--- title: Azure Cloud description: Microsoft Azure is a public cloud computing platform providing diverse services for computing, analytics, and networking. You will understand how to deploy virtual machines, manage active directories, and configure cloud-native applications using Azure's ecosystem. category: programming-tech subcategory: devops difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/azure-cloud --- # Azure Cloud Microsoft Azure is a public cloud computing platform providing diverse services for computing, analytics, and networking. You will understand how to deploy virtual machines, manage active directories, and configure cloud-native applications using Azure's ecosystem. ## Available Resources 1 Courses • 3 Websites ## Websites ### 1. Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure Microsoft's end-to-end guidance for adopting Azure at organizational scale, covering strategy, planning, landing zones, governance, security, and management. Frames how enterprises migrate and operate cloud workloads rather than individual service configuration. **Difficulty:** Advanced | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/overview **Tags:** azure, cloud-adoption, cloud-migration, landing-zones, cloud-governance ### 2. Azure Architecture Center Microsoft's catalog of reference architectures, example workloads, cloud design patterns, and technology decision guides for building solutions on Azure, spanning compute, networking, containers, AI, data, and landing-zone deployment. **Difficulty:** Advanced | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/ **Tags:** azure, cloud-architecture, reference-architectures, cloud-design-patterns, solution-design ### 3. Azure Well-Architected Framework Microsoft's quality-driven framework for designing Azure workloads around five pillars: reliability, security, cost optimization, operational excellence, and performance efficiency. Includes design principles, service guides, and a self-assessment review tool. **Difficulty:** Advanced | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/ **Tags:** azure, well-architected-framework, cloud-architecture, reliability, cost-optimization ## Youtubes ### 1. Learn Azure in 2026 **Author:** John Savill John Savill's nearly twenty-hour playlist covering the AZ-104 Azure Administrator exam: identity, governance, storage, compute, virtual networking, and monitoring, plus a condensed study-cram summary video for final review. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usvlTo0TDoA&list=PLlVtbbG169nGlGPWs9xaLKT1KfwqREHbs **Tags:** azure, az-104, azure-administration, cloud-certification, virtual-networking ### 2. AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals Full Certification Course **Author:** John Savill John Savill's free, ad-free multi-hour video course preparing viewers for the AZ-900 exam, walking through cloud concepts, core services, security, governance, and cost management with whiteboard explanations and a downloadable handout. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlVtbbG169nED0_vMEniWBQjSoxTsBYS3 **Tags:** azure, az-900, cloud-fundamentals, cloud-certification, cloud-governance ## Courses ### 1. Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Certification & Learning Path Microsoft's official AZ-900 entry path covering cloud concepts, core Azure services, architecture, management, and governance. Includes free self-paced learning modules with hands-on portal exercises and the formal exam study guide. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/azure-fundamentals/ **Tags:** azure, az-900, cloud-fundamentals, cloud-certification --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/azure-cloud