Troubleshooting Microsoft Azure Connectivity course

Learn how to expertly troubleshoot Azure Connectivity with instructor led labs and hands on simulations available 24/7

Troubleshooting Microsoft Azure Connectivity course

Troubleshooting Microsoft Azure Connectivity course udemy course

Learn how to expertly troubleshoot Azure Connectivity with instructor led labs and hands on simulations available 24/7

We really hope you'll agree, this training is way more than the average course on Udemy!

Have access to the following:

  • Training from an instructor of over 25 years who has trained thousands of people and also a Microsoft Certified Trainer

  • Lecture that explains the concepts in an easy to learn method for someone that is just starting out with this material

  • Instructor led hands on and simulations to practice that can be followed even if you have little to no experience

TOPICS COVERED INCLUDING HANDS ON LECTURE AND PRACTICE TUTORIALS:

Introduction

  • Welcome to the course

  • Understanding the Microsoft Environment

  • Having a Solid Foundation of Active Directory Domains

  • Having a Solid Foundation of RAS, DMZ, and Virtualization

  • Having a Solid Foundation of the Microsoft Cloud Services

  • Questions for John Christopher

Setting up for hands on

  • IMPORTANT Using Assignments in the course

  • Creating a free Azure Account

  • Activating an Entra ID P2 license

Troubleshoot backup issues

  • Review and interpret backup logs

  • Troubleshoot Azure VM backup issues including restarting a failed backup job

  • Troubleshoot issues with Azure Backup agent

  • Troubleshoot Azure Backup Server issues

  • Troubleshoot scheduled backups

  • Troubleshoot recovery issues

  • Troubleshoot Azure Site Recovery issues

  • Troubleshoot site recovery in hybrid scenarios

  • Troubleshoot restore issues for the various Azure Backup Solutions

  • Troubleshoot issues recovering files from Azure VM backup

  • Cleaning up resources

Troubleshoot virtual network (VNet) connectivity

  • Foundations of vNet connectivity concepts

  • Troubleshoot virtual private network (VPN) gateway transit issues

  • Troubleshoot hub-and-spoke VNet configuration issues

  • Troubleshoot global VNet peering connectivity issues

  • Troubleshoot peered connections

Troubleshoot name resolution issues

  • Troubleshoot name resolution in scenarios that use Azure-provided names

  • Troubleshoot name resolution in scenarios that use custom DNS servers

  • Review and interpret DNS audit logs

  • Troubleshoot name resolution for Azure private DNS zones

  • Troubleshoot issues with DNS records at public DNS providers

  • Troubleshoot domain delegation issues

  • Cleaning up before the next lesson

Troubleshoot point-to-site virtual private network (VPN) connectivity

  • Setting up a VPN Gateway

  • Troubleshoot Windows VPN/OpenVPN client configuration issues

  • Troubleshoot macOS VPN client configuration issues

  • Troubleshoot issues with certificate-based VPN connections

  • Troubleshoot issues with RADIUS-based VPN connections

  • Troubleshoot authentication issues in Azure AD, part of Microsoft Entra

Troubleshoot site-to-site virtual private network connectivity

  • Review & interpret network logs & captured network traffic from a VPN gateway

  • Determine the root cause for latency issues with VPNs

  • Review and interpret VPN gateway configuration scripts

  • Reset a VPN gateway

  • Troubleshoot VPN gateway issues by running Log Analytics querie

  • Cleaning up my azure resources

Troubleshoot Azure ExpressRoute connectivity issues

  • Adding an express route circuit resource to Azure

  • Determine whether routes are correctly configured and operational

  • Validate the peering configuration for an ExpressRoute circuit

  • Reset an ExpressRoute circuit

  • Troubleshoot route filtering

  • Troubleshoot custom defined routes

  • Determine the root cause of latency issues related to ExpressRoute

  • Cleaning up ExpressRoute resources

Troubleshoot PaaS services

  • Troubleshoot PaaS connectivity issues

  • Troubleshoot firewalls for PaaS services

  • Troubleshoot PaaS configuration issues

  • Determine the root cause for service-level throttling

Troubleshoot PaaS integration issues

  • Troubleshoot subnet delegation issues

  • Grasping concepts of Service Endpoints vs Private Endpoints

  • Troubleshoot issues with private endpoints and service endpoints

  • Cleaning up PaaS services in this section

Troubleshoot Azure AD authentication

  • Determine why on-premises systems cannot access Azure resources

  • Troubleshoot Azure AD configuration issues

  • Troubleshoot self-service password reset issues

  • Troubleshoot issues with multifactor authentication

Troubleshoot hybrid authentication

  • Foundational concepts for Azure AD Hybrid authentication

  • Troubleshoot issues with Azure AD Connect and Azure AD Connect cloud sync

  • Troubleshoot issues with integration between Azure AD and Azure AD DS

  • Troubleshoot issues with integration between Azure AD and AD FS

  • Troubleshoot issues with pass-through authentication and password hash synchronization

  • Foundational concepts on understanding Azure AD Application proxy

  • Troubleshoot issues with Azure AD Application Proxy

Troubleshoot authorization issues

  • Troubleshoot role-based access control (RBAC) issues

  • Troubleshoot issues storing encrypted passwords in Azure Key Vault

  • Troubleshoot authorization issues related to Azure AD Conditional Access policies

Troubleshoot Azure network security groups (NSGs)

  • Troubleshoot NSG configuration issues

  • Review and interpret NSG flow logs

  • Determine whether one or more Azure vNics are associated with an ASG

Troubleshoot Azure Firewall issues

  • Troubleshoot application, network, and NAT/DNAT rules

  • Troubleshoot Azure Firewall Manager configuration issues

  • Cleaning up vNet and Azure Firewall resources

Troubleshoot latency issues

  • Determine the root cause for Azure VM-level throttling

  • Determine the latency issues when connecting to Azure VMs

  • Troubleshoot bandwidth availability issues

  • Determine whether resource response times meet service-level agreements (SLAs)

Troubleshoot routing and traffic control

  • Review and interpret route tables

  • Troubleshoot issues caused by asymmetric routing

  • Troubleshoot issues with UDRs, routing configs & service chaining aka peering

  • Troubleshoot issues related to forced tunneling

  • Troubleshoot Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) issues

  • Cleaning up routing related sources in Azure

Troubleshoot load-balancing issues

  • Setting up web servers and a load balancer for this lesson

  • Determine whether VMs in a load-balanced backend pool are healthy

  • Troubleshoot issues with Azure Load Balancer

  • Review and interpret load balancer rules

  • Troubleshoot traffic distribution issues

  • Evaluate the configuration of Azure Traffic Manager

  • Troubleshoot issues with Azure Traffic Manager profiles

  • Troubleshoot port exhaustion issues

  • Understanding Azure Application Gateway vs Azure Front Door

  • Troubleshoot issues with Azure Front Door

  • Troubleshoot issues with Azure Application Gateway

Troubleshoot Azure Bastion and just-in-time (JIT) VM access

  • Troubleshoot issues deploying Azure Bastion

  • Validate connectivity with an Azure VM

  • Troubleshoot JIT VM configuration issues

  • Cleaning up remaining Azure resources

FINAL - Where do I go from here?

  • BONUS Lecture