You're reading from Learn Azure Administration Explore cloud administration concepts with networking, computing, storage, and identity management

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837636112

Length 346 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

Azure

Concepts

Cybersecurity

Author (1):

Kamil Mrzygłód

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:Introduction to Azure for Azure Administrators

2. Chapter 1: Azure Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Basics of Infrastructure as Code

4. Part 2: Networking for Azure Administrator

5. Chapter 3: Understanding Azure Virtual Networks

6. Chapter 4: Exploring Azure Load Balancer

7. Part 3: Administration of Azure Virtual Machines

8. Chapter 5: Provisioning Azure Virtual Machines

9. Chapter 6: Configuring Virtual Machine Extensions

10. Chapter 7: Configuring Backups

11. Chapter 8: Configuring and Managing Disks

12. Part 4: Azure Storage for Administrators

13. Chapter 9: Configuring Blob Storage

14. Chapter 10: Azure Files and Azure File Sync

15. Chapter 11: Azure Storage Security and Additional Tooling

16. Part 5: Governance and Monitoring

17. Chapter 12: Using Azure Policy

18. Chapter 13: Azure Monitor and Alerts

19. Chapter 14: Azure Log Analytics

20. Chapter 15: Exploring Network Watcher

21. Index

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Replication of a storage account

When you create a storage account, you may decide the SKU used for it. The SKU parameter serves two purposes:

Defines the selected performance tier
Sets up the replication mode for the storage account

As with many services in Azure, Azure Storage is quite flexible, meaning it allows for reconfiguring some of its options after the creation of an instance. This also applies to replication mode, which can be changed anytime with the following command: