Novice Level

Accessing and Using the Azure Portal

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30 minutes
  • 2 Learning Objectives

About this Hands-on Lab

This hands-on lab offers an introduction to the Azure portal, including a review of the navigation elements, a walkthrough of common activities, how to find resources (in this case, a virtual machine), and how to create and modify a custom dashboard.

Learning Objectives

Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:

Review the Azure Portal
  1. Review the top menu:
    • Quick Search Bar
    • View Notifications
    • Command Shell
    • Settings
  2. Review the hub menu:
    • Dashboard/Home Icons
    • Resource Categories
    • Cost Management
    • Support
  3. Review the Dashboard
    • Share/Edit/Modify Dashboard
Review the Dashboard
  1. Find the Virtual Machine using Quick Search.
  2. Pin resource metric charts to the dashboard.
  3. Learn how to organize and manage a custom dashboard instance.
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Additional Resources

As a first-time or novice Azure user, you want to get familiar with the Azure Portal and customize dashboards.

To do this, you will log in to the Azure Portal, familiarize yourself with the layout and navigation, and create and customize dashboards showing helpful information.

This activity gives instructions for this lab. Follow along with those, and you will have successfully connected to the Azure Portal and created and customized your dashboards.

What are Hands-on Labs

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.

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