Azure Administration: Manage Subscriptions and Resources

1h 50mIntermediate2019-07-02

Authors

Sharon Bennett

Staff Author at LinkedIn focusing on Microsoft Azure and Office 365

Course details

Microsoft Azure continues to make strong headway in public cloud adoptions. With Azure continuing to grow steadily, expertise in this hugely popular cloud computing platform is becoming increasingly more valuable. In this course, instructor Sharon Bennett covers the technical skills needed to successfully manage Azure subscriptions, analyze resource utilization and consumption, and manage resource groups. Learn how to configure cost center quotas and tagging, create a baseline for resources, configure and apply resource locks, and more. This course provides valuable instruction for any Azure administrator, as well as those preparing for the Microsoft Azure Administrator exam (AZ-103) or the Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies exam (AZ-300).

Learning objectives
Managing Azure subscriptions
Assigning administrator roles and accounts
Analyzing resource utilization and consumption
Configuring diagnostic settings on resources using the portal and PowerShell
Creating a baseline for resources
Creating and reviewing alerts and metrics in Azure Monitor
Managing resource groups
Allocating resource policies using PowerShell

Skills covered

AzureNetwork AdministrationCloud PlatformsNetwork and System AdministrationCloud ComputingMicrosoftDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you need to know

1. Manage Azure Subscriptions

03 - Assign administrator roles overview
04 - Assign administrator accounts
05 - Configure cost center quotas and tagging
06 - Azure Policy overview
07 - Configure subscription policies

2. Analyze Resource Utilization and Consumption

08 - Azure log overview
09 - Configure diagnostic settings on resources using the portal
10 - Configure diagnostic settings on resources using PowerShell
11 - Create a baseline for resources
12 - Create and review alerts in Azure Monitor
13 - Create and review metrics in Azure Monitor
14 - Azure Advisor cost recommendations
15 - Manage and report on spend
16 - Utilize log search query functions

3. Manage Resource Groups

17 - Allocate resource policies using PowerShell
18 - Configure and apply resource locks
19 - Implement and set tagging on resource groups using PowerShell
20 - Moving resources overview
21 - Move resources across resource groups
22 - Remove resource groups

4. Manage Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

23 - RBAC overview
24 - Assign an RBAC role
25 - Assign an RBAC role using PowerShell
26 - Create a custom role
27 - Enable the User Access Administrator
28 - Troubleshoot RBAC

Conclusion

29 - Next steps