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Implement and manage storage for Azure administrators

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Overview

  • Module 1: Discover ways to use an Azure Storage account to manage your data for billing, access, and storage location of your blobs, files, queues, and tables.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Decide how many storage accounts you need for your project
    • Determine the appropriate settings for each storage account
    • Create a storage account using the Azure portal
  • Module 2: Azure provides a variety of disk storage options for virtual machine workloads. Identify the features of capabilities of each type to ensure your application performs optimally.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Identify the types of disk storage available to virtual machines
    • Identify the capabilities of different disk storage
    • Identify the use cases for each type of disk storage
  • Module 3: Learn how to provide disaster recovery by replicating storage data across regions and failing over to a secondary location.
  • By the end of this module, you'll be able to:

    • Choose the right Azure Storage redundancy option for your organization.
    • Demonstrate how to initiate a storage account failover.
  • Module 4: Learn how Azure Storage provides multilayered security to protect your data with access keys, secure networks, and Advanced Threat Protection monitoring.
  • In this module you will:

    • Explore the Azure Data Lake enterprise-class security features.
    • Understand storage account keys.
    • Understand shared access signatures.
    • Understand transport-level encryption with HTTPS.
    • Understand Advanced Threat Protection.
    • Control network access.
  • Module 5: Azure Storage Explorer allows you to quickly view all the storage services under your account. You can browse through, read, and edit data stored in those services through a user-friendly graphical interface.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Describe the features of Azure Storage Explorer
    • Install Storage Explorer
    • Use Storage Explorer to connect to Azure Storage services and manipulate stored data
  • Module 6: Learn how and when to use Azure Import/Export to copy large amounts of data from Azure
  • In this module, you will:

    • Decide whether to use Azure Import/Export
    • Learn the steps to export data from Azure
  • Module 7: Learn how to move large amounts of data to the cloud by using Azure Data Box devices.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Decide which Azure Data Box device to use
    • Learn the steps to import data by using Azure Data Box Disk
  • Module 8: Evaluate and deploy Azure File Sync to extend the capacity of your on-premises file share.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Evaluate your server's compatibility with Azure File Sync
    • Deploy Azure File Sync
    • Test and troubleshoot file sync
  • Module 9: Learn about Azure VM disk performance and how to enable caching to help optimize read and write access to storage.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Describe the key considerations around disk performance in Azure
    • Describe the effects of caching on disk performance in Azure
    • Enable and manage cache settings with the Azure portal
    • Enable and manage cache settings with PowerShell

Syllabus

  • Module 1: Create an Azure Storage account
    • Introduction
    • Decide how many storage accounts you need
    • Choose your account settings
    • Choose an account creation tool
    • Exercise - Create a storage account using the Azure portal
    • Knowledge check - Create a storage account
    • Summary
  • Module 2: Choose the right disk storage for your virtual machine workload
    • Introduction
    • Managed, unmanaged, and local disk storage
    • Disk types for virtual machines
    • Select a disk type for your workload
    • Summary
  • Module 3: Provide disaster recovery by replicating storage data across regions and failing over to a secondary location
    • Introduction
    • Evaluate data redundancy options for Azure Storage
    • Exercise - View replication status
    • Evaluate storage account failover
    • Exercise - Fail over to secondary location
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 4: Secure your Azure Storage account
    • Introduction
    • Explore Azure Storage security features
    • Understand storage account keys
    • Understand shared access signatures
    • Control network access to your storage account
    • Understand advanced threat protection for Azure Storage
    • Explore Azure Data Lake Storage security features
    • Summary
  • Module 5: Upload, download, and manage data with Azure Storage Explorer
    • Introduction
    • Connect Azure Storage Explorer to a storage account
    • Exercise - Connect Azure Storage Explorer to a storage account
    • Connect Azure Storage Explorer to Azure Cosmos DB and Data Lake
    • Exercise - Connect Azure Storage Explorer to Azure Cosmos DB and Data Lake
    • Summary
  • Module 6: Export large amounts of data from Azure by using Azure Import/Export
    • Introduction
    • What is Azure Import/Export?
    • How Azure Import/Export works
    • When to use Azure Import/Export
    • Summary
  • Module 7: Move large amounts of data to the cloud by using Azure Data Box family
    • Introduction
    • What is the Azure Data Box family?
    • How the Azure Data Box family works
    • When to use Azure Data Box family
    • Summary
  • Module 8: Extend your on-premises file share capacity using Azure File Sync
    • Introduction
    • What is Azure File Sync?
    • Check Windows Server readiness
    • Exercise - Assess Windows Server readiness
    • Set up Azure File Sync in the Azure portal
    • Exercise - Create File Sync resources in Azure
    • Set up Azure File Sync on Windows Server
    • Exercise - Configure File Sync tools on Windows Server
    • Test and troubleshoot Azure File Sync
    • Exercise - Troubleshoot Azure File Sync
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 9: Caching and performance in Azure storage disks
    • Introduction
    • Effect of caching on disk performance in Azure
    • Enable and configure Azure VM disk cache with the Azure portal
    • Exercise - Enable and configure Azure VM disk cache with the Azure portal
    • Manage cache settings with PowerShell
    • Exercise - Manage cache settings with PowerShell
    • Summary

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