Azure Stack HCI (MWS03)

Module 1: Introducing Azure Stack HCI

This module describes the basic characteristics of Azure Stack HCI, along with its peer offerings that are part of the Azure Stack portfolio, including Azure Stack Hub and Azure Stack Edge. The module also presents an overview of the Azure Stack HCI core technologies and management tools, and a high-level walkthrough of a typical implementation process. Finally, the modules concludes with a summary of Azure Stack HCI hybrid capabilities, most of which are covered in detail in Module 4.

LESSONS

Overview of Azure Stack HCI

Overview of Azure Stack HCI technologies

Overview of Azure Stack HCI management tools

Overview of the Azure Stack HCI implementation process

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe basic capabilities and use cases of the Microsoft Azure Stack portfolio.

Identify the core components of the Azure Stack HCI architecture.

Identify common management tools used to deploy and manage a hyperconverged infrastructure.

Describe the purpose and capabilities of Azure Arc.

Identify Azure infrastructure services that you can integrate into your on-premises environment.

Configure cloud witness as the quorum witness type.

Describe how to establish a Point-to-Site VPN to an Azure virtual network with Azure Network Adapter

Describe the characteristics and use cases for Azure File Sync and Azure Monitor.

Explain now to maintain business continuity, using Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery.

Describe Azure Update Management use cases and architecture.

Describe the high level process for provisioning an Azure Stack HCI implementation.

Module 2: Operating and maintaining Azure Stack HCI

This module describes how to implement, manage, and maintain workloads on Azure Stack HCI. As described in the first module, Azure Stack HCI is designed to optimize performance, resiliency, and scalability of specific types of workloads. Implementing these workloads follows the initial configuration, which involves provisioning virtualized storage and networking layers on top of the hardware approved by Microsoft that is running the Windows Server 2019 operating system. This module provides an overview of different Azure services and Windows Server functionality that can be used to manage and maintain those workloads, leveraging integration of Windows Server 2019 with Azure.

LESSONS

Implementing and managing workloads on Azure Stack HCI

Maintaining Azure Stack HCI

LAB : LAB A: PROVISIONING THE LAB ENVIRONMENT

Provisioning the lab environment

LAB : LAB B: USING WINDOWS ADMIN CENTER IN HYBRID SCENARIOS

Integrating hyperconverged infrastructure with Azure services

Reviewing Azure integration functionality

Managing updates to hyperconverged infrastructure

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Implement shared clustering with shared disks.

Describe components required to deploy shielded VMs.

Implement Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) workloads.

Host container-based deployments in Azure Stack HCI.

Create a Point-to-Site (P2S) VPN connection to an Azure virtual network, with Azure Network Adapter.

Describe Azure File Sync architecture.

Implement Azure File Sync to replicate files between on-premises and an Azure file share.

Manage Azure Stack HCI workloads with Azure Arc.

Module 3: Planning for and implementing Azure Stack HCI storage

This module describes how to plan for and implement Azure Stack HCI Storage. The module covers the core HCI storage technologies in detail and includes specific coverage of Storage QoS and Storage Replica (in the context of Azure Stack HCI). The module describes the process of planning, implementation and management of Azure Stack HCI storage.

LESSONS

Overview of Azure Stack HCI Storage core technologies

Planning for Storage Spaces Direct in Azure Stack HCI

Implementing a Storage Spaces Direct-based hyper-converged infrastructure

Managing Storage Spaces Direct in Azure Stack HCI

Planning for and implementing Storage QoS

Planning for and implementing Storage Replica

LAB : IMPLEMENTING STORAGE SPACES DIRECT ON HYPER-CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE

Preparing for deployment of a S2D cluster

Implementing an S2D cluster by using Windows Admin Center

Configuring storage of an S2D cluster by using Windows Admin Center

Implementing and testing an S2D cluster by using Windows PowerShell

Managing and monitoring disks in an S2D cluster

Managing and monitoring resiliency of an S2D cluster

Identifying and analyzing metadata of an S2D cluster

Identifying and configuring S2D cluster tiers

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe Azure Stack HCI storage core technologies.

Plan for Storage Spaces Direct in Azure Stack HCI.

Implement Storage Spaces Direct-based Hyper-Converged Infrastructure.

Manage Storage Spaces Direct in Azure Stack HCI.

Plan for and implement Storage QoS.

Plan for and implement Storage Replica.

Module 4: Planning for and implementing Azure Stack HCI networking

This module describes how to plan for and implement Software Defined Networking in Azure Stack HCI. The module focuses on the technology and its basic functionality, with emphasis on Windows Admin Center as the primary SDN management tool. The module also covers in more detail four specific components of SDN available in Azure Stack HCI; Switch Embedded Teaming (SET), Software Load Balancing (SLB), Datacenter Firewall, and RAS Gateways.

LESSONS

Overview of Azure Stack HCI core networking technologies

Overview of Network Virtualization and SDN

Planning for and implementing Switch Embedded Teaming

Planning for and implementing Software Load Balancing

Planning for and implementing Datacenter Firewall

Planning for and implementing RAS Gateways

LAB : LAB A: DEPLOYING SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING

Deploying Software-Defined Networking by using PowerShell

LAB : LAB B: IMPLEMENTING SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING ON HYPERCONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE

Configuring routing and management for the SDN lab environment

Managing virtual networks by using Windows Admin Center and PowerShell

Implementing SDN Access Control List by using Windows Admin Center

Implementing SDN Software Load Balancing with private VIP by using PowerShell

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the core Software-Defined Networking (SDN) components of Azure Stack HCI.

Distinguish between software-only and hardware-only features, in the context of Azure Stack HCI.

Describe the use case for Simplified SMB Multichannel and Multi-NIC Cluster Networks.

Describe network virtualization in the context of Azure Stack HCI.

Describe the process of deploying SDN in Azure Stack HCI.

Plan for and implement SET.

Describe SLB functionality and infrastructure and implement SLB.

Implement and configure Datacenter Firewall.

Implement, configure, and troubleshoot RAS Gateway.

This course is for IT professionals who manage on-premises Windows Server environments and want to use Azure to manage server workloads and run their virtual workloads on Windows Server 2019. They also want to use existing Microsoft System Center products to implement and manage software-defined datacenters with Windows Server 2019..

Experience with managing Windows Server operating systems and Windows Server virtualized workloads in on-premises scenarios

Experience with implementing and managing Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) services in Microsoft Azure

Basic knowledge of Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)

Intermediate knowledge of PowerShell scripting and PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)

Intermediate knowledge of core Microsoft compute, storage, networking, and virtualization technologies

Intermediate knowledge of Windows Server–based compute and storage high-availability technologies

Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft virtualization security-related technologies

Al termine del corso i partecipanti saranno in grado di:

• Describe the Azure Stack portfolio, including Azure Stack HCI, Azure Stack Hub, and Azure Stack Edge
• Describe the Azure Stack HCI core technologies and management tools.
• Describe the process of a typical Azure Stack HCI implementation.
• Identify Azure Stack HCI hybrid capabilities.
• Implement, manage, and maintain workloads on Azure Stack HCI.
• Plan for and implement Azure Stack HCI Storage, including Storage QoS and Storage Replica.
• Plan for Azure Stack HCI Networking.
• Implement Software Defined Networks in Azure Stack HCI.