Summary

In this chapter, we learned some basics surrounding NSGs, ASGs, Azure service tags, and the Azure Storage Firewall as a recommended approach to establishing a layered security model. We also learned how to manage and recover BitLocker encrypted volumes, enable storage encryption using ADE, and successfully manage and secure disk encryption keys using Azure Key Vault for IaaS VMs and VM scale sets.

In the next section, and specifically in Chapter 7, Implementing a Windows Server Failover Cluster, we will learn how to design, configure, and manage a Windows Server failover cluster. We will cover how to successfully establish the building blocks for a Windows Server failover cluster, configure various storage options, and successfully configure the appropriate network settings for the failover cluster. Finally, we will learn how to configure cluster workload options, including details on when and how to use cluster sets and scale-out file servers to achieve continuously available...