Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Certification and Beyond: Simplified cloud concepts and core Azure fundamentals for absolute beginners to pass the AZ-900 exam. Questo articolo non è disponibile.Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Certification and Beyond: Simplified cloud concepts and core Azure fundamentals for absolute beginners to pass the AZ-900 exam

Gain in-depth knowledge of Azure fundamentals that will make it easy for you to achieve AZ-900 certification

Key Features

• Get fundamental knowledge of cloud concepts and the Microsoft Azure platform
• Explore practical exercises to gain experience of working with the Microsoft Azure platform in the real world
• Prepare to achieve AZ-900 certification on the first go with the help of simplified examples covered in the book

Book Description

This is the digital and cloud era, and Microsoft Azure is one of the top cloud computing platforms. It’s now more important than ever to understand how the cloud functions and the different services that can be leveraged across the cloud.

This book will give you a solid understanding of cloud concepts and Microsoft Azure, starting by taking you through cloud concepts in depth, then focusing on the core Azure architectural components, solutions, and management tools. Next, you will understand security concepts, defense-in-depth, and key security services such as Network Security Groups and Azure Firewall, as well as security operations tooling such as Azure Security Center and Azure Sentinel. As you progress, you will understand how identity, governance, privacy, and compliance are managed in Azure. Finally, you will get to grips with cost management, service-level agreements, and service life cycles. Throughout, the book features a number of hands-on exercises to support the concepts, services, and solutions discussed. This provides you with a glimpse of real-world scenarios, before finally concluding with practice questions for AZ-900 exam preparation.

By the end of this Azure book, you will have a thorough understanding of cloud concepts and Azure fundamentals, enabling you to pass the AZ-900 certification exam easily.

What you will learn

• Explore cloud computing with Azure cloud
• Gain an understanding of the core Azure architectural components
• Acquire knowledge of core services and management tools on Azure
• Get up and running with security concepts, security operations, and protection from threats
• Focus on identity, governance, privacy, and compliance features
• Understand Azure cost management, SLAs, and service life cycles

Who this book is for

This Azure fundamentals book is both for those with technical backgrounds and non-technical backgrounds who want to learn and explore the field of cloud computing, especially with Azure. This book will also help anyone who wants to develop a good foundation for achieving advanced Azure certifications. There is no prerequisite for this book except a willingness to learn and explore cloud concepts and Microsoft Azure.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Cloud Computing
2. Benefits of Cloud Computing
3. Core Azure Architectural Components
4. Core Azure Resources
5. Core Azure Solutions
6. Azure Management Tools
7. Azure Security
8. Azure Identity Services
9. Azure Governance
10. Azure Privacy and Compliance
11. Azure Cost Planning and Management
12. Azure Service-Level Agreements
13. Exam Preparation Practice Tests

Steve Miles, aka smiles or Mr analogy, has over 20 years of experience in networking, data center infrastructure, managed hosting, and cloud solutions. Experience comes from working in end-user, reseller channel, and vendor space, and roles with a global network and app security vendor, global telco hosters, managed hosting, colocation and data center services providers, hardware distribution; currently working for a Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) indirect distributor based in the UK and Dublin in a cloud and hybrid technology leadership role. Most happy when in front of a whiteboard, he prefers to speak in illustrations and is renowned for his analogies to break down complex technologies and concepts into everyday real-world scenarios. Peter De Tender is a well-known Azure expert and a very passionate and dedicated technical trainer, who always manages to provide inspiring, deeply technical workshops on the Azure platform, packed with demos and fun. Before Peter joined the prestigious Azure Technical Trainer team within Microsoft, he held a similar position in his own company for 6 years. Now, he's continuing what he loves doing most, upskilling customers and partners in the wonderful world and capabilities of Azure. Peter has been a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) for more than 10 years and has been a Microsoft MVP since 2013, initially on Windows IT Pro, but he moved to the Azure category in 2015. Besides co-authoring the previous edition of this book, Peter has published other Azure-oriented material with Packt Publishing, Apress, and through self-publishing. You can follow Peter on Twitter at pdtit or 007ffflearning to stay up to date with his Azure adventures.