Detailed Course Outline
1 - Introduction to Azure Arc-enabled servers
- What are the characteristics of Azure Arc-enabled servers?
- What are the core management and governance capabilities of Azure Arc-enabled servers?
- What are the security and monitoring capabilities of Azure Arc-enabled servers?
2 - Plan and deploy Azure Arc-enabled servers at scale
- What is Azure Arc-enabled servers and its capabilities?
- Test Azure Arc-enabled servers capabilities using Azure VMs
- Planning considerations for a secure configuration
- Explore different methods to onboard servers at scale to Azure Arc
- Best practices for Azure Arc-enabled servers management and services in Azure
3 - Govern your hybrid and multicloud machines through Azure Arc-enabled servers
- Govern Azure Arc-enabled servers with Azure Policy Guest Configuration
- Assign Azure Policies to govern Azure Arc-enabled servers
- Azure Automanage best practices for Azure Arc-enabled servers
- Modernize deployment, response, and orchestration of Azure Arc-enabled servers with Azure Automation
4 - Configure updates of Azure Arc-enabled servers by using Azure Update Manager
- Azure Update Manager
- Azure Update Manager key features
- How to manage updates for Azure Arc-enabled servers
- Create a maintenance configuration schedule
- Associate a virtual machine with a schedule
5 - Configure Microsoft Defender for Cloud for Azure Arc-enabled servers
- What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud?
- Secure cloud applications
- Protect cloud workloads
- Connect your non-Azure machines to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Connect on-premises machines by using Azure Arc
- Connect on-premises machines by using the Azure portal
- Onboard a Windows server
- Onboard a Linux server
- Verify that your machines are connected
6 - Manage Azure Arc-enabled servers by using scripting
- Connect hybrid machines to Azure using a deployment script
- Connect hybrid machines to Azure by using PowerShell
- Connect machines at scale by running PowerShell scripts with Configuration Manager