Course Introduction
Scaling Azure Virtual Machines
Configuration Management
Configure Monitoring for Azure VMs
Course Summary
The course is part of these learning paths
This course offers an in-depth look at VM scale sets, VM configuration management, VM storage options, and VM monitoring within Azure. We kick things off by looking at VM scale sets, vertical scaling, and horizontal scaling.
After that, you'll learn about the tools used for configuration management, as well as how to deploy software using VM extensions and how to deploy an Azure PowerShell DSC Configuration.
The course will then cover the wide range of VM storage options available in Microsoft Azure and show you how to use them. Finally, you'll learn about Azure Monitor, a service that allows you to monitor the performance and health of your VMs and VM scale sets.
This course is packed full of step-by-step demonstrations that you can follow along with, allowing you to see all of the above topics put into practice in real-life Azure environments.
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Learning Objectives
- Scale VMs using scale sets and understand the difference between vertical and horizontal scaling
- Learn about the tools used for managing VM configurations
- Deploy software using VM extensions and PowerShell DSC
- Understand the various VM storage options available in Azure
- Learn about Azure Monitor and its uses
Intended Audience
- Anyone interested in learning about scale sets, configuration management, storage, and monitoring for Azure VMs
Prerequisites
To get the most from this course you should have a basic understanding of Microsoft Azure and of the Azure portal.
Congratulations, you've come to the end of Advanced VM Management in Azure. Let's review what you've learned.
We started things off by looking at virtual machine scale sets. You learned about vertical scaling and horizontal scaling. You also saw a hands-on demo on how to deploy a VM scale set with autoscaling enabled.
We then looked at configuration management. I introduced you to many tools that can be used to manage VM configurations. You learned how to deploy an Azure PowerShell DSC Configuration and how to deploy software using VM extensions.
We wrapped up by covering VM monitoring.
At this point, you should have a basic understanding of how to scale VMs, how to manage VM configurations, and how to monitor VMs.
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