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Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions Exam Preparation

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Side-by-side Comparison | / Implement Websites Implement Cloud Services Design Websites Implement Storage Implement Cloud Services Design an Application Storage and Data Access Strategy Implement Virtual Networks Implement an Azure AD Implement Virtual Machines Design Azure Infrastructure and Networking Implement Cloud ServicesDesign an Advanced Application

Microsoft Azure components  Network  ExpressRoute  Virtual Network  Traffic Manager  CDN  SDK’s .NET  Java  PHP  Python  Node.js  Ruby

Implement Websites Deploy Websites Configure Websites Configure Diagnostics, Monitoring, Analytics Configure Scale & Resilience Manage Hosting Plans Azure Websites See Websites, Cloud Service and Virtual Machines ComparisonWebsites, Cloud Service and Virtual Machines Comparison

How to configure Websites – step-by-step

Use for A record Use for CNAME

See How to Monitor WebsitesHow to Monitor Websites

Up to 2 Endpoints, 3 Geographic locations Uses HTTP Get on web URL. Each location runs test every 5 minutes

How to Scale Websites

Implement Virtual Machines Deploy Workloads Implement Images and disks Configuration Management Configure networking Configure resiliency Design Implement Storage Monitor VMs See Websites, Cloud Service and Virtual Machines ComparisonWebsites, Cloud Service and Virtual Machines Comparison

Each Persistent Data Disk Can be up to 1 TB with up to 16 disks per VM Compute Instance NameVirtual CoresRAM Extra Small (A0)Shared768 MB Small (A1)11.75 GB Medium (A2)23.5 GB Large (A3)47 GB Extra Large (A4)814 GB Compute Instance NameVirtual CoresRAM A5214 GB A6428 GB A7856 GB Compute Instance NameVirtual CoresRAMNetworking A8856 GB40 Gbit/s InfiniBand A GB40 Gbit/s InfiniBand

Create a VM running WindowsCreate a VM running Windows. Create a VM running Linux

Base OS image for new Virtual Machines Sys-Prepped/Generalized/Read Only Created by uploading or by capture Writable Disks for Virtual Machines Created during VM creation or during upload of existing VHDs. See About Disks and Images See “How to Attach a Disk”How to Attach a Disk

See “About Azure VM Configuration settings” & “Manage Images Using PowerShell”About Azure VM Configuration settingsManage Images Using PowerShell

ELEMENTLOCATIONNAME RESOLUTION PROVISION Between role instances or VMsSame Cloud ServiceAzure Internal Name Resolution Between VMsSame VNetAzure Internal Name Resolution Between role instances or VMsSame VNet / diff Cloud ServicesAzure Internal Name Resolution Between role instances or VMsSame Cloud Services but not in a VNetNOT POSSIBLE VMs & role instances can’t be deployed this way Between role instancesDifferent Cloud Services but not in a VNetNOT POSSIBLE connectivity between role instances in diff cloud svcs not supported Read more on DNSDNS 1.If Azure on-premises => Use your own DNS Server 2.If Between on-premises to Azure public endpoints, then use MS Azure external name resolution.

See How to configure an Availability Set for VM & VM Configuration SettingsHow to configure an Availability Set for VM VM Configuration Settings

Fault Domains Groups of resources Same rack, Server, Power Source, Network Switch Fabric spreads across min 2 fault domains Availability Set by default, spreads VMs across two Update Domains Groups of resources to be updated together Host OS updates honour service update domains Specified in service definition Default of 5 (up to 20) Only 1 rebooted at a time Fabric Controller spreads role instances across Update Domains and Fault Domains

Subscription Cloud Service (200) Virtual Machine (50x200) Virtual Network (100) Storage Account (100) Storage Container Storage Blob (40x100) ObjectLimitLocking Subscription 120 Create/Add operations in 5 minute window N/A Cloud Service200 per subscription~3 minutes per update Virtual Machine 50 per cloud service 2048 per Virtual Network None Virtual Network100 per subscriptionSingle modification API Storage Account100 per subscriptionNone Storage ContainerNo LimitNone Storage Blob40 per storage account One blob per container per storage account at a time

Azure Virtual Machine C:\ OS Disk | SATA 127 GB Max E:\, F:\, etc. Data Disks | SCSI 1 TB Max Temporary Disk Windows: D:\ Linux /dev/sdb Disk Cache Azure Blob See How to change the Temp Drive LetterHow to change the Temp Drive Letter

See Detailed Steps and PS examplesDetailed Steps and PS examples

Implement Cloud Services Configure Cloud Services & Roles Deploy and Manage Cloud Services Monitor Cloud Services See Cloud ServicesCloud Services See Websites, Cloud Service and Virtual Machines ComparisonWebsites, Cloud Service and Virtual Machines Comparison

2 types of roles: web role: dedicated IIS for hosting front-end web applications. worker role: Applications can run asynchronous, long-running or perpetual tasks independent of user interaction or input.

update deployment

Monitor Cloud Services