This HANDS-ON theory + practical course is intended for IT professionals and developers that wish to start working with or improve their knowledge of Azure virtual machines. The course starts at the very beginning, explaining what Azure is (and isn’t), administrative concepts, and then works through the fundamentals of virtual machines before looking at more advanced topics such as security, high availability, storage engineering, backup, disaster recovery, management/alerting, and automation.
Aidan has been teaching and assisting Microsoft partners in Ireland about Microsoft Azure since 2014. Over this time he has learned what customers are doing in Azure, and how they best get results. Combined with his own learning, and membership of the Microsoft Valuable Professional (MVP) program for Microsoft Azure, Aidan has a great deal of knowledge to share.
We deliberately keep the class small (maximum of 20) to allow for a more intimate environment where attendees can feel free to interact and ask questions.
Agenda
This course spans two days, running on July 5-6, 2018. The agenda is below.
Day 1 (09:30 – 18:30):
- Introducing Azure
- Tenants & subscriptions
- Azure administration
- Admin tools
- Intro to IaaS
- Storage
- Networking basics
Day 2 (09:30 – 16:00):
- Virtual machines
- Advanced networking
- Backup
- Disaster recovery
- JSON
- Diagnostics
- Monitoring & alerting
- Security Center
By the end of this course you should have new/additional knowledge to help you deploy business services using Azure virtual machines, with best practices on performance, security, and availability … in the real world.
Past Feedback
Here are some recent comments from courses that Aidan wrote and delivered:
“Aidan covers all the information and workarounds so that you know what not to do, rather than having to learn the hard way from your mistakes. Also happy to answer question and off-topic questions.”
“I found it very useful for my job. I especially liked that we covered aspects that weren’t in the course but provided useful context, e.g. applying learnings like MS Flow and MigAz. I learned a lot about networking - not just the tools but the aspects that the tools are applied to.”
“Excellent as always.”
The recent delivery of this class in London lead to the following feedback:
"… a fun two-day session and definitely recommended to anyone willing to dip their toes in the Azure waters."
"Thanks for the awesome course! Felt like I learnt a lot and only scratched the surface."
"Really valuable 2 days to build our knowledge."
The Venue
The location is the Lancaster Gate Hotel in London. This hotel is less than:
- 15 minutes’ walk from Paddington Station, which is the endpoint for the Heathrow Express train
- 7 minutes from Bayswater Tube station on the Circle and District lines
- 6 minutes from Queensway and Lancaster Gate Tube stations on the Central line
This hotel is also quite affordable to stay in, by London standards, and there are plenty of hotel and apartment options in the surrounding area.
Registration
The regular cost for this course is £799 per person. If you are registering more than one person, then the regular price will be £699 per person. A limited number of early bird tickets are available for £549.
You can pay for for the course by credit card (handled securely by Stripe) or PayPal on this site.
You can also pay by invoice/bank transfer by emailing contact@cloudmechanix.com. Payment by bank transfer must be received within 21 days of invoice - please allow 14 days for an international (to Ireland) bank transfer. We require the following information for invoice & bank transfer payment:
- The name and contact details (email and phone) for the person attending the course.
- Name & address of the company paying the course fee.
- A purchase Order (PO) number, if your company require this for services & purchases.
The cost includes tea/coffee and lunch. Please inform us in advance if you have any dietary requirements.
Terms & Conditions
The full payment includes a £150 deposit. If you cancel your place before June 5th then you will forfeit the deposit. The paid balance will be refunded. If you cancel on/after June 5th then the full fee will be forfeited.
Note that registrations can be transferred to another person for the same date. Registrations cannot be transferred to another course/date. Registrations for other courses/dates cannot be transferred to this course.
The course will require at least 4 attendees to continue – this course has more than met these requirements so it is definitely going ahead.
In the event of any course cancellation by the organizers, all attendees that met the above requirements will get a full refund, including the deposit.
Questions & Contact
If you have any questions then please email contact@cloudmechanix.com.
