Securing Access to Virtual Networks

This chapter focuses on securing access to virtual networks. You will explore topics such as Network Security Groups (NSGs), which introduce traffic filtering capabilities into your network, Azure Bastion, which enables jump-box-like services for remotely and securely administering your Azure workloads, and Azure Firewall, an advanced threat protection service for filtering and managing network traffic and scanning for threats. Collectively, these concepts will enable you to complete the AZ104 exam and explore additional topics that extend beyond the exam, such as Azure Firewall, to equip you as an Azure administrator to better fulfill your daily responsibilities on the platform.

You will learn how to create security rules and associate an NSG with a subnet or network interface. You will also learn how to effectively evaluate security rules, which is important when determining the net effect of your applied rules. Furthermore, you will gain hands...