Another session on Microsoft Azure, this time for our Swedish partners. It was a 2 day workshop organized by Ingram Micro Sweden. The group was compiled of experienced IT Pros. Primary focus of the training is on Infrastructure-as-a-Service model, with demos and hands on labs focusing on predefined scenarios in operating, planning, creating and configuring the IaaS environment.Day 1 was focused on Azure Fundamentals: Welcome and introduction, Azure Portal, Resource Groups, Storage Accounts, Virtual networks and Network Interfaces (incl PIP, VPN, Gateways and Peering), Network Security Groups, Virtual Machines, VM Extensions, Scale and Availability Sets, Load Balancer, Traffic Manager.
Day 2, after the wrap up of Day 1 and discussion, we jump started with Frank Smits session on the Cloud Adoption and the 4R's that are important for Ingram Micro Partners. The rest of the day was reserved for EasyAzure Blueprints - WordPress Multi-tier app, Acronis Backup Blueprints Remote Desktop Services (Small Business Server Replacement) and CheckPoint Blueprints. We spiced up things with short presentation on what's new in Microsoft azure or what's coming in near future, as well as Azure Calculator session.
KUDOS to Tony Arlestal for organizing this and inviting me for the workshop. Had quite a few discussion on solution designs, real world problems, and did quite a brainstorming with the group.
