Design an Infrastructure Strategy (15-20%)

Design a Storage Strategy

Topic	Link
Design a storage provisioning strategy	Introduction to Azure Storage
Design storage access strategy	Deciding when to use Azure Blobs, Azure Files, or Azure Disks
	What is Blob Storage?
Identify storage requirements	Azure Storage Overview Pricing
recommend a storage solution	Review your storage options
Recommend storage management tools	Azure Storage Client Tools

Design a Compute Strategy

Topic	Link
design a compute provisioning strategy	Choose an Azure compute service for your application
design a secure compute strategy	Secure Azure Computing Architecture
	Security best practices for IaaS workloads in Azure
determine appropriate compute technologies	Decision tree for Azure compute services
	Criteria for choosing an Azure compute service
design an Azure HPC environment	High Performance Computing (HPC) on Azure
identify compute requirements	Overview of Azure Compute Options
recommend management tools for compute	Use infrastructure automation tools with virtual machines in Azure
Experiential Learning	Implement virtual machine host security in Azure

Design a Networking Strategy

Topic	Link
Design a network provisioning strategy	Azure network security overview
	Security Groups
design a network security strategy	Azure Network Security Best Practices
Determine appropriate network connectivity technologies	Virtual Network Service Endpoints
	Configure VPN gateway transit for virtual network peering
Identify networking requirements	Plan Virtual Networks
Recommend network management tools	What is Azure Network Watcher?
recommend network security solutions	Azure best practices for network security

Design a Monitoring Strategy for Infrastructure

Topic	Link
Design for alert notifications	What is Azure Monitor?
	Overview of alerts in Microsoft Azure
Design an alert and metrics strategy	Understand how metric alerts work in Azure Monitor
Experiential Learning	Design a holistic monitoring strategy on Azure

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