Getting Started with Microsoft Azure, Second Edition (Video Course), 2nd Edition

A clear, up-to-date, hands-on introduction to Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, enhanced with modern Azure AI, cost governance, and platform updates.

Microsoft Azure is Microsofts cloud computing platform for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters. It provides core infrastructure services for compute, storage, and networking; platform services for application development; and integrated tools for security, governance, and artificial intelligence.

In this refreshed, beginner-friendly second edition, instructor Jim Cheshire introduces core cloud concepts and service models, then guides learners through essential Azure services, management tools, and common real-world scenarios. Practical demonstrations show how to work with the Azure portal, PowerShell, the Azure Command Line Interface, and Cloud Shell; create and manage virtual machines; build and configure web apps with Azure App Service; use Azure Storage; and understand current Azure AI capabilities. Updated coverage of governance, cost management, security, and modern Azure workflows helps learners understand not only what Azure offers, but how and why it is used.

Skill Level:

• Beginner

Learn How To:

• Explain core cloud concepts, service models, cloud services, and cloud types
• Describe Azure regions, datacenters, and Azure Resource Manager
• Use the Azure portal, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Azure Cloud Shell
• Create, configure, resize, add storage to, and remotely access Azure virtual machines
• Create and scale web apps, add authentication, configure backups, use custom domains, and configure networking with Azure App Service
• Understand Azure Storage and manage blob storage with Storage Explorer
• Describe Azure AI, Foundry Tools, Azure Machine Learning, and Azure OpenAI in Foundry Models
• Recognize security, compliance, governance, pricing, cost management, and support concepts

Course Requirements:

• No formal prerequisites are specified; the course is designed as a beginner-friendly introduction to Azure fundamentals.

Who Should Take This Course:

• Aspiring cloud administrators and cloud developers
• Support and engineering services professionals
• Students and new learners building foundational cloud skills
• Career changers and technology-adjacent professionals seeking an introduction to Azure

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Table of Contents

Lesson 1: The Benefits of Cloud Computing

1.1 Define cloud computing

1.2 Explain the power of the cloud

1.3 Identify cloud services and cloud types

Lesson 2: Microsoft Azure Under the Hood

2.1 Explain Azure regions

2.2 Explore inside an Azure datacenter

2.3 Understand Azure Resource Manager (ARM)

Lesson 3: Interacting with Azure

3.1 Use the Azure portal

3.2 Manage resources with Azure PowerShell

3.3 Manage resources with the Azure Command Line Interface (CLI)

3.4 Interact with Azure Cloud Shell

Lesson 4: Azure Virtual Machines

4.1 Create a virtual machine

4.2 Configure virtual machines and networking

4.3 Add disks to a virtual machine

4.4 Resize a virtual machine

4.5 Access a virtual machine remotely

Lesson 5: Azure App Service

5.1 Create a web app

5.2 Scale a web app

5.3 Add authentication to a web app

5.4 Configure backups for a web app

5.5 Add a custom domain

5.6 Configure networking with web apps

Lesson 6: Azure Storage

6.1 Understand Azure Storage

6.2 Manage blob storage with Storage Explorer

Lesson 7: Azure and Artificial Intelligence

7.1 Get an overview of artificial intelligence

7.2 Understand Foundry Tools

7.3 Understand Azure Machine Learning

7.4 Understand Azure OpenAI in Foundry Models

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