The purpose of this repo is to serve as a curated list of readiness resources on Microsoft Azure.
Feel free to contribute !
| Topic | Reference |
|---|---|
| Azure Learn | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/azure/ - Announced at Ignite, Microsoft Learn offers customers, partners, and employees micro-learning modules to grow technical skills. Operating as Microsoft’s core technical educational offering, it is designed to provide each audience a “learn by doing” experience |
| Microsoft Professional Program | https://academy.microsoft.com/en-us/professional-program/ - Deep technical tracks which require a lot of effort. Fantastic, comprehensive content - but not for the faint hearted. Developers Generalists and Data Scientists |
| Microsoft on EDX | https://www.edx.org/school/microsoft - Free online courses from Microsoft at EDX |
| Topic | Reference |
|---|---|
| AZ-100.1 Manage Subscriptions and Resources | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-100.1-about |
| AZ-100.2 Implementing and Managing Storage | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-100.2-about |
| AZ-100.3 Deploying and Managing Virtual Machines | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-100.3-about |
| AZ-100.4 Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-100.4-about |
| AZ-100.5 Managing Identities | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-100.5-about |
| Topic | Reference |
|---|---|
| AZ-101.1 Migrate Servers to Azure | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-101.1-about |
| AZ-101.2 Implementing and Managing Application Services | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-101.2-about |
| AZ-101.3 Implement Advanced Virtual Networking | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-101.3-about |
| AZ-101.4 Secure Identities | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-101.4-about |
| Topic | Reference |
|---|---|
| AZ-200.1 Select the appropriate Azure technology development solution | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-200.1-about |
| AZ-200.2 Develop for Azure storage | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-200.2-about |
| AZ-200.3 Develop Azure Platform as a Service solutions | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-200.3-about |
| AZ-200.4 Implement security in Azure development solutions | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-200.4-about |
| Topic | Reference |
|---|---|
| AZ-201.1 Develop for an Azure cloud model | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-201.1-about |
| AZ-201.2 Implement Azure development integration solutions | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-201.2-about |
| AZ-201.3 Develop Azure Cognitive Services, Bot, and IoT solutions | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-201.3-about |
| Topic | Reference |
|---|---|
| AZ-300.1 Deploying and Configuring Infrastructure | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-300.1-about |
| AZ-300.2 Implementing Workloads and Security | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-300.2-about |
| AZ-300.3 Understanding Cloud Architect Technology Solutions | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-300.3-about |
| AZ-300.4 Creating and Deploying Apps | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-300.4-about |
| AZ-300.5 Implementing Authentication and Secure Data | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-300.5-about |
| AZ-300.6 Developing for the Cloud | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-300.6-about |
| Topic | Reference |
|---|---|
| AZ-301.1 Designing for Identity and Security | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-301.1-about |
| AZ-301.2 Designing a Data Platform Solution | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-301.2-about |
| AZ-301.3 Designing for Deployment, Migration, and Integration | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-301.3-about |
| AZ-301.4 Designing an Infrastructure Strategy | https://aka.ms/openedx-AZ-301.4-about |
| Topic | Reference |
|---|---|
| Azure Free Trainings on Pluralsight | http://aka.ms/azure-pluralsight |
| Azure Learning in Linkedin | https://www.linkedin.com/learning/search?keywords=Azure&u=3322 - Lots of Azure courses as well as AWS and Google also. Good offline app as part of the LinkedIn Mobile App - learn on the go |
| Azure Free Trainings at Pluralsight | http://pluralsight.com/partners/microsoft/azure - Free trainings for Azure from Pluralsight and Microsoft |
| Microsoft Self Passed Labs | https://www.microsoft.com/handsonlabs/SelfPacedLabs - Microsoft Self Passed Labs |
| Databricks Academy on Azure | https://academy.databricks.com - extensive set of notebooks on individual aspects of Apache Spark (currently focused on dev/data engineer). You can learn the best practices and get to know Spark at depth. |
| Microsoft on EDX | https://www.edx.org/school/microsoft - Free online courses from Microsoft at EDX |
| Azure Hands-on Labs | https://azure.microsoft.com/pt-br/training/hands-on-labs/) - Azure Hands-on Labs |
| Microsoft Hands-on Labs | https://www.microsoft.com/handsonlabs - Microsoft Hands-on Labs |
| Microsoft Self Passed Labs | https://www.microsoft.com/handsonlabs/SelfPacedLabs - Microsoft Self Passed Labs |
| Azure Essentials | https://www.microsoft.com/pt-br/azureessentials - Azure initial steps training |
| Learn Analytics | https://learnanalytics.microsoft.com/ - Data and AI Training |
| AI School | https://aischool.microsoft.com/ - Dive in and learn how to start building intelligence into your solutions with the Microsoft AI platform |
| Microsoft Professional Program | https://academy.microsoft.com/en-us/professional-program/ - Tracks for your professional development on Data Science, BigData, Frontend Development, Cloud Administration and DevOps |
| Azure Learn | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/azure/ - Unlock your cloud skills in minutes |
| Azure Free Trainings at Pluralsight | http://pluralsight.com/partners/microsoft/azure - Free trainings for Azure from Pluralsight and Microsoft |
| Azure Certification and Trainings | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/azure-training.aspx - Azure Certification and Trainings |
| EDX | https://www.edx.org/course?search_query=Azure - Azure at EDX |
| CloudAcademy | https://cloudacademy.com/library/?q=Azure - Azure at CloudAcademy |
| Microsoft Virtual Academy (Azure Courses)] | https://mva.microsoft.com/product-training/microsoft-azure#!lang=1033 |
| Microsoft Virtual Academy (Visual Studio Courses) | https://mva.microsoft.com/product-training/visual-studio-courses#!lang=1033 |
| Azure Courses on Cloud Academy | https://cloudacademy.com/library/?q=Azure |
| Azure Learning Pathways | https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/azurelearningpathways |
| Microsoft Learning on Github | https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning |
| Topic | Reference |
|---|---|
| Last week in Azure | https://azure.microsoft.com/pt-br/blog/topics/last-week-in-azure/ - Keep current on what's happening in Azure, including what's now in preview, generally available, news & updates, and more |
| Azure Notes | https://azurenotes.tech/ - All Azure annoucements with links |
| Azure Updates | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/updates/ - Learn about important Azure product updates, roadmap and announcements. Subscribe to notifications to stay informed |
| The Azure Podcast | http://azpodcast.azurewebsites.net/ - Brilliant, well-established weekly podcast series ran by Microsofties. |
| Covers recent key news and an in-depth topic each week | |
| Azure Friday | https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Azure-Friday - Mature weekly video series, Scott Hanselman, Donovan Brown, or Lara Rubbelke host the engineers who build Azure, demo it, answer questions, and share insights |
| Azure Tuesdays with Corey | https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Tuesdays-With-Corey - Corey Sanders answers your questions about Microsoft Azure - Virtual Machines, Web Sites, Mobile Services, Dev/Test etc. If you have a question, Corey will find the answer! |
| Azure Roadmap | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/roadmap/ |
| Azure InfoHub | https://azureinfohub.azurewebsites.net/ |
| Azure Weekly | http://azureweekly.info/ |
| Updates on Azure Documentation | http://azuredocsupdates.azurewebsites.net/ |
| Open@Microsoft - Medium | https://medium.com/@OpenAtMicrosoft |
| Microsoft Azre - Medium | https://medium.com/microsoftazure |
| Topic | Reference |
|---|---|
| Azure Power Lunch | http://azurepowerlunch.com/ - Join experts from Microsoft, your peers and partners for an Azure learning session series – targeted at helping our customers and partners derive the most value from Azure. In each 30-minutes weekly session, this technical series will focus on keeping you up-to-date with new and appetizing updates to Azure cloud platform |
| Microsoft Technical Events | https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/developers/events/) - Curated list of all up and coming Microsoft Events, Including Azure Bitesize Learning series, ran by our very own Simon Thurman |
| Channel9 | https://channel9.msdn.com/ - Microsoft Channel with videos, screencasts, intervew and much more related to Azure and other Microsoft services |
| Microsoft Mechanics | https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficeGarageSeries - The official tech show from Microsoft that covers your favorite tech and news across Microsoft |
| The complete guide to the Azure Essentials | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXtHYVsvn_b8xpydYGuVR0b7gWu4JJfRh - How much Azure you can learn in 5 to 6 minutes? A lot. Matt McSpirit is your guide through identity, compute, data, DevOps, and Azure for AWS Professionals. Each video is packed with in-product experiences and illustrative motion graphics |
| Microsoft Mechanics on Channel9 | https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Mechanics |
| Microsoft Mechanics | https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficeGarageSeries |
| Cloud Ranger Network | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNA6zO3qpCuZR-dUsAi9FGQ |
| Azure Development Group | https://youtube.com/Azuredevelopmentgroup |
| Jeffrey Richter Videos | https://www.youtube.com/user/JeffreyMRichter |
| Topic | Reference |
|---|---|
| DevOps Resource Center | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/ - Resources on learning DevOps practices, Git version control, Agile methods, how we work with DevOps at Microsoft, and how you can assess your own DevOps progression. |
| VSTS Docs | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts/index - Everything that you've ever wanted to know about DevOps and VSTS |
| Visual Studio - DevOps | https://www.visualstudio.com/devops/ - Your guide through the theory and implementation of DevOps |
| Microsoft DevOps Blog | https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/devops/ - Microsoft DevOps Blog |
| DevOps @ Microsoft | https://www.visualstudio.com/learn/devopsmsft-overview/ - How we continue to adopt DevOps at Microsoft |
| Topic | Reference |
|---|---|
| Lachlan Evenson YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC5NsnXM2lE6kKfJKdQgsRQ - Lachie Evensen (Principle PM for Azure Container Services) YouTube Channel |
| TGI Kubernetes by Heptio | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjQU5ZI2mHswy7OOsii_URg/videos - Huge amount of videos on Kubernetes |
| Hands-On:Kubernetes BootCamp | https://kubernetesbootcamp.github.io/kubernetes-bootcamp/index.html - By the end of this bootcamp you will understand what Kubernetes does. You will also learn how to deploy, scale, update and debug containerized applications on a Kubernetes cluster using an interactive online terminal |
| Katacoda Labs | https://katacoda.com/courses/kubernetes - Learn Kubernetes using Interactive Browser-Based Scenarios |
| Microsoft Learning Series on Kubernetes | https://aka.ms/aksprep - Good comprehensive learning series. Appropriate for beginners |
| Topic | Reference |
|---|---|
| Azure Architecture Center | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/ - Architecture resources |
| Designing resilient applications for Azure](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/resiliency/) - Architecture resilicency resources | |
| Azure Virtual Datacenter and the Enterprise Control Plane | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/vdc/ - Azure Virtual Datacenter and the Enterprise Control Plane |
| Structured review of Azure architectures | https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/azurecat/2018/11/13/new-whitepaper-structured-review-of-azure-architectures/ |
| Topic | Reference |
|---|---|
| AWS to Azure services comparison | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/aws-professional/services |
| Introduction to Microsoft Azure accounts, platform, and services for AWS experts | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/aws-professional/index) - Azure for AWS experts |
| Azure for AWS Professionals - Learning Path | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/training/learning-paths/azure-for-aws-professional/) - Learning path for AWS Professionals |
| Microsoft Azure for AWS Experts - EDX Course | https://openedx.microsoft.com/courses/course-v1:Microsoft+AZURE213x+2017_T3 - EDX Free Training |
| Azure for AWS Professionals | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/aws-professional |
| AWS to Azure services comparison | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/aws-professional/services |
| (Part 1) Microsoft Azure for Amazon AWS Cloud Professionals: Getting Started | https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/TechNet+Radio/TNR1667 |
| (Part 2) Microsoft Azure for Amazon AWS Cloud Professionals: Networking | https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/TechNet+Radio/TNR1668 |
| (Part 3) Microsoft Azure for Amazon AWS Cloud Professionals: Storage | https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/TechNet+Radio/TNR1669 |
| (Part 4) Microsoft Azure for Amazon AWS Cloud Professionals: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets & Containers | https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/TechNet+Radio/TNR1670 |
| (Part 5) Microsoft Azure for Amazon AWS Cloud Professionals: Migrating to Azure | https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/TechNet+Radio/TNR1671 |
A list of usefull links explaining about the common doubts related to Azure Free Account:
| Topic | Reference |
|---|---|
| Awesome Azure Advanced Analytics | https://github.com/bensadeghi/Awesome-Azure-Advanced-Analytics - Awesome big data and advanced analytics resources for the Microsoft Azure Cloud |
| Awesome Kubernetes | https://github.com/ramitsurana/awesome-kubernetes - An enormous list of Kubernetes resources |
| Name | Links |
|---|---|
| Ricardo Martins | http://ricardomartins.com.br - @ricmmartins |