Azure IaaS for IT Pros Online Event

Join Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Chief Technology Officer, Azure, as he introduces this in-depth Azure training for IT Professionals. Take a deep dive with Senior Technical Evangelist Rick Claus and members of Azure Engineering into the technologies critical for IT Pro Implementers, like you, to help better understand and build your foundational cloud skills. Experts share their deep technical insights on these topics which also prepare you to take Exam 70-533: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions for Microsoft Azure Specialist Certification.

The event videos are now also available as on-demand courses at Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA). Take courses on MVA to test your knowledge with assessment, and earn MVA points!

Topics include:

• Day 1: Establish the Foundation: Core IaaS Infrastructure Technical Fundamentals
  • View from the CTO: Mark Russinovich, Chief Technology Officer - Azure
  • Azure IaaS Virtual Machines Inside Out
  • Optimize Your Windows Server Workloads on Azure
  • Inside IaaS Architecture Best Practices and Management
• Day 2: Dive Deep into Networking, Storage and Disaster Recovery Scenarios
  • Designing Networking and Hybrid Connectivity Infrastructure
  • Deep Dive into Azure Storage Blobs, Disks, Files, Tables and Queues
  • Planning Disaster Recovery, Migration and More
  • Learn the Ins and Outs of Azure Automation, PowerShell and Desired State Configuration
• Day 3: Embrace Open Source Technologies (Chef and Puppet Configurations, Containerization with Docker, and Linux) to Accelerate and Scale Solutions
  • How to Deploy Linux and OSS on Azure
  • Leverage Existing Chef / Puppet toolsets for management
  • How to Implement Containerization with Docker to Increase Density and Performance of Virtual Machines
  • Creating Large Scale Linux Deployments on Azure
• Day 4: Optimize Windows Workload Architecture and Administration Capabilities Within Azure
  • Identity Solutions: Leveraging Azure Active Directory / Active Directory Premium
  • Azure Websites: Manage Your Websites not Your VMs
  • Leveraging SQL Azure for Your Solutions
  • Architecting SharePoint for the Cloud