Nutanix NCP-CI-Azure study plan

Explain how NC2 runs the Nutanix AHV hypervisor on Azure bare-metal instances and where the Prism Central control plane sits relative to the Azure subscription

Draw a labeled diagram of the NC2 on Azure reference architecture showing the cluster, the Azure resource group, the virtual network, and the management plane path

List the Azure prerequisites for an NC2 deployment (subscription permissions, region support, quota, bare-metal SKU availability) and check them against a sample tenant

Describe how NC2 clusters register with Nutanix and identify which traffic flows leave the Azure virtual network

Walk through the end-to-end NC2 cluster creation workflow in Prism Central and note each decision point and its default

Compare the networking options available when attaching an NC2 cluster to Azure (VNet peering, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute) and pick the right one for three stated scenarios

Configure a sample address plan covering management, AHV host, CVM, and guest VM subnets without overlaps

Identify which NC2 components are managed by Nutanix versus by the customer under the shared responsibility model

Map Azure virtual network concepts (subnets, NSGs, route tables, user-defined routes) onto Nutanix Flow policies for the same workload

Design an NSG rule set that permits Prism Central, CVM, and AHV management traffic while denying lateral guest-to-guest traffic by default

Explain how Azure Private DNS and custom DNS servers interact with Nutanix cluster name resolution

Trace the traffic path for a guest VM reaching an Azure PaaS service through a private endpoint

Integrate Microsoft Entra ID with Prism Central for directory-backed authentication and role assignment

Configure role-based access so that an Azure operations team has read-only visibility while the Nutanix platform team retains admin rights

Apply Azure Policy and resource locks to protect NC2 resource groups from accidental deletion

Enable and interpret Microsoft Defender for Cloud findings on the NC2 subscription scope

Describe how Prism Central monitors an NC2 cluster and which alerts require Azure-side action versus Nutanix-side action

Perform a capacity and performance review using Prism metrics and explain how Azure bare-metal host limits constrain scaling

Outline the patching and upgrade sequence for AHV, AOS, and Prism Central on an NC2 cluster and state the maintenance-window constraints

Explain how Nutanix Calm or Prism self-service can provision workloads that respect Azure tagging conventions

Compare Nutanix native protection (snapshots, protection domains, async replication) with Azure-native backup for workloads running in NC2

Design a disaster recovery topology that replicates from on-premises Nutanix to an NC2 cluster in Azure and state the RPO and RTO each option can meet

Plan a migration of on-premises VMs into NC2 on Azure using Nutanix Move and identify the cutover checks

Describe how to restore a guest VM from an NC2 snapshot and validate application consistency

Break down the NC2 on Azure cost model across bare-metal hosts, storage, networking egress, and Nutanix licensing

Use Azure Cost Management to build a budget and alert for an NC2 resource group and attribute spend by tag

Identify the largest avoidable cost drivers in an NC2 deployment and propose three concrete reductions

Map the security controls needed for data at rest and in transit across the NC2 and Azure boundary

Rehearse weak areas by redoing the week 1, 4, and 6 deliverables from memory and correcting gaps against your notes

Build a one-page summary sheet of NC2 architecture, networking, operations, DR, and governance facts

Complete timed practice scenarios covering deployment design, troubleshooting, and cost trade-offs

Review every flagged uncertain fact and confirm or discard it against current documentation