#14 added windows vm exercise (#18)

Co-authored-by: emtelgen <[email protected]>

docs/exercises/exercise_windows_filestorage.md

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+---
+title: Exercise: Create an SMB Azure file share and connect it to a Windows VM using the Azure portal
+---
+# Exercise: Using File Storage with Windows VM
+
+## Overview
+
+- Not all versions of Windows can use this.  For much more detail, see the Azure documentation page ["Mount SMB Azure file share on Windows"](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-how-to-use-files-windows)
+
+## Using File Storage with Windows VM step-by-step.
+#### First Step: Create a Storage Account
+
+1. We have already set up storage accounts in a previous tutorial. Refer back to the tutorial ([Creating Azure Cloud Storage Accounts](../exercises/exercise_create_storage_account.md)) if you still need to create one, however the one you have currently should work for this tutorial.
+
+#### Second Step: Create an Azure File Share
+
+1. Go to your Storage Account
+    * On the homepage, there should be a list of "Resources" in the middle of the page. Click the one with Type listed as **Storage Account**
+
+1. Select File Shares
+    * On the left side of the screen there is a menu. Under the "Data Storage" section is the **File Shares** button
+
+1. Add a File Share
+    * Towards the top of the screen click the **+ File Share** button
+
+1. File Share Properties
+    * Basics
+        2. Name the File Share **qsfileshare**
+        2. Keep Tier as **Transaction Optimized**
+    * Click **Review + Create**
+
+1. Create a new txt file titled **qsTestFile** on your local machine
+    * Go to your file folder, and in any directory of your choice - Right Click and select a new .txt file
+
+1. With your file share open in Azure, click **Upload** (on the top middle section of the screen)
+
+1. Upload your created txt file
+    * Select **Browse your Files** and navigate to the directory you chose earlier, then attach your txt file
+
+#### Third Step: Deploying a VM
+
+We've created the storage account and the file share with a file in it. We now need to deploy a VM.
+
+1. Create the Resource
+    * Expand the left side menu and click **Create a Resource**
+    * Under "Popular Azure services" select **Virtual machine**
+
+1. Setting the VM Properties
+    * Basics
+        2. Resource Group: Select the Cloud Computing Fellowship Resource group
+        2. Virtual machine name: qsVM
+        2. Security Type: Standard
+        2. Image: Windows Server 2019 Datacenter - x64 Gen2
+        2. Set your Username and Password to something you will remember for logging in to the VM
+        2. Select Inbound Ports: HTTP and RDP (3389)
+    * Select **Review and Create**
+    * Select **Create**
+    * When deployment is done, select **Go to Resource**
+
+#### Fourth Step: Connect to Your VM
+
+1. Select **Connect** on the VM properties page
+
+1. Click **Select** on the Native RDP File
+
+1. Download the RDP File
+    * On the right side menu select the **Download RDP File** under section 3
+
+1. Open the VM on your local machine
+    * Open the downloaded RDP file
+    * Select **Connect** on the pop-up
+    * Put the username and password that you created in the VM setup (if you are on a windows machine you may need to click "More Choices" before logging in)
+    * You may get a certificate warning, you can ignore that
+
+#### Fifth Step: Map the Azure File Share to a Windows Drive
+
+1. In the Azure portal, navigate to your qsfileshare and select **Connect**
+1. Click **Show Script** in the right-hand menu pop-up
+1. This will display a script in the same menu. Copy and paste this script into your notepad.
+1. Go back to your VM
+    * Open **Windows Powershell**
+    * Paste in the contents of your notepad
+    * Press Enter
+    * You will see "Credential added successfully" when it works
+
+#### Sixth Step: Working with Snapshots
+
+1. **Create a Share Snapshot**
+    - Adding a snapshot in the Azure Portal
+        2. In the Azure Portal, navigate to the file share
+        2. Select **Snapshots** (located in the left hand side menu)
+        2. Select **+ Add a Snapshot** and click Ok
+    - In your VM, open the qstestfile.txt and type "This file has been modified". 
+    - Save and close the file.
+    - Create another snapshot (repeat steps a-c)
+
+1. **Browse a Share Snapshot**
+    - On your file share, select **Snapshots**
+    - Select the first Snapshot in the list
+    - Select **qsTestFile.txt**
+
+1. **Restore from a Snapshot**
+    - Ensure you're in the file share Snapshot tab
+    - Right click the qsTestFile
+    - Select **Restore**
+    - Select **Overwrite Original File** and click Ok
+    - Open the file in the VM. It should be restored and have no text in it.
+
+1. **Delete a Share Snapshot**
+    - On your file share Snapshot list, select the last snapshot in the list
+    - Select **Delete**
+
+1. **Use a Share Snapshot in Windows**
+    - You can view snapshots from your mounted Azure file share by using the Previous Versions tab
+        2. In your VM File Explorer, locate the mounted share. It should be titled **qsfileshare** and have a boxy symbol
+        2. Select **qstestfile.txt** and Right Click
+        2. Select **Properties** from menu
+        2. Select **Previous Versions** - this shows you a list of previous snapshots
+        2. Select **Open**
+
+1. **Restore from a Previous Version**
+    - In the same screen we were just in, rather than selecting "Open", select "Restore"
+
+#### Seventh Step: Delete the Resources
+
+1. Click on your Resource Group
+1. Select everything except the storage account you created in Session 1
+1. Select **Delete** NOT "Delete Resource Group" to delete the resources
+1. Go to your storage account and delete the fileshare as well

docs/sessions/03_cloud_storage.md

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 How would you share data with colleagues outside of MSU using cloud storage?    Where did you find the information for how to do that (Microsoft, Azure, Blog post, other)?   Let's say need to share 5gb of data.  After doing the pricing exercise above just for storage, what are the costs for each upload and download of 5gb?  Does it make a difference if it's Blob or File storage?
 
 
-## Optional Activities: 
+## Activities: 
 
 The following two activities walk through attaching Azure files to a VM so you can use it just like any other disk.   This is only one method for moving data to/from cloud storage to your VM, but it does not require changing your program code. 
 
 **For Windows Users: Using File Storage with Windows VM** 
 
-[Microsoft Tutorial: Create an SMB Azure file share and connect it to a Windows VM using the Azure portal](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-files-quick-create-use-windows)
-
-Notes:
-- The tutorial has you create a storage account, but you can re-use the one you've already created (and change the names), or follow the tutorial and create another one.   
-- Not all versions of Windows can use this.  For much more detail, see the Azure documentation page ["Mount SMB Azure file share on Windows"](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-how-to-use-files-windows)
+[Create an SMB Azure file share and connect it to a Windows VM using the Azure portal](../exercises/exercise_windows_filestorage.md)
 
 **For Linux Users: Mounting File Storage with Linux VMs using NFS**