• IT professionals who want to deploy, configure, and administer services and virtual machines (VMs) in Azure
• IT professional who use Microsoft System Center to manage and orchestrate server infrastructure
• Windows Server administrators who are looking to evaluate and migrate on-premises Active Directory roles and services to the cloud
• IT professionals who want to use Windows Azure to host websites and mobile app backend services
• IT professionals who are experienced in other non-Microsoft cloud technologies, meet the course prerequisites, and want to cross-train on Azure
• IT professionals who want to take the Microsoft Certification exam 70-533, Implementing Azure Infrastructure Solutions

• Completed the Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) certification in Windows Server 2012
• Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including: virtual machines, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks (VHDs)
• Understanding of network configuration, including: TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and
  encryption technologies
• Understanding of websites, including: how to create, configure, monitor and deploy a website on Internet Information Services (IIS)
• Understanding of Active Directory concepts, including: domains, forests, domain controllers, replication, Kerberos protocol, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
• Understanding of database concepts, including: tables, queries, Structured Query Language (SQL), and database schemas
• Understanding of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations

• Describe Azure architecture components, including infrastructure, tools, and portals
• Implement and manage virtual networking within Azure and connect to on-premises environments
• Plan and create Azure virtual machines
• Configure, manage, and monitor Azure virtual machines to optimize availability and reliability
• Deploy and configure web apps and mobile apps
• Implement, manage, backup, and monitor storage solutions
• Plan and implement data services based on SQL Database to support applications
• Deploy, configure, monitor, and diagnose cloud services
• Create and manage Azure AD tenants, and configure application integration with Azure AD
• Integrate on-premises Windows AD with Azure AD
• Automate operations in Azure management by using automation

• Cloud technology overview
• Overview of Azure
• Managing Azure with the Azure portal
• Managing Azure with Windows PowerShell
• Managing Azure with Azure CLI
• Overview of Azure deployment models
• Managing and monitoring Azure resources

Module 2: Implementing and managing Azure networking

• Overview of Azure networking
• Implementing and managing virtual networks
• Configuring an Azure virtual network
• Configuring virtual network connectivity
• Overview of Azure classic networking

Module 3: Implementing virtual machines

• Overview of Azure VMs
• Planning deployment of Azure VMs
• Deploying Azure VMs
• Overview of classic Azure VMs

Module 4: Managing virtual machines

• Configuring Azure VMs
• Managing disks of Azure VMs
• Managing and monitoring Azure VMs
• Managing classic Azure VMs

Module 5: Implementing Azure App services

• Introduction to App Service
• Planning app deployment in App Service
• Implementing and maintaining web apps
• Configuring web apps
• Monitoring web apps and WebJobs
• Implementing mobile apps
• Implementing Traffic Manager

Module 6: Planning and implementing storage, backup, and recovery services

• Planning storage
• Implementing and managing Azure Storage
• Implementing Azure CDNs
• Implementing Azure Backup
• Planning and implementing Azure Site Recovery

Module 7: Planning and implementing Azure SQL Database

• Implementing Windows and Linux containers in Azure
• Implementing Azure Container Service

Module 8: Implementing PaaS cloud services

• Planning and deploying Azure Cloud Services
• Managing and maintaining Azure Cloud Services

Module 9: Implementing Azure Active Directory

• Creating and managing Azure AD tenants
• Configuring application and resource access with Azure AD
• Overview of Azure AD Premium

Module 10: Managing Active Directory in a hybrid environment

• Extending an on-premises Active Directory domain to Azure IaaS
• Implementing directory synchronization by using Azure AD Connect
• Implementing SSO in hybrid scenarios

Module 11: Implementing Azure-based management and automation

• Implementing OMS
• Implementing Azure Automation
• Implementing Automation runbooks
• Implementing Azure Automation–based management