A basic overview and introduction to what Azure is

1. Azure Introduction
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2. What is Azure?
Your on demand data
centre

3. Reseller Azure Customer Azure
VMs Storage Backup
Customer 1 Customer 2 Customer 3 On Prem
VMs Backup SQL
VPN

5. Platform Services
Security &
Management
Infrastructure Services
Web Apps
Mobile
Apps
API
Management
API
Apps
Logic
Apps
Notification
Hubs
Content Delivery
Network (CDN)
Media
Services
HDInsight Machine
Learning
Stream
Analytics
Data
Factory
Event
Hubs
Mobile
Engagement
Active
Directory
Multi-Factor
Authentication
Automation
Portal
Key Vault
Biztalk
Services
Hybrid
Connections
Service
Bus
Storage
Queues
Store /
Marketplace
Hybrid
Operations
Backup
StorSimple
Site
Recovery
Import/Export
SQL
Database
DocumentDB
Redis
Cache Search
Tables
SQL Data
Warehouse
Azure AD
Connect Health
AD Privileged
Identity
Management
Operational
Insights
Cloud
Services
Batch Remote App
Service
Fabric Visual Studio
Application
Insights
Azure SDK
Team Project
VM Image Gallery
& VM Depot

6. Licensing Azure

7. Azure purchasing options
Pay As You Go
Zero upfront cost, cancel
anytime.
No long-term commitment.
Purchase with credit card.
White Label
Set the price, the terms and
directly bill customers.
Directly provision and
manage subscriptions.
First point of contact for
customers needs.
Purchase through
Distributors.
Direct on
azure.microsoft.com
Cloud Solution Provider
Program
Flexible
Flexibility with Volume
Licensing through a
familiar vehicle for SMBs.
Opportunity for partners to
earn margins, incentives.
Purchase through
Distributors.
Open Licensing
Programs

8. Open
MOSP
Cloud Solution
Provider
• Lowest Barrier of Entry
• Low Accounts Receivable Risks
• No Requirements around “Value
Added” Services
Pay as you Go
• Zero upfront/cancel anytime
Commitment Plans
• $3000 min commitment
• Reseller billed for client consumption.
• Reseller handles customer billing
cycle.
• Receive product tools to directly
provision, manage and support
customer
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/offers/commitment-plans/

9. Azure in Open Licensing – key concepts
• All Open programs and customer types
• Existing Online Service (OLS) in Open process
• Available in countries with Azure Direct and Open Volume Licensing Program Partners
Eligibility
• Single SKU worth USD$100 in the Azure Portal (or local currency equivalent)
• Can purchase unlimited SKU’s that are issued onto single OSA Key
• No minimum or maximum for the number of OSA Keys a customer can purchase and
activate
• Prepaid service with the ability to purchase additional SKU’s and add funds at any time
• Use against any eligible consumption-based Azure service
• Azure Credit expires 12 months from activation date, but you have five years to activate
• No returns once service is activated in the Azure Portal
SKU
Terms

10. Estimating Azure costs
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/

11. Azure Partner IUR

12. Details
•Partners received free monthly Azure credits as part
of their benefits.
•To enable those free credits follow -
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3013414
•Activation walk through -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSh1erR9EgM
•Credits automatically renew each month.
•What are my IUR benefits? -
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2887467

13. Using Azure

14. Key Azure scenarios for small & midsize customers
Provide easy, scalable
data backup services
in the cloud
Data
Backup
Offer peace
of mind with ongoing
cloud-based DR
services
Disaster
Recovery
Quickly deploy and
manage customer
applications in the
cloud
Deployment in
VMs
Grow your business
helping customers
move their websites to
the cloud
Host
Websites
SharePoint SQL Server
Databases
Orders
Product
AP
Business
Applications
CRM Acct
HR
Virtual
Machines

15. A range of applications: file servers,
SQL Server, etc.
Encrypted backups and global, geo-
redundant datacenters
Long-term retention to address legal
discovery needs
No hardware and backup media costs—
and no restoration costs
Selling server backup in the cloud
Provide easy, affordable backup
and archival in the cloud
• Sell Microsoft Azure Backup as an ongoing
service with a recurring revenue stream
• Quickly and easily provision more storage
for your customers as needed
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16. Earn recurring revenues by offering
disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS)
Provide site deployment in minutes,
remote DR health monitoring, and
customizable recovery plan
Avoid the massive capital expense
of building your own DR infrastructure
Deliver an initial DR plan and then offer
ongoing testing and reporting services
Selling disaster recovery in the cloud
Sell powerful, affordable, and simple
disaster recovery (DR) in the cloud
• Offer your SMB customers peace of mind
with cloud-based disaster recovery
• Use Azure as your DR site and leverage automated
workload recovery
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Orchestration
& Replication
Microsoft Azure
Site Recovery
Primary
Site
Windows
Server

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Storage, backup, and disaster recovery:
how they work together
Protect your servers
and get your systems
back online quickly
• Keep a replica of the entire
server infrastructure—
updated in near real-time
• Get applications
and services
back up and
running in
minutes
Get fast, simple backup
and an easy way to
restore lost files
• Backup files to a
secondary location
• Quickly restore files
when accidentally
deleted or lost
• Retain files and
data for legal
requirements
Disaster RecoveryBackup
Get easy, economical
storage that can scale
as needed
• Scale up or down easily
to meet changing needs
• Access your data
from anywhere
• Use with a choice of
operating systems
Storage

18. Manage your customers’ websites
using the same familiar tools
across on-premises and cloud
environments
Leverage a fully-managed cloud
infrastructure that can scale as
needed to support the largest
peak loads
Hosting websites in the cloud
Grow your business helping customers
move their websites to the cloud with
Microsoft Azure
• Quickly build, deploy, and manage websites on
an open and flexible cloud platform
• Offer the peace of mind from hosting on a
global network of Microsoft-managed data
centers
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19. 19
Management consoles

20. Azure 101

21. Where to start
• I finally ‘get’ Azure - http://blog.ciaops.com/2014/04/i-finally-get-microsoft-azure.html
• Azure Desktop Backup - http://blog.ciaops.com/2014/12/azure-desktop-backup.html
• Azure Backup for Applications – http://blog.ciaops.com/2016/01/azure-backup-server-
for-applications.html
• Creating an Azure DC – http://blog.ciaops.com/2015/07/creating-domain-controller-in-
azure.html
• Azure Resource Manager Basics - http://blog.ciaops.com/2016/02/azure-resource-
manager-basics.html
• Creating an Azure SMB File Share - http://blog.ciaops.com/2016/01/creating-azure-
smb-file-share.html
• Introducing Microsoft Azure - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-
us/documentation/articles/fundamentals-introduction-to-azure/

22. Resources
• Azure Documentation - http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/
• Getting Started with Azure IaaS -
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2015/BRK2491
• Overview of Azure networking capabilities –
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2015/BRK2456
• Bring on the thunder, a lightning tour of the Azure Cloud for IT Pros –
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2015/BRK2500
• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals: Virtual Machines -
http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/microsoft-azure-fundamentals-
virtual-machines
• Azure Networking fundamentals - http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-
courses/azure-networking-fundamentals-for-it-pros
• Azure AD Cores Skills Jump Start - http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-
courses/azure-active-directory-core-skills-jump-start

23. CIAOPS Resources
• Blog – http://blog.ciaops.com
• Free SharePoint Training via email – http://bit.ly/cia-gs-spo
• Free Office 365, Azure Administration newsletter – http://bit.ly/cia-o365-tech
• Free Office 365, Azure video tutorials – http://www.youtube.com/directorciaops
• Free documents, presentations, eBooks – http://docs.com/ciaops
• Office 365, Azure, Cloud podcast – http://ciaops.podbean.com
• Office 365, Azure online training courses – http://www.ciaopsacademy.com
• Office 365 and Azure community – http://www.ciaopspatron.com
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