Mastering Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Cloud and Microsoft Azure 101 -- Understanding the Cloud (or Why Everyone Should Play Titanfall) -- Introducing the Cloud -- Microsoft Azure 101 -- Microsoft Azure Compute -- Microsoft Azure Data Services -- Microsoft Azure App Services -- Reliable vs. Best-Effort IaaS -- Getting Access to Microsoft Azure -- Free Azure Trials and Pay-as-You-Go -- Azure Benefits from MSDN Subscriptions -- Azure Open Licensing -- Enterprise Enrollments for Azure -- Increasing Azure Limits -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 2 When to Use IaaS: Cost and Options -- Understanding Why an Organization Wants IaaS in the Public Cloud -- On-premises Costs -- Azure Costs -- Comparing the Costs and Evaluating Solutions -- Understanding Costs, Options, and Licensing -- Creating VMs in Azure -- Using the Legacy Azure Portal -- Using the Preview Azure Portal -- Other Ways to Interact with Azure -- Azure IaaS-Supported Configurations -- Understanding Azure Architecture -- Azure Regions -- Server Structure in Azure -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 3 Customizing VM Storage -- Basic Virtual Machine Storage -- Understanding Types of VM Storage -- Using Storage Accounts and Types of Replication -- Caching in Azure Storage -- Large and High-Performance Volumes -- Using Disks and Images -- Leveraging Azure Files -- Azure Storage 101 -- Azure Storage Architecture -- Interacting with Azure Storage -- Performing a Bulk Import/Export -- Understanding StorSimple -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 4 Enabling External Connectivity -- Cloud Services -- Cloud Service Basics -- Using a Virtual IP -- Dynamic IP Addresses -- Using Endpoints and Load Balancing -- Endpoint Basics -- Creating Endpoints -- Deleting Endpoints -- Endpoint Access Control Lists -- Instance-Level IP Addresses -- Load-Balanced Sets.

Internal Load-Balanced Sets -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 5 Using Virtual Networks -- Virtual Network Basics -- A Very Brief History of the Affinity Group -- Virtual Networks 101 -- Creating a Virtual Network -- Adding a VM to a Virtual Network -- Reserved IP for VM -- Configuring DNS -- Using Multiple Network Adapters -- Network Security Groups -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 6 Enabling On-Premises Connectivity -- Using S2S Virtual Private Networks -- S2S VPN Basics -- Creating an S2S Gateway -- Azure Gateway Internals and Maximum Speed -- Enabling a High-Performance VPN Gateway -- Using Forced Tunneling -- Connecting a Virtual Network to Multiple On-Premises Gateways -- Virtual Network-to-Virtual Network Connectivity -- Using Point-to-Site Virtual Private Networking -- Using ExpressRoute -- ExpressRoute Fundamentals -- Using an ExpressRoute Exchange Provider -- Using an ExpressRoute Network Service Provider -- ExpressRoute Key Points -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 7 Extending AD to Azure and Azure AD -- Using Active Directory Domain Services in Azure -- Making Active Directory Available in Azure -- Active Directory Site Configuration -- Placing a Domain Controller in Azure -- Active Directory Federated Services in Azure -- Azure Active Directory -- Why Do You Need Azure AD? -- What Is Azure AD? -- Obtaining Azure AD -- Connecting to Azure AD -- Using Azure AD -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 8 Setting Up Replication, Backup, and Disaster Recovery -- The Need for Disaster Recovery and DR Basics -- Planning for Disaster Recovery -- Asynchronous vs. Synchronous Replication -- Planning for Service Protection -- Orchestrating Failover with Azure Site Recovery -- ASR Version 1, Hyper-V Recovery Manager -- Replicating to Azure with ASR -- OS-Level Replication with InMage Scout -- Other Supported Technologies.

Enabling Hyper-V VM Protection to Azure with ASR -- Licensing of Azure Site Recovery -- Migrating VMs to Azure -- Backing Up to Azure -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 9 Customizing Azure Templates and PowerShell Management -- Using Availability Sets and Autoscale -- Availability Set Basics -- Using Availability Sets -- Understanding and Configuring IaaS Autoscale -- Managing Azure with PowerShell -- Obtaining the Azure PowerShell Modules -- Configuring Azure PowerShell for Your Azure Subscription -- Useful PowerShell in Azure -- Other Azure Interface Options -- VM and Template Management -- Maintaining VMs in Azure -- Using the Azure VM Agent -- Moving VMs to Azure -- Creating New VM Images -- JSON and the Future of Templates -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 10 Managing Hybrid Environments with System Center -- Looking Beyond the Azure Portal -- Introduction to System Center -- System Center Configuration Manager -- System Center Virtual Machine Manager and App Controller -- System Center Operations Manager -- System Center Data Protection Manager -- System Center Service Manager and System Center Orchestrator -- Implementing a Private Cloud -- Enabling a Single Pane of Glass -- Buying the Cloud Platform System -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 11 Completing Your Azure Environment -- Azure Websites -- Azure Traffic Manager -- Azure Automation -- Azure Scheduler -- Azure RemoteApp -- Azure AD Application Proxy -- Azure Operational Insights -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 12 What to Do Next -- Understanding and Addressing Azure Barriers -- Building Trust -- Understanding Risks for Azure -- Data Encryption in Azure -- Why You Should Use Azure and Getting Started -- Understanding Azure's Place in the Market -- First Steps with Azure IaaS -- The Bottom Line -- Appendix The Bottom Line -- Chapter 1: The Cloud and Microsoft Azure 101.

Chapter 2: When to Use IaaS: Cost and Options -- Chapter 3: Customizing VM Storage -- Chapter 4: Enabling External Connectivity -- Chapter 5: Using Virtual Networks -- Chapter 6: Enabling On-Premises Connectivity -- Chapter 7: Extending AD to Azure and Azure AD -- Chapter 8: Setting Up Replication, Backup, and Disaster Recovery -- Chapter 9: Customizing Azure Templates and PowerShell Management -- Chapter 10: Managing Hybrid Environments with System Center -- Chapter 11: Completing Your Azure Environment -- Chapter 12: What to Do Next -- Index -- EULA.