Hands-On Azure Labs: Building Redundant Cloud Solutions

Lab Overview

In this lab, you will use Azure’s Run Command feature to install Internet Information Services (IIS) on the newly created WEST01 VM, without needing direct remote desktop access. This remote approach enhances security by limiting the VM’s public exposure and is a best practice for efficiently managing VM configurations at scale.

Learning Objectives

By completing this lab, you will be able to:

• • Access the Run Command feature in the Azure portal for the WEST01 VM.
  • Execute a PowerShell command to install the IIS web server role.
  • Validate that IIS is installed correctly on WEST01 (e.g., by returning to Azure and confirming installation logs).
  • Understand secure, hands-off ways to configure Azure VMs via the portal rather than exposing RDP/SSH access.

Exam Relevance

These deployment automation and security concepts are relevant to:

• • AZ-104 (Azure Administrator): Confirms your capability to manage VMs and apply remote configurations securely and efficiently.
  • AZ-305 (Azure Solutions Architect): Reinforces designing secure and automated deployment pipelines for cloud resources.