Exam Ref 70-533 Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

Michael Washam is a Microsoft MVP specializing in Microsoft Azure and is the founder and CEO of Opsgility (www.opsgility.com), a leader in instructor-led and on-demand training for Microsoft Azure and enterprise computing. Prior to starting Opsgility, Michael was a fifteen year Microsoft veteran, and while at Microsoft, Michael's roles included being a Senior Program Manager on the Microsoft Azure Runtime team and a Senior Technical Evangelist for Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services. Michael was the original developer of the Microsoft Azure PowerShell cmdlets and is a globally recognized speaker for conferences such as TechEd and BUILD. When not focused on cloud computing Michael spends time with his wife and kids in the north Texas area. Rick Rainey is a Microsoft Azure Insider and Advisor, Certified Trainer (MCT), blogger (http://rickrainey.com) and an Azure community enthusiast. At Microsoft, he worked closely with Microsoft Premier Enterprise customers, Independent Software Vendors, and Microsoft Engineering to design and develop applications for the Microsoft Azure platform. Today, he is the owner and CEO of CloudAlloc (http://www.cloudalloc.com), a provider of services and tools designed to achieve maximum business value from applications and infrastructure workloads running in the cloud.

Introduction   xv
Microsoft certifications   xv
Acknowledgments   xvi
Free ebooks from Microsoft Press   xvi
Microsoft Virtual Academy   xvii
Errata, updates, & book support   xvii
We want to hear from you   xvii
Stay in touch   xvii
Preparing for the exam   xix
Chapter 1: Implement Websites   1
Objective 1.1: Deploy Websites   1
Creating an Azure website   2
Defining deployment slots   4
Swapping deployment slots   6
Publishing an Azure website   7
Deploying WebJobs   7
Objective summary   9
Objective review   9
Objective 1.2: Configure websites   10
Configuring site settings   11
Configuring a custom domain for a website   14
Configuring SSL certificates for an Azure website   16
Configuring Azure Traffic Manager   18
Configuring handler mappings   22
Configuring handler mappings using Azure PowerShell   23
Configuring virtual applications and directories   23
Using the Azure Cross-Platform Command-Line Interface tools for configuration tasks   24
Objective summary   26
Objective review   27
Objective 1.3: Configure diagnostics, monitoring, and analytics   28
Enabling application and site diagnostics   28
Retrieving diagnostic logs   30
Viewing streaming logs   32
Monitoring website resources   34
Configuring endpoint monitoring and alerts   36
Configuring alerts based on metrics and events   37
Monitoring Azure services   38
Configuring analytics   39
Configuring backup   40
Objective summary   42
Objective review   43
Objective 1.4: Configure scale and resilience   44
Configuring Autoscale using schedules   44
Configuring Autoscale using metrics   46
Scaling up a website instance   47
Objective summary   48
Objective review   48
Objective 1.5: Manage hosting plans   48
Creating a new web hosting plan   49
Creating a website within an existing web hosting plan   50
Migrating websites between hosting plans   50
Objective summary   51
Objective review   52
Answers   53
Objective 1.1: Thought experiment   53
Objective 1.1: Review   53
Objective 1.2: Thought experiment   54
Objective 1.2: Review   55
Objective 1.3: Thought experiment   56
Objective 1.3: Review   56
Objective 1.4: Thought experiment   57
Objective 1.4: Review   58
Objective 1.5: Thought experiment   58
Objective 1.5: Review   58
Chapter 2: Implement virtual machines   61
Objective 2.1: Deploy workloads on Azure virtual machines (VMs)   61
Identifying supported workloads    62
Creating virtual machines   62
Managing the lifecycle of a virtual machine   80
Connecting to virtual machines   82
Objective summary   86
Objective review   86
Objective 2.2: Implement images and disks   87
Uploading and downloading virtual hard disks   88
Copying virtual hard disks between storage accounts and
subscriptions   89
Virtual machine images   89
Creating images and disks from a virtual hard disk   92
Managing data disks   96
Deleting images and disks   98
Objective summary   99
Objective review   100
Objective 2.3: Perform configuration management   100
Using the custom script extension    101
Implementing Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration    103
Using the Virtual Machine Access Extension   109
Enabling the Puppet virtual machine extension   110
Enabling the Chef virtual machine extension   111
Extensions without cmdlets   111
Objective summary   112
Objective review   113
Objective 2.4: Configure VM networking   114
Understanding cloud services   114
Configuring endpoints   115
Configuring access control lists   119
Configuring reserved IP addresses   120
Configuring public IP addresses   121
Objective summary   122
Objective review   123
Objective 2.5: Configure VM for resiliency   124
Configuring availability sets   124
Scaling a virtual machine up and down   125
Implementing Autoscale   126
Objective summary   129
Objective review   129
Objective 2.6: Design and implement VM storage   130
Configuring virtual machine disk caching   130
Planning for storage capacity   131
Implementing disk redundancy for durability   131
Implementing disk redundancy for performance   132
Implementing Azure Files    133
Encrypting disks   134
Objective summary   134
Objective review   135
Objective 2.7: Monitor VMs   136
Configuring metrics and alerts   136
Configuring endpoint monitoring   138
Configuring diagnostics   138
Objective summary   140
Objective review   140
Answers   142
Objective 2.1: Thought experiment   142
Objective 2.1: Review   142
Objective 2.2: Thought experiment   143
Objective 2.2: Review   143
Objective 2.3: Thought experiment   144
Objective 2.3: Review   144
Objective 2.4: Thought experiment   145
Objective 2.4: Review   145
Objective 2.5: Thought experiment   146
Objective 2.5: Review   146
Objective 2.6: Thought experiment   147
Objective 2.6: Review   147
Objective 2.7: Thought experiment   148
Objective 2.7: Review   148
Chapter 3: Implement Cloud Services   151
Objective 3.1: Configure Cloud Services and roles   151
Configuring role instance count   152
Configuring role operating system settings   155
Configuring In-Role Cache for Microsoft Azure Cache   157
Configuring a custom domain   160
Configuring SSL    162
Configuring a reserved IP address   164
Configuring network traffic rules   166
Restricting web role access   168
Configuring local storage   170
Configuring role instance size   172
Configuring multiple websites on a web role   173
Configuring remote desktop   176
Objective summary   177
Objective review   178
Objective 3.2: Deploy and manage Cloud Services   180
Packaging a cloud service   180
Deploying a cloud service   182
Perform a virtual IP swap   187
Updating a cloud service deployment   187
Scaling a cloud service   189
Creating a Service Bus namespace   193
Objective summary   195
Objective review   195
Objective 3.3: Monitor Cloud Services   196
Monitoring a cloud service   196
Configuring endpoint monitoring   199
Monitoring a Service Bus queue   200
Monitoring a Service Bus topic   201
Monitoring a Service Bus relay   202
Monitoring a Notification Hub   202
Collecting diagnostics data   203
Objective summary   205
Objective review   205
Answers   206
Objective 3.1: Thought experiment   206
Objective 3.1: Review   206
Objective 3.2: Thought experiment   209
Objective 3.2: Review   209
Objective 3.3: Thought experiment   210
Objective 3.3: Review   210
Chapter 4: Implement storage   213
Objective 4.1: Implement blobs and Azure files   213
Managing blob storage   214
Understanding storage account replication options   216
Using the async blob copy service   218
Configuring, and using, Azure files   220
Using the Import and Export service   221
Implementing Content Delivery Network   223
Configuring custom domains   226
Objective summary   228
Objective review   228
Objective 4.2: Manage access   229
Managing storage account keys   230
Creating, and using, shared access signatures   231
Using a stored access policy   232
Objective summary   233
Objective review   233
Objective 4.3: Configure diagnostics, monitoring, and analytics   234
Configuring Azure Storage Diagnostics   235
Analyzing diagnostic data   236
Enabling monitoring and alerts   238
Objective summary   240
Objective review   240
Objective 4.4: Implement SQL databases   241
Choosing a service tier   241
Implementing point-in-time recovery   243
Implementing geo-replication   245
Scalability strategies   249
Importing and exporting data   252
Objective summary   254
Objective review   255
Objective 4.5: Implement recovery services   255
Protecting servers with Azure Backup   256
Objective summary   262
Objective review   262
Answers   263
Objective 4.2: Thought experiment   263
Objective 4.2: Review   263
Objective 4.3: Thought experiment   264
Objective 4.3: Review   264
Objective 4.4: Thought experiment   265
Objective 4.4: Review   265
Objective 4.5: Thought experiment   266
Objective 4.5: Review   266
Chapter 5: Implement an Azure Active Directory   267
Objective 5.1: Integrate an Azure AD with existing directories   267
Implementing directory synchronization   268
Integrating Azure Active Directory with Office 365   274
Configuring a custom domain   278
Monitoring Azure Active Directory   280
Objective summary   286
Objective review   287
Objective 5.2: Configure the Application Access Panel   288
Adding SaaS applications to Azure Active Directory   289
Configuring access to SaaS applications   289
Customizing the Access Panel and sign-in page   293
Configuring Multi-Factor Authentication   294
Federating with Facebook and Google ID   298
Objective summary   299
Objective review   300
Objective 5.3: Integrate an app with Azure AD   301
Add a web application or web service   301
Adding a native application   307
Configuring graph API permissions for an application   309
Objective summary   311
Objective review   311
Answers   313
Objective 5.1: Thought experiment   313
Objective 5.1: Review   313
Objective 5.2: Thought experiment   315
Objective 5.2: Review   315
Objective 5.3: Thought experiment   316
Objective 5.3: Review   317
Chapter 6: Implement virtual networks   319
Objective 6.1: Configure a virtual network   319
Creating and configuring a virtual network    320
Deploying a virtual machine into a virtual network   324
Deploying a cloud service into a virtual network   326
Configuring internal load balancing   327
Objective summary   329
Objective review   329
Objective 6.2: Modify a network configuration   330
Importing and exporting network configuration settings   330
Changing an existing network configuration   332
Objective summary   334
Objective review   334
Objective 6.3: Design and implement a multi-site or hybrid network    335
Identifying the appropriate connectivity solution   335
Implementing a point-to-site VPN   337
Implementing a site-to-site VPN   340
Implementing a virtual network-to-virtual network VPN   342
Objective summary   350
Objective review   351
Answers   352
Objective 6.1: Thought experiment   352
Objective 6.1: Review   352
Objective 6.2: Thought experiment   353
Objective 6.2: Review   353
Objective 6.3: Thought experiment   354
Objective 6.3: Review   354