Azure for Architects: Design a Storage Strategy

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Free Online Course: Azure for Architects: Design a Storage Strategy provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Azure for Architects: Design a Storage Strategy is taught by Scott Duffy.

Overview
  • Learn how to design a storage solution with Microsoft Azure.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Architecting an Azure Storage strategy
    • What you should know
    1. Azure Storage for Files and Objects
    • Exploring Azure Storage options
    • Choosing between managed and unmanaged storage
    • Choosing between standard and premium storage
    • Selecting storage access tiers
    • Storage lifecycle
    • Understanding storage redundancy and backup
    • Read-access geo-redundant storage
    • Managing storage performance and scaling
    • Designing a storage provisioning strategy
    2. Azure Storage Services
    • Create a storage account
    • Understanding blob storage
    • Understanding file storage
    • Understanding table storage
    • Understanding queue storage
    • Understanding additional Azure Storage services
    • Estimating Azure Storage costs
    3. Using Storage with Virtual Machines
    • Storing VM data onto data disks
    • Creating an Azure data disk
    • Moving data disks between VMs
    • Azure data disk best practices
    4. Storage Security
    • Understanding the challenges of Azure security
    • Role-based access control model of Azure security
    • Managing Azure Storage access keys
    • Using Azure Key Vault for security
    • Creating shared access signatures
    • Enabling virtual network service endpoints
    • Encrypting Azure Storage data
    • Designing a storage access strategy
    5. Tools for Managing Storage
    • Using Azure Storage Explorer
    • Copy files with AzCopy
    • Using PowerShell and CLI to access storage
    Conclusion
    • Next steps