You're reading from Exam Ref AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification and Beyond A pragmatic guide to achieving the Azure administration certification

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Published in Jul 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801819541

Length 776 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

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Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Donovan Kelly

Riaan Lowe

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Table of Contents (30) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Managing Azure Identities and Governance FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1: Managing Azure Active Directory Objects

3. Chapter 2: Managing Role-Based Access Control

4. Chapter 3: Creating and Managing Governance

5. Chapter 4: Managing Governance and Costs

6. Chapter 5: Practice Labs – Managing Azure Identities and Governance

7. Part 2: Implementing and Managing Storage

8. Chapter 6: Understanding and Managing Storage

9. Chapter 7: Securing Storage

10. Chapter 8: Practice Labs – Implementing and Managing Storage

11. Part 3: Deploying and Managing Azure Compute Resources

12. Chapter 9: Automating VM Deployments Using ARM Templates

13. Chapter 10: Configuring Virtual Machines

14. Chapter 11: Creating and Configuring Containers

15. Chapter 12: Creating and Configuring App Services

16. Chapter 13: Practice Labs – Deploying and Managing Azure Compute Resources

17. Part 4: Configuring and Managing Virtual Networking

18. Chapter 14: Implementing and Managing Virtual Networking

19. Chapter 15: Securing Access to Virtual Networks

20. Chapter 16: Configuring Load Balancing

21. Chapter 17: Integrating On-Premises Networks with Azure

22. Chapter 18: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Virtual Networking

23. Chapter 19: Practice Labs – Configuring and Managing Virtual Networking

24. Part 5: Monitoring and Backing Up Azure Resources

25. Chapter 20: Monitoring Resources with Azure Monitor

26. Chapter 21: Implementing Backup and Recovery Solutions

27. Chapter 22: Practice Labs – Monitoring and Backing Up Azure Resources

28. Chapter 23: Mockup Test Questions and Answers

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Automating configuration management

There are various ways in Azure to automate the creation and configuration of your infrastructure. You can use ARM templates to deploy your infrastructure as code or use Azure Automation, PowerShell scripts, and more. When different Azure resources are deployed, there are some tools that you can use to manage the configuration of the resources. For example, when you want to automate the configuration of your VMs, Azure provides the following tools:

Chef: Chef is a third-party solution that offers a DevOps automation platform for Linux, Windows, and macOS devices. It can be used for virtual and physical server configurations. It requires an agent to be installed on the virtual machines or servers, which connects to the Chef server to check whether there are available updates and other configurations for the machines. You can use the Chef Automate platform to package and deploy applications as well.
Puppet: Puppet is a third-party solution...

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