Microsoft Azure Crash Course for Beginners

Explore cloud computing fundamentals and azure pay-as-you-go services, including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, shared responsibility, and deployment models like public, private, and hybrid.

Explore cloud service models IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, and see how each level of control—from virtual resources to turnkey solutions—drives development and operations.

Explore public cloud, private cloud, and hybrid cloud deployment models and their implications for data isolation, compliance, scalability, and security.

Explore the shared responsibility model, where the provider secures the cloud infrastructure and you secure data, apps, and access, with duties varying by IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.

Explore core Azure services, including the Azure portal, compute, storage, databases, networking, and security tools, and learn how these interconnect to support scalable, secure cloud solutions.

Navigate the Azure portal to sign in, create subscriptions, and launch a virtual machine, then connect via RDP or SSH while exploring presets and pricing during deployment.

Explore Azure virtual machines as scalable IaaS, running Windows, Linux, or custom OS images with flexible sizing and pay-as-you-go cost management, while leveraging security tools and IaC deployments.

Explore how Azure App Services lets you build, deploy, and scale web apps and APIs on a fully managed platform with built-in CI/CD, auto scaling, and security.

Learn the basics of Azure SQL databases, a fully managed PaaS relational service that scales on demand, delivers high availability, security, and intelligent performance for modern, scalable apps.

Learn to create and configure an Azure SQL database in the portal, covering subscription, resource group, server, Microsoft Entra authentication, compute and storage options, redundancy, and networking.

Explore Azure Storage fundamentals, including blob, file, disk, queue, and table storage, and learn how encryption at rest and in transit, RBAC, and SAS secure data with flexible consumption-based pricing.

Create a storage account and blob container, then upload and manage files in Azure Blob Storage. Explore region choices and standard versus premium storage for unstructured data and backups.

Learn how Azure virtual networks (VNets) and subnets create secure, isolated cloud environments by defining IP address space, applying NSGs, and connecting resources via VPN, peering, and service endpoints.

Explore a live demo configuring a virtual network in the Azure portal, covering subnets, IP ranges, encryption, NAT gateway, route tables, and service endpoints.

Navigate Microsoft Defender for Cloud in Azure, explore the dashboard, security posture, secure score, recommendations, attack paths, compliance benchmarks, workload protections, and threat alerts.

Explore Microsoft Entra ID, a cloud-based identity and access management service, and learn to create groups, assign roles, enable authentication, multi-factor authentication, conditional access, and RBAC.

Explore Azure role-based access control (RBAC) and how roles define permissions across resources and subscriptions. Learn built-in roles, custom roles, Azure AD integration, least privilege, and auditing for secure access.

Explore Azure subscriptions and billing, learn how to create and manage subscriptions, view costs, invoices, and forecasts, set budgets and alerts, and apply cost management and access control.