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Published inOct 2021
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Richard Young
Richard Young
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Richard Young

Richard Young has been working in IT for over 35 years and is currently a principal consultant in the professional services division of Lenovo Global Technologies, covering EMEA. He works closely with customers to assist them in their journey to the cloud with a focus on hybrid cloud, especially focused on Microsoft Azure. His role covers both the strategy and deployment of hybrid cloud using Microsoft Azure Stack Hub and Azure Stack HCI. He holds both MCSE and MCSA certifications for Azure. He holds the MCPD certification for .NET development for the cloud, from back when he was a developer. He has been involved in multiple deployments of Azure Stack Hub throughout Europe over the last few years. He is a husband, father, and grandfather.
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Exploring the AZ-600 exam requirements

Along with our introduction to Microsoft Azure Stack Hub, I want to also run through the requirements for the AZ-600 exam from Microsoft. The Microsoft Exam AZ-600: Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack Hub, is aimed at Microsoft Azure administrators or Microsoft Azure Stack Hub operators who are looking to provide cloud services to their end customers from their own data center. If you wish to pass the AZ-600 exam, it is worth noting the skills that are to be measured. The remainder of this book will work as an aid in preparation for this exam and will cover all the relevant skills that are to be measured.

The following skill measurements have been taken from the Microsoft exam website and are intended to illustrate how the skill is assessed. This is by no means an exhaustive list and will be subject to change by Microsoft over time.

Provide services (30 - 35%)

The first area to look at for the exam is the provision of services, which includes Azure Marketplace and its service offerings. This will account for 30 – 35% of the exam:

  • Manage Azure Stack Hub Marketplace:

    Populate Azure Stack Hub Marketplace in a disconnected environment

    Create a custom Azure Stack Hub Marketplace item

    Manage the life cycle for Azure Stack Hub Marketplace items

  • Offer an App Services resource provider:

    Plan an App Services resource provider deployment

    Deploy an App Service resource provider

    Update an App Services resource provider

    Scale roles based on capacity requirements

    Rotate App Services secrets and certificates

    Manage worker tiers

    Back up App Services

  • Offer an Event Hub resource provider:

    Plan an Event Hub resource provider deployment

    Deploy an Event Hub resource provider

    Update an Event Hub resource provider

    Rotate Event Hub secrets and certificates

  • Offer services:

    Create and manage quotas

    Create and manage plans

    Create and manage offers

    Create and manage usage subscriptions

    Change user subscription owner

  • Manage usage and billing:

    Set up usage data reporting

    View and retrieve usage data by using the Usage API

    Manage usage and billing in multi-tenant and CSP scenarios

Implement data center integration (15 – 20%)

For the exam, you also need to have an appreciation of the deployment process, especially when it comes to networking and certificates. This part of the exam is going to account for 15 – 20% of the questions:

  • Prepare for Azure Stack Hub deployment:

    Recommend a name resolution strategy

    Recommend a public and internal IP strategy

    Recommend a data center firewall integration strategy

    Recommend an identity provider

    Validate identity provider integration

    Configure the time server (NTP)

  • Manage infrastructure certificates for Azure Stack Hub:

    Recommend a certificates strategy

    Validate the certificates

    Run a secret rotation PowerShell cmdlet for external certificates

  • Manage Azure Stack Hub registration:

    Recommend a registration model

    Register in a connected environment

    Register in a disconnected environment

    Re-register

Manage identity and access (10 – 15%)

As part of the AZ-600 exam, you will also need understand how to manage and configure access, which includes service principals. This will equate to 10 – 15% of the questions you are likely to see when you take the exam:

  • Manage multi-tenancy:

    Configure the Azure Stack Hub home directory

    Register the guest tenant directory with Azure Stack Hub

    Disable multi-tenancy

    Update the guest tenant directory

  • Manage access:

    Identify an appropriate method for access (service principal, users, and groups)

    Provision a service principal for Azure Stack Hub

    Recommend a permission model

    Configure access in Azure Stack Hub

    Create a custom role

Manage infrastructure (30 – 35%)

The final portion of the exam will focus on managing the Azure Stack Hub infrastructure, including capacity planning and monitoring health. It is likely to include questions around the update process and privileged endpoints. This portion of the exam will account for 30 – 35% of the questions you will see in the exam:

  • Manage system health:

    Recommend a monitoring strategy

    Monitor system health by using the REST API

    Include resource providers such as Event Hubs

    Monitor system health by using the Syslog server

    Manage field replacement or repair

    Configure automatic diagnostic log collection

    Collect diagnostic logs on demand by using PowerShell

    Configure Syslog forwarding for Azure Stack Hub infrastructure

  • Plan and configure Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR):

    Recommend a BCDR strategy

    Recommend a strategy for infrastructure backups

    Configure a storage target for infrastructure backups

    Configure certificates for infrastructure backups

    Configure a frequency and retention policy for infrastructure backups

  • Manage capacity:

    Plan for system capacity

    Manage partitioned GPUs

    Add nodes

    Manage storage capacity

    Add IP pools

  • Update infrastructure:

    Update Azure Stack Hub

    Download and import update packages manually

    Update Azure AD home directory

  • Manage Azure Stack Hub by using Privileged Endpoints:

    Connect to a privileged endpoint

    Configure the Cloud Admin user role

    Unlock a support session

    Close the session on the privileged endpoint

    Stop and start Azure Stack Hub

    Perform system diagnostics by using Test-AzureStack

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Richard Young

Richard Young has been working in IT for over 35 years and is currently a principal consultant in the professional services division of Lenovo Global Technologies, covering EMEA. He works closely with customers to assist them in their journey to the cloud with a focus on hybrid cloud, especially focused on Microsoft Azure. His role covers both the strategy and deployment of hybrid cloud using Microsoft Azure Stack Hub and Azure Stack HCI. He holds both MCSE and MCSA certifications for Azure. He holds the MCPD certification for .NET development for the cloud, from back when he was a developer. He has been involved in multiple deployments of Azure Stack Hub throughout Europe over the last few years. He is a husband, father, and grandfather.
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