HPE Azure Local Essentials

H45WBS

Course ID

H45WBS

Duration

3 days

Format

ILT/VILT

Overview

This course is designed to provide IT professionals and system administrators with an in-depth understanding of Azure Local integrated with Azure Arc, covering architecture, deployment, networking, security, monitoring, and hybrid cloud use cases. Participants will learn to design, deploy, and manage Azure Local clusters, integrate Azure services, and implement governance and disaster recovery strategies.


Course ID

H45WBS

Duration

3 days

Format

ILT/VILT

  • Audience

    This course is ideal for:

    • IT professionals, system administrators, and cloud architects who are new to hybrid cloud solutions and want to understand the fundamentals of Azure Local and hybrid infrastructure
    • IT infrastructure planners, system engineers, and cloud consultants responsible for designing and planning Azure Local cluster deployments
    • IT administrators and system engineers who will handle the installation, configuration, and ongoing management of Azure Local environments
    • Network administrators, security engineers, and IT professionals responsible for securing systems and managing networking configurations in hybrid environments
    • System administrators, cloud operations engineers, and IT support teams tasked with maintaining, monitoring, and optimizing Azure Local clusters
    • Cloud architects, backup administrators, and disaster recovery specialists responsible for integrating Azure services, implementing governance, and designing backup and recovery strategies
  • Objectives

    After completing this course, you should be able to:

    • Understand Azure Stack Local concepts, architecture, use cases, and explore the benefits of Azure Local for hybrid cloud and on-premises solutions
    • Know the hardware and software prerequisites for Azure Local, and understand security requirements and capacity planning
    • Identify steps in Azure Local deployment process, and understand networking architecture and Configuration best practices
    • Networking architecture: Dual ToR, VLANs, RDMA.Network ATC, SET teaming, SMB Multichannel S2D overview and rack-aware clusters
    • Understand identity integration with AD DS and Microsoft Entra Implement RBAC and IAM for Azure Local
    • Learn to monitor Azure Local using Azure Portal and WAC Configure alerts and manage lifecycle Operations
    • Understand governance and compliance with Azure Policy, and earn backup and disaster recovery Strategies
    • Understand AKS deployment on Azure Local Explore hybrid DevOps workflows with GitOps andARM templates

  • Course outline

Module 1: Introduction to Azure Local


  • Core components: Hyper-V, S2D, Arc, WAC, Azure Portal
  • Use cases and architectural overview

Module 2: Infrastructure Requirements


  • Validated hardware, CPU/Memory/Storage limits
  • Security requirements: TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, VBS
  • Capacity and resiliency planning

Module 3: Planning and Configuring Azure Local


  • Networking architecture: Dual ToR, VLANs, RDMA
  • Network ATC, SET teaming, SMB Multichannel
  • S2D overview and rack-aware clusters

Module 4: Networking and Security Configuration


  • Identity: AD DS and Microsoft Entra integration
  • RBAC and IAM for Azure Local
  • Security defaults, BitLocker, SMB signing

Module 5: Monitoring and Managing Azure Local


  • Windows Admin Center integration
  • Azure Monitor Insights, Metrics, Alerts, Workbooks
  • Update Manager and lifecycle operations

Module 6: Compliance, Governance, and Backup Solutions


  • Azure Policy for governance
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery

Module 7: Containers and Kubernetes on Azure Local


  • AKS on Azure Local via Azure Arc
  • Cluster deployment, Node pools, and RBAC
  • Hybrid DevOps with GitOps/ARM/Bicep

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  • Lab outline

Lab 1:Introduction to Azure Local

Lab 2: Azure Local Deployment & Resources

Lab 3: Managing Access Control (IAM) on Azure Local

Lab 4: Azure Local VM Management

Lab 5: Windows Admin Center on Azure Local

Lab 6: Operations & Security on Azure Local

Lab 7: Run AKS on Azure Local

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