{"id":3374,"date":"2020-09-10T16:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T16:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidpapkin.net\/?page_id=3374"},"modified":"2020-09-10T16:00:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T16:00:41","slug":"microsoft-azure-az-304-info-by-david-papkin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/davidpapkin.com\/?page_id=3374","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Azure AZ-304 Info"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This David Papkin page has info on Microsoft Azure AZ-304 Course<\/p>\n<p><strong>Backup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-in\/solutions\/architecture\/backup-archive-on-premises-applications\/\">Solution architecture: Back up on-premises applications and data to cloud<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/backup\/guidance-best-practices\">Backup cloud and on-premises workloads to cloud<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/crossregion-restore-for-azure-virtual-machines-using-azure-backup\/\">Cross-region restore for Azure Virtual Machines using Azure Backup<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql\/relational-databases\/backup-restore\/configure-advanced-options-for-sql-server-managed-backup-to-microsoft-azure?view=sql-server-ver15\">Configure advanced options for SQL Server managed backup to Microsoft Azure<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>High Availability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/mediahandler\/files\/resourcefiles\/infographic-reliability-with-microsoft-azure\/InfographicRC2.pdf\">Azure Resliency<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/architecture\/reference-architectures\/n-tier\/multi-region-sql-server\">Run an N-tier application in multiple Azure regions for high availability<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/architecture\/example-scenario\/infrastructure\/multi-tier-app-disaster-recovery\">Multitier web application built for high availability and disaster recovery on Azure<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/architecture\/reference-architectures\/app-service-web-app\/multi-region\">Run a web application in multiple Azure regions for high availability<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/architecture\/high-availability\/building-solutions-for-high-availability\">Building solutions for high availability using Availability Zones<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/architecture\/reference-architectures\/enterprise-integration\/ase-high-availability-deployment\">Highly available app deployment in App Services Environment<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/azure-sql\/database\/high-availability-sla\">High availability for Azure SQL Database and SQL Managed Instance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Networking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/architecture\/reference-architectures\/dmz\/secure-vnet-dmz?toc=%2Fazure%2Fvirtual-network%2Ftoc.json\">Network DMZ between Azure and an on-premises datacenter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mspnp\/reference-architectures\/tree\/master\/dmz\/secure-vnet-hybrid\">Deploy DMZ between Azure and your on-premises datacenter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/services\/application-gateway\/\">Application Gateway<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/application-gateway\/quick-create-portal\">Quickstart: Direct web traffic with Azure Application Gateway &#8211; Azure portal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Microsoft Learn Labs<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Microsoft Learn provides self-paced skills training on a variety of topics. You can also<br \/>\nsearch for additional content that might be helpful.<\/span>\u00a0 You can search for the following learning activities in Microsoft Learn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/\">Microsoft Learn &#8211; Additional Study Resources<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\"><strong>Identity<br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Create Azure users and groups in Azure Active Directory<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Manage users and groups in Azure Active Directory<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Secure your Azure resources with role-based access control<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Secure Azure Active Directory users with Multi-Factor Authentication<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Allow users to reset their password with Azure Active Directory self-service<br \/>\npassword reset<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/modules\/secure-app-with-oidc-and-azure-ad\/\">Secure your application by using OpenID Connect and Azure AD<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Governance and Compliance<br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Analyze costs and create budgets with Azure Cost Management<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Predict costs and optimize spending for Azure<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Control and organize Azure resources with Azure Resource Manager<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Apply and monitor infrastructure standards with Azure Policy<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Create custom roles for Azure resources with role-based access control<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Manage access to an Azure subscription by using Azure role-based access control<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Secure your Azure resources with role-based access control<br \/>\n<\/span>Azure Administration<br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Core Cloud Services &#8211; Manage services with the Azure portal<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Control and organize Azure resources with Azure Resource Manager<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Build Azure Resource Manager templates<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Automate Azure tasks using scripts with PowerShell<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Manage virtual machines with the Azure CLI <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\"><strong>Virtual Networking<br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle4\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Networking Fundamentals &#8211; Principals<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Design an IP addressing schema for your Azure deployment<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Secure and isolate access to Azure resources by using network security groups<br \/>\nand service endpoints <\/span>Intersite Connectivity<br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Distribute your services across Azure virtual networks and integrate them by using<br \/>\nvirtual network peering<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Connect your on-premises network to Azure with VPN Gateway<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Connect your on-premises network to the Microsoft global network by using<br \/>\nExpressRoute<br \/>\n<\/span>Network Traffic Management<br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Manage and control traffic flow in your Azure deployment with routes<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Improve application scalability and resiliency by using Azure Load Balancer<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Load balance your web service traffic with Application Gateway<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Enhance your service availability and data locality by using Azure Traffic Manager<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\"><strong><span class=\"fontstyle2\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Azure Storage<br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Create an Azure Storage account<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Secure your Azure Storage<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Optimize storage performance and costs using Blob storage tiers<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Make your application storage highly available with read-access geo-redundant<br \/>\nstorage<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Copy and move blobs from one container or storage account to another from the<br \/>\ncommand line and in code<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Move large amounts of data to the cloud by using Azure Data Box family<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/modules\/monitor-diagnose-and-troubleshoot-azure-storage\/\">Monitor, diagnose, and troubleshoot your Azure storage<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\"><strong>Azure Virtual Machines<br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Build a scalable application with virtual machine scale sets<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Deploy Azure virtual machines from VHD templates<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Choose the right disk storage for your virtual machine workload<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Add and size disks in Azure virtual machines<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Protect your virtual machine settings with Azure Automation State Configuration<br \/>\n<\/span>Serverless Computing<br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Host a web application with Azure App service<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Stage a web app deployment for testing and rollback by using App Service<br \/>\ndeployment slots<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/modules\/app-service-scale-up-scale-out\/\">Scale an App Service web app to efficiently meet demand with App Service scale<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/modules\/app-service-scale-up-scale-out\/\">up and scale out<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/modules\/app-service-autoscale-rules\/\">Dynamically meet changing web app performance requirements with autoscale<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/modules\/app-service-autoscale-rules\/\">rules<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/modules\/capture-page-load-times-application-insights\/\"><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Capture and view page load times in your Azure web app with Application Insights<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle4\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Run Docker containers with Azure Container Instances<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Introduction to the Azure Kubernetes Service<br \/>\n<\/span>Data Protection<br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Protect your virtual machines by using Azure Backup<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Back up and restore your Azure SQL database<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Protect your Azure infrastructure with Azure Site Recovery<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Protect your on-premises infrastructure from disasters with Azure Site Recovery<br \/>\n<\/span>Monitoring<br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Analyze your Azure infrastructure by using Azure Monitor logs<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Improve incident response with alerting on Azure<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/modules\/monitor-azure-vm-using-diagnostic-data\/\">Monitor the health of your Azure virtual machine by collecting and analyzing diagnostic data<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle3\">\u2022 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/modules\/monitor-diagnose-and-troubleshoot-azure-storage\/\"><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Monitor, diagnose, and troubleshoot your Azure storage<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\"><strong><span class=\"fontstyle2\"><br \/>\n<\/span>References<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Optional lab exercises<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Module 1<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/developer\/chef\/windows-vm-configure\">Quickstart &#8211; Configure a Windows virtual machine in Azure using Chef<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msystechnologies.com\/blog\/how-to-make-ms-azure-compatible-with-chef\/\">How to make ms azure compatible with chef<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do a &amp; b together, is quick easy try at terraform (recommended lab)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/developer\/terraform\/get-started-cloud-shell\">a) Quickstart: Configure Terraform using Azure Cloud Shell<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/developer\/terraform\/create-linux-virtual-machine-with-infrastructure\">b) Create a Linux VM with infrastructure in Azure using Terraform<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/developer\/terraform\/configure-vs-code-extension-for-terraform\">Configure the Azure Terraform Visual Studio Code extension<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/developer\/terraform\/create-vm-cluster-with-infrastructure\">Create an Azure VM cluster with Terraform and HCL<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/developer\/terraform\/create-vm-scaleset-network-disks-hcl\">Create an Azure virtual machine scale set using Terraform<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Module 2<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/architecture\/reference-architectures\/dmz\/secure-vnet-dmz\">Deploy DMZ between Azure and your on-premises datacenter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Module 5<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/governance\/policy\/tutorials\/create-and-manage\">Tutorial: Create and manage policies to enforce compliance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/governance\/blueprints\/create-blueprint-portal\">Quickstart: Define and assign a blueprint in the portal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Module 6<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/storage\/queues\/storage-tutorial-queues?tabs=dotnet\">Tutorial: Work with Azure storage queues in .NET<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Module 7<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/storage\/blobs\/storage-quickstart-blobs-storage-explorer\">Quickstart: Use Azure Storage Explorer to create a blob<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Module 8<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/storage\/common\/storage-ref-azcopy-login\">azcopy login syntax<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note. Use azcopy login &#8211;tenant-id\u00a0 &lt;tenantid&gt; to use the Global Admin acocunt<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/storage\/common\/storage-use-azcopy-migrate-on-premises-data?tabs=windows\">Tutorial: Migrate on-premises data to cloud storage with AzCopy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/storage\/common\/storage-use-azcopy-blobs?toc=\/azure\/storage\/blobs\/toc.json\">Transfer data with AzCopy and Blob storage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/data-factory\/create-self-hosted-integration-runtime#:~:text=A%20self%2Dhosted%20integration%20runtime%20can%20run%20copy%20activities%20between,or%20an%20Azure%20virtual%20network.\">Create and configure a self-hosted integration runtime<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Module 9<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/azure-monitor\/learn\/quick-collect-activity-log-portal\">Send Azure Activity log to Log Analytics workspace using Azure portal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/azure-monitor\/log-query\/get-started-queries\">Get started with log queries in Azure Monitor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/microsoft.github.io\/AzureTipsAndTricks\/blog\/tip241.html\">Azure Sentinel. Why should you care-Tips &amp; Tricks<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Module10<\/p>\n<p>#1\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/backup\/tutorial-backup-vm-at-scale\">Use Azure portal to back up multiple virtual machines<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/microsoft.github.io\/AzureTipsAndTricks\/blog\/tip28.html\">Configure a Backup for your Azure App Service and Database<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can do the following exercise #3 to have a SQL database for the following exercise #4<\/p>\n<p>#3\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/azure-sql\/database\/single-database-create-quickstart?tabs=azure-portal\">Quickstart: Create an Azure SQL Database single database<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#4 <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/backup\/tutorial-sql-backup\">Back up a SQL Server database in an Azure VM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Module11<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/frontdoor\/quickstart-create-front-door\">Quickstart: Create a Front Door for a highly available global web application<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Module 12<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/quick-acm-cost-analysis\">Quickstart: Explore and analyze costs with cost analysis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/cost-management-billing\/costs\/tutorial-acm-create-budgets\">Tutorial: Create and manage Azure budgets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Get rid of expired Resource Groups. Create <strong>ExpiredOn<\/strong> tag<\/p>\n<p>The Simple way to keep your Azure Subscription &#8220;clean&#8221;. This run on a schedule and automatically delete all &#8220;expired&#8221; resources inside your Azure Subscription, and nothing else.<\/p>\n<p>A Resource is &#8220;expired&#8221; when it has a tag <code>expireOn<\/code> older then the current date.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fRJLWm4JvPo\">How to keep Azure subscriptions clean video<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/FBoucher\/AzSubscriptionCleaner\">AzSubscriptionCleaner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/virtual-machines\/windows\/spot-portal\">Deploy Spot VMs using the Azure portal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Module 14<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/LAB_Manage_Azure_AD_Identities-1.zip\">LAB_Manage_Azure_AD_Identities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>ModuleAZ-304 Labs student setup instructions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>1) Create <strong>NEW<\/strong> email account xxxaz304ddmmyy@outlook.com password Pa55w.rd1234 where xxx = your initials and ddmmyy = starting date of your course<\/p>\n<p>Ex: cyfaz304310820@outlook.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>The new Microsoft account is needed for the Azure Pass used for the labs in this course.\u00a0 You can only use 1 free offer per account so is best to create a NEW account for this course. The use of any other account is not supported for this class.\u00a0 Appreciate your understanding. Lets have an awesome class!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2) Md C:\\Labfiles<\/p>\n<p>3) Download and extract into C:\\Labfiles<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AZ-304-Microsoft-Azure-Architect-Design-master-1.zip\">AZ-304-Microsoft-Azure-Architect-Design-master<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4 ) Download and install Visual Studio Code\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/code.visualstudio.com\/Download\">Visual Studio Code<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Please Wait for your Instructor before redeeming your Azure Pass!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You MUST be signed out of all other email accounts you are logged into. Using Private browsing will not help.<\/p>\n<p>5) Redeem the Azure pass with the link provided by the instructor<\/p>\n<p>If you were unable to redeem the Azure pass in #5 , you will have to create Azure Free Trial account in #6 which will require a credit card for identity only.<\/p>\n<p>6) Create new Azure account <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/free\/\">https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/free\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microsoftlearning.github.io\/AZ-304-Microsoft-Azure-Architect-Design\/\">Links to the labs in HTML format<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Helpful Azure\u00a0 learning links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/\">Microsoft Azure Forums<\/a>\u00a0 <span class=\"fontstyle0\">The Azure forums are very active. You can search the threads for a<br \/>\nspecific area of interest. You can also browse categories like Azure Storage, Pricing<br \/>\nand Billing, Azure Virtual Machines, and Azure Migrate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/architecture\/\">Azure Architecture Center<\/a>\u00a0 <span class=\"fontstyle0\">Gain access to the Azure Application Architecture Guide,<br \/>\nAzure Reference Architectures, and the Cloud Design Patterns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learning\/community-blog.aspx\">Microsoft Learning Community Blog<\/a>\u00a0 <span class=\"fontstyle0\">Get the latest information the certification<br \/>\ntests and exam study groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/\">https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/<\/a>\u00a0 <span class=\"fontstyle0\">Channel 9 provides a wealth of informational videos, shows, and<br \/>\nevents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Shows\/Tuesdays-With-Corey\/\">Azure Tuesdays With Corey<\/a>\u00a0 <span class=\"fontstyle0\">Corey Sanders answers your questions about<br \/>\nMicrosoft Azure &#8211; Virtual Machines, Web Sites, Mobile Services, Dev\/Test etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Shows\/Azure-Friday\">Azure Fridays<\/a>\u00a0 <span class=\"fontstyle0\">Join Scott Hanselman as he engages one-on-one with the engineers<br \/>\nwho build the services that power Microsoft Azure as they demo capabilities,<br \/>\nanswer Scott&#8217;s questions, and share their insights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/\">Microsoft Azure Blog<\/a>\u00a0 <span class=\"fontstyle0\">Keep current on what&#8217;s happening in Azure, including what&#8217;s<br \/>\nnow in preview, generally available, news &amp; updates, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microsoft.github.io\/AzureTipsAndTricks\/\">Azure Tips &amp; Tricks<\/a>&#8211; &#8211; Michael Crump &#8211; Special collection of over 260+ tips, videos, conference talks that span the entire universe of the Azure platform.<\/p>\n<p>End of David Papkin <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/\">Microsoft Azure<\/a>\u00a0 az-304 page.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This David Papkin page has info on Microsoft Azure AZ-304 Course Backup Solution architecture: Back up on-premises applications and data to cloud Backup cloud and on-premises workloads to cloud Cross-region restore for Azure Virtual Machines using Azure Backup Configure advanced&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3374","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidpapkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidpapkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidpapkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidpapkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidpapkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/davidpapkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidpapkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}