You're reading from Exam Ref AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification and Beyond Master Azure administration and pass the AZ-104 exam with confidence

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781805122852

Length 824 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Tools

Azure Containers

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Author (1):

Donovan Kelly

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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: Managing Microsoft Entra ID Objects

2. Chapter 2: Devices in Microsoft Entra ID FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 3: Managing Role-Based Access Control in Azure

4. Chapter 4: Creating and Managing Governance

5. Chapter 5: Managing Governance and Costs

6. Chapter 6: Understanding Storage Accounts

7. Chapter 7: Copying Data To and From Azure

8. Chapter 8: Securing Storage

9. Chapter 9: Storage Management and Replication

10. Chapter 10: Azure Resource Manager Templates

11. Chapter 11: Azure Bicep

12. Chapter 12: Understanding Virtual Machines

13. Chapter 13: Managing Virtual Machines

14. Chapter 14: Creating and Configuring Containers

15. Chapter 15: Creating and Configuring App Service

16. Chapter 16: Implementing and Managing Virtual Networking

17. Chapter 17: Securing Access to Virtual Networks

18. Chapter 18: Configuring Load Balancing

19. Chapter 19: Integrating On-Premises Networks with Azure

20. Chapter 20: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Virtual Networking

21. Chapter 21: Monitoring Resources with Azure Monitor

22. Chapter 22: Implementing Backup and Recovery Solutions

23. Chapter 23: Accessing the Online Practice Resources

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Understanding ARM Templates

ARM templates are used to define infrastructure that needs to be deployed in Azure, which is also often referred to as IaC. One of the benefits of ARM templates is the ability to deploy resources rapidly via code with a level of consistency as opposed to deploying resources via the Azure portal, which is prone to errors and might introduce misconfigurations when repeating tasks. It is also useful to view deployment history.

ARM templates make use of the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format to define resources. To deploy ARM templates, there are two JSON files of importance:

Template file: This is the main file and has sections to define parameters, variables, user-defined functions, resources, and outputs
Parameters file: This file can be standalone or linked to the template file, which is usually done when there are many parameters used in complex deployments

Figure 10.1 shows how the ARM template structure looks when empty. Notice...