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• We aim to cover every scenario that can help Azure Administrators in certification and work. 100+ recipes already uploaded, 300+ identified, and more being identified.

Available Recipes:

Module 1 - Administer Identity

1. Registering a Device to Microsoft Entra
2. Managing Device Identities Using Azure Portal
3. Implementing Self Service Password Reset
4. Creating Users in Microsoft Entra
5. Implementing Role Assignments in Microsoft Entra
6. Configuring External Collaboration Settings in Microsoft Entra
7. Creating Bulk Users in Microsoft Entra ID Using Azure Portal
8. Deleting Bulk Users in Microsoft Entra ID
9. Creating Groups with Assigned Membership Type in Microsoft Entra
10. Adding Owner to the Microsoft Entra Groups
11. Configuring the Expiration Policy for Microsoft 365 Groups
12. Assigning a License to a User in Microsoft Entra
13. Creating and Adding Users to Azure Administrative Units
14. Setting Up a Google Identity Provider in Microsoft Entra
15. Disabling Security Default
16. Creating a Conditional Access Policy for MFA from Azure Portal
17. Creating a Conditional Access Policy for MFA from Microsoft Entra Portal
18. Creating Access Review in Azure Portal
19. Making a Role Eligible for Assignment Through PIM
20. Activating Roles through PIM

Module 2 - Administer Governance and Compliance

1. Creating a Free Tier Azure Account
2. Creating an Azure Resource Group
3. Adding Tags to a Resource Group
4. Azure Policy Application and Resource Tagging
5. Managing Resource Tags and Policy Enforcement in Azure
6. Assigning Policy Definition for Tag Compliance
7. Restricting Azure SQL Server Creation to a Specific Resource Group using Azure Policy
8. Azure Resource Governance with Policies Restricting Virtual Network Creation
9. Creating Azure Custom Policy
10. Creating a Policy Initiative Definition
11. Retrieving Compliance Data
12. Assigning Azure Policy for Allowing Virtual Machine SKUs
13. Enforcing Compliance with Azure Policy Assignments
14. Remediate Non-Compliance Resources with Azure Policy
15. Creating an Azure Custom Role
16. Managing Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) in Virtual Networks
17. Assigning Contributor Role to a User at Subscription Level
18. Configuring Azure Logic App Permissions
19. Granting Owner and Reader Roles for Data Access

Module 3 - Administer Azure Resources

1. Managing Azure Resources by Using Azure Portal
2. Managing Azure Resources by Using Azure PowerShell
3. Managing Azure Resources by using Azure CLI
4. Managing Azure resources by using ARM Templates
5. Creating a Resource Group by using Azure Bicep Templates
6. Deploying Virtual Machines and Networking Resources from cloudshell

Module 4 - Administer​ Virtual Networking

1. Creating an Azure Virtual Network
2. Creating a VNet with AzureBastionSubnet
3. Adding a Subnet
4. Creating a Public IP address
5. Associating Public IP Address to Virtual Machine
6. Associating an Existing Public IP Address to Virtual Machine
7. Associating an Additional Public IP Address to Virtual Machine
8. Changing Private IP Address of Virtual Machine to Static
9. Creating an NSG and Associating with Subnet
10. Creating NSG Rules and Accessing VM
11. Comparing Priority Rule on Subnet NSG and Deny Rule on VM NIC NSG
12. Creating Application Security Groups
13. Creating a DNS Zone and Adding Record set
14. Configuring Private DNS Zone
15. Enabling DNS Resolution Across Unpeered Azure VNets
16. Enabling DNS Resolution Across Peered Azure VNets
17. Adding a VNet to Multiple Private DNS Zones
18. Creating a Virtual Network Gateway
19. Adding a Resource Lock to VNET
20. Generating Certificates for Point to Site in a Windows Machine
21. Setting up Point to Site VPN in Entra ID
22. Configuring and Testing NAT Gateway
23. Creating Public IP Prefix

Module 5 - Administer Intersite Connectivity

1. Creating and Testing Virtual Network Peering
2. Configuring VPN Gateway Transit with Virtual Network Peering
3. Global Vnet Peering Across Two Regions
4. Configuring Gateway Transit with Virtual Network Peering for Point to Site VPN
5. Creating a Route table and Adding a Route
6. Associating a Route Table to a Subnet
7. Configuring Firewall and Virtual Network Settings for Azure Storage Accounts
8. Configuring and Testing Private Endpoints for Azure Storage Accounts
9. Creating Service Endpoints to a Storage Account from a Virtual Network
10. Creating Private Links to a SQL Server from a Virtual Network 
11. Configuring Azure CNI Networking for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
12. Creating a SQL Database Server
13. Module 6 - Administer​ Network Traffic

1. Creating a Public Load Balancer
2. Creating an Internal Load Balancer
3. Adding the Backend Pool in Azure Load Balancer
4. Creating and Verifying the Health Probe
5. Adding a Load-Balancing Rule
6. Creating an Application Gateway
7. Setting Up and Implementing URL Routing in Azure Application Gateway
8. Using Next hop in Azure Network Watcher
9. Troubleshooting VM Network issues using IP Flow Verify
10. Using Network watcher to test VM network connectivity
11. Using NSG Diagnostics to troubleshoot VM Connectivity issues

Module 7 - Administer Azure Storage​

1. Creating an Azure Storage Account
2. Creating an Azure Storage Account with Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS)
3. Setting up an Azure Storage Account with Read-Access Geo-Redundant Storage (RA-GRS)
4. Using the Blob Service to Store Data
5. Exploring Azure Blob Storage Access Tiers
6. Configuring a Lifecycle Management Policy - Azure Storage
7. Creating Blob Versions in Azure Storage account
8. Creating Blob Snapshots in Azure Storage account
9. Azure Storage Accounts - Object Replication
10. Automating Snapshot Creation for Blobs with Azure PowerShell
11. Integrating Blob storage with Azure Data Factory
12. Creating Service Endpoints from a Storage Account
13. Accessing Storage Accounts Using Azure Storage Explorer
14. Accessing Storage Accounts via keys in Storage Explorer
15. Securing Access to Azure Storage Explorer with Shared Access Signatures
16. Creating Azure Storage Access policies
17. Leveraging Azure key Vault for Storage Account Encryption
18. Enabling Encryption for Azure Storage using Customer-Managed Keys
19. Implementing Azure Disk Encryption for Managed Disk
20. Exporting Blob Data from Azure Storage to Local Machine with AzCopy
21. Copying Large Datasets with AzCopy
22. Creating an Azure File Share
23. Connecting an Azure File Share to a Virtual Machine and Managing Files
24. Implementing Azure File Share Soft Delete
25. Configuring Azure File Sync
26. Setting Up Azure File Sync – Server Registration
27. Integrating Azure file shares with Azure AD Domain services
28. Using shared access signature-blob level
29. Exporting Blob Data from Azure Storage to Local Machine with AzCopy
30. Configuring Persistent Storage for Azure Container Instance with Microsoft SQL Server using Azure Files

Module 8 - Administer Azure Virtual Machines

1. Creating an Azure Virtual Machine with Windows OS
2. Creating a Virtual Machine with Ubuntu OS
3. Connecting to an Azure Virtual Machine using RDP
4. Creating and Using the Bastion Service for Accessing a Windows VM
5. Deploying Docker on a Linux Virtual Machine (Ubuntu)
6. Using a Custom Image to Create a New Virtual Machine
7. Enabling Ping in Azure VMs
8. Using Public IP Prefixes with Virtual Machines
9. Assigning a User-Assigned Managed Identity to An Existing VM
10. Configuring iSCSI Storage Server on a Windows Virtual Machine
11. Connecting, Initializing and Accessing the iSCSI Target Disk from a Domain Controller
12. Moving VM from One Subnet to Another Subnet
13. Connecting to a Linux Virtual Machine through PuTTY
14. Creating an Availability Set
15. Adding VM to an Availability Set
16. Resizing Virtual Machines in an Availability Set
17. Attaching a Disk to a VM
18. Setting Up a Domain Controller in Azure
19. Integrating a Windows Server VM with a Managed Domain in Microsoft Entra Service
20. Moving VM Between Virtual Networks with Disk Retention
21. Transferring a Disk from One VM to Another VM
22. Redeploying Windows Virtual Machine to a New Azure Node
23. Creating a User-Assigned Managed Identity
24. Enabling and Disabling the System-Assigned Managed Identity for VM
25. Provisioning VM with ARM Templates from PowerShell
26. Creating a Virtual Machine Scale Set
27. Using ARM Templates for Fault and Update Domain Configuration
28. Configuring Virtual Machine Extensions
29. Configuring Custom Script Extensions
30. Setting up IIS Server on a Windows VM on Azure
31. Configure Virtual Machine Scale Sets with Extensions
32. Implementing Desire State Configuration

Module 9 - Administer PaaS Compute Options​

1. Creating a Web App on Azure Portal
2. Setting Up a Sample Dotnet Application on Local Using VS Code
3. Deploying a Web App from VS Code
4. Configuring Deployment Slots with Preview Swap in Azure Web Apps
5. Configuring Auto Swap Deployment in Azure Web Apps
6. Configuring Deployment Slots with Preview Swap in Azure Web Apps
7. Creating an Azure Logic App
8. Creating App Service Plan for Web Apps
9. Configuring App Service Scaling
10. Creating Azure Container Apps
11. Creating Azure Container Groups
12. Deploying an Azure Container Instance using Azure Resource Manager template
13. Deploying a YAML File to an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Cluster

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