Module 1: Foundational Concepts
Microsoft Azure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/
Azure Documentation
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/
Azure Pricing Calculator
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/
Book: Microsoft Public Cloud Services – Setting Up Your Business in the Cloud (Microsoft Press)
https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/store/microsoft-public-cloud-services-setting-up-your-business-9780735697058
White Paper: The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing
http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-145.pdf
CapEx vs. OpEx in the Cloud
http://www.cio.com/article/2399248/it-organization/how-to-break-down-the-opex-vs–capex-cloud-computing-debate.html
Azure Stack
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/azure-stack/
Office 365
https://products.office.com/en-us/business/compare-more-office-365-for-business-plans
System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg610610(v=sc.12).aspx
ExpressRoute
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/expressroute/
Azure App Service (PaaS)
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/app-service/?b=16.51
Azure Virtual Machines (IaaS)
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/virtual-machines/?b=16.51b
Azure Free Trial FAQ
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/free-account-faq/
Azure SDKs and Tools
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/
Azure Regions
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/regions/
Azure Service Status
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/status/
Traffic Manager
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/traffic-manager/
Azure Products Available By Region
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/regions/services/
Module 2: Virtual Machines
Microsoft Azure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/
Azure Documentation
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/
Azure Pricing Calculator
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/
Book: Fundamentals of Azure (Microsoft Press)
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/microsoft_press/2016/09/01/free-ebook-microsoft-azure-essentials-fundamentals-of-azure-second-edition/
White Paper – RFC 4253 (SSH)
https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4253.txt
Azure Windows Virtual Machine Pricing
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/windows/
Azure Linux Virtual Machine Pricing
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/
Sizes for Virtual Machines in Azure
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-sizes
Azure VM Licensing FAQ
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/licensing-faq/
Azure Resource Naming Conventions
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/guidance/guidance-naming-conventions
Azure VM Marketplace
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/virtual-machines/
AzureRM.Compute PowerShell Module
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/resourcemanager/azurerm.compute/v1.3.4/azurerm.compute
Create VM using PowerShell
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-ps-create
Install Azure CLI v2.0
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-az-cli2
Create VM Using Azure CLI v2.0
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-linux-quick-create-cli
Install Bash Environment in Windows 10
http://www.howtogeek.com/249966/how-to-install-and-use-the-linux-bash-shell-on-windows-10/
Git Tools for Windows
https://git-scm.com/
PowerShell Remoting – TrustedHosts List
http://winintro.ru/windowspowershell2corehelp.en/html/f23b65e2-c608-485d-95f5-a8c20e00f1fc.htm
Use SSH Keys with Azure Linux VMs
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-linux-mac-create-ssh-keys
Remote Desktop to an Azure Linux VM
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-linux-classic-remote-desktop
PuTTY
http://www.putty.org/
PowerShell OpenSSH Project
https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH
Module 3: Disks and Storage
Microsoft Azure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/
Azure Documentation
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/
Azure Pricing Calculator
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/
Book: Mastering Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services (Sybex)
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-111900327X.html
Azure Storage
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/
Understand Blob Types
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/fileservices/understanding-block-blobs–append-blobs–and-page-blobs
Azure Storage Replication
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/storage-redundancy
Azure Storage Pricing
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/storage/blobs/
New Blob Lease Features
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsazurestorage/2012/06/12/new-blob-lease-features-infinite-leases-smaller-lease-times-and-more/
Container permissions
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/storage-manage-access-to-resources
Azure Storage Explorer
http://storageexplorer.com/
Azure Storage Emulator
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/storage-use-emulator
Azure Storage Scalability and Performance Targets
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/storage-scalability-targets
Host Caching
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19370693/what-is-the-difference-in-the-host-cache-preference-settings-when-adding-a-dis
Custom DNS Domain for Storage Account Blob Endpoints
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/storage-custom-domain-name
Linux VM Agent User Guide
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-linux-agent-user-guide
Generalizing Azure VMs
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-generalize-vhd
OS Image Capture
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-capture-image
AzureRM.Storage PowerShell Module
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/resourcemanager/azurerm.storage/v1.2.0/azurerm.storage?redirectedfrom=msdn
AzCopy Tool
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/storage-use-azcopy
Azure Subscription and Service Limits
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-subscription-service-limits
Module 4: Inside the VM
Microsoft Azure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/
Azure Documentation
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/
Azure Pricing Calculator
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/
Book: Using Chef with Microsoft Azure (Apress)
http://www.apress.com/us/book/9781484214770
Jump Box
http://windowsitpro.com/azure/using-jump-box-azure-rdp-access
Network Security Groups
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/virtual-networks-nsg
Availability Sets
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-infrastructure-availability-sets-guidelines
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-manage-availability
Single-Instance SLA for Premium Storage
https://buildazure.com/2016/11/24/single-instance-vms-now-with-99-9-sla/
Load Balancers
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-overview
Pets vs. Cattle Metaphor
http://cloudscaling.com/blog/cloud-computing/the-history-of-pets-vs-cattle/
Configuration Management Definition
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Configuration_management
Chef and Azure
https://www.chef.io/partners/azure/
Puppet and Azure
https://puppet.com/product/managed-technology/microsoft-windows-azure
PowerShell Remote Administration
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/core-powershell/running-remote-commands#windows-powershell-remoting
PowerShell JIT/JEA
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn896648.aspx
RDP to Azure VMs
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-connect-logon?toc=%2fazure%2fvirtual-machines%2fwindows%2ftoc.json
SSH to Azure VMs
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-linux-mac-create-ssh-keys
Azure Linux Agent
https://github.com/Azure/WALinuxAgent
Azure VM Extensions list
http://armtg.azurewebsites.net/extension_list.html
Azure Compute Cmdlets
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/resourcemanager/azurerm.compute/v1.3.4/azurerm.compute?redirectedfrom=msdn
Azure CLI v2.0 Reference
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-az-cli2
OMS
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/operations-management-suite
Module 5: Scaling and High Availability
Microsoft Azure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/
Azure Documentation
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/
Azure Pricing Calculator
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/
Book: Infrastructure as Code (O’Reilly)
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920039297.do
Availability Sets
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-manage-availability
Scale Sets
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machine-scale-sets/virtual-machine-scale-sets-overview
Azure Load Balancers
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-overview
Azure Traffic Manager
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-overview
Application Gateway
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-introduction
Cloud Computing Shared Responsibility Model
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-incident-response-and-shared-responsibility-for-cloud-computing/
Azure Planned Maintenance Events
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-linux-planned-maintenance-schedule
Sharing Azure Portal Dashboards
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-portal/azure-portal-dashboards
Create a VM from an existing VHD
https://blogs.infosupport.com/creating-a-vm-in-azure-based-on-an-uploaded-vhd/
Script: Set Azure Resource Manager VM Availability Set
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Set-Azure-Resource-Manager-f7509ec4
Azure Autoscale
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/best-practices-auto-scaling
Azure Quickstart Templates
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/templates/
Deploy a Simple VM Scale Set with Windows VMs
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/templates/201-vmss-windows-jumpbox/
ARM Template Visualizer
http://armviz.io/designer
http://old.armviz.io/
Azure Resource Explorer
https://resources.azure.com
Module 6: Networking
Microsoft Azure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/
Azure Documentation
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/
Azure Pricing Calculator
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/
CompTIA Network+ Certification
https://certification.comptia.org/certifications/network
Book: Microsoft Azure Security Infrastructure (Microsoft Press)
https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/store/microsoft-azure-security-infrastructure-9781509303571
Azure and IPv6
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/ipv6-for-azure-vms/
IP Addresses in Azure
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-ip-addresses-overview-arm
Azure IP Address Pricing
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/ip-addresses/
Azure Datacenter IP Ranges
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=41653
Azure DNS Service
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/dns/
RFC 1918 Private IP Addresses
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1918
Azure VPN Gateway
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vpn-gateway/vpn-gateway-about-vpngateways
ExpressRoute
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/expressroute/
Azure Site-to-Site VPN
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vpn-gateway/vpn-gateway-site-to-site-create
Azure Point-to-Site VPN
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vpn-gateway/vpn-gateway-point-to-site-create
About VPN Devices for S2S VPN Gateway Connections
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vpn-gateway/vpn-gateway-about-vpn-devices
Let’s Configure Azure S2S VPN with RRAS in ARM!
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/jletsch/2016/03/15/lets-configure-azure-site-to-site-vpn-with-rras-in-azure-resource-manager/
Azure VPN Config Samples at GitHub
https://github.com/Azure/Azure-vpn-config-samples
Module 7: Security.
Microsoft Azure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/
Azure Documentation
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/
Azure Pricing Calculator
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/
Book: Microsoft Azure Security (Packt)
https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/microsoft-azure-security
Azure Security Best Practices
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/azure-security-network-security-best-practices
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/security-best-practices-and-patterns
Microsoft Trust Center
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/trustcenter
Azure Penetration Test Policy
https://security-forms.azure.com/penetration-testing/terms
Azure Active Directory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/active-directory-whatis
Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/role-based-access-control-configure
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/role-based-access-control-what-is
RBAC with PowerShell
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/role-based-access-control-manage-access-powershell
RBAC in Azure CLI
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/role-based-access-control-manage-access-azure-cli
Activity Log
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/monitoring-and-diagnostics/monitoring-overview-activity-logs
Stream Activity Log to Event Hub
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/monitoring-and-diagnostics/monitoring-stream-activity-logs-event-hubs
OMS Log Analytics
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/log-analytics/log-analytics-overview
“Dogfooding”
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Eating_your_own_dog_food
Azure Security Center
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security-center/security-center-intro
Security Center Pricing
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/security-center/
Microsoft Cybersecurity Team
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftservices/campaigns/cybersecurity-protection.aspx
PowerBI
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-azure-and-power-bi/
Azure Disk Encryption
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/azure-security-disk-encryption
Module 8: Monitoring
Microsoft Azure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/
Azure Documentation
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/
Azure Pricing Calculator
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/
Book: Windows Internals, Vols I and II (Microsoft Press)
https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/store/windows-internals-part-1-system-architecture-processes-9780735684188
https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/store/windows-internals-part-2-9780735665873
Azure Event Hub
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/event-hubs/event-hubs-what-is-event-hubs
Azure Diagnostics
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-diagnostics
Azure Monitoring and Diagnostics Guidance
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/best-practices-monitoring
OMS Log Analytics
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/log-analytics/log-analytics-overview
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/log-analytics/
OMS Pricing
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/operations-management-suite-pricing
Azure Automation
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-intro
OMS Log Search Syntax Reference
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/log-analytics/log-analytics-log-searches
Azure Boot Diagnostics
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/boot-diagnostics-for-virtual-machines-v2/
Azure Storage Explorer
http://storageexplorer.com/
Visual Studio Cloud Explorer
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MicrosoftCloudExplorer.CloudExplorerforVisualStudio2015
Webhooks and Azure Alerting
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/monitoring-and-diagnostics/insights-webhooks-alerts
Twilio API
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/twilio-dotnet-how-to-use-for-voice-sms
Alerting in Azure
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/monitoring-and-diagnostics/insights-alerts-portal
PagerDuty/Azure Integration
https://www.pagerduty.com/docs/guides/azure-integration-guide/
Module 9: Troubleshooting and Support
Microsoft Azure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/
Azure Documentation
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/
Azure Pricing Calculator
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/
VM Access Extension
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-classic-agents-and-extensions
https://github.com/Azure/azure-linux-extensions/tree/master/VMAccess
Resetting Admin Credentials and RDP Sessions
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-reset-rdp
Redeploy a VM in Azure
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-redeploy-to-new-node
Deploy a VM Using an Existing VHD
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-upload-image
Azure Resource Health
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/resource-health/resource-health-overview
Azure Boot Diagnostics/Console Logs
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/canitpro/2016/05/31/step-by-step-enable-diagnostics-on-an-azure-virtual-machine/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/boot-diagnostics-for-virtual-machines-v2/
Azure Cloud Console
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/sneak-peek-a-new-azure-cloud-console/
Azure Support Plans
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/plans/
Submit a Support Request
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-supportability/how-to-create-azure-support-request
Azure Advisor
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-overview
Azure Advisor Pricing
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/advisor/
Azure Security Center
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security-center/security-center-intro
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/security-center/
Powershell Training
https://www.manning.com/books/learn-windows-powershell-in-a-month-of-lunches-third-edition
Microsoft Azure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/
Azure Documentation
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/
Azure Pricing Calculator
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/
Pluralsight: PMP – Project Cost Management
https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/pmp-project-cost-management
Pluralsight: Best Practices for Project Estimation
https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/project-estimation-best-practices
How to Buy Azure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/purchase-options/
How Azure Pricing Works
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/
How Azure Spending Limits Work
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/spending-limits/
Azure Subscription and Account Guidelines
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-linux-infrastructure-subscription-accounts-guidelines
Set a Billing Alert
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/billing-set-up-alerts
Azure Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/legal/sla/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/legal/sla/summary/
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2885818/cloud-computing/10-tips-of-what-to-watch-for-in-microsoft-and-other-cloud-slas.html
Understanding Your Azure Bill
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/billing/billing-understand-your-bill
Azure Support Plans
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/plans/
Azure Service Status
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/status/
Module 11: Managed Disks
Microsoft Azure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/
Azure Documentation
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/
Azure Pricing Calculator
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/
Book: Cloud Storage Forensics (Syngress)
https://www.elsevier.com/books/cloud-storage-forensics/quick/978-0-12-419970-5
