Azure Microsoft Learn Practice Lab Reference

 Azure Microsoft Learn Practice Lab Reference

Microsoft learn is one of the learning platform which helped me to upgrade my skills in Azure cloud infrastructure.

If you're looking for a study guide to get start with Azure cloud journey, i would strongly recommend to start with Microsoft Learn - Azure.

Microsoft learn provide free sandbox for practicing the labs along with informative documentation.

In-order to get start you need not to have a credit/debit card, instead a Microsoft account is more than enough.

Here I've consolidated the list of selected Lab exercises which helps you all to learn Azure cloud.

Try it out from today and practice the Lab for free.

Activation of Labs are self explanatory, just follow the documentation.

Good Luck 👍

Azure Compute

1) Virtual machines

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/intro-to-azure-virtual-machines/3-create-a-vm

windows -  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/create-windows-virtual-machine-in-azure/3-exercise-create-a-vm

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/create-windows-virtual-machine-in-azure/5-exercise-connect-to-a-windows-vm-using-rdp

Linux - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/create-linux-virtual-machine-in-azure/4-exercise-create-a-vm

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/create-linux-virtual-machine-in-azure/3-exercise-generate-ssh-key

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/create-linux-virtual-machine-in-azure/6-exercise-connect-to-a-linux-vm-using-ssh

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/create-linux-virtual-machine-in-azure/8-exercise-manage-vm

Linux VM with Azure CLI - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/manage-virtual-machines-with-azure-cli/2-create-a-vm

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/manage-virtual-machines-with-azure-cli/3-testing-the-vm

Exercise - Sizing VMs properly - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/manage-virtual-machines-with-azure-cli/5-sizing-vms

Exercise - Query system and runtime information about the VM - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/manage-virtual-machines-with-azure-cli/6-querying-vms

Exercise - Start and stop your VM with the Azure CLI - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/manage-virtual-machines-with-azure-cli/7-managing-vms

Exercise - Install software on your VM - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/manage-virtual-machines-with-azure-cli/8-installing-software

Exercise - Create an Azure Resource using scripts in Azure PowerShell - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/automate-azure-tasks-with-powershell/6-exercise-create-resource-interactively

Exercise - Create and save scripts in Azure PowerShell - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/automate-azure-tasks-with-powershell/8-exercise-create-resource-using-script

Exercise - Create an image of an Azure VM from the Azure CLI and provision a new VM

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/deploy-vms-from-vhd-templates/4-exercise-create-image-provision-vm?pivots=windows-cloud

Exercise - Add a data disk to a VM - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/add-and-size-disks-in-azure-virtual-machines/3-exercise-add-data-disks-to-azure-virtual-machines

Exercise - Resize a VM disk - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/add-and-size-disks-in-azure-virtual-machines/6-exercise-resize-disks

2) APP Service

Exercise - Create a web app in the Azure portal - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/host-a-web-app-with-azure-app-service/3-exercise-create-a-web-app-in-the-azure-portal?pivots=csharp

Exercise - Write code to implement a web application - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/host-a-web-app-with-azure-app-service/5-exercise-implement-a-web-application?pivots=csharp

Exercise - Deploy your code to App Service - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/host-a-web-app-with-azure-app-service/7-exercise-deploy-your-code-to-app-service?pivots=csharp

Exercise - Publish an ASP.NET app from Visual Studio - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/publish-azure-web-app-with-visual-studio/5-exercise-publish-an-asp.net-app-from-visual-studio

3) Azure Function

Exercise - Create a function app in the Azure portal - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/create-serverless-logic-with-azure-functions/3-create-an-azure-functions-app-in-the-azure-portal?pivots=javascript

Exercise - Add logic to the function app - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/create-serverless-logic-with-azure-functions/5-add-logic-to-the-function-app?pivots=javascript

Exercise - Create a timer trigger - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/execute-azure-function-with-triggers/4-create-timer-trigger?pivots=csharp

Exercise - Create an HTTP trigger - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/execute-azure-function-with-triggers/6-create-http-trigger?pivots=csharp

Exercise - Create a Blob trigger - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/execute-azure-function-with-triggers/8-create-blob-trigger

Exercise - Create a workflow using Durable Functions - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/create-long-running-serverless-workflow-with-durable-functions/4-exercise-create-a-workflow-using-durable-functions

Exercise - Add a durable timer to manage a long-running task - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/create-long-running-serverless-workflow-with-durable-functions/6-exercise-add-a-durable-timer-to-manage-a-long-running-task

Azure Storage

Exercise - Create a storage account using the Azure portal - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/create-azure-storage-account/5-exercise-create-a-storage-account

You can use above Lab exercise for practicing Blob, File, Queue and Table storage

1) Blob Storage

Exercise Blob Storage - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/store-app-data-with-azure-blob-storage/4-create-storage-resources

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/store-app-data-with-azure-blob-storage/5-configure-and-initialize-the-client-library

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/store-app-data-with-azure-blob-storage/6-getting-blob-references

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/store-app-data-with-azure-blob-storage/7-blob-uploads-and-downloads

2) Queue Storage

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/communicate-between-apps-with-azure-queue-storage/3-exercise-create-the-azure-storage-infrastructure

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/communicate-between-apps-with-azure-queue-storage/5-exercise-identify-a-queue

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/communicate-between-apps-with-azure-queue-storage/7-exercise-implement-enqueue

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/communicate-between-apps-with-azure-queue-storage/8-exercise-implement-dequeue

3) Azure Storage CORS

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/set-up-cors-website-storage/4-exercise-enable-cors-for-your-azure-storage-services-using-rest-api

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/set-up-cors-website-storage/6-exercise-enable-cors-for-your-azure-storage-services-using-the-azure-cli

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/set-up-cors-website-storage/8-exercise-enable-cors-for-your-azure-storage-services-using-powershell

4) Azure Storage - Static Website and CDN

Exercise - Deploy a static website to blob storage - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/create-cdn-static-resources-blob-storage/1b-exercise-deploy-a-website

Exercise - Use a Content Delivery Network to publish a static website - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/create-cdn-static-resources-blob-storage/3-exercise-use-cdn-serve-static-site

Exercise - Update a Website and republish to a Content Delivery Network - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/create-cdn-static-resources-blob-storage/4-exercise-update-static-site-republish-cdn

Exercise - Customize and manage CDN behavior - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/create-cdn-static-resources-blob-storage/6-exercise-customize-manage-cdn-behavior

5) WebApp and Azure Storage

Exercise - Create a new app to work with Azure storage - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/connect-an-app-to-azure-storage/3-exercise-create-your-app?pivots=csharp

Exercise - Create an Azure storage account - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/connect-an-app-to-azure-storage/4-exercise-create-storage-account

Exercise - Add the storage client library to your app https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/connect-an-app-to-azure-storage/6-exercise-add-the-azure-storage-lib?pivots=csharp- 

Exercise - Add Azure Storage configuration to your app - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/connect-an-app-to-azure-storage/8-exercise-add-azure-storage-configuration-to-your-app?pivots=csharp

Exercise - Connect your application to your Azure Storage account - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/connect-an-app-to-azure-storage/9-initialize-the-storage-account-model?pivots=csharp

Exercise - Connect your application to your Azure Storage account -  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/connect-an-app-to-azure-storage/10-exercise-connect-with-your-azure-storage-configuration?pivots=csharp

6) Azure Disk Storage

Exercise - Enable and configure Azure VM disk cache with the Azure portal - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/caching-and-performance-azure-storage-and-disks/4-exercise-enable-and-configure-azure-vm-disk-cache-by-using-the-azure-portal

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/caching-and-performance-azure-storage-and-disks/6-exercise-manage-cache-settings-with-powershell

Azure Network

Exercise - Design and implement IP addressing for Azure virtual networks - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/design-ip-addressing-for-azure/5-exercise-implement-vnets

Exercise - Implement a hub-spoke network topology on Azure - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/hub-and-spoke-network-architecture/4-exercise-implement-hub-spoke

Exercise VPN Gateway - Exercise - Prepare Azure and on-premises virtual networks by using Azure CLI commands

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/connect-on-premises-network-with-vpn-gateway/4-exercise-create-a-site-to-site-vpn-gateway-using-azure-cli-commands

VNET Peering - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/integrate-vnets-with-vnet-peering/3-exercise-prepare-vnets-for-peering-using-azure-cli-commands

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/integrate-vnets-with-vnet-peering/4-exercise-configure-vnet-peering-connections-using-azure-cli-commands

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/integrate-vnets-with-vnet-peering/5-exercise-verify-vnet-peering

Traffic Manger - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/distribute-load-with-traffic-manager/3-exercise-priority-routing

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/distribute-load-with-traffic-manager/5-exercise-performance-routing

NVA and Routing - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/control-network-traffic-flow-with-routes/3-exercise-create-custom-routes

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/control-network-traffic-flow-with-routes/5-exercise-create-nva-vm

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/control-network-traffic-flow-with-routes/6-exercise-route-traffic-through-nva

Azure Active Directory

Exercise - Add and delete users in Azure Active Directory - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/create-users-and-groups-in-azure-active-directory/3-exercise-add-delete-users-azure-ad

Exercise - Assign users to Azure Active Directory groups - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/create-users-and-groups-in-azure-active-directory/5-exercise-assign-users-azure-ad-groups

Exercise - Give guest users access in Azure Active Directory B2B - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/create-users-and-groups-in-azure-active-directory/7-exercise-guest-user-access-azure-ad-b2b

Exercise - Set up self-service password reset - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/allow-users-reset-their-password/4-exercise-set-up-self-service-password-reset

Exercise - Customize directory branding -  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/allow-users-reset-their-password/5-exercise-customize-directory-branding

Management and Governance 

Exercise - Use metric alerts to alert on performance issues in your Azure environment - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/incident-response-with-alerting-on-azure/4-exercise-metric-alerts

Exercise - Use activity log alerts to alert on events within your Azure infrastructure - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/incident-response-with-alerting-on-azure/7-exercise-activity-log-alerts