Welcome to Skylines Academy – home of the NEW AZ-303 Course!
Since Microsoft announced the new AZ-303 Azure Architect Technologies exam, the Skylines Academy team has been hard at work to provide you with brand new and relevant content to help you pass the AZ-303 exam. The AZ-303 exam is the updated version of the AZ-300 exam and includes a lot of new material. The exam will be available starting June 29, 2020 so you could be one of the first to get certified!
After taking the AZ-303 exam, we recommend you take the AZ-304 course from Skylines Academy (coming soon!) and exam. Once you pass both exams, you will be an EXPERT and obtain the Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert badge
This course follows the Microsoft Skills Measured curriculum for the AZ-303. Nick Colyer, Master Instructor and Co-Founder of Skylines Academy will lead you through this brand-new course, filled with in-depth content around AZ-303 Azure services. Nick’s previous version of this course, AZ-300, has received an average of 4.72 starts from thousands of students from every corner of the globe:
4.72 Star Rating!
Student Reviews for the Azure Architect Technologies Course by Nick Colyer:
“This is a great site to learn and Nick is awesome instructor. Since I have started my Journey with Skylines with AZ-900 this is the Third course I have completed so far. I am now preparing my AZ-300 Exam and after that 301.”
“Two Words...Just Awesome!!!”
“All the information was concise and engaging. I like how there is a lecture followed by a demo right after. It really helps to reinforce the topic while it is fresh in the mind. Overall, my second course with Nick, and I am enjoying them. I passed the AZ-103 exam using Nick's course on here, and moving on to 300 and 301. Thanks a bunch!”
Course Description:
The AZ-303 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-303 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:
- Understand Azure Active Directory (AD) and Subscriptions
- Implement Virtual Networking
- Implement Virtual Machines for Windows and Linux
- Create and Manage Storage Accounts
- Deploy Automation and Configure Resources
- Implement Azure AD
- Implement and Manage Hybrid Identities
- Configure Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
- Implement and Manage Governance Solutions
- Implement Load Balancing and Network Security
- Manage Security for Applications
- Implement an Application Infrastructure
- Deploy Container-based Applications
- Implement and Manage Data Platforms
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-103 or 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-303 course! We’re happy you’re joining us!
Course Curriculum
- Lecture: Accessing Azure (4:57)
- PowerShell Guide
- Azure CLI Guide
- Demo: Azure Portal Overview (13:55)
- Lecture: Accounts and Subscriptions Overview (6:30)
- Demo: Accounts and Subscription Management (11:51)
- Lab Assignment A1: Accounts & Subscription - Creating Free trial Account
- Lecture: Resource Groups (2:17)
- Demo: Resource Groups and Tagging (5:53)
- Lab Assignment A2: Accounts & Subscription – Resource Group creation
- Lecture: Network Overview (11:36)
- Demo: Create VNet in the Azure Portal (5:46)
- Demo: Create VNet in PowerShell (9:25)
- Artifact: PowerShell Script
- Lecture: VNet Peering and Connectivity (7:04)
- Demo: VNet Peering (6:12)
- Lab Assignment A3: Networking - VNet Creation
- Lab Assignment A4: Networking – VNet Peering
- Lecture: Hybrid Connectivity Options (12:14)
- Lecture: Routing (4:28)
- Demo: User Defined Routes (7:02)
- Lecture: Internet Access and DNS (4:36)
- Demo: Private DNS (10:44)
- Demo: Azure Public DNS Zone (4:10)
- Lab Assignment A5: Networking – DNS Zones
- Lecture: VMs Overview (11:49)
- Demo: Deploy VM from Portal (14:01)
- Demo: Deploy VM from PowerShell (9:39)
- Artifact: Script for PowerShell
- Lecture: VM Images (0:50)
- Demo: VM Images (3:40)
- Lab A7: Virtual Machines – VM Creation, Availability Set, DNS Checks
- Lecture: Configuration Management Overview (4:52)
- Demo: PowerShell DSC Extension (4:43)
- Lecture: Custom Script Extension (1:22)
- Lecture: VM Availability Overview (6:04)
- Demo: VM Availability Groups and Zones (7:13)
- Lecture: VM Scale Sets (2:46)
- Demo: VM Scale Sets (4:01)
- Lab A8: Virtual Machines – VM Scale Sets, Availability Zones, PowerShell DSC
- Lecture: VM Storage (7:25)
- Demo: Add Disk (2:58)
- Lecture: Disk Caching (1:25)
- Demo: Disk Caching (3:28)
- Lecture: VM Security Best Practices (8:13)
- Lecture: Disk Encryption (7:27)
- Demo: Create Key Vault for Disk Encryption (2:56)
- Demo: Encrypt VM Disks (4:33)
- Demo:Azure Security - VM Management (9:01)
- Demo - VM Endpoint Protection (5:58)
- Lecture: Storage Account Overview (4:56)
- Demo: Create Storage Account via the Azure Portal (18:19)
- Demo: Create Storage Account PowerShell (7:43)
- Artifact: Storage Account PowerShell Script
- Demo Storage Explorer (3:22)
- Demo: AZ Copy v10 (14:48)
- Artifact: AZ Copy Reference
- Lecture: Storage Permissions (5:25)
- Demo: Create and Manage Shared Access Signature (SAS) (4:24)
- Lecture: Storage Keys (0:59)
- Lecture: Custom Domains (2:14)
- Demo: Azure FIles (3:35)
- Demo: File Sync (11:55)
- Lab Assignment A6: Storage Accounts – Create Storage Accounts
- Please take our 1-minute survey and tell us how we're doing!
- Lecture: ARM Overview (1:29)
- Lecture: ARM TEMPLATES Overview (3:22)
- Demo: ARM Template Creation (10:32)
- Lab Assignment B1: Automation – ARM Template
- Lecture: Linking Templates (2:53)
- Demo: Save Deployment as a Template (1:45)
- Demo: Azure Automation (8:22)
- Demo: Automation DSC (7:38)
- Artifact: Install IIS PowerShell Script
- Lecture: Domain Services (3:12)
- Lecture: Azure AD Overview (3:12)
- Lecture: Azure AD Pricing (2:57)
- Demo: Create Azure AD Tenant (3:06)
- Demo: Azure AD Users and Groups (3:09)
- Lab Assignment B2: Azure Active Directory – Create AD Tenant
- Lecture: SSO and MFA (3:12)
- Demo: Self Service Password Reset (4:01)
- Lecture: Identity Protection (3:16)
- Demo: Identity Protection and Conditional Access (7:03)
- Lecture: RBAC (5:28)
- Demo: RBAC (3:36)
- Lab Assignment B5: Governance – RBAC
- Demo: Resource Groups (4:27)
- Demo: Move Resource Groups (3:19)
- Lecture: AZ Locks (1:17)
- Demo: AZ Locks (6:32)
- Lab Assignment B6: Governance – Azure Locks
- Lecture: Azure Policy (1:12)
- Demo: Azure Policy and Management Groups (11:54)
- Lab Assignment B7: Governance – Azure Policies
- Lecture: Network Security Overview (5:26)
- Lecture: Network Security Groups (6:48)
- Demo: Network Security Groups (10:44)
- Lab Assignment B8: Networking – Network Security Groups
- Lecture: Azure Firewall (3:28)
- Demo: Azure Firewall (21:50)
- Lecture: Load Balancing (14:35)
- Demo: Load Balancing (8:01)
- Lab Assignment B9: Networking – Load Balancing
- Demo: App Gateway (7:39)
- Lecture: Azure Front Door (6:07)
- Demo: Azure Front Door (9:47)
- Lecture/Demo: Azure Bastion (6:36)
- Lab Assignment B10: Networking – Azure Firewall, Routes and Bastion
- Lecture: DDOS Protection (5:40)
- Demo: DDOS Protection (3:31)
- Lecture: Azure App Service (10:09)
- Lecture: Deployment Slots (2:24)
- Demo: Deploy NodeJS App on App Services (23:29)
- Lab Assignment C1: Applications – App Service
- Lab Assignment C2: Networking – Azure Front Door
- Lecture: Serverless (4:00)
- Demo: Functions (5:50)
- Lab Assignment C3: Applications – Functions
- Demo: Logic Apps (6:15)
- Lab Assignment C4: Applications – Logic Apps
- Demo: Configure Event Grid (8:57)
- Demo: Event Hub (6:52)
- Lecture: Containers Overview (6:27)
- Demo: Install Docker (4:12)
- Demo: Prepare App for AKS (4:26)
- Demo: Create Azure Container Registry (7:07)
- Lab Assignment D1: Containers – Azure Container Registry
- Demo: Create Kubernetes Cluster (7:00)
- Demo: Run App and Scale on AKS (8:12)
- Lab Assignment D2: Containers – AKS
- Demo: Container Security - ACR (4:26)
- Lecture: Container Security - AKS (2:56)
- Demo: Container Security - Container Scanning (1:52)
- Lecture: Types of Data (2:17)
- Lecture: Azure SQL (4:22)
- Lecture: SQL Pricing Models (8:08)
- Demo: Azure SQL (9:09)
- Lecture: SQL Auditing (5:01)
- Lecture: Caching (6:32)
- Demo: SQL Long Term Backup (1:54)
- Lab Assignment D3: Data Platforms – Azure SQL
- Lecture: Cosmos DB (2:57)
- Lecture: Cosmos Consistency Levels (3:30)
- Lab Assignment D4: Data Platforms – CosmosDB
Instructor Bio:
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).