Azure for Architects: Design a Storage Strategy

Course details

All architects working with the cloud need a strong understanding of storage: a foundational element of any application’s success. Microsoft has added performance, security, and other enhancements that make Azure a great choice. This course covers the options, pricing, and technical requirements for designing a storage strategy with Azure. Review the options and tiers available, discover how to choose the right one for your needs, and learn how to estimate and reduce your costs. Instructor Scott Duffy, a Microsoft Azure expert, also discusses Azure storage services, storage management, and the shared responsibility model of security in Azure.

Note: This course can also be used for prepping for the storage portion of exam AZ-301, Microsoft Azure Architect Design.

Learning objectives
Azure storage options
Storage access tiers
Managing storage performance and scaling
Storage types: blob, file, table, and queue
Estimating costs
Storing data on virtual machines
Implementing security
Copying data with AZCopy
Accessing storage with PowerShell

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Architecting an Azure Storage strategy
02 - What you should know

1. Azure Storage for Files and Objects

03 - Exploring Azure Storage options
04 - Choosing between managed and unmanaged storage
05 - Choosing between standard and premium storage
06 - Selecting storage access tiers
07 - Storage lifecycle
08 - Understanding storage redundancy and backup
09 - Read-access geo-redundant storage
10 - Managing storage performance and scaling
11 - Designing a storage provisioning strategy

2. Azure Storage Services

12 - Create a storage account
13 - Understanding blob storage
14 - Understanding file storage
15 - Understanding table storage
16 - Understanding queue storage
17 - Understanding additional Azure Storage services
18 - Estimating Azure Storage costs

3. Using Storage with Virtual Machines

19 - Storing VM data onto data disks
20 - Creating an Azure data disk
21 - Moving data disks between VMs
22 - Azure data disk best practices

4. Storage Security

23 - Understanding the challenges of Azure security
24 - Role-based access control model of Azure security
25 - Managing Azure Storage access keys
26 - Using Azure Key Vault for security
27 - Creating shared access signatures
28 - Enabling virtual network service endpoints
29 - Encrypting Azure Storage data
30 - Designing a storage access strategy

5. Tools for Managing Storage

31 - Using Azure Storage Explorer
32 - Copy files with AzCopy
33 - Using PowerShell and CLI to access storage

Conclusion

34 - Next steps

Azure for Architects: Design a Storage Strategy

Authors

Scott Duffy