Using Azure services to manage Windows servers
As discussed in the Understanding Windows Server management tools section, Windows Admin Center exposes Azure cloud services that can provide additional benefits for managing Windows servers. It is recommended that you start moving workloads to the cloud not only as part of your digital transformation, but also as a security initiative. Azure Active Directory roles and role-based access control (RBAC) allow for a fine-grained level of access provisioning over the management plane. In the next section, you will learn about the Azure services that are available for managing Windows servers for both IaaS and on-premises deployments. We will cover the following topics:
- The Azure portal and Marketplace
- RBAC
- Azure Resource Manager
- Azure Backup
- Azure Update Management
- Azure Site Recovery
The Azure portal and Marketplace
Simply put, the Azure portal is the user interface that's used to manage resources...