Azure Backup, Security, and Compliance Administration

This module aims to help you to establish a solid understanding of Azure backup concepts and build the skills required for effective backup configurations. You will focus on the foundational aspects of configuring backups in the Azure environment, be introduced to essential concepts of backup strategies, learn about file and folder backups with hands-on exercises, and extend to virtual machine backups with both theoretical insights and practical application.

This module aims to equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to implement effective update management practices in Azure, ensuring security and stability within your virtual environments. You'll learn how to keep your virtual machines up-to-date in Azure, understand why regular updates are important, set up automatic updates for efficiency, and explore tools to help you manage updates effectively.

In this module, you'll learn about ensuring compliance, monitoring resources, and implementing disaster recovery solutions in Azure. You'll start by exploring the importance of compliance and learn how to implement compliance policies. Then, you'll review and apply monitoring and auditing strategies to maintain compliance. Finally, you'll examine backup strategies, disaster recovery planning, and using Azure Site Recovery.

In this module, you'll complete a project and final graded assessment set on the whole course. In the project, you'll work through setting up and configuring essential Azure monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery tools to ensure comprehensive oversight and resilience for an organization's Azure environment. Your main objective is to establish continuous monitoring, auditing, and compliance checks aligned with a defined Azure architecture.

In this module, you'll have access to resources that will help you to prepare for the Microsoft Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals. Furthermore, you will complete one lesson on using Microsoft's generative AI, Bing Copilot, for Azure resource troubleshooting, cost optimization, architecture building, and scripting automation.