Loblackhawk/TeachingTool

Introduction

Course Introduction and Requirements This Teaching Tool has been created to aid in the teaching of Windows Azure. The course is divided into 7 separate modules. These modules will take you through the creation or virtual networks and virtual machines to having a site hosted on one machine and view-able on another. Assessment For this course you will be required to create a google document (and share it with me) to describe how you have gone about creating the network and site, also this is where you will answer the homework research questions. Guide This is where help can be found.

Overview

The Objectives By the end of this page you will be able to: Create a virtual network that can host and display a website. Understand the components of a virtual network. Understand the roles and features required to make a virtual network. Understand and use web development languages.

Activities

Week 1 Activities This week you will be learning how to: Login to Microsoft Azure and create a virtual network. Homework Make an entry into your google doc regarding the following points: Discuss what is a virtual network. If you are having issues setting up the virtual network, help can be found here

Week 2 Activities This week you will be learning how to: Create a new Virtual Machine in Windows Azure. Homework Make an entry into your google doc regarding the following points: What is a virtual machine? List 3 programs/software that use virtual machines. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of virtual machines over physical machines. If you are having issues setting up the virtual machine, help can be found here

Week 3 Activities This week you will be learning how to: Assign a static IP Address to the newly created machine. Homework Make an entry into your google doc regarding the following points: What is powershell script? What is a static IP address and why is it important? If you are having issues setting the static IP address, help can be found here

Week 4 Activities This week you will be learning how to: Install Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and Domain Name System (DNS) Homework Make an entry into your google doc regarding the following points: What is Active Directory? What is Domain Name System? If you are having issues installing Active Directory and/or DNS, help can be found here

Week 5 Activities This week you will be learning how to: Create a new virtual machine for the web server. Homework Make an entry into your google doc regarding the following points: What is a web server? What operating system do most web servers use? If you are having issues creating a virtual machine, help can be found here

Week 6 Activities This week you will be learning how to: Install Internet Information Services (IIS) onto the newly created virtual machine. Homework Make an entry into your google doc regarding the following points: What is Internet Information Services (IIS). How commonly is Internet Information Services (IIS) used in the world. If you are having issues installing Internet Information Services (IIS), help can be found here

Week 7 Activities This week you will be learning how to: Create a site on the Web Server that is view-able from another machine. Homework Make an entry into your google doc regarding the following points: What is Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML)? What is Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)? If you are having issues creating a site and viewing it from another machine, help can be found here

Assignment Hand-in

Week 8 Assignment Hand-in Now that all the activities are complete, your google document that has your weekly entries and homework research point are now due. (Note I will be to tell if changes have been made after the due date.)