Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Certification and Beyond: Simplified cloud concepts and core Azure fundamentals for absolute beginners to pass the AZ-900 (Paperback)

Key Features

• Get fundamental knowledge of cloud concepts and the Microsoft Azure platform
• Explore practical exercises to gain experience of working with the Microsoft Azure platform in the real world
• Prepare to achieve AZ-900 certification on the first go with the help of simplified examples covered in the book

Book Description

This is the digital and cloud era, and Microsoft Azure is one of the top cloud computing platforms. It's now more important than ever to understand how the cloud functions and the different services that can be leveraged across the cloud.

This book will give you a solid understanding of cloud concepts and Microsoft Azure, starting by taking you through cloud concepts in depth, then focusing on the core Azure architectural components, solutions, and management tools. Next, you will understand security concepts, defense-in-depth, and key security services such as Network Security Groups and Azure Firewall, as well as security operations tooling such as Azure Security Center and Azure Sentinel. As you progress, you will understand how identity, governance, privacy, and compliance are managed in Azure. Finally, you will get to grips with cost management, service-level agreements, and service life cycles. Throughout, the book features a number of hands-on exercises to support the concepts, services, and solutions discussed. This provides you with a glimpse of real-world scenarios, before finally concluding with practice questions for AZ-900 exam preparation.

By the end of this Azure book, you will have a thorough understanding of cloud concepts and Azure fundamentals, enabling you to pass the AZ-900 certification exam easily.

What you will learn

• Explore cloud computing with Azure cloud
• Gain an understanding of the core Azure architectural components
• Acquire knowledge of core services and management tools on Azure
• Get up and running with security concepts, security operations, and protection from threats
• Focus on identity, governance, privacy, and compliance features
• Understand Azure cost management, SLAs, and service life cycles

Who this book is for

This Azure fundamentals book is both for those with technical backgrounds and non-technical backgrounds who want to learn and explore the field of cloud computing, especially with Azure. This book will also help anyone who wants to develop a good foundation for achieving advanced Azure certifications. There is no prerequisite for this book except a willingness to learn and explore cloud concepts and Microsoft Azure.

主要特點

• 獲得雲端概念和Microsoft Azure平台的基礎知識


• 通過實際練習來獲得在真實世界中使用Microsoft Azure平台的經驗


• 通過書中提供的簡化示例，準備在第一次嘗試中獲得AZ-900認證

書籍描述

這是數字和雲端時代，Microsoft Azure是頂尖的雲端運算平台之一。現在更重要的是了解雲端的運作方式以及可以在雲端中利用的不同服務。

本書將帶給您對雲端概念和Microsoft Azure的深入理解，首先深入介紹雲端概念，然後專注於核心Azure架構組件、解決方案和管理工具。接下來，您將了解安全概念、防禦深度以及關鍵安全服務，如網路安全群組和Azure防火牆，以及安全操作工具，如Azure安全中心和Azure Sentinel。隨著學習的進展，您將了解在Azure中如何管理身份、治理、隱私和合規性。最後，您將掌握成本管理、服務水平協議和服務生命週期。整本書都提供了許多實際練習，以支持所討論的概念、服務和解決方案。這讓您能夠一窺真實世界的情境，最後以AZ-900考試準備的練習問題作為結尾。

通過閱讀本書，您將全面了解雲端概念和Azure基礎知識，輕鬆通過AZ-900認證考試。

您將學到什麼

• 探索使用Azure雲端進行雲端運算


• 瞭解核心Azure架構組件


• 獲取有關Azure核心服務和管理工具的知識


• 開始使用安全概念、安全操作和防護措施


• 專注於身份、治理、隱私和合規性功能


• 瞭解Azure成本管理、服務水平協議和服務生命週期

本書適合對象

本書既適合具有技術背景的人，也適合非技術背景的人，他們想要學習和探索雲端運算領域，尤其是Azure。本書還將幫助任何希望為獲得高級Azure認證打下良好基礎的人。本書除了願意學習和探索雲端概念和Microsoft Azure外，沒有其他先決條件。

Steve Miles, aka smiles or Mr analogy, has over 20 years of experience in networking, data center infrastructure, managed hosting, and cloud solutions. Experience comes from working in end-user, reseller channel, and vendor space, and roles with a global network and app security vendor, global telco hosters, managed hosting, colocation and data center services providers, hardware distribution; currently working for a Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) indirect distributor based in the UK and Dublin in a cloud and hybrid technology leadership role. Most happy when in front of a whiteboard, he prefers to speak in illustrations and is renowned for his analogies to break down complex technologies and concepts into everyday real-world scenarios. Peter De Tender is a well-known Azure expert and a very passionate and dedicated technical trainer, who always manages to provide inspiring, deeply technical workshops on the Azure platform, packed with demos and fun. Before Peter joined the prestigious Azure Technical Trainer team within Microsoft, he held a similar position in his own company for 6 years. Now, he's continuing what he loves doing most, upskilling customers and partners in the wonderful world and capabilities of Azure. Peter has been a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) for more than 10 years and has been a Microsoft MVP since 2013, initially on Windows IT Pro, but he moved to the Azure category in 2015. Besides co-authoring the previous edition of this book, Peter has published other Azure-oriented material with Packt Publishing, Apress, and through self-publishing. You can follow Peter on Twitter at pdtit or 007ffflearning to stay up to date with his Azure adventures.

Steve Miles，又稱smiles或Mr analogy，擁有超過20年的網絡、數據中心基礎設施、托管服務和雲解決方案經驗。他的經驗來自於在最終用戶、經銷商渠道和供應商領域的工作，以及在全球網絡和應用安全供應商、全球電信托管商、托管服務、託管和數據中心服務提供商、硬件分銷等角色中的工作；目前在一家總部位於英國和都柏林的雲解決方案提供商（CSP）間接分銷商擔任雲和混合技術領導職位。他最喜歡站在白板前，喜歡用圖解來講話，以簡單易懂的方式將複雜的技術和概念解釋成日常現實場景。Peter De Tender是一位知名的Azure專家和非常熱情和專注的技術培訓師，他總是能夠提供啟發人心、技術深入的Azure平台工作坊，充滿演示和樂趣。在加入微軟的著名Azure技術培訓師團隊之前，Peter在自己的公司擔任類似職位長達6年。現在，他繼續做他最喜歡的事情，提升客戶和合作夥伴在Azure的美妙世界和能力方面的技能。Peter已經是微軟認證培訓師（MCT）超過10年，自2013年起成為微軟MVP，最初是在Windows IT Pro上，但在2015年轉到了Azure類別。除了與Packt Publishing、Apress和自行出版合著本書的上一版之外，Peter還發表了其他與Azure相關的材料。您可以在Twitter上關注Peter的帳號pdtit或007ffflearning，以獲取他在Azure冒險中的最新消息。

1. Introduction to Cloud Computing
2. Benefits of Cloud Computing
3. Core Azure Architectural Components
4. Core Azure Resources
5. Core Azure Solutions
6. Azure Management Tools
7. Azure Security
8. Azure Identity Services
9. Azure Governance
10. Azure Privacy and Compliance
11. Azure Cost Planning and Management
12. Azure Service-Level Agreements
13. Exam Preparation Practice Tests

1. 雲端運算介紹


2. 雲端運算的好處


3. 核心 Azure 架構元件


4. 核心 Azure 資源


5. 核心 Azure 解決方案


6. Azure 管理工具


7. Azure 安全性


8. Azure 身分服務


9. Azure 治理


10. Azure 隱私和合規性


11. Azure 成本規劃和管理


12. Azure 服務水平協議


13. 考試準備練習測試