Part 2 Cloud infrastructure with compute, networking, and storage
Every great cloud solution rests on three sturdy pillars: compute, networking, and storage. Together, they form the backbone of everything you build in Azure—whether it’s a simple website, a scalable enterprise system, or a data-driven application. Think of compute as the brains, networking as the nervous system, and storage as the memory. Miss one, and your cloud solution quickly falls over.
In this part, we’ll explore how to stitch these pillars together into something both reliable and adaptable. We’ll start with compute, looking at virtual machines and how Azure lets you scale from a single test box to a fleet of powerful workloads across regions. Next, we’ll move into networking, where you’ll see how to connect resources securely, manage traffic, and keep performance predictable even when demand spikes. Finally, we’ll dig into storage, that ever-present foundation for your applications and data, where the right choices regarding tiers, redundancy, and performance can mean the difference between an efficient solution and an expensive mistake.
By the end of this part, you’ll understand how compute, networking, and storage fit together not just as individual services but as a cohesive, flexible cloud infrastructure. These aren’t abstract building blocks—they’re the practical tools you’ll rely on every time you bring an Azure solution to life.