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Looking to #LevelUpAzure? Watch Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Chief Technology Officer, Azure, as he kicks off a series of Azure IaaS training sessions for IT Professionals. In these sessions, Senior Technical Evangelist Rick Claus and members of Azure Engineering dive deep into technologies critical for IT Pro Implementers, like you, to help you better understand and build your foundational cloud skills. Experts share their deep technical insights on these topics and help prepare you to take Exam 70-533: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions for Microsoft Azure Specialist Certification. Join the conversation on Twitter using #LevelUpAzure.

In this session, hear from Mark Russinovich and explore Azure IaaS virtual machines, inside and out. Learn to optimize your Windows Server workloads on Azure, and dig into IaaS architecture and management best practices.

Instructors | Rick Claus - Microsoft Senior Technical Evangelist; Mark Russinovich - Microsoft Chief Technology Officer, Azure; Corey Sanders - Microsoft Azure Group Program Manager; Drew McDaniel - Microsoft Azure Principal Program Manager Lead

View from the CTO: Mark Russinovich, CTO - Azure

Hear Mark Russinovich share his views on what Azure is today and where Microsoft is taking it in the future. As one of the most trusted Technical Fellows at Microsoft and with his new role as CTO for Azure, Mark has a unique perspective on how Azure is architected and what individuals can do to get the most out of this platform.

Azure IaaS Virtual Machines Inside Out

Who better than Corey Sanders to walk through the nuts and bolts of Azure IaaS and how it works for IT professionals, especially since Corey leads the team that designed and created Azure IaaS and is very passionate about all that it can do. Go from the fundamentals to advanced configurations on how to use and interact with your systems.

Optimize Your Windows Server Workloads on Azure

Learn from Drew McDaniel, as he picks up where Corey leaves off, going deeper still and focusing on the specifics of how to get the most from your Windows workloads on Azure IaaS.

Inside IaaS Architecture Best Practices and Management

Get answers to questions on designing your IaaS implementations for optimal performance, maximum redundancy, and geo-diversity and on how new machine series can gain you better performance and can leverage new hardware capabilities in your datacenters. Learn how to design your systems to minimize reboots and downtime due to user error or planned maintenance.

Recommended Resources and Next Steps

Take this opportunity to dive deeper into Azure IaaS technical fundamentals, at your own pace.

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Understand and build foundational cloud skills.

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