • Module 3: Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Operational excellence
    • Introduction
    • Design, build, and orchestrate with modern practices
    • Use monitoring and analytics to gain operational insights
    • Use automation to reduce effort and error
    • Testing strategies for your application
    • Summary
  • Module 4: Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Performance efficiency
    • Introduction
    • Use scaling up and scaling out in your architecture
    • Optimize network performance
    • Optimize storage performance
    • Identify performance bottlenecks in your application
    • Summary
  • Module 5: Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Reliability
    • Introduction
    • Build a highly available architecture
    • Develop a disaster recovery strategy
    • Protect your data with backup and restore
    • Summary
  • Module 6: Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Security
    • Introduction
    • Defense in depth
    • Identity management
    • Infrastructure protection
    • Encryption
    • Network security
    • Application security
    • Summary

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