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🌱Level 01 · Beginner

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No prior Azure experience needed. These topics build your foundation — from cloud fundamentals to your first working queue, function, and workflow.

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Azure Fundamentals
5 topics
01
What is Microsoft Azure?
Cloud concepts, regions, availability zones
easy
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Azure Portal & CLI Basics
Navigating the portal, running az commands
easy
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Resource Groups & Subscriptions
Organising resources, cost management basics
easy
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Azure Pricing & Cost Management
Pay-as-you-go, reserved instances, billing alerts
easy
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Identity & Access Basics
Entra ID, users, roles, RBAC introduction
easy
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Azure Blob Storage
5 topics
01
What Is Blob Storage?
Storage accounts, containers, blob types
easy
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Upload & Download Files
Portal, CLI, and .NET SDK basics
easy
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Public vs Private Access
Anonymous access, container permissions
easy
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Connection Strings & Keys
Authenticate with account keys (and why to avoid them)
easy
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Generating SAS Tokens
Time-limited read/write URLs for clients
medium
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Azure Service Bus
5 topics
01
What Is a Message Queue?
Why async messaging, producer/consumer model
easy
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Namespaces & Queues
Create your first namespace and queue in portal
easy
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Send & Receive Messages
Basic .NET SDK send/receive with PeekLock
easy
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Tiers: Basic vs Standard
Feature comparison, choosing the right tier
easy
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Connection Strings & Keys
SAS policies, least-privilege access
medium
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Azure Functions
5 topics
01
What Is Serverless?
FaaS concepts, event-driven compute model
easy
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Your First HTTP Function
Create, run locally, and deploy to Azure
easy
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Hosting Plans Overview
Consumption vs Premium vs Dedicated
easy
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Timer Trigger Basics
CRON expressions, scheduled jobs
easy
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Application Settings
local.settings.json, env vars, reading config
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Azure Logic Apps
5 topics
01
What Are Logic Apps?
Low-code workflow automation, connector model
easy
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Your First Workflow
HTTP trigger → send email with Office 365
easy
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Consumption vs Standard
Choosing the right Logic Apps tier
easy
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Common Connectors
Outlook, SharePoint, Teams, HTTP, Service Bus
easy
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Recurrence Trigger
Schedule workflows on a cron-like timer
easy
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Azure API Management
5 topics
01
What Is an API Gateway?
Why APIM, key concepts, gateway vs backend
easy
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Create Your First API
Import OpenAPI spec, add to APIM in portal
easy
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Subscription Keys
API key model, Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key header
easy
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Developer Portal
Browse docs, Try-It, request access
easy
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APIM Tiers Overview
Consumption vs Basic vs Standard vs Premium
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Ready to level up?
Once comfortable with these basics, move to Intermediate to build production patterns.
Next: Intermediate Stage →