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Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for IT Professionals who are already experienced in general Windows Server, Windows client, Azure, and Microsoft 365 administration, and who want to learn more about using Windows PowerShell for administration. No prior experience with any version of PowerShell or any scripting language is assumed. This course is also suitable for IT Professionals already experienced in server administration, including Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SharePoint Server, and Microsoft SQL Server. This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills to use PowerShell for administering and automating administration of Windows servers. This course provides students the skills to identify and build the command they require to perform a specific task. In addition, students learn how to build scripts to accomplish advanced tasks such as automating repetitive tasks and generating reports. This course provides prerequisite skills supporting a broad range of Microsoft products, including Windows Server, Windows Client, Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft 365. In keeping with that goal, this course will not focus on any one of those products, although Windows Server, which is the common platform for all of those products, will serve as the example for the techniques this course teaches. Prerequisites Before attending this course, students must have: * -Experience with Windows networking technologies and implementation. * - Experience with Windows Server administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting. 1 - REVIEW WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Learn about Windows PowerShell * Get familiar with Windows PowerShell applications * Identify factors to install and use Windows PowerShell * Configure the Windows PowerShell console * Configure the Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) * Use Visual Studio Code with PowerShell 2 - UNDERSTAND THE COMMAND SYNTAX IN WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Discover the structure of PowerShell cmdlets * Discover the parameters for using PowerShell cmdlets * Review the tab completion feature in PowerShell * Display the About files content in PowerShell 3 - FIND COMMANDS AND GET-HELP IN WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Define modules in PowerShell * Find cmdlets in PowerShell * Use command aliases in PowerShell * Use Show-Command and Get-Help in PowerShell * Interpret the help file contents and update the local help content in PowerShell 4 - MANAGE ACTIVE DIRECTORY DOMAIN SERVICES USING POWERSHELL CMDLETS * Manage user accounts in PowerShell * Manage groups and group memberships in PowerShell * Manage computer accounts in PowerShell * Manage organizational units and Active Directory objects in PowerShell 5 - MANAGE NETWORK SERVICE SETTINGS FOR WINDOWS DEVICES USING POWERSHELL CMDLETS * Manage IP addresses in PowerShell * Manage IP routing in PowerShell * Manage DNS clients in PowerShell * Manage Windows Firewall settings in PowerShell 6 - MANAGE WINDOWS SERVER SETTINGS USING POWERSHELL CMDLETS * Automate management tasks using the Group Policy management cmdlets * Manage server roles and services using PowerShell cmdlets * Manage Hyper-V Virtual Machines using PowerShell cmdlets * Manage Internet Information Services using PowerShell cmdlets 7 - MANAGE SETTINGS FOR A LOCAL WINDOWS MACHINE USING POWERSHELL CMDLETS * Manage Windows 10 using PowerShell * Manage permissions with PowerShell 8 - UNDERSTAND THE WINDOWS POWERSHELL PIPELINE * Review Windows PowerShell pipeline and its output * Discover object members in PowerShell * Control the formatting of pipeline output 9 - SELECT, SORT, AND MEASURE OBJECTS USING THE PIPELINE * Sort and group objects by property in the pipeline * Measure objects in the pipeline * Select a set of objects in the pipeline * Select object properties in the pipeline * Create and format calculated properties in the pipeline 10 - FILTER OBJECTS OUT OF THE PIPELINE * Learn about the comparison operators in PowerShell * Review basic filter syntax in the pipeline * Review advanced filter syntax in the pipeline * Optimize the filter performance in the pipeline 11 - ENUMERATE OBJECTS IN THE PIPELINE * Learn about enumerations in the pipeline * Review basic syntax to enumerate objects in the pipeline * Review advanced syntax to enumerate objects in the pipeline 12 - SEND AND PASS DATA AS OUTPUT FROM THE PIPELINE * Write pipeline data to a file * Convert pipeline objects to other forms of data representation in PowerShell * Control additional output options in PowerShell 13 - PASS PIPELINE OBJECTS * Pipeline parameter binding * Identify ByValue parameters * Pass data by using ByValue * Pass data by using ByPropertyName * Identify ByPropertyName parameters * Use manual parameters to override the pipeline * Use parenthetical commands * Expand property values 14 - CONNECT WITH DATA STORES USING POWERSHELL PROVIDERS * Define Windows PowerShell providers * Review the built-in providers in PowerShell * Access provider help in PowerShell 15 - USE POWERSHELL DRIVES IN POWERSHELL * Explain PowerShell drives in PowerShell * Use PowerShell drive cmdlets in PowerShell * Manage the file system in PowerShell * Manage the registry in PowerShell * Work with certificates in PowerShell * Work with other PowerShell drives in PowerShell 16 - REVIEW CIM AND WMI * Review architecture of CIM and WMI * Review repositories in CIM and WMI * Locate online class documentation by using CIM and WMI cmdlets 17 - QUERY CONFIGURATION INFORMATION BY USING CIM AND WMI * List local repository namespaces and classes by using CIM and WMI * Query instances by using commands and WMI Query Language * Connect to remote computers by using CIM and WMI cmdlets * Query repository classes from remote computers by using CIMSession objects 18 - QUERY AND MANIPULATE REPOSITORY OBJECTS BY USING CIM AND WMI METHODS * Discover methods of repository objects by using CIM and WMI * Locate class methods and documentation by using CIM and WMI * Invoke methods of repository objects by using CIM and WMI 19 - MANAGE VARIABLES IN WINDOWS POWERSHELL SCRIPTS * Define variables in Windows PowerShell scripts * Create variable names in Windows PowerShell scripts * Assign values and types to variables in Windows PowerShell scripts * Identify the methods and properties of variables in Windows PowerShell scripts * Use string variables and methods in Windows PowerShell scripts * Use date variables and methods in Windows PowerShell scripts 20 - WORK WITH ARRAYS AND HASH TABLES IN WINDOWS POWERSHELL SCRIPTS * Define an array in Windows PowerShell scripts * Work with array lists in Windows PowerShell scripts * Define hash tables in Windows PowerShell Scripts * Work with hash tables in Windows PowerShell scripts 21 - CREATE AND RUN SCRIPTS BY USING WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Review Windows PowerShell scripts * Modify scripts in the PowerShell Gallery * Create scripts using Windows PowerShell * Review the PowerShellGet module in Windows PowerShell * Run scripts and set the execution policy in Windows PowerShell * Review Windows PowerShell and AppLocker * Sign the scripts digitally in Windows PowerShell 22 - WORK WITH SCRIPTING CONSTRUCTS IN WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Review and use the ForEach loop in Windows PowerShell scripts * Review and use the If construct in Windows PowerShell scripts * Review and use the Switch construct in Windows PowerShell scripts * Review the For construct in Windows PowerShell scripts * Review other loop constructs in Windows PowerShell scripts * Review Break and Continue in Windows PowerShell scripts 23 - IMPORT DATA IN DIFFERENT FORMATS FOR USE IN SCRIPTS BY USING WINDOWS POWERSHELL CMDLETS * Use the Get-Content command in Windows PowerShell scripts * Use the Import-Csv cmdlet in Windows PowerShell scripts * Use the Import-Clixml cmdlet in Windows PowerShell scripts * Use the ConvertFrom-Json cmdlet in Windows PowerShell scripts 24 - USE METHODS TO ACCEPT USER INPUTS IN WINDOWS POWERSHELL SCRIPTS * Identify values that might change in Windows PowerShell scripts * Use the Read-Host cmdlet in Windows PowerShell scripts * Use the Get-Credential cmdlet in Windows PowerShell scripts * Use the Out-GridView cmdlet in Windows PowerShell scripts * Pass parameters to a Windows PowerShell script 25 - TROUBLESHOOT SCRIPTS AND HANDLE ERRORS IN WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Interpret error messages generated for Windows PowerShell commands * Add output to Windows PowerShell scripts * Use breakpoints in Windows PowerShell scripts * Interpret error actions for Windows PowerShell commands 26 - USE FUNCTIONS AND MODULES IN WINDOWS POWERSHELL SCRIPTS * Review functions in Windows PowerShell scripts * Use variable scope in Windows PowerShell scripts * Create modules in Windows PowerShell scripts * Use the dot sourcing feature in Windows PowerShell 27 - MANAGE SINGLE AND MULTIPLE COMPUTERS BY USING WINDOWS POWERSHELL REMOTING * Review the remoting feature of Windows PowerShell * Compare remoting with remote connectivity * Review the remoting security feature of Windows PowerShell * Enable remoting by using Windows PowerShell * Use one-to-one remoting by using Windows PowerShell * Use one-to-many remoting by using Windows PowerShell * Compare remoting output with local output 28 - USE ADVANCED WINDOWS POWERSHELL REMOTING TECHNIQUES * Review common remoting techniques of Windows PowerShell * Send parameters to remote computers in Windows PowerShell * Set access protection to variables, aliases, and functions by using the scope modifier * Enable multi-hop remoting in Windows PowerShell 29 - MANAGE PERSISTENT CONNECTIONS TO REMOTE COMPUTERS BY USING WINDOWS POWERSHELL SESSIONS * Review persistent connections in Windows PowerShell * Create and manage persistent PSSessions by using Windows PowerShell * Disconnect PSSessions by using Windows PowerShell * Review the feature of implicit remoting in Windows PowerShell 30 - REVIEW AZURE POWERSHELL MODULE * Review Azure PowerShell * Review the benefits of the Azure PowerShell module * Install the Azure PowerShell module * Migrate Azure PowerShell from AzureRM to Azure * Review Microsoft Azure Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell and Azure Active Directory PowerShell for Graph modules 31 - REVIEW THE FEATURES AND TOOLS FOR AZURE CLOUD SHELL * Review the characteristics of Azure Cloud Shell * Review the features and tools of Azure Cloud Shell * Configure and experiment with Azure Cloud Shell 32 - MANAGE AZURE RESOURCES WITH WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Create a new Azure virtual machine by using Windows PowerShell commands * Manage Azure virtual machines by using Windows PowerShell commands * Manage Azure related storage by using Azure PowerShell * Manage Azure subscriptions by using Azure PowerShell 33 - MANAGE USERS, GROUPS, AND LICENSES IN MICROSOFT ENTRA ID BY USING WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Review benefits to manage Microsoft 365 services by using Windows PowerShell * Connect to the Microsoft 365 tenant by using Windows PowerShell * Manage users in Microsoft 365 by using Windows PowerShell * Manage groups in Microsoft 365 by using Windows PowerShell * Manage roles in Microsoft 365 by using Windows PowerShell * Manage licenses in Microsoft 365 by using Windows PowerShell 34 - MANAGE EXCHANGE ONLINE BY USING WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Connect to Exchange Online by using Windows PowerShell * Manage mailboxes in Exchange Online by using Windows PowerShell * Manage resources in Exchange Online by using Windows PowerShell * Manage admin roles in Exchange Online by using Windows PowerShell 35 - MANAGE SHAREPOINT ONLINE BY USING WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Install and connect to SharePoint Online Management Shell by using Windows PowerShell * Manage SharePoint Online users and groups by using Windows PowerShell * Manage SharePoint sites by using Windows PowerShell * Manage SharePoint Online external user sharing by using Windows PowerShell 36 - MANAGE MICROSOFT TEAMS BY USING WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Review Microsoft Teams PowerShell module * Install the Microsoft Teams PowerShell module * Manage teams with Microsoft Teams PowerShell module 37 - CREATE AND MANAGE BACKGROUND JOBS USING WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Define the types of background jobs in Windows PowerShell * Start remote jobs and CIM/WMI jobs in Windows PowerShell * Monitor jobs in Windows PowerShell * Retrieve results for running jobs in Windows PowerShell 38 - CREATE AND MANAGE SCHEDULED JOBS USING WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Create and run Windows PowerShell scripts as scheduled tasks * Define scheduled jobs in Windows PowerShell * Create job option and job trigger objects in Windows PowerShell * Create and register a scheduled job in Windows PowerShell * Retrieve the results from a scheduled job in Windows PowerShell

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for Students in this course are interested in designing and implementing DevOps processes or in passing the Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions certification exam. This course provides the knowledge and skills to design and implement DevOps processes and practices. Students will learn how to plan for DevOps, use source control, scale Git for an enterprise, consolidate artifacts, design a dependency management strategy, manage secrets, implement continuous integration, implement a container build strategy, design a release strategy, set up a release management workflow, implement a deployment pattern, and optimize feedback mechanisms Prerequisites Successful learners will have prior knowledge and understanding of: * Cloud computing concepts, including an understanding of PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS implementations. * Both Azure administration and Azure development with proven expertise in at least one of these areas. * Version control, Agile software development, and core software development principles. It would be helpful to have experience in an organization that delivers software. * AZ-104T00 - Microsoft Azure Administrator * AZ-204T00: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure 1 - INTRODUCTION TO DEVOPS * What is DevOps? * Explore the DevOps journey * Identify transformation teams * Explore shared goals and define timelines 2 - CHOOSE THE RIGHT PROJECT * Explore greenfield and brownfield projects * Decide when to use greenfield and brownfield projects * Decide when to use systems of record versus systems of engagement * Identify groups to minimize initial resistance * Identify project metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) 3 - DESCRIBE TEAM STRUCTURES * Explore agile development practices * Explore principles of agile development * Define organization structure for agile practices * Explore ideal DevOps team members * Enable in-team and cross-team collaboration * Select tools and processes for agile practices 4 - CHOOSE THE DEVOPS TOOLS * What is Azure DevOps? * What is GitHub? * Explore an authorization and access strategy * Migrate or integrate existing work management tools * Migrate or integrate existing test management tools * Design a license management strategy 5 - PLAN AGILE WITH GITHUB PROJECTS AND AZURE BOARDS * Link GitHub to Azure Boards * Configure GitHub Projects * Manage work with GitHub Project boards * Customize Project views * Collaborate using team discussions * Agile Plan and Portfolio Management with Azure Boards 6 - INTRODUCTION TO SOURCE CONTROL * Explore DevOps foundational practices * What is source control? * Explore benefits of source control * Explore best practices for source control 7 - DESCRIBE TYPES OF SOURCE CONTROL SYSTEMS * Understand centralized source control * Understand distributed source control * Explore Git and Team Foundation Version Control * Examine and choose Git * Understand objections to using Git * Describe working with Git locally 8 - WORK WITH AZURE REPOS AND GITHUB * Migrate from TFVC to Git * Use GIT-TFS * Develop online with GitHub Codespaces 9 - STRUCTURE YOUR GIT REPO * Explore monorepo versus multiple repos * Implement a change log 10 - MANAGE GIT BRANCHES AND WORKFLOWS * Explore branch workflow types * Explore feature branch workflow * Explore Git branch model for continuous delivery * Explore GitHub flow * Explore fork workflow * Version Control with Git in Azure Repos 11 - COLLABORATE WITH PULL REQUESTS IN AZURE REPOS * Collaborate with pull requests * Examine GitHub mobile for pull request approvals 12 - IDENTIFY TECHNICAL DEBT * Examine code quality * Examine complexity and quality metrics * Measure and manage technical debt * Integrate other code quality tools * Plan effective code reviews 13 - EXPLORE GIT HOOKS * Implement Git hooks 14 - PLAN FOSTER INNER SOURCE * Explore foster inner source * Implement the fork workflow * Describe inner source with forks 15 - MANAGE GIT REPOSITORIES * Work with large repositories * Purge repository data * Manage releases with GitHub Repos * Automate release notes with GitHub 16 - EXPLORE AZURE PIPELINES * Explore the concept of pipelines in DevOps * Describe Azure Pipelines * Understand Azure Pipelines key terms 17 - MANAGE AZURE PIPELINE AGENTS AND POOLS * Choose between Microsoft-hosted versus self-hosted agents * Explore job types * Explore predefined agent pool * Understand typical situations for agent pools * Communicate with Azure Pipelines * Communicate to deploy to target servers * Examine other considerations * Describe security of agent pools * Configure agent pools and understanding pipeline styles 18 - DESCRIBE PIPELINES AND CONCURRENCY * Understand parallel jobs * Estimate parallel jobs * Describe Azure Pipelines and open-source projects * Explore Azure Pipelines and Visual Designer * Describe Azure Pipelines and YAML 19 - EXPLORE CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION * Learn the four pillars of continuous integration * Explore benefits of continuous integration * Describe build properties * Enable Continuous Integration with Azure Pipelines 20 - IMPLEMENT A PIPELINE STRATEGY * Configure agent demands * Implement multi-agent builds * Explore source control types supported by Azure Pipelines 21 - INTEGRATE WITH AZURE PIPELINES * Describe the anatomy of a pipeline * Understand the pipeline structure * Detail templates * Explore YAML resources * Use multiple repositories in your pipeline 22 - INTRODUCTION TO GITHUB ACTIONS * What are Actions? * Explore Actions flow * Understand workflows * Describe standard workflow syntax elements * Explore events * Explore jobs * Explore runners * Examine release and test an action 23 - LEARN CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION WITH GITHUB ACTIONS * Describe continuous integration with actions * Examine environment variables * Share artifacts between jobs * Examine Workflow badges * Describe best practices for creating actions * Mark releases with Git tags * Create encrypted secrets * Use secrets in a workflow * Implement GitHub Actions for CI/CD 24 - DESIGN A CONTAINER BUILD STRATEGY * Examine structure of containers * Work with Docker containers * Understand Dockerfile core concepts * Examine multi-stage dockerfiles * Examine considerations for multiple stage builds * Explore Azure container-related services * Deploy Docker containers to Azure App Service web apps 25 - INTRODUCTION TO CONTINUOUS DELIVERY * Explore traditional IT development cycle * What is continuous delivery? * Move to continuous delivery * Understand releases and deployments * Understand release process versus release 26 - CREATE A RELEASE PIPELINE * Describe Azure DevOps release pipeline capabilities * Explore release pipelines * Explore artifact sources * Choose the appropriate artifact source * Examine considerations for deployment to stages * Explore build and release tasks * Explore custom build and release tasks * Explore release jobs * Configure Pipelines as Code with YAML 27 - EXPLORE RELEASE RECOMMENDATIONS * Understand the delivery cadence and three types of triggers * Explore release approvals * Explore release gates * Use release gates to protect quality * Control Deployments using Release Gates 28 - PROVISION AND TEST ENVIRONMENTS * Provision and configure target environments * Configure automated integration and functional test automation * Understand Shift-left * Set up and run availability tests * Explore Azure Load Testing * Set up and run functional tests 29 - MANAGE AND MODULARIZE TASKS AND TEMPLATES * Examine task groups * Explore variables in release pipelines * Understand variable groups 30 - AUTOMATE INSPECTION OF HEALTH * Automate inspection of health * Explore events and notifications * Explore service hooks * Configure Azure DevOps notifications * Configure GitHub notifications * Explore how to measure quality of your release process * Examine release notes and documentation * Examine considerations for choosing release management tools * Explore common release management tools 31 - INTRODUCTION TO DEPLOYMENT PATTERNS * Explore microservices architecture * Examine classical deployment patterns * Understand modern deployment patterns 32 - IMPLEMENT BLUE-GREEN DEPLOYMENT AND FEATURE TOGGLES * What is blue-green deployment? * Explore deployment slots * Describe feature toggle maintenance 33 - IMPLEMENT CANARY RELEASES AND DARK LAUNCHING * Explore canary releases * Examine Traffic Manager * Understand dark launching 34 - IMPLEMENT A/B TESTING AND PROGRESSIVE EXPOSURE DEPLOYMENT * What is A/B testing? * Explore CI-CD with deployment rings 35 - INTEGRATE WITH IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS * Integrate GitHub with single sign-on (SSO) * Explore service principals * Explore Managed Identity 36 - MANAGE APPLICATION CONFIGURATION DATA * Rethink application configuration data * Explore separation of concerns * Understand external configuration store patterns * Examine Key-value pairs * Examine App configuration feature management * Integrate Azure Key Vault with Azure Pipelines * Manage secrets, tokens and certificates * Examine DevOps inner and outer loop * Integrate Azure Key Vault with Azure DevOps * Enable Dynamic Configuration and Feature Flags 37 - EXPLORE INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE AND CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT * Explore environment deployment * Examine environment configuration * Understand imperative versus declarative configuration * Understand idempotent configuration 38 - CREATE AZURE RESOURCES USING AZURE RESOURCE MANAGER TEMPLATES * Why use Azure Resource Manager templates? * Explore template components * Manage dependencies * Modularize templates * Manage secrets in templates * Deployments using Azure Bicep templates 39 - CREATE AZURE RESOURCES BY USING AZURE CLI * What is Azure CLI? * Work with Azure CLI 40 - EXPLORE AZURE AUTOMATION WITH DEVOPS * Create automation accounts * What is a runbook? * Understand automation shared resources * Explore runbook gallery * Examine webhooks * Explore source control integration * Explore PowerShell workflows * Create a workflow * Examine checkpoint and parallel processing 41 - IMPLEMENT DESIRED STATE CONFIGURATION (DSC) * Understand configuration drift * Explore Desired State Configuration (DSC) * Explore Azure Automation State configuration (DSC) * Examine DSC configuration file * Explore hybrid management * Implement DSC and Linux Automation on Azure 42 - IMPLEMENT BICEP * What is Bicep? * Install Bicep * Understand Bicep file structure and syntax 43 - INTRODUCTION TO SECURE DEVOPS * Describe SQL injection attack * Understand DevSecOps * Explore Secure DevOps Pipeline * Explore key validation points * Explore continuous security validation * Understand threat modeling 44 - IMPLEMENT OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE * Explore how software is built * What is open-source software * Explore corporate concerns with open-source software components * Explore common open-source licenses * Examine license implications and ratings 45 - SOFTWARE COMPOSITION ANALYSIS * Inspect and validate code bases for compliance * Explore software composition analysis (SCA) * Integrate Mend with Azure Pipelines * Implement GitHub Dependabot alerts and security updates * Integrate software composition analysis checks into pipelines * Examine tools for assess package security and license rate * Interpret alerts from scanner tools * Implement security and compliance in an Azure Pipeline 46 - STATIC ANALYZERS * Explore SonarCloud * Explore CodeQL in GitHub * Manage technical debt with SonarCloud and Azure DevOps 47 - OWASP AND DYNAMIC ANALYZERS * Plan Implement OWASP Secure Coding Practices * Explore OWASP ZAP penetration test * Explore OWASP ZAP results and bugs 48 - SECURITY MONITORING AND GOVERNANCE * Implement pipeline security * Explore Microsoft Defender for Cloud * Examine Microsoft Defender for Cloud usage scenarios * Explore Azure Policy * Understand policies * Explore initiatives * Explore resource locks * Explore Azure Blueprints * Understand Microsoft Defender for Identity 49 - EXPLORE PACKAGE DEPENDENCIES * What is dependency management? * Describe elements of a dependency management strategy * Identify dependencies * Understand source and package componentization * Decompose your system * Scan your codebase for dependencies 50 - UNDERSTAND PACKAGE MANAGEMENT * Explore packages * Understand package feeds * Explore package feed managers * Explore common public package sources * Explore self-hosted and SaaS based package sources * Consume packages * Publish packages * Package management with Azure Artifacts 51 - MIGRATE CONSOLIDATING AND SECURE ARTIFACTS * Identify existing artifact repositories * Migrate and integrating artifact repositories * Secure access to package feeds * Examine roles * Examine permissions * Examine authentication 52 - IMPLEMENT A VERSIONING STRATEGY * Understand versioning of artifacts * Explore semantic versioning * Examine release views * Promote packages * Explore best practices for versioning 53 - INTRODUCTION TO GITHUB PACKAGES * Publish packages * Install a package * Delete and restore a package * Explore package access control and visibility 54 - IMPLEMENT TOOLS TO TRACK USAGE AND FLOW * Understand the inner loop * Explore Azure Monitor and Log Analytics * Examine Kusto Query Language (KQL) * Explore Application Insights * Implement Application Insights * Monitor application performance with Application Insights 55 - DEVELOP MONITOR AND STATUS DASHBOARDS * Explore Azure Dashboards * Examine view designer in Azure Monitor * Explore Azure Monitor workbooks * Explore Power BI * Build your own custom application 56 - SHARE KNOWLEDGE WITHIN TEAMS * Share acquired knowledge within development teams * Integrate with Azure Boards * Share team knowledge using Azure Project Wiki 57 - DESIGN PROCESSES TO AUTOMATE APPLICATION ANALYTICS * Explore rapid responses and augmented search * Integrate telemetry * Examine monitoring tools and technologies 58 - MANAGE ALERTS, BLAMELESS RETROSPECTIVES AND A JUST CULTURE * Examine when get a notification * Explore how to fix it * Explore smart detection notifications * Improve performance * Understand server response time degradation * Reduce meaningless and non-actionable alerts * Examine blameless retrospective * Develop a just culture

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for The audience for this course are data professionals and business intelligence professionals who want to learn how to accurately perform data analysis using Power BI. This course is also targeted toward those individuals who develop reports that visualize data from the data platform technologies that exist on both in the cloud and on-premises. This course covers the various methods and best practices that are in line with business and technical requirements for modeling, visualizing, and analyzing data with Power BI. The course will show how to access and process data from a range of data sources including both relational and non-relational sources. Finally, this course will also discuss how to manage and deploy reports and dashboards for sharing and content distribution. Prerequisites Understanding core data concepts. Knowledge of working with relational data in the cloud. Knowledge of working with non-relational data in the cloud. Knowledge of data analysis and visualization concepts. DP-900T00 Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals is recommended 1 - DISCOVER DATA ANALYSIS * Overview of data analysis * Roles in data * Tasks of a data analyst 2 - GET STARTED BUILDING WITH POWER BI * Use Power BI * Building blocks of Power BI * Tour and use the Power BI service 3 - GET DATA IN POWER BI * Get data from files * Get data from relational data sources * Create dynamic reports with parameters * Get data from a NoSQL database * Get data from online services * Select a storage mode * Get data from Azure Analysis Services * Fix performance issues * Resolve data import errors 4 - CLEAN, TRANSFORM, AND LOAD DATA IN POWER BI * Shape the initial data * Simplify the data structure * Evaluate and change column data types * Combine multiple tables into a single table * Profile data in Power BI * Use Advanced Editor to modify M code 5 - DESIGN A SEMANTIC MODEL IN POWER BI * Work with tables * Create a date table * Work with dimensions * Define data granularity * Work with relationships and cardinality * Resolve modeling challenges 6 - ADD MEASURES TO POWER BI DESKTOP MODELS * Create simple measures * Create compound measures * Create quick measures * Compare calculated columns with measures 7 - ADD CALCULATED TABLES AND COLUMNS TO POWER BI DESKTOP MODELS * Create calculated columns * Learn about row context * Choose a technique to add a column 8 - USE DAX TIME INTELLIGENCE FUNCTIONS IN POWER BI DESKTOP MODELS * Use DAX time intelligence functions * Additional time intelligence calculations 9 - OPTIMIZE A MODEL FOR PERFORMANCE IN POWER BI * Review performance of measures, relationships, and visuals * Use variables to improve performance and troubleshooting * Reduce cardinality * Optimize DirectQuery models with table level storage * Create and manage aggregations 10 - DESIGN POWER BI REPORTS * Design the analytical report layout * Design visually appealing reports * Report objects * Select report visuals * Select report visuals to suit the report layout * Format and configure visualizations * Work with key performance indicators 11 - CONFIGURE POWER BI REPORT FILTERS * Apply filters to the report structure * Apply filters with slicers * Design reports with advanced filtering techniques * Consumption-time filtering * Select report filter techniques * Case study - Configure report filters based on feedback 12 - ENHANCE POWER BI REPORT DESIGNS FOR THE USER EXPERIENCE * Design reports to show details * Design reports to highlight values * Design reports that behave like apps * Work with bookmarks * Design reports for navigation * Work with visual headers * Design reports with built-in assistance * Tune report performance * Optimize reports for mobile use 13 - PERFORM ANALYTICS IN POWER BI * Explore statistical summary * Identify outliers with Power BI visuals * Group and bin data for analysis * Apply clustering techniques * Conduct time series analysis * Use the Analyze feature * Create what-if parameters * Use specialized visuals 14 - CREATE AND MANAGE WORKSPACES IN POWER BI * Distribute a report or dashboard * Monitor usage and performance * Recommend a development life cycle strategy * Troubleshoot data by viewing its lineage * Configure data protection 15 - MANAGE SEMANTIC MODELS IN POWER BI * Use a Power BI gateway to connect to on-premises data sources * Configure a semantic model scheduled refresh * Configure incremental refresh settings * Manage and promote semantic models * Troubleshoot service connectivity * Boost performance with query caching (Premium) 16 - CREATE DASHBOARDS IN POWER BI * Configure data alerts * Explore data by asking questions * Review Quick insights * Add a dashboard theme * Pin a live report page to a dashboard * Configure a real-time dashboard * Set mobile view 17 - IMPLEMENT ROW-LEVEL SECURITY * Configure row-level security with the static method * Configure row-level security with the dynamic method ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans PL-300T00: Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the PL-300T00: Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for This four-day course is intended for Windows Server Hybrid Administrators who have experience working with Windows Server and want to extend the capabilities of their on-premises environments by combining on-premises and hybrid technologies. Windows Server Hybrid Administrators implement and manage on-premises and hybrid solutions such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage in a Windows Server hybrid environment. This course teaches IT Professionals how to manage core Windows Server workloads and services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. The course teaches IT Professionals how to implement and manage on-premises and hybrid solutions such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage in a Windows Server hybrid environment. Prerequisites Experience with managing Windows Server operating system and Windows Server workloads in on-premises scenarios, including AD DS, DNS, DFS, Hyper-V, and File and Storage Services Experience with common Windows Server management tools (implied in the first prerequisite). Basic knowledge of core Microsoft compute, storage, networking, and virtualization technologies (implied in the first prerequisite). Experience and an understanding of core networking technologies such as IP addressing, name resolution, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Experience working with and an understanding of Microsoft Hyper-V and basic server virtualization concepts Basic experience with implementing and managing IaaS services in Microsoft Azure Basic knowledge of Azure Active Directory Experience working hands-on with Windows client operating systems such as Windows 10 or Windows 11 Basic experience with Windows PowerShell 1 - INTRODUCTION TO AD DS * Define AD DS * Define users, groups, and computers * Define AD DS forests and domains * Define OUs * Manage objects and their properties in AD DS 2 - MANAGE AD DS DOMAIN CONTROLLERS AND FSMO ROLES * Deploy AD DS domain controllers * Maintain AD DS domain controllers * Manage the AD DS Global Catalog role * Manage AD DS operations masters * Manage AD DS schema 3 - IMPLEMENT GROUP POLICY OBJECTS * Define GPOs * Implement GPO scope and inheritance * Define domain-based GPOs * Create and configure a domain-based GPO * Define GPO storage * Define administrative templates 4 - MANAGE ADVANCED FEATURES OF AD DS * Create trust relationships * Implement ESAE forests * Monitor and troubleshoot AD DS * Create custom AD DS partitions 5 - IMPLEMENT HYBRID IDENTITY WITH WINDOWS SERVER * Select a Microsoft Entra integration model * Plan for Microsoft Entra integration * Prepare on-premises Active Directory for directory synchronization * Install and configure directory synchronization with Microsoft Entra Connect * Implement Seamless Single Sign-On * Enable Microsoft Entra login in for Windows VM in Azure * Describe Microsoft Entra Domain Services * Implement and configure Microsoft Entra Domain Services * Manage Windows Server 2019 in a Microsoft Entra Domain Services environment * Create and configure a Microsoft Entra Domain Services instance * Join a Windows Server VM to a managed domain 6 - DEPLOY AND MANAGE AZURE IAAS ACTIVE DIRECTORY DOMAIN CONTROLLERS IN AZURE * Select an option to implement directory and identity services using Active Directory Domain Services in Azure * Deploy and configure Active Directory Domain Services domain controllers in Azure VMs * Install a replica Active Directory domain controller in an Azure VM * Install a new Active Directory forest on an Azure VNet 7 - PERFORM WINDOWS SERVER SECURE ADMINISTRATION * Define least privilege administration * Implement delegated privileges * Use privileged access workstations * Use jump servers 8 - DESCRIBE WINDOWS SERVER ADMINISTRATION TOOLS * Explore Windows Admin Center * Use Server Manager * List Remote Server Administration Tools * Use Windows PowerShell * Use Windows PowerShell to remotely administer a server 9 - PERFORM POST-INSTALLATION CONFIGURATION OF WINDOWS SERVER * List the available post-installation configuration tools * Configure Server Core using Sconfig * Use DSC to configure Windows Server * Perform post-installation configuration with Windows Admin Center * Configure a server with answer files 10 - JUST ENOUGH ADMINISTRATION IN WINDOWS SERVER * Explain the concept of Just Enough Administration (JEA) * Define role capabilities for a JEA endpoint * Create a session configuration file to register a JEA endpoint * Describe how JEA endpoints work to limit access to a PowerShell session * Create and connect to a JEA endpoint * Demonstration: Connect to a JEA endpoint 11 - ADMINISTER AND MANAGE WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VIRTUAL MACHINE REMOTELY * Select the appropriate remote administration tool * Manage Windows Virtual Machines with Azure Bastion * Create an Azure Bastion host * Configure just-in-time administration 12 - MANAGE HYBRID WORKLOADS WITH AZURE ARC * Describe Azure Arc * Onboard Windows Server instances * Connect hybrid machines to Azure from the Azure portal * Use Azure Arc to manage Windows Server instances * Restrict access with RBAC 13 - CONFIGURE AND MANAGE HYPER-V * Define Hyper-V * Define Hyper-V Manager * Configure Hyper-V hosts using best practices * Configure Hyper-V networking * Assess advanced Hyper-V networking features * Define nested virtualization 14 - CONFIGURE AND MANAGE HYPER-V VIRTUAL MACHINES * List the virtual machine configuration versions * List the virtual machine generation versions * List available VHD formats and types * Create and configure VMs * Determine storage options for VMs * Define shared VHDs and VHD Sets * Implement guest clusters using shared VHDX 15 - SECURE HYPER-V WORKLOADS * Define guarded fabric * Define the Host Guardian Service * Explore TPM-trusted attestation * Define KPS * Determine key features of shielded VMs * Compare encryption-supported and shielded VMs in a guarded fabric * Implement a shielded VM 16 - RUN CONTAINERS ON WINDOWS SERVER * Define containers * List the differences between containers and VMs * Define Windows Server and Hyper-V containers and isolation modes * Explore Docker * Prepare a Windows Server 2019 host for container deployment * Security, Storage, and Networking with Windows containers 17 - ORCHESTRATE CONTAINERS ON WINDOWS SERVER USING KUBERNETES * Define orchestration * Define Kubernetes * Deploy Kubernetes resources * Create a Kubernetes cluster on Windows * Define Azure Arc * Connect an Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes cluster to Azure Arc 18 - PLAN AND DEPLOY WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VIRTUAL MACHINES * Describe Azure compute * Describe Virtual Machine storage * Deploy Azure Virtual Machines * Create a windows Virtual Machine using the portal * Create a windows Virtual Machine using Azure CLI * Deploy Azure Virtual Machines using templates * Describe additional management optimization options 19 - CUSTOMIZE WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VIRTUAL MACHINE IMAGES * Create a generalized image * Create a new Virtual Machine from a managed image * Create a managed image of a generalized virtual machine in Azure * Create a Virtual Machine from a managed image * Implement Azure Image Builder * Create a windows Virtual Machine using Azure Image Builder template * Create a Windows Virtual Machine with Azure Image Builder using PowerShell 20 - AUTOMATE THE CONFIGURATION OF WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VIRTUAL MACHINES * Describe Azure Automation * Implement Azure Automation with DSC * Remediate noncompliant servers * Describe Custom Script Extensions * Configure a Virtual Machine by using DSC 21 - DEPLOY AND MANAGE DHCP * Use DHCP to simplify IP configuration * Install and configure the DHCP role * Configure DHCP options * Configure DHCP scopes * Select DHCP high availability options * Implement DHCP Failover 22 - IMPLEMENT WINDOWS SERVER DNS * Explore the DNS architecture * Work with DNS zones and records * Install and configure the DNS role * Implement DNS forwarding 23 - IMPLEMENT IP ADDRESS MANAGEMENT * Define IP Address Management * Deploy IP Address Management * Administer IP Address Management * Configure IP Address Management options * Manage DNS zones with IP Address Management * Manage DHCP servers with IP Address Management * Use IP Address Management to manage IP addressing 24 - IMPLEMENT REMOTE ACCESS * Examine the remote access options in Windows Server * Select and set up VPNs * Use NPS to create and enforce network access policies * Plan and implement NPS * Deploy a PKI for remote access * Use WAP as a reverse web proxy 25 - IMPLEMENT HYBRID NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE * Describe Azure network topologies * Implement Azure VPN options * Create a route-based VPN gateway using the Azure portal * Implement Azure ExpressRoute * Configure Azure Virtual WAN * Implement DNS in hybrid environments 26 - IMPLEMENT DNS FOR WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VMS * Understand Azure DNS * Implement Azure DNS * Create an Azure DNS zone and record using the Azure portal * Implement DNS with Azure IaaS virtual machines * Implement split-horizon DNS in Azure * Troubleshoot DNS 27 - IMPLEMENT WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VM IP ADDRESSING AND ROUTING * Implement a virtual network * Implement IaaS VM IP addressing * Assign and manage IP addresses * Configure a private IP address for a virtual machine using the Azure portal * Create a virtual machine with a static public IP address using the Azure portal * Implement IaaS virtual machine IP routing * Implement IPv6 for Windows Server IaaS virtual machines 28 - MANAGE WINDOWS SERVER FILE SERVERS * Define the Windows Server file system * List the benefits and uses of File Server Resource Manager * Define SMB and its security considerations * Configure SMB protocol * Define Volume Shadow Copy Service 29 - IMPLEMENT STORAGE SPACES AND STORAGE SPACES DIRECT * Define the Storage Spaces architecture and its components * List the functionalities, benefits, and use cases of Storage Spaces * Implement Storage Spaces * List the functionalities, components, benefits, and use cases of Storage Spaces Direct * Implement Storage Spaces Direct 30 - IMPLEMENT WINDOWS SERVER DATA DEDUPLICATION * Define the architecture, components, and functionality of Data Deduplication * Define the use cases and interoperability of Data Deduplication * Implement Data Deduplication * Manage and maintain Data Deduplication 31 - IMPLEMENT WINDOWS SERVER ISCSI * List the functionalities, components, and use cases of iSCSI * List the considerations for implementing iSCSI * Implement iSCSI * Configure high availability for iSCSI 32 - IMPLEMENT WINDOWS SERVER STORAGE REPLICA * List the functionalities and components of Storage Replica * Examine the prerequisites for implementing Storage Replica * Implement Storage Replica by using Windows Admin Center * Implement Storage Replica by using Windows PowerShell 33 - IMPLEMENT A HYBRID FILE SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE * Describe Azure File services * Configure Azure Files * Configure connectivity to Azure Files * Describe Azure File Sync * Implement Azure File Sync * Deploy Azure File Sync * Deploy Azure File Sync 2 * Manage cloud tiering * Migrate from DFSR to Azure File Sync

Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is suitable for IT personnel who are just beginning to work with Azure. This audience wants to learn about our offerings and get hands-on experience with the product. This course primarily uses the Azure portal and command line interface to create resources and does not require scripting skills. Students in this course will gain confidence to take other role-based courses and certifications, such as Azure Administrator. This course combines lecture, demonstrations, and hands-on labs. This course will also help prepare someone for the AZ-900 exam. This course will provide foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; and Azure management and governance features and tools. Prerequisites There are no prerequisites for taking this course. Familiarity with cloud computing is helpful, but isn't necessary. 1 - DESCRIBE CLOUD COMPUTING * What is cloud computing * Describe the shared responsibility model * Define cloud models * Describe the consumption-based model 2 - DESCRIBE THE BENEFITS OF USING CLOUD SERVICES * Describe the benefits of high availability and scalability in the cloud * Describe the benefits of reliability and predictability in the cloud * Describe the benefits of security and governance in the cloud * Describe the benefits of manageability in the cloud 3 - DESCRIBE CLOUD SERVICE TYPES * Describe Infrastructure as a Service * Describe Platform as a Service * Describe Software as a Service 4 - DESCRIBE THE CORE ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS OF AZURE * What is Microsoft Azure * Get started with Azure accounts * Describe Azure physical infrastructure * Describe Azure management infrastructure 5 - DESCRIBE AZURE COMPUTE AND NETWORKING SERVICES * Describe Azure Virtual Machines * Describe Azure Virtual Desktop * Describe Azure Containers * Describe Azure Functions * Describe application hosting options * Describe Azure Virtual Networking * Describe Azure Virtual Private Networks * Describe Azure ExpressRoute * Describe Azure DNS 6 - DESCRIBE AZURE STORAGE SERVICES * Describe Azure storage accounts * Describe Azure storage redundancy * Describe Azure storage services * Identify Azure data migration options * Identify Azure file movement options 7 - DESCRIBE AZURE IDENTITY, ACCESS, AND SECURITY * Describe Azure directory services * Describe Azure authentication methods * Describe Azure external identities * Describe Azure conditional access * Describe Azure role-based access control * Describe zero trust model * Describe defense-in-depth * Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud 8 - DESCRIBE COST MANAGEMENT IN AZURE * Describe factors that can affect costs in Azure * Compare the Pricing and Total Cost of Ownership calculators * Describe the Microsoft Cost Management tool * Describe the purpose of tags 9 - DESCRIBE FEATURES AND TOOLS IN AZURE FOR GOVERNANCE AND COMPLIANCE * Describe the purpose of Microsoft Purview * Describe the purpose of Azure Policy * Describe the purpose of resource locks * Describe the purpose of the Service Trust portal 10 - DESCRIBE FEATURES AND TOOLS FOR MANAGING AND DEPLOYING AZURE RESOURCES * Describe tools for interacting with Azure * Describe the purpose of Azure Arc * Describe Azure Resource Manager and Azure ARM templates 11 - DESCRIBE MONITORING TOOLS IN AZURE * Describe the purpose of Azure Advisor * Describe Azure Service Health * Describe Azure Monitor ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans AZ-900T00 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the AZ-900T00 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for The Azure AI Fundamentals course is designed for anyone interested in learning about the types of solution artificial intelligence (AI) makes possible, and the services on Microsoft Azure that you can use to create them. You don?t need to have any experience of using Microsoft Azure before taking this course, but a basic level of familiarity with computer technology and the Internet is assumed. Some of the concepts covered in the course require a basic understanding of mathematics, such as the ability to interpret charts. The course includes hands-on activities that involve working with data and running code, so a knowledge of fundamental programming principles will be helpful. This course introduces fundamentals concepts related to artificial intelligence (AI), and the services in Microsoft Azure that can be used to create AI solutions. The course is not designed to teach students to become professional data scientists or software developers, but rather to build awareness of common AI workloads and the ability to identify Azure services to support them. Prerequisites Prerequisite certification is not required before taking this course. Successful Azure AI Fundamental students start with some basic awareness of computing and internet concepts, and an interest in using Azure AI services. Specifically: * Experience using computers and the internet. * Interest in use cases for AI applications and machine learning models. * A willingness to learn through hands-on exp... 1 - FUNDAMENTAL AI CONCEPTS * Understand machine learning * Understand computer vision * Understand natural language processing * Understand document intelligence and knowledge mining * Understand generative AI * Challenges and risks with AI * Understand Responsible AI 2 - FUNDAMENTALS OF MACHINE LEARNING * What is machine learning? * Types of machine learning * Regression * Binary classification * Multiclass classification * Clustering * Deep learning * Azure Machine Learning 3 - FUNDAMENTALS OF AZURE AI SERVICES * AI services on the Azure platform * Create Azure AI service resources * Use Azure AI services * Understand authentication for Azure AI services 4 - FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER VISION * Images and image processing * Machine learning for computer vision * Azure AI Vision 5 - FUNDAMENTALS OF FACIAL RECOGNITION * Understand Face analysis * Get started with Face analysis on Azure 6 - FUNDAMENTALS OF OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION * Get started with Vision Studio on Azure 7 - FUNDAMENTALS OF TEXT ANALYSIS WITH THE LANGUAGE SERVICE * Understand Text Analytics * Get started with text analysis 8 - FUNDAMENTALS OF QUESTION ANSWERING WITH THE LANGUAGE SERVICE * Understand question answering * Get started with the Language service and Azure Bot Service 9 - FUNDAMENTALS OF CONVERSATIONAL LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING * Describe conversational language understanding * Get started with conversational language understanding in Azure 10 - FUNDAMENTALS OF AZURE AI SPEECH * Understand speech recognition and synthesis * Get started with speech on Azure 11 - FUNDAMENTALS OF AZURE AI DOCUMENT INTELLIGENCE * Explore capabilities of document intelligence * Get started with receipt analysis on Azure 12 - FUNDAMENTALS OF KNOWLEDGE MINING WITH AZURE COGNITIVE SEARCH * What is Azure Cognitive Search? * Identify elements of a search solution * Use a skillset to define an enrichment pipeline * Understand indexes * Use an indexer to build an index * Persist enriched data in a knowledge store * Create an index in the Azure portal * Query data in an Azure Cognitive Search index 13 - FUNDAMENTALS OF GENERATIVE AI * What is generative AI? * Large language models * What is Azure OpenAI? * What are copilots? * Improve generative AI responses with prompt engineering 14 - FUNDAMENTALS OF AZURE OPENAI SERVICE * What is generative AI * Describe Azure OpenAI * How to use Azure OpenAI * Understand OpenAI's natural language capabilities * Understand OpenAI code generation capabilities * Understand OpenAI's image generation capabilities * Describe Azure OpenAI's access and responsible AI policies 15 - FUNDAMENTALS OF RESPONSIBLE GENERATIVE AI * Plan a responsible generative AI solution * Identify potential harms * Measure potential harms * Mitigate potential harms * Operate a responsible generative AI solution ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans AI-900T00 - Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the AI-900T00 - Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for The audience for this course is individuals who want to learn the fundamentals of database concepts in a cloud environment, get basic skilling in cloud data services, and build their foundational knowledge of cloud data services within Microsoft Azure. Overview Describe core data concepts Identify considerations for relational data on Azure Describe considerations for working with non-relational data on Azure Describe an analytics workload on Azure In this course, students will gain foundational knowledge of core data concepts and related Microsoft Azure data services. Students will learn about core data concepts such as relational, non-relational, big data, and analytics, and build their foundational knowledge of cloud data services within Microsoft Azure. Students will explore fundamental relational data concepts and relational database services in Azure. They will explore Azure storage for non-relational data and the fundamentals of Azure Cosmos DB. Students will learn about large-scale data warehousing, real-time analytics, and data visualization. 1 - EXPLORE CORE DATA CONCEPTS * Identify data formats * Explore file storage * Explore databases * Explore transactional data processing * Explore analytical data processing 2 - EXPLORE DATA ROLES AND SERVICES * Explore job roles in the world of data * Identify data services 3 - EXPLORE FUNDAMENTAL RELATIONAL DATA CONCEPTS * Understand relational data * Understand normalization * Explore SQL * Describe database objects 4 - EXPLORE RELATIONAL DATABASE SERVICES IN AZURE * Describe Azure SQL services and capabilities * Describe Azure services for open-source databases 5 - EXPLORE AZURE STORAGE FOR NON-RELATIONAL DATA * Explore Azure blob storage * Explore Azure DataLake Storage Gen2 * Explore Azure Files * Explore Azure Tables 6 - EXPLORE FUNDAMENTALS OF AZURE COSMOS DB * Describe Azure Cosmos DB * Identify Azure Cosmos DB APIs 7 - EXPLORE FUNDAMENTALS OF LARGE-SCALE DATA WAREHOUSING * Describe data warehousing architecture * Explore data ingestion pipelines * Explore analytical data stores 8 - EXPLORE FUNDAMENTALS OF REAL-TIME ANALYTICS * Understand batch and stream processing * Explore common elements of stream processing architecture * Explore Azure Stream Analytics * Explore Apache Spark on Microsoft Azure 9 - EXPLORE FUNDAMENTALS OF DATA VISUALIZATION * Describe Power BI tools and workflow * Describe core concepts of data modeling * Describe considerations for data visualization

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is for Azure Administrators. The Azure Administrator implements, manages, and monitors identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment. The Azure Administrator will provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources as appropriate. This course teaches IT Professionals how to manage their Azure subscriptions, secure identities, administer the infrastructure, configure virtual networking, connect Azure and on-premises sites, manage network traffic, implement storage solutions, create and scale virtual machines, implement web apps and containers, back up and share data, and monitor your solution. Prerequisites Successful Azure Administrators start this role with experience in virtualization, networking, identity, and storage. Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including: VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks. Understanding of network configurations, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies. Understanding of Active Directory concepts, including users, groups, and role-based access control. Understanding of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations. 1 - CONFIGURE MICROSOFT ENTRA ID * Describe Microsoft Entra ID benefits and features * Describe Microsoft Entra concepts * Compare Active Directory Domain Services to Microsoft Entra ID * Select Microsoft Entra editions * Implement Microsoft Entra join * Implement Microsoft Entra self-service password reset 2 - CONFIGURE USER AND GROUP ACCOUNTS * Create user accounts * Manage user accounts * Create bulk user accounts * Create group accounts * Create administrative units 3 - CONFIGURE SUBSCRIPTIONS * Identify Azure regions * Implement Azure subscriptions * Obtain an Azure subscription * Identify Azure subscription usage * Implement Microsoft Cost Management * Apply resource tagging * Apply cost savings 4 - CONFIGURE AZURE POLICY * Create management groups * Implement Azure policies * Create Azure policies * Create policy definitions * Create an initiative definition * Scope the initiative definition * Determine compliance 5 - CONFIGURE ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL * Implement role-based access control * Create a role definition * Create a role assignment * Compare Azure roles to Microsoft Entra roles * Apply role-based access control * Review fundamental Azure RBAC roles 6 - CONFIGURE AZURE RESOURCES WITH TOOLS * Use the Azure portal * Use Azure Cloud Shell * Use Azure PowerShell * Use Azure CLI 7 - USE AZURE RESOURCE MANAGER * Review Azure Resource Manager benefits * Review Azure resource terminology * Create resource groups * Create Azure Resource Manager locks * Reorganize Azure resources * Remove resources and resource groups * Determine resource limits 8 - CONFIGURE RESOURCES WITH AZURE RESOURCE MANAGER TEMPLATES * Review Azure Resource Manager template advantages * Explore the Azure Resource Manager template schema * Explore the Azure Resource Manager template parameters * Consider Bicep templates * Review QuickStart templates 9 - CONFIGURE VIRTUAL NETWORKS * Plan virtual networks * Create subnets * Create virtual networks * Plan IP addressing * Create public IP addressing * Associate public IP addresses * Allocate or assign private IP addresses 10 - CONFIGURE NETWORK SECURITY GROUPS * Implement network security groups * Determine network security group rules * Determine network security group effective rules * Create network security group rules * Implement application security groups 11 - CONFIGURE AZURE DNS * Identify domains and custom domains * Verify custom domain names * Create Azure DNS zones * Delegate DNS domains * Add DNS record sets * Plan for Azure Private DNS zones * Review Azure Private DNS zone scenarios 12 - CONFIGURE AZURE VIRTUAL NETWORK PEERING * Determine Azure Virtual Network peering uses * Determine gateway transit and connectivity * Create virtual network peering * Extend peering with user-defined routes and service chaining 13 - CONFIGURE NETWORK ROUTING AND ENDPOINTS * Review system routes * Identify user-defined routes * Determine service endpoint uses * Determine service endpoint services * Identify private link uses 14 - CONFIGURE AZURE LOAD BALANCER * Determine Azure Load Balancer uses * Implement a public load balancer * Implement an internal load balancer * Determine load balancer SKUs * Create back-end pools * Create health probes * Create load balancer rules 15 - CONFIGURE AZURE APPLICATION GATEWAY * Implement Azure Application Gateway * Determine Azure Application Gateway routing * Configure Azure Application Gateway components 16 - CONFIGURE STORAGE ACCOUNTS * Implement Azure Storage * Explore Azure Storage services * Determine storage account types * Determine replication strategies * Access storage * Secure storage endpoints 17 - CONFIGURE AZURE BLOB STORAGE * Implement Azure Blob Storage * Create blob containers * Assign blob access tiers * Add blob lifecycle management rules * Determine blob object replication * Upload blobs * Determine Blob Storage pricing 18 - CONFIGURE AZURE STORAGE SECURITY * Review Azure Storage security strategies * Create shared access signatures * Identify URI and SAS parameters * Determine Azure Storage encryption * Create customer-managed keys * Apply Azure Storage security best practices 19 - CONFIGURE AZURE FILES AND AZURE FILE SYNC * Compare storage for file shares and blob data * Manage Azure file shares * Create file share snapshots * Implement Azure File Sync * Identify Azure File Sync components * Deploy Azure File Sync 20 - CONFIGURE AZURE STORAGE WITH TOOLS * Use Azure Storage Explorer * Use the Azure Import/Export service * Use the WAImportExport tool * Use the AzCopy tool 21 - CONFIGURE VIRTUAL MACHINES * Review cloud services responsibilities * Plan virtual machines * Determine virtual machine sizing * Determine virtual machine storage * Create virtual machines in the Azure portal * Connect to virtual machines 22 - CONFIGURE VIRTUAL MACHINE AVAILABILITY * Plan for maintenance and downtime * Create availability sets * Review update domains and fault domains * Review availability zones * Compare vertical and horizontal scaling * Implement Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets * Create Virtual Machine Scale Sets * Implement autoscale * Configure autoscale 23 - CONFIGURE AZURE APP SERVICE PLANS * Implement Azure App Service plans * Determine Azure App Service plan pricing * Scale up and scale out Azure App Service * Configure Azure App Service autoscale 24 - CONFIGURE AZURE APP SERVICE * Implement Azure App Service * Create an app with App Service * Explore continuous integration and deployment * Create deployment slots * Add deployment slots * Secure your App Service app * Create custom domain names * Back up and restore your App Service app * Use Azure Application Insights 25 - CONFIGURE AZURE CONTAINER INSTANCES * Compare containers to virtual machines * Review Azure Container Instances * Implement container groups * Review the Docker platform 26 - CONFIGURE FILE AND FOLDER BACKUPS * Describe Azure Backup benefits * Implement Backup Center for Azure Backup * Configure Azure Recovery Services vault backup options * Use the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) agent * Configure on-premises file and folder backups 27 - CONFIGURE VIRTUAL MACHINE BACKUPS * Explore options to protect virtual machine data * Create virtual machine snapshots in Azure Backup * Set up Azure Recovery Services vault backup options * Back up your virtual machines * Restore your virtual machines * Implement System Center DPM and Azure Backup Server * Compare the MARS agent and Azure Backup Server * Implement soft delete for your virtual machines * Implement Azure Site Recovery 28 - CONFIGURE AZURE MONITOR * Describe Azure Monitor key capabilities * Describe Azure Monitor components * Define metrics and logs * Identify monitoring data and tiers * Describe activity log events * Query the activity log 29 - CONFIGURE AZURE ALERTS * Describe Azure Monitor alerts * Manage Azure Monitor alerts * Create alert rules * Create action groups 30 - CONFIGURE LOG ANALYTICS * Determine Log Analytics uses * Create a Log Analytics workspace * Create Kusto (KQL) queries * Structure Log Analytics queries 31 - CONFIGURE NETWORK WATCHER * Describe Azure Network Watcher features * Review IP flow verify diagnostics * Review next hop diagnostics * Visualize the network topology

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for The audience for this course is data professionals managing data and databases who want to learn about administering the data platform technologies that are available on Microsoft Azure. This course is also valuable for data architects and application developers who need to understand what technologies are available for the data platform with Azure and how to work with those technologies through applications. This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to administer a SQL Server database infrastructure for cloud, on-premises and hybrid relational databases and who work with the Microsoft PaaS relational database offerings. Additionally, it will be of use to individuals who develop applications that deliver content from SQL-based relational databases. Prerequisites In addition to their professional experience, students who take this training should have technical knowledge equivalent to the following courses: AZ-900T00 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals DP-900T00 Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals 1 - PREPARE TO MAINTAIN SQL DATABASES ON AZURE * Describe Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform roles * Understand SQL Server in an Azure virtual machine * Design Azure SQL Database for cloud-native applications * Explore Azure SQL Database Managed Instance 2 - DEPLOY IAAS SOLUTIONS WITH AZURE SQL * Explain IaaS options to deploy SQL Server in Azure * Understand hybrid scenarios * Explore performance and security * Explain high availability and disaster recovery options 3 - DEPLOY PAAS SOLUTIONS WITH AZURE SQL * Explain PaaS options for deploying SQL Server in Azure * Explore single SQL database * Deploy SQL database elastic pool * Understand SQL database hyperscale * Examine SQL managed instance * Describe SQL Edge 4 - EVALUATE STRATEGIES FOR MIGRATING TO AZURE SQL * Understand compatibility level * Understand Azure preview features * Describe Azure database migration options 5 - MIGRATE SQL WORKLOADS TO AZURE SQL DATABASES * Choose the right SQL Server Instance option in Azure * Migrate SQL Server to Azure SQL Database offline * Migrate SQL Server to Azure SQL Database online * Load and move data to Azure SQL Database 6 - MIGRATE SQL WORKLOADS TO AZURE MANAGED INSTANCES * Evaluate migration scenarios to SQL Database Managed Instance * Migrate to SQL Database Managed Instance * Load and Move data to SQL Database Managed Instance 7 - CONFIGURE DATABASE AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION * Describe Active Directory and Azure Active Directory * Describe authentication and identities * Describe Security Principals * Describe database and object permissions * Identify authentication and authorization failures 8 - PROTECT DATA IN-TRANSIT AND AT REST * Explore Transparent Data Encryption * Configure server and database firewall rules * Explain object encryption and secure enclaves * Enable encrypted connections * Describe SQL injection * Understand Azure Key Vault 9 - IMPLEMENT COMPLIANCE CONTROLS FOR SENSITIVE DATA * Explore data classification * Explore server and database audit * Implement Dynamic Data Masking * Implement Row Level security * Understand Microsoft Defender for SQL * Explore Azure SQL Database Ledger * Implement Azure Purview 10 - DESCRIBE PERFORMANCE MONITORING * Describe performance monitoring tools * Describe critical performance metrics * Establish baseline metrics * Explore extended events * Describe Azure SQL Insights * Explore Query Performance Insight 11 - CONFIGURE SQL SERVER RESOURCES FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE * Explain how to optimize Azure storage for SQL Server virtual machines * Describe virtual machine resizing * Optimize database storage * Control SQL Server resources 12 - CONFIGURE DATABASES FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE * Explore database maintenance checks * Describe database scoped configuration options * Describe automatic tuning * Describe intelligent query processing 13 - EXPLORE QUERY PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION * Understand query plans * Explain estimated and actual query plans * Describe dynamic management views and functions * Explore Query Store * Identify problematic query plans * Describe blocking and locking 14 - EVALUATE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS * Describe wait statistics * Tune and maintain indexes * Understand query hints 15 - EXPLORE PERFORMANCE-BASED DESIGN * Describe normalization * Choose appropriate data types * Design indexes 16 - AUTOMATE DEPLOYMENT OF DATABASE RESOURCES * Describe deployment models in Azure * Automate deployment by using Azure Resource Manager templates and Bicep * Automate deployment by using PowerShell * Automate deployment by using Azure CLI 17 - CREATE AND MANAGE SQL AGENT JOBS * Create a SQL Server maintenance plan * Describe task status notifications 18 - MANAGE AZURE PAAS TASKS USING AUTOMATION * Explore Elastic jobs * Understand Azure Automation * Build an automation runbook * Automate database workflows by using Logic Apps * Monitor automated tasks 19 - DESCRIBE HIGH AVAILABILITY AND DISASTER RECOVERY STRATEGIES * Describe recovery time objective and recovery point objective * Explore high availability and disaster recovery options * Describe Azure high availability and disaster recovery features for Azure Virtual Machines * Describe high availability and disaster recovery options for PaaS deployments * Explore an IaaS high availability and disaster recovery solution * Describe hybrid solutions 20 - EXPLORE IAAS AND PAAS SOLUTIONS FOR HIGH AVAILABILITY AND DISASTER RECOVERY * Describe failover clusters in Windows Server * Configure Always-on availability groups * Describe temporal tables in Azure SQL Database * Describe active geo-replication for Azure SQL Database * Explore auto-failover groups for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance 21 - BACK UP AND RESTORE DATABASES * Back up and restore SQL Server running on Azure virtual machines * Back up a SQL Server virtual machine * Back up and restore a database using Azure SQL Database ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans DP-300T00: Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the DP-300T00: Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

In this course, you will get familiar with Microsoft Azure, its interface, and various services. You will provision and then use Microsoft Azure resources and services and have an appreciation for how everything connects and can contribute to your stable and modern application being developed.