Azure Architect Boot Camp

Day 1 Hour 1 [TIM]

• Identity design
  • Multiple directories
  • Custom domains
  • Guest accounts
  • Self-service password reset
  • Multi-Factor Authentication
    • Verification methods
    • Trusted IPs
    • Bypass
  • Azure AD Conditional Access
  • Azure AD Identity Protection
  • Azure AD Connect
    • Synchronization options
    • Password writeback
  • Azure AD Connect Health

Day 1 Hour 2 [MIKE]

• Azure storage design
  • Storage account options
    • Replication
  • Authentication
    • Azure AD
    • SAS
    • Access keys
  • Services
    • Blob
    • File
  • Public and private network access
  • Storage account failover
  • Storage tiers
    • Lifecycle management
  • Data flows/data analysis
    • Azure Data Factory
    • Azure Databricks
    • Azure Data Lake
    • Azure Synapse

Day 1 Hour 3 [TIM]

• IaaS infrastructure design
  • Dedicated Host
  • VM storage
    • Azure Disk Encryption
    • VHD images
  • Scale sets
  • Automated deployment
    • ARM templates
    • Template library
  • Configuration management
    • Automation runbooks
• VDI
  • Windows Virtual Desktop

Day 1 Hour 4 [MIKE]

• Containers
  • Azure Container Registry
  • Azure Container Instances
  • Azure Kubernetes Service
  • Azure Service Fabric
• VM Backup, recovery, and migration
  • VM backup and restore
  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Server migration
  • Database migration

Day 1, Hour 5 [MIKE]

• Network Design
  • Network provisioning
    • Addressing
    • Name resolution
  • Public and private network access
    • Bastion

Day 1, Hour 6 [TIM]

* Routing
  * NSGs / ASGs
  * Azure Firewall
  * Routing tables
  * VNet peering
* Hybrid cloud

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Day 2, Hour 1 [TIM]

• High availability design
  • VMS
    • Availability zones & sets
    • VMSS
  • Application and workload redundancy
    • App Service
    • Database
  • Network
    • Azure Load Balancer
    • Azure Application Gateway/WAF
    • Traffic Manager
    • Azure Front Door

Day 2, Hours 2-3 [MIKE]

• PaaS Design
  • App Service
    • Web App for Containers
    • App Service Plans
    • Deployment Slots
  • Serverless
    • Azure Functions
    • Azure Logic Apps
  • Microservices
    • Event Grid
    • Event Hub
    • Service Bus
    • Storage queues
    • API Management Service
  • Enterprise Integration
    • Azure DevOps
    • ITSM platforms

Day 2, Hour 4 [TIM]

• Authentication Design
  • Azure AD SSO solutions
  • Azure management scopes
  • RBAC
  • Azure AD PIM
  • Azure AD IdP
  • Azure Security Center
    • JIT VM Access

Day 2, Hour 5 [MIKE]

• Application Security
  • Azure Key Vault
  • Managed Identity
  • App Registrations

Day 2 Hour 6 [TIM]

• Database Design
  • NoSQL
    • Table storage
    • Cosmos DB
      • Sizing
      • HA
      • End-to-end encryption
  • SQL
    • Azure SQL Database
      • Sizing
      • HA
      • End-to-end encryption
    • Azure SQL Database Managed Instance

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Day 3, Hour 1 [MIKE]

• VM Backup
• Disaster Recovery
• Migration

Day 3, Hours 2, 3 [TIM]

• Monitoring Design, Continued
  • Work Around Azure Outages
    • Azure Status
    • Service Health
    • Resource Health
  • Infrastructure monitoring
  • Azure Monitor
    • Insights
    • Workbooks
    • Alerts and Action Groups
    • Log search
    • Azure Security Center
  • Log Analytics
    • Network Performance Monitor
    • KQL
    • Workbooks
    • Azure Sentinel
  • Cost Optimization
    • Advisor
    • Cost management + billing

Day 3, Hour 4 [MIKE]

• Azure Governance
  • RBAC
  • Policy
  • Tags
  • Blueprints

Day 3, Hour 5 [MIKE, TIM]

• Azure Architect Exam Strategy
  • Common questions and answers
    • Which exam version should I take?
    • Does exam order matter?
    • What's the difference between the exams?
  • Microsoft online testing process
  • Exam item types
  • Whizlabs practice questions