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Azure Stack Hub Demystified
Azure Stack Hub Demystified

Azure Stack Hub Demystified: Building hybrid cloud, IaaS, and PaaS solutions

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Azure Stack Hub Demystified

Chapter 1: What Is Azure Stack Hub?

This first chapter will introduce you to Microsoft Azure Stack Hub and how it is positioned within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem. You will gain a detailed understanding of the typical usage scenarios for Microsoft Azure Stack Hub and the Azure capabilities that are provided by the platform. We will cover the initial core fundamentals to prepare you for later chapters in this book. We will also cover the skills you will be tested on if you are looking to take the Microsoft AZ-600: Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack Hub exam.

In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:

  • Introducing Azure Stack
  • Understanding hybrid use cases
  • Introducing Azure Arc
  • Learning about Azure Stack integrated systems
  • Exploring the AZ-600 exam requirements

Let's dive into the first topic.

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Key benefits

  • Understand the topics required for the Microsoft Azure AZ-600 exam
  • Configure and provide services from Microsoft Azure Stack Hub
  • Implement data center integration with Microsoft Azure Stack Hub

Description

Azure Stack Hub is the on-premise offering from Microsoft, which provides Azure Cloud services within a customer's own data center. It provides consistent processes between on-site and the cloud, allowing developers to test locally and deploy to the cloud in exactly the same manner. Azure Stack Hub Demystified provides complete coverage of deploying, configuring, administrating, and running Microsoft Azure Stack Hub efficiently. Firstly, you will learn how to deploy Azure Stack Hub within an organization. As you progress, you'll understand configuration and the different services provided by the platform. The book also focuses on the underlying architecture and connectivity options for the modern data center. Later, you will understand various approaches to DevOps and their implementation, and learn key topics for the AZ-600 exam. By the end of this Azure book, you will have a thorough understanding of Azure Stack Hub and the services that are provided by the platform, along with the confidence and information you need to be able to pass the AZ-600 exam.

Who is this book for?

If you are an Azure Administrator and Azure Stack Hub Operator who provides or is looking to provide cloud services to end users or customers within their own data center, then this book is for you. This book will also be beneficial to those who are preparing for Exam AZ-600: Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack Hub.

What you will learn

  • Understand the architecture of Azure Stack Hub
  • Get up to speed with the management and administration of Azure Stack Hub
  • Explore how to administer virtual networking within your Azure Stack
  • Become well versed in using the Azure Stack Hub support model and updating Azure Stack Hub
  • Understand how licensing and billing is done with Azure Stack Hub
  • Discover the tools that can be used to implement security within Azure Stack Hub
  • Focus on how DevOps practices can be incorporated with Azure Stack Hub

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Table of Contents

20 Chapters
Section 1: Architecture and Deployment Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 1: What Is Azure Stack Hub? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 2: Azure Stack Architecture Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 3: Azure Stack Hub Deployment Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 2: Identity and Security Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 4: Exploring Azure Stack Hub Identity Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 5: Securing Your Azure Stack Hub Instance Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 6: Considering DevOps in Azure Stack Hub Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 3: Features Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 7: Working with Resource Manager Templates Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 8: Working with Offers, Plans, and Quotas Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 9: Realizing Azure Marketplace Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 10: Interpreting Virtual Networking Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 11: Grasping Storage and Compute Fundamentals Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 4: Monitoring, Licensing, and Billing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 12: Monitoring and Managing Azure Stack Hub Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 13: Licensing Models in Azure Stack Hub Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 14: Incorporating Billing Models Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 15: Troubleshooting and Support Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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IaaS Professional Feb 10, 2022
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Demystified is a perfect title for this book. As the industry has begun to dramatically pivot to XaaS offerings, the need for "play books" have become critical. Many have been released to date but very few provide such a simple and clear explanation / guidance as this one. As industry professionals are constantly working to stay educated on the latest technology, it is important the resources chosen are efficient in their methodology and teachings. That is one thing I cannot stress enough, and is why I have recommended this book to everyone on my team as well and anyone else in the industry looking for a helpful resource. I hope the author continues producing material, as they clearly "plugged in" to the industry and understand what we really need!
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Amazon Customer Feb 09, 2022
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I recommend this book to all my team. It gives us a solid understand of the possibilities and best practices.
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Subhasish Ghosh Jan 20, 2022
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I recently finished reading Microsoft Azure Stack Hub Demystified by Richard Young by Packt publications. Aimed at Azure Administrators & Azure Stack Hub Operators, this is an excellent book that provides a deep coverage of all relevant topics that Azure Stack Hub operators / admins need to know in-depth, and master those skills to successfully deploy, configure & maintain a Hybrid Cloud.5 things I liked:1) The material is also relevant to anyone preparing for Microsoft Certification Exam: AZ-600 (Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack Hub). Has an entire section exploring AZ-600 Exam requirements.2) Azure Stack portfolio includes: Azure, Azure Stack Hub & Azure Stack HCI. Though this book deep-dives and only covers Azure Stack Hub, but also sets the context nicely of the entire portfolio and a brief of HCI.3) Lots of high-quality diagrams explaining the intricacies of the Azure Stack Hub internal components (e.g. HLH, Scale Unit, Switch management Subnet, Storage cache architecture and more).4) Detailed explanations of an Enterprise-wide Deployment model with sample PowerShell scripts. Key concepts of IAM (including RBAC covered). Security is covered in-depth. Loved the section on 'rotating secrets in Azure Stack Hub'.5) Other essential components, e.g. DevOps, working with ARMs, Quotas, Azure Marketplace, Monitoring, Licensing & Billing are covered in great depth as well. There's a final chapter on Troubleshooting included as well.Overall, if you're working on Azure Stack Ops, this is a good book to have in your Library. Thank you to Packt for inviting me to provide a Review of the same.
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Kindle Customer Jan 29, 2022
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I just finished reading the Azure Stack Hub Demystified: Building hybrid cloud, IaaS, and PaaS solutions by Richard Young. I highly recommend this book for Azure Stack architects, operators, and those preparing for the Microsoft Certification Exam: AZ-600 (Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack Hub).Azure Stack is a complex solution that requires a thorough understanding of Microsoft Azure infrastructure services as deployed by partners like Lenovo within a data center. Richard Young has done an impressive job breaking down a complex solution and methodically walking the reader through detailed yet relevant information of deploying, securing, operating, and managing an Azure Stack solution. It becomes pretty apparent from the first section, Section1: Architecture and Deployment, that the author has a deep real-world understanding of Azure Stack as the architecture section is a literal step-by-step walkthrough of what is Azure Stack, how it fits within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, and the enterprise SDDC (Software-Defined Data Center). The book builds from Chapter1: What is Azure Stack Hub? and systematically tackles what it takes to build, deploy, operate and manage an Azure Stack solution.I have a few favorite chapters in this book:1. Chapter 3: Azure Stack Hub Deployment: The diagrams, PS (Power Shell) scripts, pre-requisites, sizer guidelines, deployment checks, and post-deployment metrics that Richard walks you through in detail are operators’ delight. I could take an Azure Stack deployment from scratch and work my way through an Azure Stack deployment based on the information within this chapter.2. Chapter 5: Securing Your Azure Stack Hub Instance: The Working with TLS Policy section and Rotating Secrets in Azure Stack Hubs are examples of complex security constructs that are broken down into relevant bits of absorbable information. The theory is substantiated with scripts, templates, and metrics to make it easier to understand how the security requirements would be configured when working with Azure Stack.3. Chapter 8: Working with Offers, Plans, and Quotas, Chapter 10: Interpreting Virtual Networking: The way these chapters are laid out represents the fundamental shift in how you approach SDDC or cloud computing. Contrary to the bottoms-up approach most traditional infrastructure specialists tackle technical solutions, this book comes Azure Stack as top-down cloud computing should be attacked. I also like the software-defined networking (SDN) explanation related to Azure Stack in Chapter 10: Interpreting Virtual Networking. SDN is complex, especially when you think about it as an overlay on top of physical routing and switching. It behaves utterly differently at a policy level than the underlying physical infrastructure.4. Section 4: Monitoring, Licensing, and Billing: Monitoring Azure Stack is akin to monitoring an entire data center. Monitoring a data center is a complex undertaking, and the health of the Azure Stack solution has to be accounted for at all layers: compute, storage, networking. Azure Monitor provides a means for monitoring the stack (no pun intended). Still, it is essential to understand which knobs are necessary and which metrics are relevant, so you don’t end up with data overload or miss anything critical. Chapter 12, Monitoring and Managing an Azure Stack Hub, walks you systematically through the different service providers that interface with Azure Monitor and bubble up alerts information, and update the relevant metrics for visibility into the health of the Azure Stack solution.Equally complex is Microsoft licensing. Chapter 13: Licensing Models in Azure Stack Hub breaks down the licensing avenues, Enterprise Agreements, Azure CSP, and the different options available for purchasing Azure Stack.All in all, the Azure Stack Hub Demystified: Building hybrid cloud, IaaS, and PaaS solutions by Richard Young is a real-world operations and reference guide written for those who are planning to build, deploy, and manage Azure Stack or prepare for the Microsoft Certification Exam: AZ-600 (Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack Hub).
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An IT Consultant Jan 24, 2022
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Have recently completed this newly released 'Azure Stack Hub Demystified' authored by Richard Young. Targeted towards professionals looking to step into a role as an Azure Stack Hub administrator, though also towards professionals already managing an existing Azure Cloud infrastructure, the material within provides a complete deep-dive and operational How-To of the Azure Stack Hybrid Cloud environment.I would recommend this learning material to any individuals preparing for the Az-600 and to an extent Az-104, to supplement their training with a copy of this Azure Stack Hub deep-dive. Professionals that have been working with Azure Stack should also find the material beneficial as well.10/10 would recommend.
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