AWS-to-Azure Transition Training

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  • 5 Day
  • Private Group Training
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Course Overview

This immersive, hands-on course is designed for IT professionals with a background in AWS who are looking to expand their expertise into Microsoft Azure. The training provides a structured, in-depth path from foundational Azure concepts to advanced administration and networking solutions.

Participants will explore core architectural components of Azure and learn to manage compute, networking, identity, storage, and security services in a hybrid or cloud-only environment. The course includes best practices for governance, monitoring, and disaster recovery, with emphasis on real-world scenarios and differences from AWS.

By the end of the training, learners will be equipped to administer Azure environments effectively, design secure and scalable network architectures.

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Key Learning Areas

Azure Fundamentals

  • Core Azure architecture, compute, storage, and networking.

  • Identity, security, and access management.

  • Cost management, governance, and monitoring basics.

Azure Administrator

  • Manage identities, access, and policies.

  • Configure and secure virtual networks.

  • Implement and manage storage and compute resources.

  • Monitor, back up, and recover Azure resources.

Azure Networking Solutions

  • Design and manage hybrid networking (VPNs, Virtual WAN).

  • Load balancing and traffic distribution.

  • Private access to Azure services with endpoints.

  • Network security, monitoring, and analytics.

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Course Outline

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Introduction (4 hours)
Describe Azure Architecture and Services

  • Describe the core architectural components of Azure
  • Describe Azure compute and networking services
  • Describe Azure storage services
  • Describe Azure identity, access, and security

 

Describe Azure Management and Governance

  • Describe cost management in Azure
  • Describe features and tools in Azure for governance and compliance
  • Describe features and tools for managing and deploying Azure resources
  • Describe monitoring tools in Azure

 

Microsoft Azure Administrator (16 hours)
Manage Identities and Governance in Azure

  • Understand Microsoft Entra ID
  • Create, configure, and manage identities
  • Describe the core architectural components of Azure
  • Azure Policy initiatives
  • Secure your Azure resources with Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC)
  • Allow users to reset their password with Microsoft Entra self-service password reset

 

Configure and Manage Virtual Networks for Azure Administrators

  • Configure virtual networks
  • Configure network security groups
  • Host your domain on Azure DNS
  • Configure Azure Virtual Network peering
  • Manage and control traffic flow in your Azure deployment with routes
  • Configure Azure Load Balancer
  • Configure Azure Application Gateway
  • Introduction to Azure Network Watcher

 

Implement and Manage Storage in Azure

  • Configure storage accounts
  • Configure Azure Blob Storage
  • Configure Azure Storage security
  • Configure Azure Files

 

Deploy and Manage Azure Compute Resources

  • Introduction to Azure virtual machines
  • Configure virtual machine availability
  • Configure Azure App Service plans
  • Configure Azure App Service
  • Configure Azure Container Instances

 

Monitor and Back up Azure Resources

  • Monitor resources by using Azure Monitor
  • Configure and interpret metrics and logs
  • Create and test alerts
  • Analyze and troubleshoot issues using metrics, logs, and activity logs
  • Use Azure Monitor features like Log Analytics and Application Insights
  • Implement backup and recovery
  • Configure backup and restore for Azure Virtual Machines
  • Configure backup for Azure file shares and SQL databases
  • Perform backup and restore operations using Azure Backup
  • Implement Azure Site Recovery for disaster recovery

 

Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions
(20 hours)

Design and Implement Hybrid Networking

  • Design and implement a site-to-site VPN connection
  • Design and implement a point-to-site VPN connection
  • Design and implement authentication for point-to-site VPN connections
  • Design and implement Azure Virtual WAN

 

Load Balance Non-HTTP(S) Traffic in Azure and HTTP(S) Traffic in Azure

  • Identify the features and capabilities of Azure Load Balancer
  • Design and implement an Azure Load Balancer
  • Implement a Traffic Manager profile
  • Design and implement Azure Application Gateway
  • Implement Azure Front Door

 

Design and Implement Private Access to Azure Services

  • Explain virtual network service endpoints
  • Define Private Link Service and private endpoints
  • Integrate private endpoints with DNS
  • Design and configure private endpoints
  • Design and configure access to service endpoints
  • Integrate your App Service with Azure virtual networks

 

Design and Implement Network Security and Monitoring

  • Configure network health alerts and logging by using Azure Monitor
  • Create and configure a Connection Monitor instance
  • Configure and use Traffic Analytics
  • Configure NSG flow logs
  • Enable and configure diagnostic logging
  • Configure Azure Network Watcher
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Who Benefits

Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Audience: IT professionals, system administrators, and cloud engineers with AWS experience transitioning to Microsoft Azure.

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Prerequisites

Familiarity with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, VPC, IAM) and general networking and cloud architecture principles.

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