Azure Stack Hub Demystified: Building hybrid cloud, IaaS, and PaaS solutions - Softcover

Young, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1801078602 ISBN 13: 9781801078603

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

Deploy, configure, administer, and run Microsoft Azure Stack Hub

Key Features

• Understand the topics required for the Microsoft Azure AZ-600 exam
• Configure and provide services from Microsoft Azure Stack Hub
• Implement data center integration with Microsoft Azure Stack Hub

Book Description

Azure Stack Hub is the on-premise offering from Microsoft, which provides Azure Cloud services within a customer's own data center. It provides consistent processes between on-site and the cloud, allowing developers to test locally and deploy to the cloud in exactly the same manner. Azure Stack Hub Demystified provides complete coverage of deploying, configuring, administrating, and running Microsoft Azure Stack Hub efficiently.

Firstly, you will learn how to deploy Azure Stack Hub within an organization. As you progress, you'll understand configuration and the different services provided by the platform. The book also focuses on the underlying architecture and connectivity options for the modern data center. Later, you will understand various approaches to DevOps and their implementation, and learn key topics for the AZ-600 exam.

By the end of this Azure book, you will have a thorough understanding of Azure Stack Hub and the services that are provided by the platform, along with the confidence and information you need to be able to pass the AZ-600 exam.

What you will learn

• Understand the architecture of Azure Stack Hub
• Get up to speed with the management and administration of Azure Stack Hub
• Explore how to administer virtual networking within your Azure Stack
• Become well versed in using the Azure Stack Hub support model and updating Azure Stack Hub
• Understand how licensing and billing is done with Azure Stack Hub
• Discover the tools that can be used to implement security within Azure Stack Hub
• Focus on how DevOps practices can be incorporated with Azure Stack Hub

Who this book is for

If you are an Azure Administrator and Azure Stack Hub Operator who provides or is looking to provide cloud services to end users or customers within their own data center, then this book is for you. This book will also be beneficial to those who are preparing for Exam AZ-600: Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack Hub.

Table of Contents

1. What Is Azure Stack Hub?
2. Azure Stack Architecture
3. Azure Stack Hub Deployment
4. Exploring Azure Stack Hub Identity
5. Securing Your Azure Stack Hub Instance
6. Considering DevOps in Azure Stack Hub
7. Working with Resource Manager Templates
8. Working with Offers, Plans, and Quotas
9. Realizing Azure Marketplace
10. Interpreting Virtual Networking
11. Grasping Storage and Compute Fundamentals
12. Monitoring and Managing Azure Stack Hub
13. Licensing Models in Azure Stack Hub
14. Incorporating Billing Models
15. Troubleshooting and Support

About this title

About the Author

Richard Young has been working in IT for over 35 years and is currently a principal consultant in the professional services division of Lenovo Global Technologies, covering EMEA. He works closely with customers to assist them in their journey to the cloud with a focus on hybrid cloud, especially focused on Microsoft Azure. His role covers both the strategy and deployment of hybrid cloud using Microsoft Azure Stack Hub and Azure Stack HCI. He holds both MCSE and MCSA certifications for Azure. He holds the MCPD certification for .NET development for the cloud, from back when he was a developer. He has been involved in multiple deployments of Azure Stack Hub throughout Europe over the last few years. He is a husband, father, and grandfather.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1801078602
• ISBN 13: 9781801078603
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 414