Microsoft Azure Training Library
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- HANDS-ON LABMatt MartinezAzure Databricks and Data Lake Storage PlaygroundBeginnerDuration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutesAuthor: Matt Martinez; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Practice using Azure Data Lake Storage and Azure Databricks to load, analyze and visualize data by creating a Databricks cluster and notebook and using them to work with data.; Duration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutes; Content Topics: Microsoft Azure; This hands-on lab has: 2 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLuke Orellana
Creating DRY Terraform Environments with Terragrunt in AzureAdvancedDuration: Up to 40 minutesAuthor: Luke Orellana; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: Follow along in this hands-on lab and use Terragrunt to duplicate a Terraform environment and change the environment by modifying a single file.; Duration: Up to 40 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 2 Lab steps - HANDS-ON LABLuke OrellanaCreating Loops in Terraform and Scaling Resources in AzureIntermediateDuration: Up to 40 minutesAuthor: Luke Orellana; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Follow along with this hands-on lab and create clean scalable Terraform code by using loops.; Duration: Up to 40 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 2 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan Rakai
Manage Your Cluster Using Docker Swarm ModeIntermediateDuration: Up to 1 hour and 20 minutesAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Manage your cluster using Docker swarm mode to leverage Docker's own container orchestration, load balance traffic, deploy stacks, and rollback deployments; Duration: Up to 1 hour and 20 minutes; Content Topics: Development, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 8 Lab steps - HANDS-ON LABLuke OrellanaOptimizing Azure SQL DatabasesBeginnerDuration: Up to 45 minutesAuthor: Luke Orellana; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Learn how to optimize the Azure SQL service by configuring logging and alerting and scaling the database.; Duration: Up to 45 minutes; Content Topics: Microsoft Azure; This hands-on lab has: 5 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABParveen Singh
Deploying a Windows Azure VM using Azure CLIBeginnerDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Parveen Singh; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: In this lab, you'll learn how to work with Azure CLI to create and manage the Azure resources.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Microsoft Azure; This hands-on lab has: 5 Lab steps - HANDS-ON LABParveen SinghInspecting Resources using Azure CLIBeginnerDuration: Up to 30 minutesAuthor: Parveen Singh; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: In this hands-on lab, you'll learn how to work with Azure CLI to create and manage the Azure resources.; Duration: Up to 30 minutes; Content Topics: Development Tools; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiGetting Started with Docker on WindowsBeginnerDuration: Up to 2 hoursAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Get started with Docker on Windows with this lab and take a hands-on approach to containerizing Windows applications; Duration: Up to 2 hours; This hands-on lab has: 7 Lab steps
- LAB CHALLENGELuke OrellanaDeploy a Virtual Machine with Terraform ChallengeAdvancedDuration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutesAuthor: Luke Orellana; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: In this lab challenge, you will test your Terraform knowledge. You will be tasked with developing an infrastructure as code solution using Terraform by creating a configuration to create a Virtual Machine.; Duration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, DevOps; This lab challenge has: 2 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLuke OrellanaImporting Existing Infrastructure into Terraform in AzureBeginnerDuration: Up to 40 minutesAuthor: Luke Orellana; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Follow along with this hands on lab and import existing Azure resources into a Terraform configuration to be managed by code.; Duration: Up to 40 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 2 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABParveen SinghIntroduction to Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)BeginnerDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Parveen Singh; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Learn the basics of Azure Virtual Desktop and how to create the resource using Azure Portal in this hands-on lab.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Business Productivity; This hands-on lab has: 5 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABParveen SinghIntroduction to Kusto Query Language (KQL)IntermediateDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Parveen Singh; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Explore how to use the KQL query language and operators to filter and transform the log data to make it usable and actionable for the security and operations team in this hands-on lab.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Microsoft Azure; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABAdil Islam
Organizing Code Using Azure Repos in Azure DevOpsBeginnerDuration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutesAuthor: Adil Islam; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Level up your DevOps skills and learn how to use Azure Repos, part of the Azure DevOps suite, to version control your code in this hands-on lab.; Duration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutes; Content Topics: DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 6 Lab steps - HANDS-ON LABParveen SinghImplementing Azure Front Door with App Service Origin HostIntermediateDuration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutesAuthor: Parveen Singh; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: In this hands-on lab, you will implement Azure Front Door instance with Azure App Service as the origin group hosts.; Duration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutes; Content Topics: Microsoft Azure; This hands-on lab has: 7 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABAdil IslamManaging Workstreams Using Projects in Azure DevOpsBeginnerDuration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutesAuthor: Adil Islam; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Learn how to create a logical repository for source code and a place for users to plan, track progress, and collaborate on building software solutions to support different business units and manage multiple workstreams.; Duration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutes; Content Topics: DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLuke OrellanaTesting Terraform Code in Azure with TerratestAdvancedDuration: Up to 50 minutesAuthor: Luke Orellana; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: Develop a test to validate a Terraform module using Terratest, a popular Golang library for testing Terraform code.; Duration: Up to 50 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 2 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLuke OrellanaPassing Outputs Between Terraform Modules with Terragrunt in AzureAdvancedDuration: Up to 40 minutesAuthor: Luke Orellana; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: Learn advanced Terraform techniques by reducing the blast radius of critical infrastructure using Terragrunt to deploy an environment with separate Terraform states.; Duration: Up to 40 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 2 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLuke OrellanaKeeping Terraform Remote State DRY with Terragrunt in AzureAdvancedDuration: Up to 40 minutesAuthor: Luke Orellana; Difficulty: Advanced; Description: Learn how to use Terragrunt to create separate Terraform environments with a remote state following DRY principles.; Duration: Up to 40 minutes; Content Topics: Deployment, DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 2 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLuke OrellanaAzure Notebooks Machine Learning PlaygroundBeginnerDuration: Up to 2 hoursAuthor: Luke Orellana; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: In this lab playground, choose Azure Notebook samples and explore the Azure Machine Learning service using Python or R.; Duration: Up to 2 hours; Content Topics: Microsoft Azure; This hands-on lab has: 2 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLuke OrellanaBuilding Azure ML Pipelines using the Azure Machine Learning SDKIntermediateDuration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutesAuthor: Luke Orellana; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: In this lab, use Azure's Machine Learning SDK to build an ML Pipeline to train and deploy a model.; Duration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutes; Content Topics: Microsoft Azure; This hands-on lab has: 5 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiPractice Effective DevOps with Azure DevOpsIntermediateDuration: Up to 2 hoursAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Learn how to use Azure Boards, Azure Repos, and Azure Pipelines to practice effective DevOps in this lab.; Duration: Up to 2 hours; Content Topics: DevOps; This hands-on lab has: 7 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABMatt MartinezIntegrating Azure Bots with Azure AI ServicesBeginnerDuration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutesAuthor: Matt Martinez; Difficulty: Beginner; Description: Learn to deploy powerful bots in Azure by integrating Azure Bot Services with Azure AI Services API to create and serve intelligent bots.; Duration: Up to 1 hour and 30 minutes; Content Topics: Artificial Intelligence; This hands-on lab has: 8 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABLogan RakaiBack Up Files and Folders with the Azure Backup AgentBeginnerDuration: Up to 1 hour and 10 minutesAuthor: Logan Rakai; Difficulty: Beginner; Duration: Up to 1 hour and 10 minutes; Content Topics: Management, Storage; This hands-on lab has: 9 Lab steps
- HANDS-ON LABParveen SinghExploring Azure Question Answering Service (QnA Maker)IntermediateDuration: Up to 1 hourAuthor: Parveen Singh; Difficulty: Intermediate; Description: Learn how to use the Azure Question Answering Service (QnA Maker) to create a knowledge base and integrate it with a chatbot.; Duration: Up to 1 hour; Content Topics: Microsoft Azure; This hands-on lab has: 3 Lab steps
