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1 online resource (446 p.) |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part 1 -- Effective and Efficient Security Management and Operations in Azure -- Chapter 1: Identity Foundations with Azure Active Directory and Microsoft Entra -- Protecting users' identities and securing the value chain -- the importance of IAM in decentralized organizations -- Authentication and authorization in Azure -- Engaging and collaborating with employees, partners, and customers -- The significance of digital identities in the modern IT landscape |
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Modernizing your IAM with Microsoft Azure AD -- Life cycle management -- Leveraging the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework -- Azure AD terminology, explained -- Securing applications with the Microsoft identity platform -- Securing cloud-based workloads with Microsoft Entra's identity-based access control -- Azure AD -- Microsoft Entra Permissions Management -- Microsoft Entra Verified ID -- Microsoft Entra workload identities -- Microsoft Entra Identity Governance -- Microsoft Entra admin center -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Managing Access to Resources Using Azure Active Directory |
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Understanding the need for IAM -- Understanding Azure AD (now Microsoft Entra ID) -- Exploring the Microsoft Entra ID editions -- Microsoft Entra ID Premium P2 -- Understanding the capabilities of Microsoft Entra ID -- Task 1 -- creating a new Azure AD tenant using the Azure portal -- Task 2 -- creating and configuring Azure AD users -- Task 3 -- creating an Azure AD group with dynamic membership -- Hybrid identity -- integrating your on-premises directories (Azure AD Connect sync and cloud sync) -- Azure AD Connect sync -- Azure AD Connect cloud sync -- Azure AD Application Proxy |
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Azure AD Conditional Access -- Azure AD PIM -- Assigning roles in PIM -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Using Microsoft Sentinel to Mitigate Lateral Movement Paths -- Understanding the Zero Trust strategy -- Understanding lateral movement -- Leveraging Microsoft Sentinel to improve your security posture -- Collecting data -- Detecting threats -- Investigating anomalies -- Responding to incidents -- Enabling Microsoft Sentinel -- Global prerequisites -- Enabling Microsoft Sentinel using the Bicep language -- Enabling Microsoft Sentinel using the Azure portal -- Setting up data connectors |
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Mitigating lateral movements -- An Office 365 impersonation following a suspicious Azure AD sign-in -- Suspicious inbox manipulation rules set following suspicious Azure AD sign-in -- Summary -- Part 2 -- Architecting Compute and Network Solutions -- Chapter 4: Understanding Azure Data Solutions -- Technical requirements -- Understanding Azure storage types -- Structured data -- Unstructured data -- Semi-structured data -- Azure storage accounts -- Understanding Azure database options -- Azure SQL -- Azure Cosmos DB -- Creating a Cosmos DB account -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Migrating to the Cloud |
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Technical requirements |
| Summary |
Enhance your career as an Azure architect with cutting-edge tools, expert guidance, and resources from industry leaders Key Features Develop your business case for the cloud with technical guidance from industry experts Address critical business challenges effectively by leveraging proven combinations of Azure services Tackle real-world scenarios by applying practical knowledge of reference architectures Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book Description Azure is a sophisticated technology that requires a detailed understanding to reap its full potential and employ its advanced features. This book provides you with a clear path to designing optimal cloud-based solutions in Azure, by delving into the platform's intricacies. You'll begin by understanding the effective and efficient security management and operation techniques in Azure to implement the appropriate configurations in Microsoft Entra ID. Next, you'll explore how to modernize your applications for the cloud, examining the different computation and storage options, as well as using Azure data solutions to help migrate and monitor workloads. You'll also find out how to build your solutions, including containers, networking components, security principles, governance, and advanced observability. With practical examples and step-by-step instructions, you'll be empowered to work on infrastructure-as-code to effectively deploy and manage resources in your environment. By the end of this book, you'll be well-equipped to navigate the world of cloud computing confidently. What you will learn Implement and monitor cloud ecosystem including, computing, storage, networking, and security Recommend optimal services for performance and scale Provide, monitor, and adjust capacity for optimal results Craft custom Azure solution architectures Design computation, networking, storage, and security aspects in Azure Implement and maintain Azure resources effectively Who this book is for This book is an indispensable resource for Azure architects looking to develop cloud-based services along with deploying and managing applications within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem. It caters to professionals responsible for crucial IT operations, encompassing budgeting, business continuity, governance, identity management, networking, security, and automation. If you have prior experience in operating systems, virtualization, infrastructure, storage structures, or networking, and aspire to master the implementation of best practices in the Azure cloud, then this book will become your go-to guide. |
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Microsoft Azure (Computing platform)
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Computer architecture.
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Microsoft Azure (Plateforme informatique) |
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Ordinateurs -- Architecture. |
| Added Author |
Hargreaves, Brett, author.
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Kong, Sarah, writer of foreword.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rendón, David Azure Architecture Explained Birmingham : Packt Publishing, Limited,c2023 |
| ISBN |
9781837637942 |
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1837637946 |
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