Data powers decision-making. And to effectively leverage data to support business insights, companies must be able to query data and run analytics at a large scale. Azure Synapse, formerly known as Azure SQL Data Warehouse, can help. This powerful analytics service blends big data analytics with data warehousing, offering organizations a way to store large amounts of incoming data for a reasonable cost. In this course, instructor Nertil Poci helps developers get up and running with Azure Synapse and build their first data warehouse. Nertil goes over the benefits that Azure Synapse offers, as well as how to provision a data warehouse, load and query data, and leverage best practices to minimize costs and optimize your data warehouse. Along the way, he shares challenges that allow you to practice your new skills.

Azure Automation erlaubt Ihnen wiederkehrende und potentiell zeitaufwändige Verwaltungsaufgaben weitgehend zu automatisieren und damit Kosten zu sparen und Konsistenz und Standardisierung zu verbessern. Karsten Ulferts führt Sie in diesem Training in die Automatisierung von Azure ein, indem er Ihnen den Umgang mit Skriptvorlagen und den in diesem Kontext wesentlichen Tools PowerShell und Cloud Shell erläutert. Danach wendet er sich der Konfigurationsverwaltung Ihrer virtuellen Maschinen zu und geht somit auf Änderungsnachverfolgung und Inventarisierung, der Verwaltung von Updates und der Desired State Configuration ein. Der zweite Hauptteil des Trainings dreht sich dann um das Thema Automatisierung von Operationen mit Hilfe eines Automationskontos und skriptbasierter Runbooks, die aber auch unter Verwendung einer grafischen Benutzeroberfläche erzeugt werden können.

Microsoft Azure Backup ist ein cloudbasierter Datensicherungsdienst. Karsten Ulferts zeigt Ihnen in diesem Video-Training, wie Sie diesen Dienst für Ihr Unternehmen nutzen können. Nach einer Einführung in die Plattform Azure, erfahren Sie zunächst, worauf Sie bei Ihrer Backup-Strategie achten sollten. Anschließend zeigt Ihnen Ihr Trainer Schritt für Schritt die Umsetzung mit Azure Backup. Dabei starten Sie mit einfachen Beispiel und wagen sich nach und nach an die Sicherung und Wiederherstellung von Serverdaten und virtuellen Maschinen. Schließlich erstellen Sie Automatisierungs- und Überwachslösungen für Ihre Sicherungsvorgänge.

Dieses Training erklärt Ihnen alles, was Sie brauchen, um in Microsoft Azure virtuelle Maschinen und Netzwerke zu erstellen. Sie erstellen ein Konto, erhalten eine Einführung in das Azure-Portal und führen nötige Vorbereitungen, wie die Erstellung einer Ressourcengruppe und eines Speicherkontos aus. Anschließend zeigt Ihnen Tom Wechsler verschiedene Bereitstellungsarten von virtuellen Maschinen und die Kommunikation mit Ihrer virtuellen Infrastruktur aus VMs.

Neben technischen Implementationsdetails und Auswahl der richtigen Services sollte ein Governance-Konzept wichtiger Bestandteil einer Cloud-Strategie sein. Es hilft Ihnen, von vornherein funktionsfähige Strukturen und den richtigen Rahmen für Ihre Cloud-Projekte zu schaffen und im Betrieb nicht den Überblick zu verlieren. Eric Berg zeigt Ihnen in diesem Video-Training den theoretischen Aufbau eines Governance-Konzepts für Microsoft Azure beginnend bei der Vertragshierachie über Namenskonventionen und Ressourcenverwaltung bis hin zum rollenbasierten Zugriff auf Ressourcen. Jede der angesprochenen Komponenten wird aber auch am praktischen Beispiel erläutert, um Ihnen eine praktische Hilfestellung bei diesem wichtigen Thema zu geben.

A majority of Fortune 500 companies rely on Microsoft Azure for scalable, dependable cloud services. But it's not enough to create and host resources; you also need to be able to connect to and publish those resources on the web. That's where Azure networking services come in. To ensure your organization gets the most value from Azure, administrators need to be able to configure virtual networks and machines and monitor and manage their performance over time. Join David Elfassy and learn how to establish and secure high-availability connectivity using the basic and advanced networking tools in Azure, including Azure Virtual Network (vNET), ExpressRoute, Private Link, and Azure load balancers. Plus, find out how to create and manage Azure Firewall solutions to protect all your virtual resources.

The professionals in charge of Azure administration need to know how to secure services correctly to protect the data flowing between client computers and the cloud. This course investigates security concepts related to Azure deployment and services such as Microsoft 365 and Azure Active Directory. Find out how to use the built-in security tools in Azure, implement more robust multifactor authentication, and protect your services and data. Plus, learn how to create and configure Azure Key Vault, which allows you to centralize the storage of your app secrets (and refrain from needing to store security information in your code).

Sicherheit ist ohne Zweifel eines der wichtigsten Anliegen, wenn man den Schritt in die Cloud vollzogen hat. Insbesondere die Tatsache, dass Cloud-Dienste über das Internet erreichbar sind, führt zu neuen Bedrohungsszenarien. Karsten Ulferts zeigt Ihnen in diesem Training, wie Sie Ihre auf Microsoft Azure gehostete Cloud-Infrastruktur am besten sichern. Er geht dabei auf die Aspekte Netzwerksicherheit, Speichersicherheit, Sicherheit von virtuellen Computern und Identitätssicherheit ein. Verstehen Sie mit seiner Hilfe die Methoden potentieller Angreifer und die Möglichkeiten sie zu neutralisieren und machen Sie mit diesem Wissen Ihre Azure-Cloud sicher.

Nahezu jedes Cloud-Szenario schließt auch die Ressource Speicher bzw. Storage mit ein. Karsten Ulferts erläutert in diesem Video-Training, wie Sie auf Microsoft Azure Storage bereitstellen, welche Optionen und Einschränkungen Sie dabei haben und wie Sie ihn verwalten. Nach einer Erläuterung der Grundlagen zeigt er Ihnen, welche Tools zur Migration und Verwaltung zur Verfügung stehen und wie Sie den Zugriff auf Ihre Daten sicher gestalten können. Danach erfahren Sie, welche Möglichkeiten der Datenspeicherung für strukturierte, semistrukturiert und unstrukturierte Daten zur Verfügung stehen, wie z.B. SQL, Datenbanken, Cosmos DB, File Storage, Blob-Storage oder auch eine Blockchain.

The Microsoft Certification program has helped countless individuals enhance their careers in technology. With different levels of certifications, hundreds of exams, and several different technology tracks, it can be difficult to navigate between the options. In this course, instructor David Elfassy explains the various levels of Microsoft certifications and Microsoft's departure from the traditional MCSA and MCSE exams. David provides a comprehensive roundup of key exams for IT professionals. He explains what’s new and different with Microsoft certifications, then covers the different role-based certifications, such as Azure, Microsoft 365, security, and Microsoft Power Platform. David goes over question types you may encounter, performance-based testing, and useful tips and tricks for taking your exam. After sharing resources that help you prepare to pass exams, he concludes with a discussion of the tangible benefits of certifications.

In this course, Gini von Courter dives into administering a Microsoft Dynamics 365 enterprise account for customer engagement. Gini begins the course with an exploration of a newly installed Dynamics 365 environment and a walkthrough of the common configurations and settings. Gini goes on to discuss the tasks and functions required to administer and refine Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement in an organization.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 allows users to easily manage large amounts of data and create streamlined workflows for sales. It can also help automate sales activities and generate insights from the data reps store in Dynamics and Outlook. In this course, Dian Taylor teaches the essentials of using Microsoft Dynamics 365 for sales. Dian starts out by exploring the Dynamics 365 interface and then dives into specific functions through the lens of both sales and customer service tracking. Topics include using the dashboard, working with contacts, and creating, tracking, and qualifying leads. Then learn how to create opportunities, add specific products and suggestions, and communicate sales terms and pricing with quotes. Dian also explains how to take your sales work on the go with the mobile version of Dynamics 365, and build charts, dashboards, and forecasts to help better understand past performance and future opportunities.

Want to quickly build and share forms, polls, and quizzes using Microsoft Forms? Tune into this course to get bite-sized tips from an expert—Microsoft Certified Trainer and Microsoft MVP Heather Severino. Heather steps through how to build and organize a brand-new form, including how to configure rating scale questions, create a file upload field, reposition questions, add sections, and apply a theme. She also goes over how to invite others to respond to your form, as well as how to share a form for collaboration in Microsoft Teams. Plus, get tips on how to manage forms and work on group forms that grant multiple individuals editing capabilities.

Learn how to stay organized and manage projects with Microsoft Planner, a planning and project management app for Microsoft 365. Follow along with David Rivers as he shows how to get things done in Planner, from creating new plans and setting due dates to updating a project's status and sharing files with team members. Plus, see how to switch over to Microsoft Teams from Planner and create new teams based on existing plans. Learn how to work more efficiently and stay focused on what's important by using Microsoft Planner for your next project.

Microsoft PowerApps helps you create custom business applications for mobile devices and web browsers. You can replace manual forms and processes with digital experiences that can be accessed from anywhere—without writing a single line of code. In this course, Gini von Courter provides the foundational knowledge you need to use PowerApps to create web-based and mobile applications. She explores the structure of a PowerApp and shows how to create apps from the built-in templates or from scratch. She also explains how to connect to a variety of data sources, including SharePoint and Excel, and customize the layout and theme. Along the way, Gini explores a few ideas of how to leverage PowerApps in the workplace: to log service calls, take inventory, or survey employees and customers. Plus, learn how to use mobile features like geolocation data and the camera to make your apps even richer and more interactive.

The Microsoft Dataverse is a customizable universe of table and column definitions developed by Microsoft as part of an open data initiative with Adobe and SAP, aimed at creating a collection of standard business entities. Formerly called the Common Data Service, the Dataverse provides consistency when developing applications, storing data within an organization, managing data transfers between organizations, and makes it easier to develop business applications. In this course, Gini von Courter shows how to use the Dataverse to create data-rich applications for Dynamics, SharePoint, and Office 365. She covers topics like how to set up Dataverse, create data flows between applications, and create basic apps using Power Apps. As Gini shows, using a Dataverse database means you don't need to spend as much time designing a data structure, and instead can focus on building applications and workflows.

Business process flows are a great way to boost efficiency and save time for your organization. Learning how to create automated and directed flows results in more uniform and efficient workflows throughout the organization for both in-office and remote workforces. In this course, Phil Gold walks through the process of creating business process flows with ever-increasing levels of complexity and shows examples of how to leverage this advanced feature of Power Automate for your organization.

Microsoft has grouped several of their business end-user products together and titled this group the Power Platform. These no-code/low code applications are used for building business applications and workflows, and gathering, interpreting, and visualizing data across the business organization. The Power Platform applications are Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, and Power BI. In this course, Gini von Courter gives you an overview of the basic capabilities of the applications in the Power Platform and walks through how the applications work together to create business solutions. Gini begins with how to create simple apps using Power Apps. Then she moves on to different workflow automations you can create with Power Automate. Gini shows you how to use Power Bi for modeling, reports, and dashboards, then concludes with an overview of Power Virtual Agents, a new tool that enables users to build intelligent chatbots without the need for coding.

Microsoft has grouped several business end-user products together in the Power Platform. These low-code and no-code tools help power users manage business workflows, create mobile apps, gather and interpret data, and organize data across the organization. The main applications are Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, and Power BI. In this course, Gini von Courter shows how these applications are used to create business solutions. Learn how to build custom mobile or browser apps, automate workflows, design engaging visualizations and dashboards, and even create chat bots to deploy to customers and employees. By the end of this course, you'll understand which of the Power Platform tools you should leverage for your own unique business scenarios.

How often do you run into urgent “How do I …?” questions for Microsoft Stream? In this course, Microsoft MVP Heather Severino provides on-the-spot solutions for the most common Microsoft Stream pain points. Heather begins with how to upload videos, create groups and channels, and keep your videos organized. She explains how to add a poll, survey, or quiz and view video form responses. Heather goes over how to make your videos accessible, then shows you how to explore and find content. She covers how to play and share videos, as well as how to post comments and reactions, then discusses ways you can collaborate using Stream videos in a Microsoft Teams channel. Heather concludes by showing you how to locate and playback meeting videos that you have recorded.