AZ-1010 Deploy and manage Azure Arc-enabled Servers

This course is aimed at IT administrators and Azure professionals with experience managing servers in hybrid or multi-cloud environments. The ideal profile includes basic knowledge of Azure Policy, Azure Arc, and experience managing virtual networks, security, and virtual machines. The course teaches how to deploy, manage, and secure Azure Arc-enabled servers, extending Azure capabilities to on-premises and other cloud servers.

Module 1 Introduction to Azure Arc-enabled servers

• What are the features of Azure Arc-enabled servers?
• What are the key management and governance capabilities of Azure Arc-enabled servers?
• What are the security and monitoring capabilities of Azure Arc-enabled servers?

Module 2: Planning and Deploying Azure Arc-Enabled Servers at Scale

• What are Azure Arc-enabled servers and what are their capabilities?
• Testing Azure Arc-enabled server capabilities using Azure virtual machines
• Planning considerations for a secure configuration
• Exploring different methods for onboarding servers at scale to Azure Arc
• Best practices for Azure Arc-enabled server management and services in Azure

Module 3: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Machine Governance Using Azure Arc-Enabled Servers

• Governing Azure Arc-enabled servers with Azure Policy guest settings
• Assign Azure policies to control Azure Arc-enabled servers
• Azure Automanage offers best practices for Azure Arc-enabled servers, so you can select, click, configure, and forget.
• Modernizing deployment, response, and orchestration of Azure Arc-enabled servers with Azure Automation

Module 4: Configuring Azure Arc-enabled server updates using Azure Update Manager

• Azure Update Manager
• Key features of Azure Update Manager
• Managing updates for Azure Arc-enabled servers
• Creating a Maintenance Configuration Schedule
• Associating a virtual machine with a schedule

Module 5 Configuring Microsoft Defender for Cloud-enabled servers for Azure Arc

• What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud?
• Secure cloud applications
• Protecting workloads in the cloud
• Connecting non-Azure machines to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Connecting on-premises machines using Azure Arc
• Connecting on-premises machines using the Azure portal
• Adding a Windows Server
• Adding a Linux Server
• Checking that the machines are connected

Module 6: Managing Azure Arc-Enabled Servers Using Scripting

• Connecting hybrid machines to Azure using a deployment script
• Connecting hybrid machines to Azure using PowerShell
• Connect machines at scale by running PowerShell scripts with Configuration Manager

Module 7 Guided Exercise: Managing On-Premises Windows Servers Using Azure Arc

• Exercise 1: Adding Windows Servers to Azure Arc
• Exercise 2: Managing Azure Arc-enabled Windows servers using Azure Policy
• Exercise 3: Improving the security of Azure Arc-enabled Windows servers using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Exercise 4: Monitoring Azure Arc-enabled Windows servers using Azure Monitor
• Exercise 5: Managing updates for Azure Arc-enabled Windows servers using Azure Update Manager
• Exercise 6: Configuring on-premises Windows servers using Azure VM extensions and the CLI

• Experiment with using the Azure portal to create resources.
• Basic understanding of security concepts such as identities, permissions, and encryption.
• Basic understanding of networking concepts such as virtual networks, subnets, and hybrid scenarios.
• Basic knowledge of Azure Policy and Azure Arc concepts.

• Course: English / Spanish
  
• Labs: English / Spanish

This course is part of the Microsoft Applied Skills Credentials.

To earn this Microsoft applied skills credential, students must demonstrate the ability to secure resources using Azure virtual networking solutions.

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