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More and more companies are implementing, designing and architecting solutions on Microsoft Azure. This full day workshop will provide you guidance and knowledge on some of the core Azure services. This workshop will be led by Tiago Costa, Microsoft Cloud architect and advisor for several customer across the global and two times author of Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) – 20532 and 20535. Be prepared for a demo dependent workshop, we will do our best to blow up your mind!

Workshop outline:

Introduction to Microsoft Azure

• Introduction
• Azure Portal
• Cloud Shell
• ASM vs ARM
• ARM Templates
• PowerShell vs CL

Azure AD

• Service Introduction
• Extending Windows Server AD DS to Azure using AD Connect
• Azure Domain Services
• Integrate Azure AD in your Web Application
• RBAC Security

Virtual Networks

• VNET and Subnets
• Extending Azure Network: P2S, S2S, Express Route
• Network Security Groups (NSG)
• Azure Load Balancers
• Traffic Manager

Virtual Machines

• Service Introduction
• Availability Sets vs Availability Zones
• Scale Sets (VMSS)
• Deploy VMs using ARM Templates

Azure Storage

• Service Introduction
• Replication
• Premium vs Standard Storage
• Azure Files

Azure App Services

• Service Introduction
• Scaling
• Deployment Slots
• Deployment of Application via VSTS

Architecture Best Practices

Speaker: Tiago Costa

Tiago Costa is an IT Consultant in Microsoft Technologies. For the past 15 years he has been architecting and developing solutions for clients using Azure, Office 365, SharePoint, .Net and SQL Server. He has a strong real world experience and regularly teaches Azure, Office 365, SharePoint, .Net and SQL Server classes across Europe and other worldwide locations. Tiago detains several Microsoft Certifications and he is also MCT – Microsoft Certified Trainer. In 2013 he was nominated MCT Regional Lead – Portugal by Microsoft Corp and has been renewed every year including in 2016.

In 2016 he has been awarded with the MVP Award in Office Server and Services for his community efforts in sharing his knowledge and experience. This award gives him the opportunity to go even further in getting more opportunities to share is passion for SharePoint and Office 365 Development.

He enjoys diving into new technologies and then share his experience at conferences and training classes, but what excites him about is work is to help others exploring new frontiers in technology and to become better developers. His little free-time is spent with his family in a city near the sunny Lisbon, Portugal and building some geek projects.