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Azure Infrastructure Fundamentals Webinars – part 2

Posted on by Arnaud

In this article we continue to review our online sessions covering Azure Infrastructure fundamentals that went live couple of weeks ago. Please find below the links to the sessions, the slides, demos and step by steps guides to reproduce the demos!

 

Session 3: Azure Backup and Disaster Recovery

Azure Site Recovery and Backup are two features that allow you to easily build Disaster Recovery and Backup plans. In this session, we will review the different options that are available to build a DRP that you can rely on.

Session on demand: https://info.microsoft.com/AP-AzureINFRA-WBNR-FY18-03Mar-28-AzureSiteRecoveryAzureBackup-MCW0004394_02OnDemandRegistration-ForminBody.html

Slides:

Demos:
1. Backup

2. Disaster recovery

Demos references:

 

Session 4: Azure Compliance and security

The security and compliance session review the fundamentals of Azure security in both technical and non-technical terms. After a review of certification against the best in class policies and procedures, we will spend some time reviewing the technologies that customers can leverage to deploy solutions.

Session on demand: https://info.microsoft.com/AP-AzureINFRA-WBNR-FY18-03Mar-07-AzureSecurityandCompliance-MCW0004574_01Registration-ForminBody.html

Slides:

Demos:
1. Azure Security Center

2. Azure Key Vault

Demo references:

That’s it for today, in the next post, more details on the other episodes of the serie!

Arnaud

Getting started with – Azure Backup

Posted on by Arnaud

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We continue our series of “Getting Started” articles, with most up-to-date information I use with Microsoft Partners and customers when enabling them with Azure infrastructure services. I follows the same structure which is: getting started, training videos if available, then reference architectures, capacity planning and pricing information.

Backup is generally not creating a lot of excitement in IT teams, that’s the very least we can say. The fundamentally difficult parts of it are:

  1. defining data retention and archival policies.
  2. defining the appropriate sizing for the solution.
  3. executing the offsite data copy policy.

I’m not even talking about testing the restore of the backup, because people usually don’t do it Winking smile

Here’s really why Azure can help:

  1. You only have to size for the local backup storage system, archival is done is the cloud.
  2. With all hidden costs of tape systems included like offsite processing, storage on cloud is very likely to be always cheaper than any on-premises storage.
  3. You can easily test restoring data in a separate and isolated environment.
  4. You can easily backup files on servers and client with a small backup agent
  5. You can easily backup your applications running on Hyper-V on Vmware with Azure Backup Server.

Here’s what you need to get started building solutions on Azure:

Overview video

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/videos/what-is-azure-backup/

Overview article

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-introduction-to-azure-backup

Training Videos:

https://mva.microsoft.com/en-us/training-courses/hybrid-cloud-workloads-storage-and-backup-8335?l=QeQ9Uyay_6204984382

Pricing reference:

http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/backup/

Technical References:

Azure Virtual Machine Backup: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/backup-azure-vms/

Microsoft Azure Backup: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/backup-azure-backup-windows-server/

Microsoft Azure Backup Server: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/backup-azure-dpm-introduction/

Architecture references:

Azure Backup Limitations – http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/28395.azure-backup-limits.aspx

Security features for protecting hybrid backups using Azure Backup – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-security-feature

Third parties’ backup solutions supporting Azure

Commvault – https://www.commvault.com/solutions/by-technology/virtual-machine-and-cloud/microsoft-azure

Veaam – https://www.veeam.com/cloud-connect.html

Veritas – https://www.veritas.com/solution/azure

Service updates information

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/?product=backup

When you have deployed the solution and want to go further with Automation, there’s a pretty nice course on Microsoft OpenEDX: https://openedx.microsoft.com/courses/course-v1:Microsoft+AZURE210x+2016_T4/about 

If you want to get started on Azure the good way, you can register to IT Pro Cloud Essentials, it includes online trainings, MCP vouchers and  monthly free credits to use Azure: https://www.microsoft.com/itprocloudessentials/en-US 

Feel free to connect with me and provide feedbacks!

Arnaud