Azure Solutions Architect Certification: The Ultimate Bundle

Become a certified Azure Architect! Learn to design and build modern cloud apps from a certified Azure Architect

What you'll learn

What is the cloud and what it's good for

Basic terminology of the cloud: Regions, Zones, etc.

Fundamentals of Microsoft Azure - Resource Groups, Storage Account, Budgets and more

Working with the Azure portal

Working with Azure Compute - Virtual Machines, App Services, AKS, Functions and more

Design and implementation of networking in Azure - VNets, Subnets, NSG, App Gateway and more

Data in Azure - Azure SQL, MySQL, CosmosDB, Storage and more

Running containers with Container Apps

Messaging in Azure using Queues, Event Grid, Service Bus and Event Hubs

Managing authentication using Azure AD

How to secure your apps in Azure

Designing disaster recovery strategy

Manage costs in Azure

Architecting applications for Azure

How to migrate existing applications to Azure

Preparing for the certification exams

Requirements

Some development knowledge - doesn't matter in which language

No prior cloud knowledge or experience is required :-)

Description

Become a Certified Microsoft Azure Architect, learn from a certified, experienced Azure Architect.Microsoft Azure is one of the most popular public clouds in the industry, and it gets bigger and bigger by the day. Thousands of organizations, from all sizes and shapes, are moving to the cloud, and being able to work with it is one of the most important skills for every developer, architect, or IT admin.And being a certified Azure Solutions Architect is a great way to let the world know you're an expert in Azure.And this course does just that.If you'll take this course, you'll be prepared to be a Certified Azure Architect, the most prestigious Azure certification.This course is a bundle of 4 best seller courses, which together teach you everything you need in order to become an Azure expert and a certified Azure Solutions Architect.The bundle contains the following topics:- Microsoft Azure From Zero to Hero- Building Microservices in Azure using Azure Container Apps- Azure Case Studies- Preparing for The ExamsWe start from the very basics - what is the cloud and what it's good for - and go to the most advanced concepts such as Azure Policy, Cost management, and lots more.Here is a partial list of what we'll talk about in this course:- What is the cloud- Azure vs other clouds- The Azure portal- Azure Compute - Virtual Machines, App Services, AKS, Azure Functions and more- Azure Networking - VNets, Subnets, NSG, Application Gateway and more- Data in Azure - Azure SQL, CosmosDB, Azure MySQL, Storage Account and more- Messaging in Azure - Event Grid, Queues, Service Bus, Event Hubs- Azure Active Directory (also known as Azure AD)- Logging and Monitoring in Azure- Securing systems in Azure- Cost Management- Disaster Recovery (DR)- Container AppsAnd lots and lots more…Now, to make sure that this course is the best Azure course out there, I've decided to make it a little bit different.Instead of going through the various features of Azure, talking about each one and perhaps even doing a demo - this course takes a different approach.We're going to build, together, a full blown modern cloud system on Azure.Together, we're going to build the readit website, a fictional bookstore that's built in Azure.We're going to begin with the very basics - take a code and put it on a virtual machine in the cloud.And then we're going to add more compute elements, add networking, databases, messaging, monitoring, security, and even DR! (Take a look at the video preview - you can see there the architecture diagram of the system at the beginning, and how it looks like when we're done with it. Worth watching…)And when we're done - you'll be able to say that you've built a complete system in Azure!This is something you can show future employers and clients, and explain them how the system is designed, and what are the reasons it's built like this.Now, don't worry about the code. Everything it going to be provided to you.The system is built using .NET Core and nodeJS, but you don't have to be familiar with these languages, you just better have some development knowledge.There is no other course like this!This is the only Azure course that takes you step-by-step towards a complete, full blown system in the cloud. At the end of it - you'll be able to pass the certification exams and become a Certified Azure Solutions Architect.But that's not all…Passing the exams is not easy, and you have to be prepared for that. And to help you with doing that, this bundle contains a whole section dedicated to the preparations for the exams. We'll learn how the exams look, what are their question types, how long are the exams, how to prepare your room, how to register to the exams and more.And right after that you'll find TWO practice tests, simulating the real world exams, with original questions that cover the same topics covered in the exams. If you'll pass these practice tests successfully - you'll be in a great position to pass the real exams and become a Certified Azure Solutions Architect.This course takes you from the absolute basics of Azure to the most advanced topics, known only to few. Completing this course will give you all the knowledge required for designing modern, robust, secure and reliable cloud systems, and also prepare you for the certification.No other course covers this topic in such a comprehensive and thorough way. I've put all my 20+ years of experience with hundreds of clients in this course, and I'm sure you will greatly benefit from it.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - What do my students have to say about my Azure courses?- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "This is the best Azure course I have encountered on Udemy or anywhere. And I say this after buying 8 different Udemy Azure before" - Arbaaz"One of the best Azure classes in the world" - Kkvi1357"One of the best courses I've done at Udemy - top among maybe 50-100" - Russ "Memi is a true architect willing to get his hands dirty!" - Kevon"Excellent" - Ashwani"Highly recommended" - Shashank"I am loving it <3 the best part is the project based learning !" - Juhi"The best course I have taken on Udemy" - EslamAnd lots more…- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Who is this course for?- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Any person who is involved in Software Architecture & development, even system analysts, can profit from this course. That includes:- Software Architects- Junior developers- Senior developers- Architects- Anyone who is interested in the cloudIf you're not sure if this course is for you - drop me a note!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - What are the prerequisites for this course?- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - It's a good idea to have some basic knowledge about software development, but it's not a must.In any case, you don't have to have any prior knowledge of the cloud in general, and specifically of Azure!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - About Me- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I've been working on Azure for more than 15 years, spanning dozens of customers from various fields - Fortune 100 enterprises, start-ups, govt. entities, defense, telco, banking, and lots more.In 2018 I founded my own software and cloud architecture boutique company, which grew 100s% every year, until it was sold a few years later to one of the largest IT companies in the country for millions of dollars.In addition, I am a certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert.I've been in the software industry for more than 20 years, and a Software Architect for more than 17 years, working with a variety of clients.I'm an avid speaker and trainer, having trained thousands of students in various courses.I love what I do, and my greatest passion (well, besides my family…) is designing modern, practical, and reliable cloud systems for my clients, using the best possible architecture patterns and services.

Overview

Section 1: Welcome

Lecture 1 Course Introduction

Lecture 2 Join the Cloud and Software Architects Community

Lecture 3 Get the course slides

Lecture 4 Who Is This Course For

Lecture 5 Agenda

Section 2: Introduction to the Cloud

Lecture 6 Current Status in Computing

Lecture 7 What is the Cloud?

Lecture 8 Characteristics of the Cloud

Lecture 9 CapEx vs OpEx

Lecture 10 IaaS, PaaS, SaaS

Lecture 11 Types of Cloud

Lecture 12 Main Cloud Providers

Section 3: Introduction to Azure

Lecture 13 Introduction

Lecture 14 Regions and Zones

Lecture 15 Azure Services

Lecture 16 Creating Account

Section 4: First Look at Azure

Lecture 17 The Azure Portal

Lecture 18 Accessing the Portal in the future

Lecture 19 Account and Subscription

Lecture 20 Changes in Azure Portal

Lecture 21 Creating Resource

Lecture 22 Finding the Resource

Lecture 23 The Resource Page

Lecture 24 Removing a Resource

Lecture 25 Azure CLI and PowerShell

Lecture 26 TASK: Remove the Resource Group

Section 5: Azure Basic Concepts

Lecture 27 Regions

Lecture 28 Resource Groups

Lecture 29 Storage Accounts

Lecture 30 SLA

Lecture 31 SLA Calculators

Lecture 32 Cost

Lecture 33 Setting Budget

Lecture 34 Architects and the Cloud

Section 6: Introducing Our App

Lecture 35 Introduction

Lecture 36 ReadIt Demo

Lecture 37 Installing .NET SDK

Lecture 38 Installing VS Code

Lecture 39 Installing Extensions

Lecture 40 Troubleshooting the Local Catalog

Lecture 41 Running the Catalog Locally

Lecture 42 Going Through the Code

Section 7: Azure Compute

Lecture 43 Introduction

Lecture 44 Virtual Machines

Lecture 45 Removing Spending Limit

Lecture 46 Creating Virtual Machine

Lecture 47 The Real Cost of VM

Lecture 48 Reducing the Cost of VM

Lecture 49 Availability of VMs

Lecture 50 Creating Available & Cost Effective VM

Lecture 51 ARM Template

Lecture 52 Using ARM Template

Lecture 53 Deleting Virtual Machines

Lecture 54 Virtual Machine Scale Set

Lecture 55 Using Scale Set

Lecture 56 Azure Instance Metadata Services

Lecture 57 ReadIt Resources Helper List

Lecture 58 Setting Up the Catalog App

Lecture 59 Setting Up the Weather API

Lecture 60 Virtual Machines Tips and Tricks

Lecture 61 A Quick Reminder

Lecture 62 Azure Architecture Diagrams

Lecture 63 A Word of Caution

Lecture 64 Shut Down the Machines

Lecture 65 App Services

Lecture 66 App Service Tiers

Lecture 67 Auto Scaling App Service

Lecture 68 Setting Up the Inventory App Service

Lecture 69 Deployment Slots

Lecture 70 Using Deployment Slots

Lecture 71 Deployment Types

Lecture 72 App Services Tips and Tricks

Lecture 73 Shutting Down App Service

Lecture 74 Current Architecture

Lecture 75 AKS

Lecture 76 Containers

Lecture 77 Introduction to Docker

Lecture 78 Containers Management

Lecture 79 Introduction to Kubernetes

Lecture 80 A note about working with Azure Container Registry

Lecture 81 Azure CLI Command for building the Docker image

Lecture 82 Working with Containers

Lecture 83 Working with AKS

Lecture 84 Current Architecture

Lecture 85 Azure Functions

Lecture 86 Azure Functions Hosting Plans

Lecture 87 Durable Functions

Lecture 88 Running Functions Locally

Lecture 89 Running Functions on Azure

Lecture 90 Current Architecture

Lecture 91 A Quick Reminder…

Lecture 92 How to Choose Compute Type

Lecture 93 More Compute Options

Section 8: Azure Networking

Lecture 94 Networking in Azure

Lecture 95 Virtual Networks

Lecture 96 CIDR Notation

Lecture 97 CIDR Notation Tip

Lecture 98 Subnets

Lecture 99 Looking at the ReadIt VNet

Lecture 100 Creating a Virtual Network

Lecture 101 Working with VNets

Lecture 102 Network Security Groups

Lecture 103 Setting Up the Catalog's NSG

Lecture 104 Looking at the Weather API's NSG

Lecture 105 Moving the Weather API to a New Subnet

Lecture 106 Network Security Groups Tips and Tricks

Lecture 107 Network Peering

Lecture 108 Moving the Weather API to a New VNet

Lecture 109 Using Network Peering

Lecture 110 Network Topology

Lecture 111 Current Architecture

Lecture 112 Secure VM Access

Lecture 113 Using Bastion

Lecture 114 Service Endpoint

Lecture 115 Private Link

Lecture 116 Service Endpoint vs Private Link

Lecture 117 VNet Integration

Lecture 118 Access Restrictions

Lecture 119 ASE

Lecture 120 Load Balancer

Lecture 121 Application Gateway

Lecture 122 Creating Application Gateway

Lecture 123 Troubleshooting the Application Gateway

Lecture 124 Connecting the Inventory App Service to the Application Gateway

Lecture 125 Connecting the Catalog VM to the Application Gateway

Lecture 126 Cost of Application Gateway in This Course

Lecture 127 Application Gateway and AKS

Lecture 128 Application Gateway and Function Apps

Lecture 129 Current Architecture

Lecture 130 Affinity

Lecture 131 Stateless Architecture

Lecture 132 Application Gateway and Cookies

Lecture 133 Secure Network Design

Section 9: Azure Data Services

Lecture 134 Introduction

Lecture 135 Major Database Features

Lecture 136 Database on VM

Lecture 137 Azure SQL

Lecture 138 Azure SQL Pricing

Lecture 139 Which Azure SQL to Choose?

Lecture 140 A note about connecting to Azure SQL from VS Code

Lecture 141 Creating and Connecting to Azure SQL

Lecture 142 Connecting the Catalog to the Database

Lecture 143 Securing the Database Connection

Lecture 144 Connecting the Inventory to the Databse

Lecture 145 A Quick Reminder…

Lecture 146 Cosmos DB

Lecture 147 SQL vs NoSQL Databases

Lecture 148 Cosmos DB Consistency Levels

Lecture 149 Cosmos DB Pricing

Lecture 150 Creating and Using Cosmos DB

Lecture 151 Connecting the Orders Function to Cosmos DB

Lecture 152 Cosmos DB Tips and Tricks

Lecture 153 Azure MySQL

Lecture 154 Azure MySQL Pricing

Lecture 155 Creating and Using Azure MySQL

Lecture 156 Azure PostgreSQL

Lecture 157 Azure Storage

Lecture 158 Azure Blob Storage Pricing

Lecture 159 Creating and Using Storage Account

Lecture 160 Accessing Private Blobs with Keys and SAS Token

Lecture 161 Networking and Fail Over of Storage Account

Lecture 162 CDN and Automation

Lecture 163 Creating Storage Account for the ReadIt App

Lecture 164 Azure Storage Explorer

Lecture 165 Azure Redis

Lecture 166 Azure Redis Pricing

Lecture 167 Creating Redis and Connecting the Catalog

Lecture 168 Connecting the Shopping Cart to Redis

Lecture 169 Current Architecture

Lecture 170 How to Select Data Service

Section 10: Messaging in Azure

Lecture 171 Messaging in Azure

Lecture 172 Storage Queue

Lecture 173 Using Storage Queue

Lecture 174 Event Grid

Lecture 175 Event Grid Pricing

Lecture 176 Connecting Event Grid to Orders Function

Lecture 177 Connecting the Shopping Cart to the Storage Account

Lecture 178 Protecting the Orders Function

Lecture 179 Service Bus

Lecture 180 Service Bus Pricing

Lecture 181 Using Service Bus

Lecture 182 Event Hubs

Lecture 183 Event Hubs Pricing

Lecture 184 Using Event Hubs

Lecture 185 Selecting Messaging Service

Lecture 186 Current Architecture

Section 11: Identity Management with Azure AD (Entra)

Lecture 187 A note about Azure AD name change

Lecture 188 Introduction

Lecture 189 Tenants

Lecture 190 A Look Around Azure AD

Lecture 191 Users and Groups

Lecture 192 Working with Users and Groups

Lecture 193 Azure AD Licenses

Lecture 194 MFA

Lecture 195 Security Defaults

Lecture 196 Using Security Defaults

Lecture 197 RBAC

Lecture 198 Azure Roles

Lecture 199 Using Azure Roles

Lecture 200 Managed Identities

Lecture 201 Using Managed Identity with the Inventory App Service

Lecture 202 Using Azure AD to Authenticate Our App

Lecture 203 OAuth & JWT

Lecture 204 Configuring Azure AD and the Inventory App Service for Authentication

Lecture 205 Adapting the Inventory Code and Using Azure AD

Lecture 206 Azure AD B2C

Lecture 207 Current Architecture

Lecture 208 Synchronizing Azure AD with On-Prem AD

Section 12: Monitoring in Azure

Lecture 209 Introduction

Lecture 210 Resource Monitoring

Lecture 211 Using Metrics

Lecture 212 Azure Dashboard

Lecture 213 Alerts

Lecture 214 Using Alerts

Lecture 215 Logs & Analytics Workspace

Lecture 216 Creating and Using Log Analytics

Lecture 217 Log Analytics with Dashboard and Alerts

Lecture 218 App Service Logs

Lecture 219 Insights

Lecture 220 Using Insights

Lecture 221 Azure Monitor

Lecture 222 Using Azure Monitor

Lecture 223 Using Application Insights

Lecture 224 Application Insights Tips and Tricks

Lecture 225 Tags

Lecture 226 Using Tags and the Resource Graph Explorer

Lecture 227 Current Architecture

Section 13: Security in Azure

Lecture 228 Introduction

Lecture 229 VM Security Best Practices

Lecture 230 Networking Security Best Practices

Lecture 231 Database Security Best Practices

Lecture 232 App Services Security Best Practices

Lecture 233 KeyVault

Lecture 234 Troubleshooting KeyVault

Lecture 235 Using KeyVault in the Catalog App

Lecture 236 Publishing the KeyVault Code and Using Insights

Lecture 237 KeyVault Tips and Tricks

Lecture 238 A quick note about Defender for Cloud

Lecture 239 Defender for Cloud

Lecture 240 Using Defender for Cloud

Lecture 241 Current Architecture

Section 14: DR in Azure

Lecture 242 Introduction to DR

Lecture 243 DR Concepts

Lecture 244 Basics of DR Implementation

Lecture 245 DR of Data in Azure

Lecture 246 DR of Compute in Azure

Lecture 247 Routing in DR

Lecture 248 Azure Traffic Manager

Lecture 249 Using Azure Traffic Manager

Lecture 250 Azure Front Door

Lecture 251 Using Azure Front Door

Lecture 252 Traffic Manager vs Front Door

Lecture 253 Current Architecture

Section 15: Managing Costs in Azure

Lecture 254 Introduction

Lecture 255 Looking at Cost Management

Section 16: Azure Policy

Lecture 256 Introduction

Lecture 257 Defining Initiative and Policies

Lecture 258 Custom Policies

Lecture 259 Defining Custom Policy and Testing the Policies

Lecture 260 Completing the demo and saving costs

Section 17: Containers in Azure

Lecture 261 Section Introduction

Lecture 262 Introduction

Lecture 263 Containers in Azure Functions

Lecture 264 Azure Container Instance

Lecture 265 Containers in App Service

Lecture 266 Azure Kubernetes Services

Lecture 267 Azure Red Hat OpenShift

Lecture 268 Azure Container Registry

Lecture 269 Azure Container Apps

Section 18: Azure Container Apps

Lecture 270 Introduction

Lecture 271 Architecture of Container Apps

Lecture 272 Environment

Lecture 273 Container App

Lecture 274 Revision

Lecture 275 Replica

Lecture 276 Underlying Components

Lecture 277 Pricing

Section 19: Introducing Our App

Lecture 278 Introduction

Lecture 279 Installing .NET 8 SDK

Lecture 280 Running the App Locally

Section 20: Deploying Container Apps

Lecture 281 Introduction

Lecture 282 Creating Container Registry

Lecture 283 Deploying the Client to the Registry

Lecture 284 Deploying the Client Container App

Lecture 285 Deploying the Info Container App

Lecture 286 Connecting the Client to the Info API

Lecture 287 Traffic Splitting with Revisions

Lecture 288 Continuous Deployment with GitHub Actions

Section 21: Autoscaling Container Apps

Lecture 289 Introduction

Lecture 290 Configuring HTTP Scaling

Lecture 291 Scaling with KEDA

Lecture 292 Working with KEDA

Section 22: Service Connectors

Lecture 293 Introduction

Lecture 294 Creating the Database

Lecture 295 Running the Pricing API Locally

Lecture 296 Creating the Pricing Container App

Lecture 297 Using Service Connector

Section 23: Developing Microservices with Dapr

Lecture 298 Introduction

Lecture 299 Problems Solved by Service Mesh

Lecture 300 Service Mesh Architecture

Lecture 301 Types of Service Mesh

Lecture 302 Dapr Components

Lecture 303 Dapr in Container Apps

Lecture 304 Connecting the Info API to the Pricing API

Lecture 305 Using Dapr to Manage Connections

Section 24: Container App Jobs

Lecture 306 Introduction

Lecture 307 Container App Jobs

Lecture 308 Using Container App Jobs

Section 25: Securing Container Apps

Lecture 309 Introduction

Lecture 310 Ingress

Lecture 311 Configuring Ingress for the Pricing API

Lecture 312 Authentication

Lecture 313 Adding Authentication to the Client

Lecture 314 Managed Identity

Lecture 315 Configuring Managed Identity

Lecture 316 Additional Security Controls

Section 26: Resiliency

Lecture 317 Introduction

Lecture 318 Availability Zones

Lecture 319 Configuring Availability Zones

Lecture 320 Resiliency Policies

Lecture 321 Configuring Resiliency Policies

Lecture 322 Dapr Resiliency Policies

Lecture 323 Implementing DR

Section 27: Logging and Monitoring

Lecture 324 Introduction

Lecture 325 Using Metrics

Lecture 326 Revision Logs

Lecture 327 Log Stream

Section 28: Architecting Apps for Azure

Lecture 328 Introduction

Lecture 329 Choosing Compute Platform

Lecture 330 Choosing Data Platform

Lecture 331 Choosing Messaging Platform

Lecture 332 Implementing Security

Lecture 333 Implementing Logging and Monitoring

Lecture 334 Azure Architecture Center

Section 29: Case Study #1

Lecture 335 Introduction to Case Studies

Lecture 336 Case Study #1 Introduction

Lecture 337 System Introduction

Lecture 338 Understanding the System's Requirements

Lecture 339 Mapping the Components

Lecture 340 Logging Service

Lecture 341 View Service

Lecture 342 Employees Service

Lecture 343 Salary Service

Lecture 344 Vacation Service

Lecture 345 Payment Interface

Lecture 346 Security

Lecture 347 Complete Architecture and Cost

Section 30: Case Study #2

Lecture 348 Case Study Introduction

Lecture 349 Understanding the System's Requirements

Lecture 350 Mapping the Components

Lecture 351 Telemetry Gateway

Lecture 352 Telemetry Pipeline

Lecture 353 Telemetry Processor

Lecture 354 Telemetry Viewer

Lecture 355 BI Application

Lecture 356 Security

Lecture 357 Complete Architecture and Cost

Section 31: Case Study #3

Lecture 358 Case Study Introduction

Lecture 359 Understanding the System's Requirements

Lecture 360 Mapping the Components

Lecture 361 Lists Receiver

Lecture 362 Lists Service

Lecture 363 Front End

Lecture 364 Lists Data

Lecture 365 Security

Lecture 366 Complete Architecture and Cost

Section 32: Case Study #4

Lecture 367 Case Study Introduction

Lecture 368 Understanding the System's Requirements

Lecture 369 Mapping the Components

Lecture 370 File Handler

Lecture 371 Queue

Lecture 372 File Formatter

Lecture 373 File Calculation

Lecture 374 File Exporter

Lecture 375 Logging Service

Lecture 376 Security

Lecture 377 Complete Architecture and Cost

Section 33: Migrating to the Cloud

Lecture 378 Introduction

Lecture 379 The Migration Process

Lecture 380 Motivation Assessment

Lecture 381 Migration Strategies

Lecture 382 System Assessment

Lecture 383 Migration

Lecture 384 App Enhancements

Lecture 385 Testing

Lecture 386 Go Live

Section 34: Preparing for the Exams

Lecture 387 Preparing for the Exams

Lecture 388 Registering for the Exams

Lecture 389 After the Test

Section 35: Practice Tests

Lecture 390 Introduction

Section 36: Conclusion

Lecture 391 Conclusion

Lecture 392 Bonus lecture

Software Architects,Developers,IT Admins,DevOps experts,System Analysts,Anyone who wants to become a certified Azure Architect :-)