Introduction to Microsoft Azure Compute

By Orion Withrow

This course introduces Azure's IaaS, PaaS, and FaaS compute offerings and how to choose the product or service that best fits your needs.

4.3 hours
  • 26 Lessons
  • 2 Hands-On Labs
  • 3 Course Quizzes

About the course

In this course, Introduction to Microsoft Azure Compute, you’ll learn about all the different Azure compute services. In addition, you will contemplate the best compute option to meet your needs. First, you’ll explore Azure’s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings, or more specifically the different options to deploy one (or many) virtual machines in Azure. Next, you’ll discover the Platform as a Service (PaaS) capabilities of Azure, including Azure App Services and containers. Finally, you’ll learn about a much newer category of compute called Function as a Service (FaaS), which can empower you to run and manage application packages as functions directly on Azure, without the need for managing any infrastructure. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have a solid foundational knowledge of Azure’s compute offerings and everything you need to select the best Azure compute product or service to meet your requirements.

  • Chapter 1 2 Lessons Introduction 10:32

    Course Introduction

    2:14

    Introducing Cloud Service Models

    8:18
  • Chapter 2 12 Lessons Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) 2:05:34

    Section Introduction

    2:36

    Starting Out with Virtual Machines

    8:57

    More to Learn About Virtual Machines

    11:58

    Deploying a Virtual Machine

    5:13

    Deploying and Running Your First Azure Virtual Machine

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Exploring Virtual Machine Scale Sets

    8:39

    Deploying a Virtual Machine Scale Set

    6:02

    Considering Azure Spot Virtual Machines

    8:34

    Choosing Dedicated Hosts

    5:35

    Demystifying High-Performance Computing (HPC)

    4:06

    Section Summary

    3:54

    Azure IaaS Compute Offerings

    30:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 3 8 Lessons Platform as a Service (PaaS) 1:24:11

    Section Introduction

    1:18

    Checking Out Azure App Service

    8:16

    More to Consider About Azure App Service

    4:38

    Exploring Static Web Apps

    3:10

    Introducing Containers

    4:32

    Deploying and Running a Container on Azure Container Instances

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Section Summary

    2:17

    Azure PaaS Compute Offerings Quiz

    30:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 4 4 Lessons Function as a Service (FaaS) 24:22

    Section Introduction

    0:48

    Checking Out Azure Functions

    7:28

    Section Summary

    1:06

    Azure FaaS Compute Offerings Quiz

    15:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 5 3 Lessons Conclusion 11:50

    Choosing an Azure Compute Service

    4:46

    Course Summary

    6:13

    Conclusion and What’s Next

    0:51

What are Hands-on Labs

What's the difference between theoretical knowledge and real skills? Practical real-world experience. That's where Hands-on Labs come in! Hands-on Labs are guided, interactive experiences that help you learn and practice real-world scenarios in real cloud environments. Hands-on Labs are seamlessly integrated in courses, so you can learn by doing.

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