Azure: Understanding the Big Picture

Take a look at the big picture of Azure. Explore Azure services, including storage, hosting, and machine learning, to assess which best fit your organization's cloud strategy.

Introduction

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

1. 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
• The costs of the Azure services
• The broad world of Azure services
• A quick tour of the Azure portal

3. Hosting

• A quick tour of Azure App Service
• Websites and web apps on App Service
• Azure App Service and the Azure App Service plan
• Build a new App Service
• Edit and publish web app files

4. API 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 Azure Active Directory
• 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

10. Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

• The Azure AI family
• Cognitive Services overview
• Machine Learning overview
• Bots overview
• Search overview
• Explore the Vision service
• Explore the Speech service

11. Other Services

• 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
• Windows Virtual Desktop
• Manage hybrid systems with Azure Arc
• Back up and recover data with Azure Cloud Backup
• The Azure Marketplace: Use partner services
• The rest of the services

Conclusion

• What's next?