Azure: Where do I even start?

Microsoft Azure is the second-biggest cloud after AWS. If you can drive AWS, you can drive Azure — the words are just different.

The two Azure concepts you must know

1. Subscription — the billing container. All resources belong to a subscription.
2. Resource Group — a folder that groups related resources (VMs, databases, storage) so you can create/delete them together.

Tenant (your company)
└── Subscription: pay-as-you-go
    ├── Resource Group: my-first-app
    │    ├── VM: web-01
    │    ├── SQL: appdb
    │    └── Storage: app-storage
    └── Resource Group: personal-lab

Rule of thumb: one resource group per project + environment (e.g. technoteshub-prod, technoteshub-dev).

Regions

Same idea as AWS: pick a region near your users (Central India, West Europe).

The portal

• URL: https://portal.azure.com
• Dashboard is customisable — pin the resources you touch often.
• Use Cloud Shell (top bar) for a Bash/PowerShell terminal already logged into your account. Zero setup.

Real-world tip

Delete the whole resource group at the end of a lab — that removes everything inside it in one shot. Forgot to delete a spinning VM = surprise bill.