Welcome to Skylines Academy AZ-304 Certification Course!
Skylines Academy presents the latest edition of the Microsoft Azure Architect Design Certification Course: AZ-304. Master Instructor Nick Colyer brings you updated content to match the new AZ-304 curriculum . Nick’s AZ-301 course (previous version of the AZ-304) had rave reviews and has helped thousands of students across the globe pass the exam. The course rating is:
Course Description:
The AZ-304 course is intended for IT engineers and architects who have previous experience of Microsoft Azure. Since Azure services were released, there have been several additions and updates to the platform that will be explored in this course. In order for you to achieve success and pass the AZ-304 exam, this Skylines Academy course will guide you through a series of sections, lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on labs, alongside other helpful study material. We have got you covered!
During this course, you will gain knowledge and hands-on experience of:
- Design Logging and Monitoring solutions such as Log Analytics, Network Watcher and Security Center
- Implement Cost Optimization for your environment
- Design Compute such as Virtual Machines for Windows and Linux
- Design and Manage Storage Accounts
- Deploy Automation and Configure Resources
- Implement Azure AD and PIM
- Design and Manage Hybrid Identities
- Configure Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
- Design and Manage Governance Solutions
- Design Load Balancing and Network Security
- Design for High Availability
- Architect Security for Applications
- Design an Application Infrastructure
- Design Container-based Applications
- Design Data Platforms like Azure SQL and CosmosDB
- Design a solution for Backup and Recovery with Azure Backup and ASR
- Design Migrations using Azure Migrate
Course Curriculum
- Lecture: Azure Monitoring Overview (9:00)
- Lecture: Monitoring and Alerts Demo (13:12)
- Lecture: Logging Design (7:36)
- Lecture: Log Analytics (5:35)
- Demo: Log Analytics (23:18)
- Demo: Network Watcher (12:36)
- Demo: Security Center (18:58)
- Lecture: Alerting (6:56)
- Artifact: Alert Examples
- Lecture: Monitoring Scenarios (16:46)
- Lecture: Domain Services (3:12)
- Lecture: Azure AD Overview (6:17)
- Lecture: Azure AD Connect (4:49)
- Demo: Create Azure AD Tenant (3:06)
- Demo: Manage Users and Groups (3:09)
- Lecture: Authentication Options (10:09)
- Lecture: SSO and MFA (3:12)
- Demo: Self Service and Password Reset (4:01)
- Lecture: Identity Protection (3:16)
- Demo: Identity Protection (7:03)
- Demo: Accounts and Subscription Management (11:51)
- Lecture: Accounts and Subscriptions Overview (6:30)
- Lecture: Resource Groups (2:17)
- Demo: Resource Groups and Tagging (5:53)
- Lecture: RBAC (5:24)
- Demo: RBAC (3:36)
- Lecture: PIM (7:59)
- Demo: PIM Setup (8:25)
- Demo: PIM RBAC (6:22)
- Demo: PIM Role Activation (5:45)
- Lecture: Types of Data (2:17)
- Lecture: Azure SQL (4:22)
- Lecture: SQL Pricing Models (8:08)
- Demo: SQL (9:09)
- Lecture: SQL Auditing (5:01)
- Lecture: Caching (6:32)
- Demo: SQL Long Term Backups (1:54)
- Lecture: CosmosDB (2:57)
- Lecture: Cosmos Consistency Levels (3:30)
- Lecture: Big Data (3:49)
- Lecture: Azure Data Factory (2:13)
- Lecture: Design Compute (5:26)
- Lecture: VMs Overview (11:49)
- Lecture: VM Storage (7:25)
- Lecture: VM Images (0:50)
- Lecture: Availability Sets and Zones (6:04)
- Demo: Availability (7:13)
- Lecture: Scaling Overview (2:46)
- Demo: Scaling (4:01)
- Lecture: Containers (6:27)
- Demo: Install Docker (4:12)
- Demo: Prepare App for AKS (4:26)
- Demo: Create Azure Container Registry (7:07)
- Demo: Create Kubernetes Cluster (7:00)
- Demo: AKS Run App and Scale (8:12)
- Lecture: Network Overview (11:36)
- Demo: Create Network in Azure Portal (5:46)
- Demo: Create Network in PowerShell (9:25)
- Artifact: Network Demo File
- Lecture: VNET Peering and Connectivity (7:04)
- Demo: VNET Peering (6:12)
- Lecture: Hybrid Networking (12:14)
- Lecture: Routing (4:28)
- Demo: User Defined Routes (7:02)
- Lecture: Internet and DNS (4:36)
- Demo: Private DNS (10:44)
- Demo: Public DNS (4:10)
- Lecture: Network Security Overview (5:26)
- Lecture: Network Security Groups (6:48)
- Demo: NSGs (10:44)
- Lecture: Azure Firewall (3:28)
- Demo: Azure Firewall (21:50)
- Lecture: Load Balancing (14:35)
- Demo: Load Balancing (8:01)
- Lecture: Front Door (6:07)
- Demo: Front Door (9:47)
- Lecture: Azure Bastion (6:36)
- Lecture: DDOS Protection (5:40)
- Demo: DDOS Protection (3:31)
Lectures will educate you on the fundamental terms and principles of the Azure platform and demos will enable you with a hands-on experience using scenarios to empower you in the real world.
Requirements:
- You’ll need to spin up a free Azure account for a more hands-on experience
- We recommend you take the AZ-104 course and exam to form foundational knowledge of the Azure platform
- Previous knowledge of data center technology areas such as compute, network, and storage is a must!
- Drive to learn about cloud and Microsoft Azure
Welcome to the Skylines Academy AZ-304 course! We’re happy you’re joining us!
About the Author
Nick Colyer has over 25 years of experience in the IT Industry and currently works as a Chief Cloud Architect for AHEAD, LLC in Chicago, IL.
Day-to-day Nick spends his time educating and enabling customers to adopt cloud platforms in a way that is not only meaningful to their business, but also empowers them for years to come in the IT industry.
Nick is a passionate teacher of technology and is certified as a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). Thousands of students have already trusted Nick with their IT training, and his courses routinely receive the highest reviews globally.
Nick often speaks at conferences including AHEAD Azure Innovation Days, VMWorld, the Looking Ahead Tech Summit, as well as tailored briefings for large enterprise companies across the United States.
You can regularly find Nick at community events and on Twitter (@vnickc).
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