Getting Started with Microsoft Azure

Course details

If you’re an aspiring or experienced cloud administrator or developer looking to learn more about cloud computing, it’s hard to ignore the power and extensive functionality of industry leader Microsoft Azure. In this course, best-selling author and instructor Jim Cheshire helps you get started with some of the most popular, widely used services and features of Microsoft Azure.

Develop the foundational skills and technical know-how required to make smart decisions about using the cloud. Explore a variety of different types of cloud services, how to customize your experience in the Azure portal, leverage command-line tools, and more. Along the way, you’ll learn how to create a virtual machine in Azure, build and scale a web app with Azure App Service, manage Azure Storage, and discover the exciting new features offered by Azure Machine Learning and Open AI.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Introduction

1. Benefits of Cloud Computing

02 - Learning objectives
03 - Define cloud computing
04 - Explain the power of the cloud
05 - Identify cloud services and cloud types

2. Microsoft Azure under the Hood

06 - Learning objectives
07 - Explain Azure regions
08 - Explore inside an Azure datacenter
09 - Understand Azure Resource Manager (ARM)

3. Interacting with Azure

10 - Learning objectives
11 - Using the Azure Portal
12 - Manage resources with Azure PowerShell
13 - Manage resources with the Azure command-line interface (CLI)
14 - Interact with Azure Cloud Shell

4. Azure Virtual Machines

15 - Learning objectives
16 - Create a virtual machine
17 - Configure virtual machines and networking
18 - Add disks to a virtual machine
19 - Resize a virtual machine
20 - Access a virtual machine remotely

5. Azure App Service

21 - Learning objectives
22 - Create a web app
23 - Scale a web app
24 - Add authentication to a web app
25 - Configure backups for a web app
26 - Add a custom domain
27 - Configure networking with web apps

6. Azure Storage

28 - Learning objectives
29 - Understand Azure Storage
30 - Manage blob storage with Storage Explorer

7. Azure and Artificial Intelligence

31 - Learning objectives
32 - An overview of artificial intelligence
33 - Azure Cognitive Services
34 - Azure Machine Learning
35 - Azure OpenAI Service

Summary

36 - Summary