Advanced VM Management in Azure

This lesson offers an in-depth look at VM scale sets, VM configuration management, VM storage options, and VM monitoring within Azure. We kick things off by looking at VM scale sets, vertical scaling, and horizontal scaling.

After that, you'll learn about the tools used for configuration management, as well as how to deploy software using VM extensions and how to deploy an Azure PowerShell DSC Configuration.

The lesson will then cover the wide range of VM storage options available in Microsoft Azure and show you how to use them. Finally, you'll learn about Azure Monitor, a service that allows you to monitor the performance and health of your VMs and VM scale sets.

This lesson is packed full of step-by-step demonstrations that you can follow along with, allowing you to see all of the above topics put into practice in real-life Azure environments.

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Learning Objectives

• Scale VMs using scale sets and understand the difference between vertical and horizontal scaling
• Learn about the tools used for managing VM configurations
• Deploy software using VM extensions and PowerShell DSC
• Understand the various VM storage options available in Azure
• Learn about Azure Monitor and its uses

Intended Audience

• Anyone interested in learning about scale sets, configuration management, storage, and monitoring for Azure VMs

Prerequisites

To get the most from this lesson you should have a basic understanding of Microsoft Azure and of the Azure portal.