Introduction

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Azure Architects need to design and recommend network solutions. Global organizations are seeking cloud-based solutions to improve their business and foster growth into new markets. They need solutions that can offer robust and reliable user experiences in a global environment.

Meet Tailwind Traders

Tailwind Traders is a fictitious home improvement retailer. It operates retail hardware stores across the globe and online. Tailwind Traders specializes in competitive pricing, fast shipping, and a large range of items. The company is looking at cloud technologies to improve their business operations and enable growth into new markets. The company hopes that by moving to the cloud, it can enhance its shopping experience to further differentiate itself from competitors.

As a member of the enterprise IT team, you're helping to define the strategy to migrate some company workloads to Azure. You need to identify the required networking components and design the network infrastructure. Tailwind Traders operations are global, so they expect to use multiple Azure regions to host its applications. Most of these applications have dependencies on infrastructure and data services, which should also reside in Azure. Internal applications migrated to Azure must remain accessible to Tailwind Traders users. Internet-facing applications migrated to Azure must remain accessible to any external customer.

Learning objectives

In this module, you learn how to:

  • Recommend a network architecture solution based on workload requirements

  • Design for on-premises connectivity to Azure Virtual Network

  • Design for Azure network connectivity services

  • Design for application delivery services

  • Design for application protection services

Skills measured

The content in the module helps you prepare for Exam AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions. The module concepts are covered in:

Design infrastructure solutions

  • Design network solutions

    • Recommend a network architecture solution based on workload requirements

    • Recommend a connectivity solution that connects Azure resources to the internet

    • Recommend a connectivity solution that connects Azure resources to on-premises networks

    • Optimize network performance for applications

    • Recommend a solution to optimize network security

    • Recommend a load balancing and routing solution

Prerequisites

  • Working experience with enterprise networking

  • Conceptual knowledge of software defined networking and hybrid connectivity