Troubleshooting Microsoft Azure Connectivity 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