Building Real World Labs in Azure Volume 1
Building Real World Labs in Azure Volume 1
About the Book
Are you interested in build lab, proof of concept, or development environments in Microsoft Azure. If so, this book is for you. You will start by setting up your first Microsoft Azure Subscription. Then, configure a Virtual Machine that will be used as a Nested Hyper-V Host. Further advanced configurations will see you enable external NAT Configurations and multiple real-world scenarios.
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Table of Contents
Foreword by Vinícius Apolinário iii
Acknowledgments iv
From Dave iv
About the Authors v
Dave Kawula – Microsoft MVP v
Cristal Kawula – Microsoft MVP vi
Emile Cabot – Microsoft MVP vii
Cary Sun – Microsoft MVP viii
Angus Sun – Special Guest Author ix
Contents x
Introduction 13
North American MVPDays Community Roadshow 13
Sample Files 14
Additional Resources 14
Chapter 1 16
Setting up your Azure Subscription from Scratch 16
Chapter 2 23
Building a Hyper-V Nested VM with Multiple Public IP Addresses in Azure 23
Building a Windows Server 2016 Virtual Machine 23
Creating Multiple Internal and External IP’s for the Lab 34
Enable Hyper-V in the LAB Virtual Machine 41
Configuring NAT Networking with one Public IP Address 49
Configuring NAT Networking with Multiple Public IP Address 52
Adding the IP Addreses to the lab Host (VM) 52
Configuring Routing and Remote Access on the Azure Nested Virtual Machine 56
Configure NAT Rules in RRAS for the Lab 64
Disable Windows Firewall 71
Create a NAT Rule in the Azure NSG for the Lab 73
Testing the NAT Rules in the lab 79
Using PowerShell to automate RRAS NAT Rule Configurations 84
Chapter 3 87
Configuring a Sophos XG Firewall in your Lab 87
Build a Virtual Machine for the Router 88
Install the Sophos XG Appliance 101
Configuring the Sophos XG Firewall Appliance 112
Chapter 4 124
Scenario 1 – Using BigDemo to Build your Lab 124
Lab Server Names 124
Building the Lab with BigDemo_Insider.PS1 126
Chapter 5 131
Scenario 2 – Testing Storage Spaces Direct with Windows Server Labs 131
Chapter 6 132
Scenario 3 – Testing Kemp Load Balancer in your Lab 132
Chapter 7 133
Scenario 4 – Building a Highly Available RDSH Farm with PowerShell 133
Chapter 8 134
Scenario 5 – Testing Veeam Backup and Replication in your Lab 134
Chapter 16 135
Join us at MVPDays and meet great MVP’s like this in person 135
Live Presentations 135
Video Training 135
Live Instructor-led Classes 136
Consulting Services 136
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