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Ten Tuesdays to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

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Topic: Low/No-Code

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This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series, you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam.

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Past Events in this Series

All times in - Coordinated Universal Time

Jan

24

Tuesday

2023

Azure Fundamentals EP1: Cloud computing and it's benefits

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

This session is a part of Ten Tuesday to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) series. This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series, you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam. What is the session about? In this session you we will discuss: Cloud computing Describe the shared responsibility model Define cloud models, including public, private, and hybrid Identify appropriate use cases for each cloud model Describe the consumption-based model. Compare cloud pricing models Who is it aimed at? The audience for this series is new to or beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure provides that service. Why should you attend? If you are new to Azure and cloud concepts in general, we will breach that gap with you are give you a basic understanding of what cloud computing is.

  • Format:
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Topic: Low/No-Code

Language: English

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Jan

31

Tuesday

2023

Azure Fundamentals EP2: The basic types of cloud services

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

This session is a part of Ten Tuesdays to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) series. This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam. What is the session about? In this session we will discuss the various types of cloud services including: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software as a Service (SaaS) We will discuss the key differences between these types of services and where customer and Microsoft responsibility lies Who is it aimed at? The audience for this series is new to or beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure provides that service. Why should you attend? If you are new to Azure and cloud concepts in general, we will breach that gap with you are give you a basic understanding of what cloud computing is.

  • Format:
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Topic: Low/No-Code

Language: English

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Feb

07

Tuesday

2023

Azure Fundamentals EP3: The Core Azure building blocks

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

This session is a part of Ten Tuesdays to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) series. This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam. What is the session about? In this session we will discuss the Core Azure Architectural components. These include but are not limited to Azure Regions, Regional Pairs, availability Zones, tenants as well as the Azure Structure/Taxonomy which consists of Management Groups, Subscriptions and Resource Groups which host customer resources Who is it aimed at? The audience for this series is new to or beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure provides that service. Why should you attend? If you are new to Azure and cloud concepts in general, we will breach that gap with you are give you a basic understanding of what cloud computing is.

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Topic: Low/No-Code

Language: English

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Feb

14

Tuesday

2023

Azure Fundamentals EP4: Azure networking and compute basics

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

This session is a part of Ten Tuesdays to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) series. This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam. What is the session about? In this session we will discuss some of the base Azure Networking and Compute components. Networking is a core part of deployments in Azure, more so if there are IaaS components that might rely on custom connectivity. Once networks and connectivity is in place, one can start deploying the actual compute components that will run your various solutions. This includes Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine scale and availability sets. Some of the networking components in this session include Virtual Networks, Subnets, Peering, Azure DNS and Azure VPN services. Who is it aimed at? The audience for this series is new to or beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure provides that service. Why should you attend? If you are new to Azure and cloud concepts in general, we will breach that gap with you are give you a basic understanding of what cloud computing is.

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Topic: Low/No-Code

Language: English

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Feb

21

Tuesday

2023

Azure Fundamentals EP5: Azure Storage as a core Azure Service

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

This session is a part of Ten Tuesdays to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) series. This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam. What is the session about? In this session we will discuss Azure storage as a core component that supports Compute and other services and capabilities. The base service for this session will be Azure Storage accounts. We will also discuss storage tiers and redundancy and the different types of storage. We will also talk through the various storage tools available including AZCopy and the Azure Storage Explorer. Who is it aimed at? The audience for this series is new to or beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure provides that service. Why should you attend? If you are new to Azure and cloud concepts in general, we will breach that gap with you are give you a basic understanding of what cloud computing is.

  • Format:
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Topic: Low/No-Code

Language: English

View on Demand

Feb

28

Tuesday

2023

Azure Fundamentals EP6: Azure Active Directory and Identity platform

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

This session is a part of Ten Tuesdays to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) series. This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam. What is the session about? In this session we will discuss some of the basics relating to Azure Identity services. Identity provides a basis for user account management, but more to that it also ensure account lifecycle is catered for and that on-premises identities are taking into account. We will discuss Hybrid identity as a starting point for migrations to Azure and touch on topics such as single Sign-on and multifactor authentication. Who is it aimed at? The audience for this series is new to or beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure provides that service. Why should you attend? If you are new to Azure and cloud concepts in general, we will breach that gap with you are give you a basic understanding of what cloud computing is.

  • Format:
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Topic: Low/No-Code

Language: English

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Mar

07

Tuesday

2023

Azure Fundamentals EP7: Managing your Azure costs

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

This session is a part of Ten Tuesdays to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) series. This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam. What is the session about? This session focusses on Azure Cost management and the tools that might assist our customers to ensure they get value for their spend. Cost is a big factor in cloud computing, and we will focus on setting thresholds for spending including Budgets and how to receive alerts when these thresholds are exceeded. Two of the important tools for cost management is the Azure Cost Calculator and the Azure Total Cost of Ownership Tool. We will also look at Tagging and how Tags can be used to group or segregate resources for costing purposes. Who is it aimed at? The audience for this series is new to or beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure provides that service. Why should you attend? If you are new to Azure and cloud concepts in general, we will breach that gap with you are give you a basic understanding of what cloud computing is.

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Topic: Low/No-Code

Language: English

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Mar

14

Tuesday

2023

Azure Fundamentals EP8: Azure cloud Governance tools and services

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

**This session is a part of Ten Tuesdays to Azure This session is a part of Ten Tuesdays to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) series. This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam. What is the session about? In this session, we will focus on Governance and the various tools that ensure consistency in Azure deployments. Azure makes it easy to deploy resources, though the downside to this is sprawl; Sprawl is when resources that are not used in production are deployed for testing or demo purposes but never removed or disabled therefore adding to the overall cost , but not adding value specifically. Azure includes a host of Governance tools like Azure Policy and Azure Blueprints that enable customers to ensure consistency in deployments and reporting that allows auditors to view what resources are not deployed and configured consistently as planned. Who is it aimed at? The audience for this series is new to or beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure provides that service. Why should you attend? If you are new to Azure and cloud concepts in general, we will breach that gap with you are give you a basic understanding of what cloud computing is.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Low/No-Code

Language: English

View on Demand

Mar

21

Tuesday

2023

Azure Fundamentals EP9: Azure Management Tools

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

This session is a part of Ten Tuesdays to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) series. This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam. What is the session about? In this session, we will look at the various tools that are available for managing Azure resources. Both Linux and Windows administrators can make use of familiar tools like command-line tools or graphical web based tooling like the Azure Portal. This session will cover Azure PowerShell and the Azure Command Line Interface (CLI), but also the Cloud Shell and Azure Resource manager Templates. Who is it aimed at? The audience for this series is new to or beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure provides that service. Why should you attend? If you are new to Azure and cloud concepts in general, we will breach that gap with you are give you a basic understanding of what cloud computing is.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Low/No-Code

Language: English

View on Demand

Mar

28

Tuesday

2023

Azure Fundamentals EP10: Monitoring your Azure Resources

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

This session is a part of Ten Tuesdays to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) series. This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam. What is the session about? As the final session in the series, this session will focus on Monitoring Azure resources and services as a way to provide immediate feedback should something go wrong. The Azure Monitor platform ensures Azure and on-prem resources are monitored, information is logged and can be queried using the Kusto Query Language. We will also touch on Dashboards as a way to display relevant metrics and other data that provide lots of value from an operational perspective. Who is it aimed at? The audience for this series is new to or beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure provides that service. Why should you attend? If you are new to Azure and cloud concepts in general, we will breach that gap with you are give you a basic understanding of what cloud computing is.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Low/No-Code

Language: English

View on Demand

Past Events in this Series

All times in - Coordinated Universal Time

Jan

24

Tuesday

2023

Azure Fundamentals EP1: Cloud computing and it's benefits

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

This session is a part of Ten Tuesday to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) series. This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series, you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam. What is the session about? In this session you we will discuss: Cloud computing Describe the shared responsibility model Define cloud models, including public, private, and hybrid Identify appropriate use cases for each cloud model Describe the consumption-based model. Compare cloud pricing models Who is it aimed at? The audience for this series is new to or beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure provides that service. Why should you attend? If you are new to Azure and cloud concepts in general, we will breach that gap with you are give you a basic understanding of what cloud computing is.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Low/No-Code

Language: English

View on Demand

Jan

31

Tuesday

2023

Azure Fundamentals EP2: The basic types of cloud services

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

This session is a part of Ten Tuesdays to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) series. This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam. What is the session about? In this session we will discuss the various types of cloud services including: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software as a Service (SaaS) We will discuss the key differences between these types of services and where customer and Microsoft responsibility lies Who is it aimed at? The audience for this series is new to or beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure provides that service. Why should you attend? If you are new to Azure and cloud concepts in general, we will breach that gap with you are give you a basic understanding of what cloud computing is.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Low/No-Code

Language: English

View on Demand

Feb

07

Tuesday

2023

Azure Fundamentals EP3: The Core Azure building blocks

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

This session is a part of Ten Tuesdays to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) series. This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam. What is the session about? In this session we will discuss the Core Azure Architectural components. These include but are not limited to Azure Regions, Regional Pairs, availability Zones, tenants as well as the Azure Structure/Taxonomy which consists of Management Groups, Subscriptions and Resource Groups which host customer resources Who is it aimed at? The audience for this series is new to or beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure provides that service. Why should you attend? If you are new to Azure and cloud concepts in general, we will breach that gap with you are give you a basic understanding of what cloud computing is.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Low/No-Code

Language: English

View on Demand

Feb

14

Tuesday

2023

Azure Fundamentals EP4: Azure networking and compute basics

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

This session is a part of Ten Tuesdays to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) series. This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam. What is the session about? In this session we will discuss some of the base Azure Networking and Compute components. Networking is a core part of deployments in Azure, more so if there are IaaS components that might rely on custom connectivity. Once networks and connectivity is in place, one can start deploying the actual compute components that will run your various solutions. This includes Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine scale and availability sets. Some of the networking components in this session include Virtual Networks, Subnets, Peering, Azure DNS and Azure VPN services. Who is it aimed at? The audience for this series is new to or beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure provides that service. Why should you attend? If you are new to Azure and cloud concepts in general, we will breach that gap with you are give you a basic understanding of what cloud computing is.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Low/No-Code

Language: English

View on Demand

Feb

21

Tuesday

2023

Azure Fundamentals EP5: Azure Storage as a core Azure Service

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

This session is a part of Ten Tuesdays to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) series. This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam. What is the session about? In this session we will discuss Azure storage as a core component that supports Compute and other services and capabilities. The base service for this session will be Azure Storage accounts. We will also discuss storage tiers and redundancy and the different types of storage. We will also talk through the various storage tools available including AZCopy and the Azure Storage Explorer. Who is it aimed at? The audience for this series is new to or beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure provides that service. Why should you attend? If you are new to Azure and cloud concepts in general, we will breach that gap with you are give you a basic understanding of what cloud computing is.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Low/No-Code

Language: English

View on Demand

Feb

28

Tuesday

2023

Azure Fundamentals EP6: Azure Active Directory and Identity platform

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

This session is a part of Ten Tuesdays to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) series. This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam. What is the session about? In this session we will discuss some of the basics relating to Azure Identity services. Identity provides a basis for user account management, but more to that it also ensure account lifecycle is catered for and that on-premises identities are taking into account. We will discuss Hybrid identity as a starting point for migrations to Azure and touch on topics such as single Sign-on and multifactor authentication. Who is it aimed at? The audience for this series is new to or beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure provides that service. Why should you attend? If you are new to Azure and cloud concepts in general, we will breach that gap with you are give you a basic understanding of what cloud computing is.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Low/No-Code

Language: English

View on Demand

Mar

07

Tuesday

2023

Azure Fundamentals EP7: Managing your Azure costs

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

This session is a part of Ten Tuesdays to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) series. This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam. What is the session about? This session focusses on Azure Cost management and the tools that might assist our customers to ensure they get value for their spend. Cost is a big factor in cloud computing, and we will focus on setting thresholds for spending including Budgets and how to receive alerts when these thresholds are exceeded. Two of the important tools for cost management is the Azure Cost Calculator and the Azure Total Cost of Ownership Tool. We will also look at Tagging and how Tags can be used to group or segregate resources for costing purposes. Who is it aimed at? The audience for this series is new to or beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure provides that service. Why should you attend? If you are new to Azure and cloud concepts in general, we will breach that gap with you are give you a basic understanding of what cloud computing is.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Low/No-Code

Language: English

View on Demand

Mar

14

Tuesday

2023

Azure Fundamentals EP8: Azure cloud Governance tools and services

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

**This session is a part of Ten Tuesdays to Azure This session is a part of Ten Tuesdays to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) series. This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam. What is the session about? In this session, we will focus on Governance and the various tools that ensure consistency in Azure deployments. Azure makes it easy to deploy resources, though the downside to this is sprawl; Sprawl is when resources that are not used in production are deployed for testing or demo purposes but never removed or disabled therefore adding to the overall cost , but not adding value specifically. Azure includes a host of Governance tools like Azure Policy and Azure Blueprints that enable customers to ensure consistency in deployments and reporting that allows auditors to view what resources are not deployed and configured consistently as planned. Who is it aimed at? The audience for this series is new to or beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure provides that service. Why should you attend? If you are new to Azure and cloud concepts in general, we will breach that gap with you are give you a basic understanding of what cloud computing is.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Low/No-Code

Language: English

View on Demand

Mar

21

Tuesday

2023

Azure Fundamentals EP9: Azure Management Tools

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

This session is a part of Ten Tuesdays to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) series. This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam. What is the session about? In this session, we will look at the various tools that are available for managing Azure resources. Both Linux and Windows administrators can make use of familiar tools like command-line tools or graphical web based tooling like the Azure Portal. This session will cover Azure PowerShell and the Azure Command Line Interface (CLI), but also the Cloud Shell and Azure Resource manager Templates. Who is it aimed at? The audience for this series is new to or beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure provides that service. Why should you attend? If you are new to Azure and cloud concepts in general, we will breach that gap with you are give you a basic understanding of what cloud computing is.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Low/No-Code

Language: English

View on Demand

Mar

28

Tuesday

2023

Azure Fundamentals EP10: Monitoring your Azure Resources

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC)

This session is a part of Ten Tuesdays to Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) series. This series will provide a foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; security, privacy, compliance, and trust; and Azure pricing and support. By the end of the series you will have the confidence and skills for AZ900 exam. What is the session about? As the final session in the series, this session will focus on Monitoring Azure resources and services as a way to provide immediate feedback should something go wrong. The Azure Monitor platform ensures Azure and on-prem resources are monitored, information is logged and can be queried using the Kusto Query Language. We will also touch on Dashboards as a way to display relevant metrics and other data that provide lots of value from an operational perspective. Who is it aimed at? The audience for this series is new to or beginning to learn about cloud computing and how Microsoft Azure provides that service. Why should you attend? If you are new to Azure and cloud concepts in general, we will breach that gap with you are give you a basic understanding of what cloud computing is.

  • Format:
  • alt##LivestreamLivestream

Topic: Low/No-Code

Language: English

View on Demand

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