Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction to Microsoft Azure Cloud Services; Understanding cloud computing; Services offered; Virtualization and on-premises technology; Software as a service (SaaS); Platform as a service (PaaS); Infrastructure as a service (IaaS); Hybrid environments; Microsoft Azure; Exploring the portal; Summary; Chapter 2: Creating and Deploying a Windows Virtual Machine; Creating a new Windows server virtual machine; Pricing for virtual machines
Creating a virtual machine using the galleryConnecting and managing your new Windows server virtual machine; Starting and stopping the virtual machine; Connecting to a virtual machine in the portal; Connecting from the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP); Working with your virtual machine with PowerShell; Adding additional data disks to your virtual machine; Deploying an existing server to Microsoft Azure; Summary; Chapter 3: Deploying Linux Virtual Machines on Azure; What is Linux?; Ubuntu; CoreOS; CentOS-based; SUSE; Oracle; Creating a Linux-based virtual machine
Working with your Linux virtual machineConnect using Secure Shell (SSH); Connect using Remote Desktop Protocol; Useful Linux commands; Summary; Chapter 4: Virtual Networks; What is an Azure Virtual Network; The benefits of virtual networks; The virtual network topology; A cloud-only virtual network; A cross-premises virtual network; Configuring a virtual network; Creating a cloud-only virtual network; Redeploying virtual machines into a virtual network; Configuring a cross-premises virtual network; Configuring the virtual network with a dynamic gateway; Creating certificates
Configuring the VPN clientSummary; Chapter 5: Managing and Monitoring Virtual Machines; Monitoring Cloud Services using the Azure portal; Configuring monitoring for Cloud Services; Prerequisites; Creating a storage account; Enabling Azure Diagnostics in a virtual machine; Adding metrics; Management services; Alerts; Operational logs; Other monitoring tools; PowerShell; System Center Operation Manager; Third-party monitoring tools; Summary; Chapter 6: Microsoft Azure and Active Directory; What is Microsoft Azure Active Directory?; Azure AD editions
Configuring a standalone Microsoft Azure Active DirectorySetting up your own domain; Creating a user; Creating a group; Synchronization of on-premises Active Directory and Azure AD; Directory Sync; Directory Sync with password; Directory Sync with single sign-on; Multi-Factor Authentication; Summary; Chapter 7: High Availability and Disaster Recovery for Azure Virtual Machines; Microsoft Azure High Availability; System availability; System scalability; Redundancy and fault tolerance; Azure virtual machine downtime and availability; The multiple-tier architecture
Availability Set -- Azure Internals
Summary
This book is intended for system administrators and other IT professionals who need to both design and implement an Azure-based cloud solution. With the help of this book, you will soon master the basic tasks needed to build a cloud-based solution
Notes
Includes index
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