Microsoft Cloud Fundamentals: Explore Cloud Services

Course details

Gain a new or enhanced understanding of cloud principles, service offerings, delivery mechanisms, and security requirements in the context of Microsoft cloud services. This course focuses on fundamental cloud concepts, as well as how to enable, configure, and manage Microsoft cloud services. Instructor Andrew Bettany covers selecting a cloud service plan; signing up for and configuring cloud services; leveraging Microsoft Intune for cloud-based device management; and more. The concepts covered in this course can serve as an introduction to Microsoft 365 and Azure fundamentals and can help IT professionals responsible for administering their company's cloud services approach their work with greater confidence.

Learning objectives
Cloud principles and delivery mechanisms
Managing privacy in the cloud
Meeting compliance goals
Cloud availability
Monitoring service health and maintenance
Cloud services and their characteristics
Identifying requirements of Microsoft cloud services
Signing up for cloud services
Configuring cloud services
Configuring Microsoft Intune

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Explore cloud technology principles with Microsoft cloud services
02 - What you should know

1. Cloud Principles and Delivery Mechanisms

03 - Explore cloud principles
04 - Computing as a service
05 - Understand cloud payment model options
06 - Expand capacity, scalability, redundancy, and availability
07 - Compare cloud services and on-premises services
08 - Explore abstraction, management, and ownership

2. Cloud Security Requirements and Policies

09 - Introduction to cloud deployment models
10 - Manage privacy in the cloud
11 - Meet compliance goals
12 - Secure data in the cloud
13 - Meet data and operational transparency requirements

3. Cloud Updates and Availability

14 - Cloud availability
15 - Explore the service and feature improvement process
16 - Monitor service health and maintenance
17 - Understand service and liability of the cloud provider

4. Types of Cloud Services

18 - Introduction to cloud services
19 - Explore cloud services and their characteristics
20 - Integrate the cloud in hybrid scenarios
21 - Move completely to the cloud
22 - Cloud integration tools

5. Identify Requirements of Microsoft Cloud Services

23 - Introduction to Microsoft 365
24 - Explore onmicrosoft.com and custom domains
25 - Firewall rules required for Microsoft 365
26 - Understand bandwidth implications

6. Sign Up for Cloud Services

27 - Explore licensing plans for Microsoft 365
28 - Tenant location considerations
29 - DEMO - Sign up for Microsoft 365

7. Configure Cloud Services

30 - Cloud services configuration
31 - Cloud service networking primer
32 - Identify DNS record types
33 - Custom domains
34 - Add a custom domain to Microsoft 365
35 - Explore cloud service administrators

8. Cloud-Based Device Management

36 - Introduction to Microsoft Intune
37 - Enrolling devices into Microsoft Intune
38 - Bulk enrollment options
39 - Managing devices with Microsoft Intune
40 - Performing remote device actions
41 - Explore initial configuration tasks
42 - Monitoring and reporting
43 - Monitoring device security

Conclusion

44 - Next steps