Series
Learn Azure
Azure from your first login to production architecture, one level at a time, with screenshots and slides.
The road ahead
Level 1 · Basics
- 1
Your first Azure account: subscriptions, resource groups and a safety net for your bill
Level 1, post 1. Sign up for Azure, understand how tenants, subscriptions and resource groups fit together, create your first resource group and set a budget alert before you spend a cent.
Part 1 · · 7 min read
- 2
Deploy your first web app with Azure App Service (and what to do when Azure says no)
Level 1, post 2. Pick the right App Service plan, get past the quota error new accounts hit, deploy a Node.js page from Cloud Shell, and clean up so you only pay cents.
Part 2 · · 7 min read
- 3
Storage accounts, blobs and access keys (and why your Owner role can't read your own files)
Level 1, post 3. Create a cheap, secure storage account, upload a blob, share it with a time-limited SAS link, watch a key rotation kill that link, then switch to the right way: Microsoft Entra sign-in and a data role.
Part 3 · · 11 min read
Level 2 · Intermediate
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Level 3 · Expert
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