Deploying Multiple Virtual Machines in Microsoft Azure
You may work in a DevOps organization in which all infrastructure must be defined in code. This course will teach you how to plan and implement multi-VM deployments in Azure by using virtual hard disk images and Azure Resource Manager templates.
What you'll learn
At the core of administrative automation and DevOps in Azure is a thorough knowledge of multi-VM deployment. In Deploying Multiple VMs in Microsoft Azure, you’ll learn how to use VHD images and ARM templates to deploy n number of Windows Server or Linux virtual machines to the Azure cloud. First, you’ll learn how to build a custom VM image library in your Azure subscription. Next, you’ll configure Resource Manager templates for multi-VM deployment. Finally, you’ll discover how to plan, deploy, and manage virtual machine scale sets in Azure. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have a foundational knowledge of Azure multi-VM deployment that will help you as you move forward in your career as a Microsoft Azure administrator or solution architect.
Table of contents
- Overview 1m
- Azure Policy vs. Azure RBAC 2m
- Built-in Azure Policy Definitions 1m
- Demo: Working with Azure Policy 3m
- Authoring and Validating ARM Templates 2m
- Deploying Multiple Instances of Azure Resources 2m
- Demo: Working with ARM Templates 6m
- Deploying and Verifying ARM Templates 2m
- Demo: Completing the ARM Template Deployment 3m
- Summary 1m
- Overview 1m
- Shared Image Gallery 2m
- Upload a VHD to Azure Managed Storage 2m
- Demo: Upload a Custom VM Image to Azure 6m
- Demo: Create a Shared Image Gallery 3m
- Demo: Deploy a VM from a Shared Image Gallery Image 2m
- Azure Automation 4m
- Update Management 2m
- Demo: Configure Update Management 7m
- Demo: Create Automation Runbooks 7m
- Summary 1m
About the author
Timothy Warner is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Cloud and Datacenter Management who is based in Nashville, TN. His professional specialties include Microsoft Azure, cross-platform PowerShell, and all things Windows Server-related. You can reach Tim via Twitter (@TechTrainerTim), LinkedIn or his blog, AzureDepot.com.