Learn Live: FastTrack for Azure

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (UTC)

Kubernetes is the most important application hosting technology in the market today and understanding how to secure this platform is critical to success. This session will walk through the most important aspects of securing the platform from each angle. Note, the session will not cover application identity of cluster hosted apps hosted on the cluster but will instead focus on the Azure infrastructural and Kubernetes aspects of the cluster itself. Learning objectives Cluster Level concerns (API Server, Node Security, Authentication, Upgrades, Azure Defender for Containers) Network concerns (Network Security, Network Policy, Egress Security) Developer/Configuration concerns (Container Security, Azure Policy, Workload Identity) Image Management concerns (Image Scanning). #fasttrack

4:00 AM - 5:30 AM (UTC)

This session has been postponed. One of the presenters has had a family emergency. The new date and time will be announced as soon as we are able. Thank you! In this session you will learn how to design and implement Azure Machine Learning using enterprise deployment features, so you can create a secure configuration that is compliant with your companies policies, enjoys tighter security and satisfies your enterprise governance requirements. We will discuss vNets, Endpoints, RBAC, AKS and much more! Learning objectives: Learn how to organize, secure, and monitor Azure Machine Learning services within their organization #fasttrack

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (UTC)

Join us live to hear from Microsoft FastTrack for Azure (FTA) engineers and ask your questions about Azure Governance. This session will provide you the opportunity to expand on your knowledge of Azure Governance. Topics include on how to organize your resources, manage access, and manage cost and billing. Learning objectives: Methods around organizing Azure resources Managing policy and compliance, Best practices around managing access to your Azure environment Managing costs and billing. #fasttrack

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (UTC)

A tour through the common tools for Azure networking, to understand the building blocks and best practices used to prepare for migrations and new IaaS centric workloads. Learning objectives Changes in networking methods for cloud networks Resources used to deploy and manage Azure networks Hub and Spoke architecture pattern for networks. #fasttrack

9:00 PM - 10:30 PM (UTC)

Having a well-managed cloud environment is more than just the tools we are using. This session discusses the importance of the people and process side of your cloud transformation journey. We review the various operating models, cloud functions and roles required for effective cloud management Learning objectives Understand the different cloud operating models Understand the various cloud functions See how we use the Cloud Adoption RACI to build our teams #fasttrack

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (UTC)

Explore how to deliver with confidence and scale using DevOps practices and Microsoft's new Load Testing service. Learning objectives: Understand the place of testing in a DevOps world Review the typical problems with load testing Overview of Azure Load Testing service Understand the benefits of Azure Load Testing Learn how to create and reutilize tests Learn how to integrate continuous Load Testing on GitHub Actions Explore how to identify and fix issues based on monitoring and reports #fasttrack

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM (UTC)

Kubernetes is the most important application hosting technology in the market today and understanding the Day 2 operations on this platform is critical to success. This session will walk through the operational aspects critical to the functioning and maintenance of an AKS cluster. Learning objectives Resource Management Patching and Upgrade Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery #fasttrack

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM (UTC)

We will discuss Azure AD (for both single-tenant and multi-tenant apps), Azure AD B2B for guest user access and Azure AD B2C for Customer Identity Access Management (CIAM). We will also cover how they are similar, where they are different, and when to choose which.In this session you will learn about the different offerings available in the Microsoft Identity Platform to help you integrate your solutions with a modern cloud-scale identity platform. We will discuss Azure AD (for both single-tenant and multi-tenant apps), Azure AD B2B for guest user access and Azure AD B2C for Customer Identity Access Management (CIAM). We will also cover how they are similar, where they are different, and when to choose which. Learning objectives Different offerings available in the Microsoft Identity Platform Integrating your solutions with a modern cloud-scale identity platform.

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM (UTC)

In this session, you will learn about the different components of Azure Monitor and how you can utilize for end-to-end monitoring across your Cloud Solution. We will discuss Cloud Management capabilities and how to best use the Insights for gaining visibility of your environment, and much more. Learning objectives Design a centralized monitoring solution based on Log Analytics and Azure Monitor Choose the right monitoring agents and data collection sources to meet your management requirements Run basic log queries, visualize metrics, create alerts and workbooks Understand how to configure auto-scale services using metrics #fasttrack

12:00 AM - 1:30 AM (UTC)

Microsoft Purview (formerly Azure Purview) is a unified data governance service that helps you manage and govern your on-premises, multi-cloud, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) data. This session will provide you the opportunity to expand on your knowledge of Microsoft Purview data governance. Learning objectives Concepts of the Microsoft Purview data governance platform How to build a data catalog, data map, end-to-end lineage, etc. #fasttrack

4:00 AM - 5:30 AM (UTC)

In this session, you will learn how to discover and assess your SQL Server environment as well as remediate issues before migrating to Azure. With many tools, services and options available, the presenters will draw upon their experience of working with hundreds of organisations to provide you with the latest and most efficient options to bring your SQL workload to Azure. Learning objectives Understand what tools to use to discover and assess a SQL Server workload. Learn how to approach the remediation of migration blocking issues. How to right size your environment prior to migrating to Azure SQL. #fasttrack

4:00 AM - 5:30 AM (UTC)

In this session, you will learn how to plan and migrate your SQL Server workload to Azure as well as optimize it to improve performance and reduce costs. With many tools, services and options available to migrate SQL, the presenters will draw upon their experience of working with hundreds of organisations to provide you with the latest and most efficient options to bring your SQL workload to Azure. Learning objectives Understand the importance of creating and testing a detailed SQL migration plan. What tools and services to use in your migration project. How to optimize an Azure SQL workload to save costs, improve performance and reduce operating overhead. #fasttrack