Build great solutions with the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework

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Free Online Course: Build great solutions with the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework provided by Microsoft Learn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 5-6 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge.

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