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hands-on labSecuring Azure Storage Account using Private Endpoints

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Lab steps

Logging in to the Microsoft Azure Portal

Accessing Azure Storage Account File Share using Windows VM

Creating Private Endpoint for Azure Storage Account File

Connecting to Azure Storage File Share using Private IP

Restricting Azure Storage Account Access to Specific Networks

Reviewing the Access Changes to the Storage Account File Share

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Lab description

Azure Private Endpoint allows secure and private connection to Azure services by assigning a network interface. This enables the traffic to flow locally on the Azure backbone within a VNet by associating a private IP for PaaS services. The service offers a complete lockdown of public traffic to the Azure services. The traffic redirection and security are facilitated by Azure Private DNS that enables the private IP to resolve to resources within the subscription.

In this lab, you will work with Azure Private Link, configure a secure endpoint for Azure Storage Account File Share and make firewall updates to the Storage Account network.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this advanced-level lab, you will be able to:

Interact with Azure Storage Account File Share
Work with Azure Private Link
Interact with Azure Private DNS
Secure Storage Account using a Private Endpoint

Intended Audience

Candidates for Azure Network Engineer (AZ-700) Exam
Cloud Architects
Security Engineers
Data Engineers
DevOps Engineers
Software Engineers

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the following will be beneficial but is not required:

Azure Storage Account
Azure Virtual Network

The following labs can be used to fulfill the prerequisite:

Updates

September 14th, 2021 - Updated lab instruction to fix storage account file share mounting issue

September 7th, 2021 - Updated VCF to reflect the infrastructure changes in the lab

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Parveen Singh

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Parveen is an Azure advocate with previous experience in the professional consulting services industries. He specializes in infrastructure and DevOps with a wide range of knowledge in security and access management. He is also an Azure Certified - DevOps Engineer Expert, Security Engineer, Developer Associate, Administrator Associate, CompTIA Certified - Network+, Security+, and AWS Cloud Practitioner.
Parveen enjoys writing about cloud technologies and sharing the knowledge with the community to help students upskill in the cloud.

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