Course Description
Cloud-based systems provide businesses with increased flexibility, scalability, and productivity. This course addresses the different types of cloud-based services available from Microsoft, and explores the specifics of both Azure and Intune. It is one in a series of courses that prepares learners for exam 98-368: Windows Devices and Mobility Fundamentals, which serves as a credit towards the Microsoft Technology Associate certification and allows students to attain a Microsoft certification, which may later upgrade to a MCSA or even MCSE certificate.
Learning Objectives
Types of Cloud Services
- start the course
- describe Office 365 and consumer cloud services in the Microsoft cloud ecosystem
- describe cloud-based storage systems
- describe cloud-based communications services
- describe cloud-based search services
Microsoft Intune
- describe Microsoft Intune capabilities
- use Intune selective wipe capabilities
- recognize how location affects services in Intune
- recognize Intune AV and malware options
Microsoft Azure
- describe virtual machines as a service offered by Microsoft Azure
- describe the set of services offered by Microsoft Azure
- describe Disaster Recovery as a service offered by Microsoft Azure
- define high availability as a service offered by Microsoft Azure
- define redundancy offered by Microsoft Azure
- define fault tolerance offered by Microsoft Azure
Identity Services
- manage Windows Server Active Directory
- manage Azure Active Directory
- manage the Windows account used as part of Azure Identity
- describe Federation Services as part of a cloud user's Single Sign On
Business Data Access
- recognize the uses of a company portal
- recognize the uses of work folders
- describe the remote desktop services offered by Azure RemoteApp
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
- compare device-centric and people-centric IT
- recognize the role of Desktop Virtualization in a BYOD strategy
- recognize the role of Dynamic Access Control Policies in a BYOD strategy
- recognize the role of Windows Rights Management in a BYOD strategy
Practice: Storage Accounts and Virtual Machines
- create and configure storage account and virtual machine in Azure