Interactive lab simulation

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Lab scenario

Your organization is migrating storage to Azure. As the Azure Administrator you need to:

• Evaluate the use of Azure storage for storing files. These files are currently residing in on-premises data stores.
• Minimize the cost of storage by placing less frequently accessed files in lower-priced storage tiers.
• Explore different protection mechanisms that Azure Storage offers, including network access, authentication, authorization, and replication.
• Determine to what extent Azure Files service might be suitable for hosting your on-premises file shares.

Architecture diagram

Objectives

• Task 1: Create the infrastructure environment.
  • Use a template to create the virtual networks and virtual machines. You can review the lab template.
  • Use Azure PowerShell to deploy the template.
• Task 2: Create and configure Azure Storage accounts.
  • Create a storage account.
  • Configure the storage account to include redundancy and access tiers.
• Task 3: Manage blob storage.
  • Create a private Blob container.
  • Upload a file into the container.
• Task 4: Manage authentication and authorization for Azure Storage.
  • Generate a shared access signature (SAS) with limited time access.
  • Verify the SAS is working correctly.
• Task 5: Create and configure an Azure Files share.
  • Create a file and connect to it.
  • Use Azure PowerShell to add items to the file share.
• Task 6: Manage network access for Azure Storage.
  • Limit access to the Azure storage account from only specific IP addresses.
  • Confirm access is denied from the Cloud Shell.

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