This talk covers:

• Azure Networking Fundamentals (VNets, Network Security Groups, Firewall)
• Hybrid Connectivity (ExpressRoute, Site-to-Site VPN)
• Service Endpoints
• Private Link
• Azure Bastion

About the Speaker:
Andres Urrutia, Sr. Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft

Andres has over 15 years of experience in the technology space. He currently works as a Senior Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft helping customers in the South East modernize their applications and migrate the on-premises infrastructure to Azure. Andres is a problem solver who is also interested in the fields of automation, data science and artificial intelligence. He attended University of Florida (go Gators!) and he is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Analytics and Data Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

This talk covers:

• How Platform as a Service is different than Infrastructure as a Service
• Azure App Service offering
• Deploying web solutions into Azure App Services
• Auto Scale, Deployment Slots, Testing in Production
• Web Apps for Containers

About the Speaker:
Luis Caligaris Garcia, Sr. Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft

I am a developer with over 20 years of experience creating solutions for a variety of sector like Web Conferencing, Market Research and Financial Sector. I really enjoy helping teams transform their development and operational practices adopting a more cloud native approach and providing them with the tools to transform their company from the inside out.

Topic:
Lap Around the Portal

Series:
Continuing our introductory Azure Fundamentals Series
Azure Fundamentals introduces cloud services, and how these services are provided by Microsoft Azure.

This talk covers:
– Azure Active Directory: How Azure AD ties everything Microsoft Cloud together (Office 365, Power BI, Dynamics), AD Connect, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
– Virtual Machines: Sizing, Deploying, Connecting-to and Protecting your VMs
– App Service: Deploying web sites and applications
– Cloud Shell: How to start using it


About the Speaker:
Darius Liktorius, Cloud Architect @ Cognizant Softvision

Darius has over twenty years of hands-on technical and managerial experience in Solutions Architecture, Performance Optimization, Database Administration & Optimization, Infrastructure Engineering, Software Development and Cloud Solutions (both Azure and AWS). He has advanced numerous organizations from startups to non-profits and Fortune 100 enterprises through the use of technology, and mentored hundreds of developers, DBAs and engineers.

This talk covers:
– General cloud computing concepts, models, and services such as:
– Public, Private, and Hybrid clouds
– Infrastructure, Platform, and Software as a Service
– Core Azure products, services and tools for security, privacy, compliance, and trust

This talk is based on the content covered by the AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals exam.