Introduction to cloud infrastructure: Apply Azure skills in guided projects

  • Learning Path
  • 8 Modules

At a glance

New to the cloud? Introduction to Cloud Infrastructure is a series that teaches you basic cloud concepts, provides a streamlined overview of many Azure services, and guides you with hands-on exercises to deploy your first services for free. Complete all of the learning paths in the series if you're preparing for Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals. This learning path in the series, Introduction to Cloud Infrastructure: Apply Azure skills in guided projects, provides hands-on, real-world practice through guided projects. Complete as many or as few projects as you like to strengthen your Azure skills. The other learning paths in the series are Part 1: Describe cloud concepts, Part 2: Describe Azure architecture and services, and Part 3: Describe Azure management and governance.

Prerequisites

  • Basic familiarity with IT terms and concepts

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Modules in this learning path

Guided project: Deploy a static website with Azure Blob Storage

This guided project walks through hosting a static website using Azure Blob Storage and updating its content.

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This is a Guided Project module where you’ll complete an end-to-end project by following step-by-step instructions.

Guided project: Organize and protect resources with tags and locks

This guided project helps you organize Azure resources with tags and protect them from accidental deletion with locks.

Note

This is a Guided Project module where you’ll complete an end-to-end project by following step-by-step instructions.

Guided Project: Build a simple website endpoint with Azure Functions

This guided project introduces serverless hosting by creating a function endpoint and validating responses.

Note

This is a Guided Project module where you’ll complete an end-to-end project by following step-by-step instructions.

Guided Project: Set up new employee access (Entra ID and RBAC)

This guided project helps you implement least-privilege access for a new user.

Note

This is a Guided Project module where you’ll complete an end-to-end project by following step-by-step instructions.

Guided project: Share files securely

This guided project teaches secure, temporary file sharing by using blob storage, stored access policies, and SAS tokens.

Note

This is a Guided Project module where you’ll complete an end-to-end project by following step-by-step instructions.

Guided project: Set up cost guardrails in Azure

This guided project helps you reduce spend risk by implementing cost guardrails in Azure.

Note

This is a Guided Project module where you’ll complete an end-to-end project by following step-by-step instructions.

Guided project: Monitor Azure with Service Health and Activity Log alerts

This guided project helps you build a starter monitoring baseline using free Azure alerting services.

Note

This is a Guided Project module where you’ll complete an end-to-end project by following step-by-step instructions.

Guided project: Manage Azure resources with Cloud Shell and the Azure CLI

This guided project introduces Cloud Shell and the Azure CLI as tools for creating and managing Azure resources from the command line.

Note

This is a Guided Project module where you’ll complete an end-to-end project by following step-by-step instructions.

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