Get Started with Azure
Prerequisite module · Learning objectives: create your Azure account/free account, understand subscriptions and the management plane, and get productive with the portal, Azure CLI, and Cloud Shell.
Overview
Before administering, you need an account and the tools to drive Azure: the right subscription model, the portal GUI, and the CLI/PowerShell/Cloud Shell interfaces that admins actually script with.
Concepts introduced (link to term notes)
Key terms / commands
az account show·az login·az group create --name <rg> --location <region>
Hands-on
Create a free account, spin up a resource group via CLI and portal, and confirm the same <rg> shows in both.
Exam focus
The management-plane tooling; how portal/CLI/PowerShell/ARM relate.