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Microsoft Azure for Absolute Beginners

Name: Microsoft Azure for Absolute Beginners
Rating: 4.2 (509 reviews)

If you want to learn how to use Microsoft Azure and don't know where to start, this course is for you!

Created byBarry Luijbregts

Last updated 1/2023

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What you'll learn

What cloud computing is and why you should use it
Why use Microsoft Azure instead of other providers?
How to run an application in Azure Static Web Apps and Azure App Service Web Apps
Respond to events with Azure Functions
How to use Azure Storage and Azure Cosmos DB
Orchestrate a process to receive an image and send it by email with Azure Logic Apps
Monitoring your app with Azure Application Insights

Course content

6 sections • 23 lectures • 1h 17m total length

Why should YOU learn about the cloud2:11
discover why cloud computing matters for software companies, how cloud providers like Azure offer cheaper, secure, scalable, on-demand servers, and why you should learn cloud skills.
How this course works2:48
Discover cloud basics, why choose Azure, and core services to run, deploy, scale, store data, work with messages and events, and monitor applications.
What Is the Cloud and Why Should You Use It5:07
Explore how cloud computing delivers on-demand compute and storage with elasticity and self-service, letting providers manage security and availability, with public, private, and hybrid options through Azure.
Why Choose Microsoft Azure4:15
Discover why Microsoft Azure is the core cloud behind Microsoft services, offering strong security, rich tooling, and hybrid cloud capabilities across a global data center network.
What Can You Do with Azure2:50
Explore how Azure enables 200+ services across infrastructure, platform, serverless, software as a service, including AI, data analytics, and mixed reality, to help you pick a service for your scenario.
Summary1:53
Learn how cloud computing works as a scalable utility, with Microsoft Azure offering secure, hybrid services and over 200 options from infrastructure to software as a service.

A Lap Around the Azure portal2:10
Explore the Azure portal in action and navigate resource groups and subscriptions. Learn how the blade and the search feature simplify hosting a simple static web app.
Host a Static Web Application3:30
Learn how to host a static web app in Azure from a GitHub repository, deploy via a GitHub action, and manage domains, monitoring, authentication, and a custom domain.
Running an App with Azure App Services6:25
Learn how Azure App Service web apps simplify deploying, scaling, and hosting web apps and APIs, with continuous deployment, app service plans, custom domains, traffic management, and on-premises connectivity.
Using Deployment Slots5:00
Explore deployment slots in Azure App Service, provisioning a staging slot alongside production for testing new versions. Swap slots to publish with no downtime and revert if needed.
Scale Your Application3:29
Learn vertical and horizontal scaling in Azure app service, scaling up or down, scaling out and in, and applying auto scale rules based on metrics.
Easy Authentication2:05
Explore easy authentication in Azure App Service by selecting an identity provider, creating an app registration in Azure Active Directory, and restricting access to authenticated users.
Summary1:22
Explore how Azure runs apps with many services, including App Service Web Apps on service plans, deployment slots, and authentication, and learn how to scale vertically or horizontally for performance.

Store Data in Azure Storage6:41
Discover Azure storage with blob, file, queue, and table storage in a secure storage account. Learn about redundancy across regions and hot, cool, and archive data tiers.
Store Information in Azure Cosmos DB3:38
Explore Azure Cosmos DB, a distributed NoSQL database with multiple APIs including SQL-like, MongoDB, and Gremlin, supporting schema-less JSON data, automatic indexing, serverless options, and geo-replication.
Summary0:55

Use Azure Functions to React to Events4:55
Learn how azure functions enable serverless event handling with triggers and bindings. Create and run http trigger functions that bind to storage and scale automatically on consumption.
Use Azure Logic Apps to Orchestrate a Process6:31
Orchestrate end-to-end processes with Azure Logic Apps by using triggers, connectors, and API calls to automate blob storage events and email notifications with attachments.
Summary1:01
Discover serverless Azure messaging and events with pay-per-use pricing and auto-scaling. Explore built-in triggers and bindings in Azure Functions and Logic Apps that connect services without writing code.

Monitor Your Application with Application Insights4:41
Learn how to monitor a single application with Azure Application Insights, including availability tests, performance and client-side data, application map, and alerts across regions.
Monitor and Optimize with Azure Advisor, Cost Management and Security Center1:46
Explore how to monitor and optimize your entire azure environment using Azure Advisor, cost management, and Security Center, with actionable security recommendations and automated workflows via Logic Apps.
Summary1:13
Explore how Azure monitoring spans subscriptions, Application Insights, monitors, and individual apps, with Azure Advisor, Cost Management, Security Center, and Microsoft Defender, plus multi-cloud monitoring for alerts and recommendations.

Requirements

No cloud computing experience needed

Description

I will take you through what the cloud is, why it is useful, which leads into why Microsoft Azure is such a good platform and how you can use it.

We'll go through the Azure services that enable you to get started and build and run your first applications in the cloud.

And the best thing? You don't need any prior knowledge about cloud computing or Microsoft Azure.

You will learn:

1. Why YOU should learn about cloud computing

2. What cloud computing is and why you should use it

3. Why use Microsoft Azure instead of other providers?

4. What can Microsoft Azure do for you?

5. How to run an application in Azure Static Web Apps and Azure App Service Web Apps

6. How to use Deployment Slots

7. How to scale an application in Azure

8. Make users authenticate for your app

9. How to use Azure Storage and Azure Cosmos DB

10. Respond to events with Azure Functions

11. Orchestrate a process to receive an image and send it by email with Azure Logic Apps

12. Monitoring your app with Azure Application Insights

13. Use Azure Advisor, Security Center and more

Who is this course for?

People interested in cloud computing and Microsoft Azure
No cloud computing knowledge needed
A great refresher for experienced people
Great for software developers, architects and IT pros

Begin your journey to become a Microsoft Azure Master now!

Who this course is for:

People interesting in cloud computing
A great refresher for experienced people
Great for software developers, architects and IT pros

Microsoft Azure for Absolute Beginners

What you'll learn

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Course content

Introduction6 lectures • 19min

Run, Deploy, Scale and Protect Your Application in Azure7 lectures • 24min

Store Data in Azure3 lectures • 11min

React to Events with Azure Functions and Logic Apps3 lectures • 12min

Monitor your Application in Azure3 lectures • 8min

Summary and Takeaways1 lecture • 3min

Requirements

Description

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