Power of the CloudMicrosoft Cloud Power User Conference

June 14th, 2019

Introduction to Microsoft Azure for IT Professionals

Sharon Bennett

MVP (2014-2019), MCT

Azure Solutions Architect Expert, MCSA: Office 365, Windows Server 2016

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A Little About Me

25 years In IT

Infrastructure background

[In]structor at LinkedIn Learning

Azure

Office 365

Microsoft SMB Partner Technology Advisor

Microsoft Certified Trainer

MVP (2014-2019)

Azure Solution Architect Expert

MCSA: Windows Server 2016, Office 365

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Agenda

Calculator

Dashboard

Resource Groups

Virtual Machines

Storage Accounts

Virtual Networks

Availability Sets

Load Balancing

Pricing Calculator

Azure Pricing Calculator

The trick to building Azure…is knowing what solutions

you are going implement

The trick to pricing Azure….is knowing what you need

to build the solution

Pricing Calculator Example

Virtual Machine

SQL Database

Storage

Backup

Dashboard

Azure Dashboard

Single pane into your Azure environment

Customize it

Create new dashboards

Share your dashboards

Resource Groups

Resource Groups

Deploy, manage and monitor in a group

Resources should be same lifespan

Each resource can only exist in a single resource

group

Resources can be moved between resource groups

Resources can be assigned to different regions within

the resource group

Resource Group Example

Account

Subscription

Resource Group Resource GroupResource Group

Resource Group

Virtual Machines

Azure Virtual Machines

Azure

Resource Manager

Server 2016

Linux

Server 2008 R2

Scalable

VM

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Typical Workload

Super Bowl Sunday

Manageability

Easy to manage

Easy to move

Easy to delete when not needed

Virtual Machine - Storage

Models

West DC

East DC > 400 miles

Defend against regional disasters

Geo replication

Virtual Machine Storage

Virtual Machine Storage Architecture

Azure Virtual Machine

C:\

OS Disk (127 GB)E:\, F:\, etc.

Data Disks (1 TB)

D:\

Temporary Disk

(Contents can be

lost)Disk Cache

Virtual machine SLA

For all Virtual Machines that have two or more instances deployed

across two or more Availability Zones in the same Azure region, we

guarantee you will have Virtual Machine Connectivity to at least one

instance at least 99.99% of the time.

For all Virtual Machines that have two or more instances deployed in

the same Availability Set, we guarantee you will have Virtual Machine

Connectivity to at least one instance at least 99.95% of the time.

For any Single Instance Virtual Machine using premium storage for all

Operating System Disks and Data Disks, we guarantee you will have

Virtual Machine Connectivity of at least 99.9%.

Gallery and Image Models

Image Families• VHDs managed and supported by Microsoft. Some

may include pre-installed software and configuration.

Partner Images

• VHDs uploaded by partners for application consumption by the Azure customer. VMs deployed using partner images are not deployed on the same cluster or clusters as other VM workloads.

Latest Images• Images are kept as versions in Azure. Typically, you

would want to choose the latest image.

Customized Images

• Customer uploaded VHDs to leverage their own images. This is due to internal security, standard costs, and licensing scenarios.

Azure Storage

Azure Storage Services

QueuesReliable queues at

scale for cloud

services

Azure Files

Azure VM

SMB

Shared settings, diagnostic share

Lift and Shift Applications

Azure VM Azure VM

Azure File Sync

Cloud tiering Turn a server into a lightweight, performance cache for Azure Files

Multi-site sync Keep a data set in sync across multiple locations

Direct cloud access Native file format with SMB or REST access

Integrated cloud backup Point-in-time recovery and retention policies without redundant data transfer

Rapid file server DR Fast namespace sync with no need to wait for data restore

Azure File Sync

Azure File Sync

Virtual Networks

Virtual Networks• Isolation and segmentation

• By default, all resource can

communicate outbound to the

Internet

• Services in the same Vnet can

communicate with each other

• Filter traffic using NSG or NVA

• Bring our own DNS

• Public or Private IPs

• Connect VNets using Network

Peering

On-Premise Connectivity - VPN

Site to Site

Connect on-prem to the

Azure Vnet

IPSec/IKE VPN tunnel

VPN device is required

Public facing IP address

Point to Site

Remote users (anyone

using NAT)

SSTP

IKEv2 (used for Mac devices)

On-Premises VPN

On-Premises Connectivity – Express Route

Private connection

through you

provider

Office 365 an

Dynamics 365

Does not use the

Internet

Faster, more reliable

Lower latencies

Higher security

Availability Sets

Availability Sets

High availability

Virtual machine resources are grouped to ensure the

resources are always available

Resources are spread across:

Multiple physical servers

Multiple racks

Network switches

Storage units

Availability Set Example

Availability Sets – Gotcha’s

Availability set must be created when the virtual

machine is created

Virtual machines can only be added to availability

sets during provisioning

Virtual machine owners are NOT notified if their virtual

machines are not going to be available

Never put a single virtual machine in an availability

set

Load Balancing

Public Load Balancer

Maps public IP

and ports from

incoming traffic

to internal

resources

Internal Load Balancer

Load balance

between virtual

machines in the

Vnet

Multi-tier

applications

Cross-premises

VNets

Azure Backup

On-premises to Azure

Windows virtual machines

Servers

Azure Virtual Machines

Azure File Shares

QUESTIONS?

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