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  • Copyright 2015
  • Pages: 400
  • Edition: 1st
  • eBook (Watermarked)
  • ISBN-10: 0-7356-9771-X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-7356-9771-3

Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-534--and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of Microsoft Azure solution design and architecture. Designed for experienced IT pros ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Specialist level.

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

  • Describe Microsoft Azure infrastructure and networking
  • Help secure resources
  • Design an application storage and data access strategy
  • Design an advanced application
  • Design websites
  • Design a management, monitoring, and business continuity strategy
This Microsoft Exam Ref:
  • Organizes its coverage by exam objectives
  • Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
  • Assumes you have experience designing Microsoft Azure cloud or hybrid solutions and supporting application life cycle management

Sample Content

Table of Contents

Introduction     xv
Microsoft certifications     xv
Acknowledgments     xvi
Free ebooks from Microsoft Press     xvi
Microsoft Virtual Academy     xvi
Errata, updates, & book support     xvi
We want to hear from you     xvii
Stay in touch     xvii
Preparing for the exam     xviii
Chapter 1: Design Microsoft Azure infrastructure and networking     1
Objective 1.1: Describe how Azure uses Global Foundation Services (GFS) datacenters     2
Azure’s global footprints     2
Designing cloud-scale datacenters     4
Designing for the cloud     8
Objective summary     11
Objective review     12
Objective 1.2: Design Azure virtual networks, networking services, DNS, DHCP, and IP addressing configuration     12
Creating a cloud-only virtual network     13
Understanding Access Control Lists and Network Security Groups     18
Objective summary     22
Objective review     22
Objective 1.3: Design Azure Compute     23
Selecting VM sizes     24
Managing images     31
Managing VM states     33
Capturing infrastructure as code     36
Scaling applications on VMs     40
Objective summary     44
Objective review     44
Objective 1.4: Describe Azure virtual private network (VPN) and ExpressRoute architecture and design     45
Designing hybrid solutions with Virtual Network and ExpressRoute     45
ExpressRoute     48
vNet-to-vNet VPN     49
Multi-site VPN     50
Understanding other hybrid solution options     51
Objective summary     52
Objective review     52
Objective 1.5: Describe Azure Services     52
Using Azure Traffic Manager     53
Using CDN     54
Objective summary     55
Objective review     55
Answers     56
Objective 1.1: Thought experiment     56
Objective 1.1: Review     56
Objective 1.2: Thought experiment     57
Objective 1.2: Review     57
Objective 1.3: Thought experiment     58
Objective 1.3: Review     58
Objective 1.4: Thought experiment     59
Objective 1.4: Review     59
Objective 1.5: Thought experiment     60
Objective 1.5: Review     60
Chapter 2: Secure resources     63
Objective 2.1: Secure resources by using managed identities     63
Understanding claims-based architecture     64
Understanding basic authentication and authorization workflow     66
Working with native clients and multitiered applications     67
Working with multitiered applications     68
Additional scenarios     69
Azure Active Directory     69
A sample scenario with ADAL and Visual Studio     71
Azure AD Graph API     74
Objective summary     76
Objective review     76
Objective 2.2: Secure resources by using hybrid identities     77
Setting up directory synchronization with AD FS     77
Configuring Azure AD Application Proxy     82
Objective summary     85
Objective review     86
Objective 2.3: Secure resources by using identity providers     86
Understanding Azure ACS     87
Using Azure ACS with AD FS     89
Using Azure ACS with social networks     90
Using identity providers with ASP.NET applications     90
Using external identity providers with Azure Mobile Services     94
Objective summary     94
Objective review     95
Objective 2.4: Identify an appropriate data security solution     95
Understanding data protection technologies     96
Implementing effective access control policies     98
Using data reliability and disaster recovery services     102
Understanding Azure Rights Management Services     106
Managing security keys with Azure Key Vault     107
Objective summary     108
Objective review     108
Objective 2.5: Design a role-based access control strategy     109
Understanding access control challenges faced by large enterprises     109
Implementing RBAC     110
Using RBAC for Azure resources     111
Empowering users with self-service     112
Using Azure AD Access Panel     115
Managing devices with Azure AD Device Registration Service     116
Improving security policies over time     117
Objective summary     120
Objective review     120
Answers     122
Objective 2.1: Thought experiment     122
Objective 2.1: Review     122
Objective 2.2: Thought experiment     123
Objective 2.2: Review     123
Objective 2.3: Thought experiment     124
Objective 2.3: Review     124
Objective 2.4: Thought experiment     125
Objective 2.4: Review     126
Objective 2.5: Thought experiment     127
Objective 2.5: Review     127
Chapter 3: Design an application storage and data access strategy     129
Objective 3.1: Design data storage     129
Designing storage options for data     130
Designing security options for SQL Database or Storage     136
Identifying the appropriate VM type and size for the solution     137
Objective summary     139
Objective review     140
Objective 3.2: Design applications that use Mobile Services     141
Azure Mobile Services     141
Consuming Mobile Services     143
Offline Sync     145
Implementing Mobile Services     147
Secure Mobile Services     148
Extending Mobile Services by using custom code     150
Objective summary     151
Objective review     151
Objective 3.3: Design applications that use notifications     153
Implementing push notification services in Mobile Services     153
Sending push notifications     155
Objective summary     157
Objective review     157
Objective 3.4: Design applications that use a web API     158
Implementing a custom Web API     159
Scaling by using Azure App Service Web Apps     161
WebJobs     163
Securing a Web API     165
Objective summary     167
Objective review     168
Objective 3.5: Design a data access strategy for hybrid applications     168
Connect to on-premises data by using Azure Service Bus Relay     169
Azure App Service BizTalk API Apps Hybrid Connections     170
Web Apps virtual private network capability     171
Identify constraints for connectivity with VPN     172
Identify options for domain-joining Azure Virtual Machines and Cloud Services     172
Objective summary     174
Objective review     174
Objective 3.6: Design a media solution     175
Azure Media Services overview     175
Key components of Media Services     176
Objective summary     179
Objective review     179
Answers      180
Objective 3.1: Thought experiment     180
Objective 3.1: Review     180
Objective 3.2: Thought experiment     181
Objective 3.2: Review     181
Objective 3.3: Thought experiment     183
Objective 3.3: Review     183
Objective 3.4: Thought experiment     184
Objective 3.4: Review     185
Objective 3.5: Thought experiment     185
Objective 3.5: Review     186
Objective 3.6: Thought experiment     187
Objective 3.6: Review     187
Chapter 4: Design an advanced application     189
Objective 4.1: Create compute-intensive applications     190
Using Azure in a high-performance computing environment     190
Using Azure Batch     193
Understanding Azure Batch Apps     199
Implementing the Competing Consumers pattern     200
Objective summary     202
Objective review     202
Objective 4.2: Create long-running applications     203
Designing available applications     203
Designing reliable applications     207
Designing scalable applications     211
Using Azure Autoscale     213
Using Cloud Services     215
Sample scenario: Cloud Services basics     217
Objective summary     220
Objective review     220
Objective 4.3: Select the appropriate storage option     221
Understanding data access patterns     222
Selecting a data storage solution     224
Evaluating data storage qualities     226
Objective summary     228
Objective review     228
Objective 4.4: Integrate Azure services in a solution     229
Creating data-centric web applications     230
Working with Big Data and the Internet of Things     233
Building enterprise mobile applications     236
Creating media applications     238
Managing related services     240
Objective summary     241
Objective review     242
Answers     243
Objective 4.1: Thought experiment     243
Objective 4.1: Review     243
Objective 4.2: Thought experiment     244
Objective 4.2: Review     244
Objective 4.3: Thought experiment     246
Objective 4.3: Review     246
Objective 4.4: Thought experiment     247
Objective 4.4: Review     248
Chapter 5: Design Web Apps     251
Objective 5.1: Design web applications for scalability and performance     252
Globally scale websites     252
Create websites using Microsoft Visual Studio     254
Debug websites     257
Understand supported languages     259
App Service Web Apps, Azure Virtual Machines, and Azure Cloud Services     263
Objective summary     268
Objective review     268
Objective 5.2: Deploy websites     268
Implement Azure Site Extensions     269
Create packages     271
App Service Plan     273
Deployment slots     275
Resource groups     277
Publishing options     278
Objective summary     285
Objective review     285
Objective 5.3: Design websites for business continuity     286
Scale-up and scale-out with App Service Web Apps and Azure SQL Database     287
Configure data replication patterns     289
Update websites with minimal downtime     291
Backup and restore data     291
Design for disaster recovery     294
Deploy websites to multiple regions for high availability     294
Design data tier     296
Objective summary     298
Objective review     299
Answers     300
Objective 5.1: Thought experiment     300
Objective 5.1: Review     300
Objective 5.2: Thought experiment     301
Objective 5.2: Review     302
Objective 5.3: Thought experiment     303
Objective 5.3: Review     303
Chapter 6: Design a management, monitoring, and business continuity strategy     305
Objective 6.1: Evaluate hybrid and Azure-hosted architectures for Microsoft System Center deployment     306
Understanding System Center components supported in Azure     306
System Center deployment     309
Design considerations for managing Azure resources with System Center     310
Understanding which scenarios dictate a hybrid scenario     312
Objective summary     315
Objective review     315
Objective 6.2: Design a monitoring strategy     316
Identify the Microsoft products and services for monitoring Azure solutions     317
Understand the capabilities of System Center for monitoring an Azure solution     317
Understand built-in Azure capabilities     322
Identify third-party monitoring tools, including open source     323
Describe use-cases for Operations Manager, Global Service Monitor, and Application Insights     323
Describe the use cases for WSUS, Configuration Manager, and custom solutions     325
Describe the Azure architecture constructs and how they affect a patching strategy     327
Objective summary     329
Objective review     330
Objective 6.3: Design Azure business continuity/disaster recovery (BC/DR) capabilities     330
Understand the architectural capabilities of business continuity and disaster recovery     331
Describe Hyper-V Replica and Azure Site Recovery      336
Describe use-cases for Hyper-V Replica and Azure Site Recovery     338
Objective summary     340
Objective review     340
Objective 6.4: Design a disaster recovery strategy     341
Design and deploy Azure Backup and other Microsoft backup solutions for Azure     342
Understand use-cases when StorSimple and Data Protection Manager would be appropriate     351
Objective summary     352
Objective review     353
Objective 6.5: Design Azure Automation and PowerShell workflows     354
Create a Windows PowerShell script specific to Azure     354
Objective summary     363
Objective review     364
Objective 6.6: Describe the use cases for Azure Automation configuration     365
Desired State Configuration     366
Windows PowerShell for automation     368
Chef and Puppet     368
Azure Automation     369
Objective summary     370
Objective review     370
Answers     372
Objective 6.1: Thought experiment     372
Objective 6.1: Review     372
Objective 6.2: Thought experiment     373
Objective 6.2: Review     374
Objective 6.3: Thought experiment     374
Objective 6.3: Review     375
Objective 6.4: Thought experiment     376
Objective 6.4: Review     376
Objective 6.5: Thought experiment     377
Objective 6.5: Review     377
Objective 6.6: Thought experiment     378
Objective 6.6: Review     379
Index     381

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