12 Azure Hands-On Labs: Elevate Your Expertise Now

Ready to dive into Azure cloud but overwhelmed by options? Start your journey with 15 beginner-friendly labs! Explore core services, deploy apps, build AI models, and more – all within the free tier.

1. Introduction to Azure Portal: Create your first Azure Virtual Machine (VM) – (Lab Duration: 30 minutes)

Lab Details: Create a Windows virtual machine in the Azure portal

Lab URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/quick-create-portal

Training: Create a Windows virtual machine in Azure

Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/create-windows-virtual-machine-in-azure/

2. Create your first Azure Virtual Machine (VM): Linux – (Lab Duration: 45 minutes)

Lab Details: Learn how to deploy a basic Linux VM in Azure and connect to it using SSH.

Lab URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/quick-create-portal?tabs=ubuntu

Training: Provisioning a Linux virtual machine in Microsoft Azure

Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/provision-linux-virtual-machine-in-azure/

3. Deploy a Web App in Azure App Service – (Lab Duration: 30 minutes)

Lab Details: Create a simple web app and deploy it to Azure App Service for the world to access.

Lab URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/

Note: Go to Quick Start Menu (left side) to deploy different type of applications 

(ASP.NET, Python, Node.js, PHP, WordPress, Custom container, Java)

Training: Publish a web app to Azure with Visual Studio

Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/publish-azure-web-app-with-visual-studio/

4. Explore Azure Storage – (Lab Duration: 45 minutes)

Lab Details: Upload, download, and list blobs with the Azure portal

Lab URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-quickstart-blobs-portal

Exercise – Create a storage account using the Azure portal

Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/create-azure-storage-account/5-exercise-create-a-storage-account

Training: Configure Azure Blob Storage

Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/configure-blob-storage/

5. Get started with Azure Functions – (Lab Duration: 1 hour)

Lab Details: Create a function in Azure with Python using Visual Studio Code

Lab URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/create-first-function-vs-code-python?pivots=python-mode-decorators

Note: Go to Quick Start Menu (left side) to deploy differnt type of function using python, java, C#, Javascript, TypeScript etc.

Training : Build Serverless APIs with Azure Functions

Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/build-api-azure-functions/

6. Secure your Azure resources with Azure AD: Microsoft renamed Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to Microsoft Entra ID – Lab (Duration: 1 hour)

Lab Details: Create a new tenant in Microsoft Entra ID

Lab URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/fundamentals/create-new-tenant

You can also follow link for next labs related to Azure AD (MS Entra ID)

Lab2: Add your custom domain name to your tenant

Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/fundamentals/add-custom-domain

Lab3: Associate or add an Azure subscription to your Microsoft Entra tenant

Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/fundamentals/how-subscriptions-associated-directory

Lab4: How to: Rename Azure AD

Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/fundamentals/how-to-rename-azure-ad

7. Monitor Azure resources with Azure Monitor – (Lab Duration: 30 minutes)

Lab Details: Monitor Azure resources with Azure Monitor

Lab URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/monitor-azure-resource

You can also follow links for next labs related to Azure Monitor:

Lab2: Application Insights overview

Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/app-insights-overview

Lab3: Enable VM insights in the Azure portal

Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/vm/vminsights-enable-portal

8: Automate tasks with Azure Automation – (Lab Duration: 25 minutes)

Lab Details: Create an Automation account using the Azure portal

Lab URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/quickstarts/create-azure-automation-account-portal

Lab2: Enable managed identities for your Automation account using the Azure portal

Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/quickstarts/enable-managed-identity

Lab3: Configure a VM with Desired State Configuration

Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/quickstarts/dsc-configuration

9: Implement DevOps practices with Azure Pipelines – (Lab Duration: 1 hour)

Lab Details: Sign up for Azure Pipelines

Lab URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/get-started/pipelines-sign-up?view=azure-devops

Lab2: Create your first pipeline

Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/create-first-pipeline?view=azure-devops&tabs=java%2Ctfs-2018-2%2Cbrowser

Lab3: Customize your pipeline

Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/customize-pipeline?view=azure-devops

10. Build a chatbot with Azure Bot Service – (Lab Duration: 1 hours)

Lab Details: Create a simple chatbot using Azure Bot Service to interact with users through text or voice.

Lab URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/abs-quickstart?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=userassigned

11. Analyze logs with Azure Log Analytics – (Lab Duration: 45 minutes)

Lab Details: Analyze and visualize monitoring data

Lab URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/best-practices-analysis

12. Get started with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) – (Lab Duration: 1.25 hours)

Lab Details: Deploy an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster using Azure portal

Lab URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/learn/quick-kubernetes-deploy-portal?tabs=azure-cli

Training: Deploy a containerized application on Azure Kubernetes Service

Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/aks-deploy-container-app/?source=recommendations

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