Azure: Understanding the Big Picture

Introduction

• Azure from a 10,000-foot view
• Getting the best out of this course
• The fluctuating nature of the Azure portal

1. The Big Picture

• What is the cloud?
• Benefits of using the cloud
• What is infrastructure as a service (IaaS)?
• What is software as a service (SaaS)?
• What is platform as a service (PaaS)?
• What is services as a service (SEaaS)?
• Surveying the cloud market leaders

2. Azure Basics

• Subscription choices for Azure
• Understand Azure costs and fees
• The broad world of Azure services
• A quick tour of the Azure portal

3. Azure App Service

• A quick tour of Azure app service
• Relationship between Azure app service and app service plan
• Build a new app service
• Explore a web app on app service

4. APIs and API Management

• Host Web APIs on app service
• Manage APIs with Azure API management service

5. Code and Workflows

• Run serverless code with Azure Functions
• Building powerful workflows with logic apps

6. Azure Storage

• A quick tour of Azure Storage
• Store any kind of object in blob storage
• Blob storage example
• File share example

7. Azure Databases

• A quick tour of Azure databases
• Explore Cosmos DB, the multimodel, no-SQL database
• Cosmos DB in action

8. Infrastructure

• Protect access to services with Microsoft Entra ID
• Explore the Azure networking components
• Build out your system with virtual machines

9. DevOps

• Enhance development and deployment with Azure DevOps
• Simplify app deployment with containers
• GitHub and Azure
• Azure deployment environments: Streamline cloud infrastructure management
• Microsoft Dev Box: A cloud-based development workstation

10. Other Services

• The Azure AI family
• Messaging with event grid, event hub, or service bus
• Send mobile notifications with notification hubs
• Use media services to encode and stream media
• Manage IoT devices
• Azure Virtual Desktop: Remote work with cloud-based desktops
• Azure Arc: Unify multicloud and on-premises management
• Back up and recover data with Azure Backup
• The Azure Marketplace: Use partner services
• The rest of the services

Conclusion

• Next steps