Hands-On Azure Labs: Building Redundant Cloud Solutions

Lab Overview

In this lab, you will deploy the second Windows Server 2019 VM in the East US region, EAST02, and place it into the same availability set as EAST01. By running multiple VMs under a single load balancer and availability set, you not only scale your application but also mitigate the risk of downtime if one VM experiences hardware or software issues.

Learning Objectives

By completing this lab, you will be able to:

• • Create and configure a Windows Server 2019 VM (EAST02) in East US.
  • Add EAST02 to the existing availability set for redundancy and fault tolerance.
  • Set up a NIC NSG inbound rule to allow HTTP (port 80) traffic.
  • Add EAST02 to the LB-East backend pool, ensuring balanced load distribution across multiple VMs.

Exam Relevance

These configuration steps align with:

• • AZ-104 (Azure Administrator): Shows your capability to deploy and manage virtual machines in high-availability configurations.
  • AZ-305 (Azure Solutions Architect): Demonstrates your knowledge of designing multi-VM, fault-tolerant solutions for mission-critical workloads.