AZ-104: Configure and manage virtual networks for Azure administrators

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Free Online Course: AZ-104: Configure and manage virtual networks for Azure administrators provided by Microsoft Learn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 8 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge.

Overview
      • Module 1: You will learn to configure virtual networks and subnets, including IP addressing.

    After completing this module, you will be able to:

        • Describe virtual network features and components.
        • Identify features and usage cases for subnets and subnetting.
        • Identify usage cases for private and public IP addresses.
        • Create and determine which resources require public IP addresses.
        • Create and determine which resources require private IP addresses.
        • Create virtual networks.
      • Module 2: You will learn how to implement network security groups and ensure network security group rules are correctly applied.

    After completing this module, you will be able to:

        • Determine when to use network security groups.
        • Implement network security group rules.
        • Evaluate network security group effective rules.
      • Module 3: You will learn how to configure the Azure Firewall including firewall rules.

    After completing this module, you will be able to:

        • Determine when to use Azure Firewall.
        • Implement Azure Firewall including firewall rules
      • Module 4: You will learn how to configure Azure DNS including custom domain names and record sets.

    After completing this module, you will be able to:

        • Identify features and usage cases for domains, custom domains, and private zones.
        • Verify custom domain names using DNS records.
        • Implement DNS zones, DNS delegation, and DNS record sets.
      • Module 5: You will learn to configure a VNet peering connection and address transit and connectivity concerns.

    After completing this module, you will be able to:

        • Identify usage cases and product features of virtual network peering.
        • Configure gateway transit, connectivity, and service chaining.
      • Module 6: You will learn how to create VPN gateways and securely connect your company sites to Azure.

    After completing this module, you will be able to:

        • Identify features and usage cases for VPN gateways.
        • Implement high availability scenarios.
        • Configure site-to-site VPN connections using a VPN gateway.
      • Module 7: You will learn how to configure ExpressRoute and Virtual WAN to provide connection services.

    After completing this module, you will be able to:

        • Identify features and usage cases for ExpressRoute.
        • Coexist site-to-site and ExpressRoute networks.
        • Identify features and usage cases for virtual WAN.
      • Module 8: You will learn how to configure routes including endpoints and private links.

    After completing this module, you will be able to:

        • Implement system routes and user-defined routes.
        • Configure a custom route.
        • Implement service endpoints.
        • Identify features and usage cases for private links and endpoint services.
      • Module 9: You will learn how to configure an internal or public load balancer.

    After completing this module, you will be able to:

        • Identify features and usage cases for Azure load balancer.
        • Implement public and internal Azure load balancers.
        • Configure load balancer SKUs, backend pools, session persistence, and health probes.
      • Module 10: You will learn how to configure an Azure Application Gateway.

    After completing this module, you will be able to:

        • Identify features and usage cases for Azure Application Gateway.
        • Implement Azure Application Gateway, including selecting a routing method.
        • Configure gateway features such as routing rules.
      • Module 11: In this module, you will learn how to plan and implement an IP addressing scheme for virtual networks and virtual machines in Azure.

    In this module, you will:

        • Identify the private IP addressing capabilities of Azure virtual networks.
        • Identify the public IP addressing capabilities of Azure.
        • Identify the requirements for IP addressing when integrating with on-premises networks.
      • Module 12: Use virtual network peering to enable communication across virtual networks in a way that's secure and minimally complex.

    In this module, you will:

        • Identify use cases for virtual network peering.
        • Identify the features and limitations of virtual network peering.
        • Configure peering connections between virtual networks.
      • Module 13: Learn how to host your domain on Azure DNS.

    In this module, you will:

        • Configure Azure DNS to host your domain
      • Module 14: Learn how to control Azure virtual network traffic by implementing custom routes.

    In this module, you will:

        • Identify the routing capabilities of an Azure virtual network
        • Configure routing within a virtual network
        • Deploy a basic network virtual appliance
        • Configure routing to send traffic through a network virtual appliance
      • Module 15: In this module, you will learn how to use Azure Load Balancer to distribute traffic between multiple virtual servers or services.

    In this module, you will:

      • Identify the features and capabilities of Azure Load Balancer
      • Deploy and configure an Azure load balancer

Syllabus
    • Module 1: Configure virtual networks
      • Introduction
      • Plan virtual networks
      • Create subnets
      • Create virtual networks
      • Plan IP addressing
      • Create public IP addressing
      • Associate public IP addresses
      • Associate private IP addresses
      • Knowledge check
      • Summary and resources
    • Module 2: Configure network security groups
      • Introduction
      • Implement network security groups
      • Determine network security group rules
      • Determine network security group effective rules
      • Create network security group rules
      • Knowledge check
      • Summary and resources
    • Module 3: Configure Azure Firewall
      • Introduction
      • Determine Azure Firewall uses
      • Create Azure Firewalls
      • Create firewall rules
      • Knowledge check
      • Summary and resources
    • Module 4: Configure Azure DNS
      • Introduction
      • Identify domains and custom domains
      • Verify custom domain names
      • Create Azure DNS zones
      • Delegate DNS domains
      • Add DNS record sets
      • Plan for private DNS zones
      • Determine private zone scenarios
      • Knowledge check
      • Summary and resources
    • Module 5: Configure virtual network peering
      • Introduction
      • Determine virtual network peering uses
      • Determine gateway transit and connectivity
      • Create virtual network peering
      • Determine service chaining uses
      • Knowledge check
      • Summary and resources
    • Module 6: Configure VPN Gateway
      • Introduction
      • Determine VPN gateway uses
      • Create site-to-site connections
      • Create the gateway subnet
      • Create the VPN gateway
      • Determine the VPN gateway type
      • Determine gateway SKU and generation
      • Create the local network gateway
      • Setup the on-premises VPN gateway
      • Create the VPN connection
      • Determine high availability scenarios
      • Knowledge check
      • Summary and resources
    • Module 7: Configure ExpressRoute and Virtual WAN
      • Introduction
      • Determine ExpressRoute uses
      • Determine ExpressRoute capabilities
      • Coexist site-to-site and ExpressRoute
      • Compare intersite connection options
      • Determine Virtual WAN uses
      • Knowledge check
      • Summary and resources
    • Module 8: Configure network routing and endpoints
      • Introduction
      • Review system routes
      • Identify user-defined routes
      • Examine a routing example
      • Determine service endpoint uses
      • Determine service endpoint services
      • Identify private link uses
      • Knowledge check
      • Summary and resources
    • Module 9: Configure Azure Load Balancer
      • Introduction
      • Determine Azure load balancer uses
      • Implement a public load balancer
      • Implement an internal load balancer
      • Determine load balancer SKUs
      • Create backend pools
      • Create load balancer rules
      • Configure session persistence
      • Create health probes
      • Knowledge check
      • Summary and resources
    • Module 10: Configure Azure Application Gateway
      • Introduction
      • Implement Application Gateway
      • Determine Application Gateway routing
      • Application Gateway component set up
      • Knowledge check
      • Summary and resources
    • Module 11: Design an IP addressing schema for your Azure deployment
      • Introduction
      • Network IP addressing and integration
      • Public and private IP addressing in Azure
      • Plan IP addressing for your networks
      • Exercise - Design and implement IP addressing for Azure virtual networks
      • Summary
    • Module 12: Distribute your services across Azure virtual networks and integrate them by using virtual network peering
      • Introduction
      • Connect services by using virtual network peering
      • Exercise - Prepare virtual networks for peering by using Azure CLI commands
      • Exercise - Configure virtual network peering connections by using Azure CLI commands
      • Exercise - Verify virtual network peering by using SSH between Azure virtual machines
      • Summary
    • Module 13: Host your domain on Azure DNS
      • Introduction
      • What is Azure DNS?
      • Configure Azure DNS to host your domain
      • Exercise - Create a DNS zone and an A record by using Azure DNS
      • Dynamically resolve resource name by using alias record
      • Exercise - Create alias records for Azure DNS
      • Summary
    • Module 14: Manage and control traffic flow in your Azure deployment with routes
      • Introduction
      • Identify routing capabilities of an Azure virtual network
      • Exercise - Create custom routes
      • What is an NVA?
      • Exercise - Create an NVA and virtual machines
      • Exercise - Route traffic through the NVA
      • Summary
    • Module 15: Improve application scalability and resiliency by using Azure Load Balancer
      • Introduction
      • Azure Load Balancer features and capabilities
      • Configure a public load balancer
      • Exercise - Configure a public load balancer
      • Internal load balancer
      • Summary