Fundamentals to Learning Azure

To learn Microsoft Azure, there is no need for any extra knowledge and anyone can easily learn  Azure if they have the following set of skills.

• Basic understanding of Azure concepts.

• Understanding of Cloud Concepts

• Understanding of basic infrastructure management, database management, and software development.

Introduction of Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure as a tools makes it easy for businesses to create, run and manage applications using Microsoft Worldwide network of data centers located aroud the world.

• Introduction to Microsoft Azure

• Azure Architecture

• How Azure Works?

• Microsoft Azure – Using the Azure Quickstart Centre

• Microsoft Azure – Getting a Free Trial with Azure Quickstart Center

Storage

Azure Storage is a cloud-based service from Microsoft that securely stores and manages different types of data, such as files, blobs, queues, and tables, with high availability and scalability. Down below, we will explore how to create an Azure Storage Account, and how to use it in multiple ways:

• Azure Storage Account

• Storage in Azure Cloud Shell

• Azure Storage in Container App

• Blob versioning

• Microsoft Azure – Using Blob Versioning

• Manage Blob Lifecycle

• Microsoft Azure – Automatically Manage Azure Blobs Lifecycles

• Microsoft Azure – Add Storage Blob Owner Role Assignment For Azure AD User

• Azure Disk Storage

• How to Set Up an Azure Storage Account For Data Archive?

• IAM blob storage

• Host a Static Website using Storage

• Microsoft Azure- Disk Storage in Microsoft Azure

• Microsoft Azure – Azure Managed Disk State Details using PowerShell

• Microsoft Azure – Mount Azure Storage in Container App In App Service

• Microsoft Azure – Mounting Azure Storage in a Container App

• Microsoft Azure – Delete Orphaned Disks using PowerShell Script

• Microsoft Azure – Storage in Azure Cloud Shell

Network

Microsoft Azure makes an exceptional provision for services like virtual network, network watcher, and more. Lets explore them all:

• Data Security

• Virtual Network

• Microsoft Azure – Find Orphaned Network Interface Cards(NICs)

• Network Watcher

• How to select the right load balancer

• Azure Virtual Network

• Microsoft Azure – Application Security with Azure Active Directory

• Microsoft Azure – Find and Delete Orphaned Public IP addresses in Azure Portal

• Microsoft Azure – Protecting Hybrid Cloud Workloads using Azure Defender

Compute

In this section we will discuss about Azure Compute services like Virtual Machines, functions and monitoring.

1. Virtual Machines

• Azure Virtual Machines

• Microsoft Azure – Introduction to Azure VM Extension

• Management of Virtual Machines

• Microsoft Azure – Managing Multiple Virtual Machines

• How to setup windows VM 

• What are Pre-built VM

• Microsoft Azure – Introduction to Spot Virtual Machines

• Microsoft Azure – Archive Azure VM to Azure Storage Account

• How to Reset an Azure VM Password?

• How to create a Linux virtual machine using SSH keys

• Microsoft Azure – Connecting Linux VM using SSH

• Microsoft Azure – Connecting Windows VM using RDP

• Microsoft Azure – RDP to Azure Virtual Machines using Azure Bastion

• Azure VM Disk Space in Percentage using Azure KQL

• Microsoft Azure – Creating an OS Disk Snapshot of an Azure VM

• Microsoft Azure – Reduce Cost Using Virtual Machine

• Microsoft Azure – Resize an Azure Virtual Machine for Windows or Linux Servers

• Microsoft Azure – Resizing Virtual Machine Using PowerShell Script

• Microsoft Azure – Configuring Backup For Azure App Services

• Azure Backup For Protecting an IaaS VM

• Configuring Backup For Azure App Services

• Defense in Depth Strategy in Microsoft Azure

• Microsoft Azure – Enable IIS Logs for Monitoring

• Using Azure Monitor Workbooks

• Enable Azure Monitor VM Insights Agent

• Introduction to Spot Virtual Machines

• VM for Machine Learning

• Microsoft Azure – Tracking Memory Utilization of Azure VM using KQL Log Query

• Microsoft Azure – Track CPU Utilization of Azure Virtual Machines using KQL Log Query

• Heartbeat KQL Log Monitoring Query

• Microsoft Azure – Firewall Network Flow Logs with TimeGenerated using KQL

• Microsoft Azure – Setting up an Auto Shutdown For Azure Virtual Machine

• Microsoft Azure – Get CPU Utilization Data of an Azure VM in the Azure Portal

• Microsoft Azure – CPU and Memory Utilization of Azure VMs in a Single Table Chart

• Microsoft Azure – Retrieve Azure Virtual Machine Admin User Name

• Microsoft Azure – Enable Boot Diagnostics For a VM in Azure

• Microsoft Azure – Disable Boot Diagnostics For a VM in Azure

• Microsoft Azure – Setup Auto Startup and Shutdown of an Azure VM

• 7 Tips to Reduce Cost with Azure Virtual Machines

• Microsoft Azure – Assigning Tags to an Azure VM

• Microsoft Azure – Check Virtual Machine Creation Date and Time

• Microsoft Azure – VMs Patch Update Summary by Installation Status

• Microsoft Azure – Graph Query to Get Properties of Azure VM Resource

• Microsoft Azure – Enable Azure Monitor VM Insights Agent For Azure VM

• Microsoft Azure – Check for Apache Log4J Vulnerability in Azure VMs

• Microsoft Azure – Get Azure VM Properties using Azure PowerShell

• Microsoft Azure – Manage Azure VMs using Azure PowerShell Commands

• Microsoft Azure – Check the Status of Azure VM using Azure PowerShell

• Microsoft Azure – Azure CLI Commands to Manage Azure VMs

• Microsoft Azure – Azure VM Disk Space in Percentage using Azure KQL

• Microsoft Azure – KQL Query to Get the VM Computer Properties

• Microsoft Azure – Create SHH Key to Manage Azure Linux VMs

• Microsoft Azure – VM CPU Utilisation Across Subscriptions with Range

• Microsoft Azure – Common Virtual Machine Issues

• Microsoft Azure – Manage Virtual Machine via Azure Mobile App

• Microsoft Azure – Simpler Management of Virtual Machine

• Microsoft Azure – Increase Processors & Memory Size of Windows Virtual Machine

• Microsoft Azure – Troubleshoot Azure VM Inbound and Outbound Connections

• Microsoft Azure – Deletion of Snapshots using PowerShell Script

• Microsoft Azure – Connect to a Storage Account using a Private Link

• Microsoft Azure – Accessing Virtual Machines using Bastion

• Microsoft Azure – Getting VMComputer Records Properties

• Microsoft Azure – Improvements in Linux Virtual Machine

1. Functions

• Monitoring Azure Functions

• Microsoft Azure – Creating Azure Functions From VS Code

• Microsoft Azure – Debugging Azure Functions using VS Code

• Microsoft Azure – Deploy Azure Functions using VS Code

• Microsoft Azure – Renaming an Azure Functions

• Microsoft Azure – Simple way to Create a Function App

• Microsoft Azure – Monitoring Azure Functions

• Microsoft Azure – New Features in Azure Functions

• Microsoft Azure – Using VS Code for Azure Function Projects

• Microsoft Azure – Custom Handlers for Azure Functions

1. Monitoring

• Microsoft Azure – Enable Windows Performance Counters in Azure for Monitoring

• Microsoft Azure – Enable Linux Performance Counters in Azure for Monitoring

• Microsoft Azure – Enable Windows Event Logs in Azure for Monitoring

• Microsoft Azure – Enable Linux System Logs in Azure for Monitoring

• Microsoft Azure – Using Azure Monitor Workbooks

Azure Services

• Microsoft Azure – Introduction to Quickstart Center

• Microsoft Azure- Add Extensions in Azure App Service

• Microsoft Azure – Working with App Service Domains

• Microsoft Azure – Create Web Apps in Azure

• Microsoft Azure – Creating an App Service Plan

• Microsoft Azure – Creating a Logic App of Consumption Type

• Microsoft Azure – Azure App Service Managed Certificates

• Microsoft Azure – Deploy a Static Web App

• Microsoft Azure – Removing Unused Services From Azure

• Azure Functions

• RDP to Azure Virtual Machines using Azure Bastion

• Microsoft Azure – Getting started with Azure Static Web Apps

• Microsoft Azure – Cloning Web Apps using Azure App Services

• Microsoft Azure – Enable Local Cache on Azure App

• Microsoft Azure – Exploring the Azure Mobile App Home Screen

• Microsoft Azure – Container Registration for App Deployment

• Microsoft Azure – Roll Back Versions of Azure Logic Apps

• Microsoft Azure – Modifying API Connections With Logic Apps

• Microsoft Azure – Azure Media Service

• Microsoft Azure – Using Github Action in Azure App Service

• Microsoft Azure – Creating an HTTP Trigger with Azure Logic Apps

• Microsoft Azure – Using JSON with Azure Logic Apps

• Microsoft Azure – Configuring Log Analytics Data Retention

• Microsoft Azure – Creating JSON Snippet For Policy Initiative Creation using CSV File

• Microsoft Azure – Working with Files in Azure App Service

• Microsoft Azure – Using Power Apps in VS Code

Resources

• Microsoft Azure – Preventing Changes to Resources in Azure App Services

• Microsoft Azure- Writing Queries and Creating Dashboards using Azure Resource Graph

• Microsoft Azure – Enabling Resource Providers for Azure Subscription

• Microsoft Azure – Find Orphaned Disks

• Microsoft Azure – Handling Orphaned NSGs

• Microsoft Azure – Configuring an Alert Rule with Azure Monitor

• Microsoft Azure – Count of Azure Resources using Resource Graph Query

• Microsoft Azure – Create Alert For Conditional Access Policy Changes

• Microsoft Azure – Create Pie Charts For Orphaned Resources using KQL

• Microsoft Azure – Patch Management Update Summary Status

• Microsoft Azure – Check Resource Owner in Azure using KQL

• Microsoft Azure – Check Enabled and Disabled Diagnostics for Azure Resources

• Microsoft Azure – Azure Firewall Flow Logs From Select Source IP

• Microsoft Azure – Resource Tagging and Best Practices

• Microsoft Azure – Using the Azure Activity Log

• Microsoft Azure – Scaling Inventory Resources

• Microsoft Azure – Moving Resources Among Groups

Cognitive Services

• Build Text Translator Webapp using Flask and Cognitive Service

• Microsoft Azure – Introduction to Metric Advisor

• Microsoft Azure – Cognitive Service Text Analytics in Web App Containers

• Microsoft Azure – Opinion Mining with Azure Cognitive Services

Dashboards

• Microsoft Azure – Customizing Charts on Azure Dashboard

• Microsoft Azure – Customizing Azure Dashboard Tiles

• Microsoft Azure – Auto Refreshing Dashboards

• Microsoft Azure – Pinning to Portal Dashboard

Databases

• Database availability

• Azure SQL Database

• Security in Azure SQL

• Microsoft Azure – Identifying & Accessing Management for Azure SQL

• Microsoft Azure – Security Capabilities and Tasks of Azure SQL

• Microsoft Azure – Configure Azure SQL with Azure CLI

• Microsoft Azure – Configure Auditing for Azure SQL Database

• Microsoft Azure – Azure SQL Managed Instance Deployment Options

• Microsoft Azure – Azure SQL Managed Instance

• Microsoft Azure – PaaS vs. IaaS in Azure SQL

• Microsoft Azure – Management Interfaces for Azure SQL

• Microsoft Azure – Opportunities in the Cloud with Azure SQL

• Microsoft Azure – Create Azure SQL Database

• Microsoft SQL Server Active Directory Authentication on Linux Machine

• Microsoft Azure – Introduction to Azure Database For MySQL

• Introduction to Azure Cosmos DB

• Microsoft Azure – Notebooks in Cosmos DB

• Microsoft Azure – Using C# in CosmoDB

• Microsoft Azure – Choosing a Partition Key in Cosmos DB

• Microsoft Azure – Introduction to Azure Data Factory

• Microsoft Azure – Migrating From MySQL to Cloud

• Microsoft Azure – Advanced Threat Protection for Azure SQL Database

• Microsoft Azure – Using Flexible Server in Azure Database for PostgreSQL

• Microsoft Azure – Accelerating Cloud Migration & Datacenter Discovery

DevOps

In today’s digitally advancing economy, businesses need to deliver software and digital facilities faster and more reliably. DevOps helps achieve this by bringing together development and operations teams, ensuring they work as one from Microsoft tool.

DevOps is more than just a set of tools for ease in services—it’s a way of working that helps team collaborate, automate, and continuously improve digital facilities. It helps teams deploy software quickly, efficiently, and with fewer errors, ultimately delivering better products to users.

• Introduction to Azure DevOps

• Azure availability for Kubernetes

• Zone Redundancy and SLA of Azure SQL

• Create a Project in Azure DevOps

• Create a Project in Azure using the Agile Process

• Microsoft Azure – Starting & Stopping an Azure Kubernetes Service Cluster

• Microsoft Azure – Introduction to Azure Kung Fu Toolkit

• Microsoft Azure – Introduction to Kubernetes Diagnostics

• How to Create Backlog and Sprint in Agile Process?

• Microsoft Azure – Running an App inside a Docker Container Image

• How to Push a Container Image to a Docker Repository?

• Microsoft Azure – Manage and Export Azure Policies with GitHub Integration

• Microsoft Azure Arc Enabled Kubernetes

• Microsoft Azure – Introduction to Azure Arc

• Microsoft Azure – Deploying Web Applications Using GitHub Actions

• Microsoft Azure – Messaging with Azure Web PubSub

• Microsoft Azure – Testing in Production Sites Feature using PowerShell

• Microsoft Azure – Build and Deploy App with Azure SDK For Java

Machine Learning and IoT

• Microsoft Azure – Introduction to Azure Sentinel

• Machine Learning with Microsoft Azure ML Studio Without Code

• What is the Best Azure IoT Service for You?

• Microsoft Azure – Key IoT Products

• Microsoft Azure – Using Azure Form Recognizer

Miscellaneous

• Microsoft Azure – Productivity Tips For Azure portal

• Microsoft Azure – Get Azure Policies Definitions and Policy Initiatives Definitions

• Microsoft Azure – Create a Custom Policy Initiative in Azure

• Microsoft Mesh

• Microsoft Azure – Working with Azure Health Bot

• Microsoft Azure – Introduction to Azure Digital Twins

• Microsoft Azure – Working with Themes in Azure

• Microsoft Azure – Understanding Azure Keyboard Shortcuts

• Microsoft Azure – Using Table Parameter in Azure CLI

• Microsoft Azure – Add Azure Cloud Shell to VS Code

• Microsoft Azure – Accessing Cloud Shell from Microsoft Docs

• Microsoft Azure – Azure App Servers Routing using PowerShell

• Microsoft Azure – Introduction to SMART

• Microsoft Azure – Lift & Shift Approach for Infrastructure Migration

• Microsoft Azure – Configure Diagnostic Settings For Azure Subscription

• Microsoft Azure – Checking your Access on Azure Subscription

• Microsoft Azure – Enabling Logs for Troubleshooting the Azure Firewall Rules

• Microsoft Azure – Rebooting an Application Gateway

• Microsoft Azure – PAL Tagging in Azure

• Microsoft Azure – Using Cost Management in Azure Portal

• Microsoft Azure – Finding the Right Load Balancing Service

• Microsoft Azure – View Delegated Roles in Azure Lighthouse

• Microsoft Azure – Using the Global Search

• Microsoft Azure – Quick Copy & Paste on Portal

• Microsoft Azure – Alerts as Notifications on Phone

• Microsoft Azure – Developing ARM Templates using Azure Bicep