Azure Portal
Azure Portal is Microsoft's web-based management interface for creating, configuring, monitoring, and managing Azure resources and services.
Bootstrapping Microservices, Second Edition: With Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, and Terraform
The Azure portal is Microsoft's web interface for creating, configuring, monitoring, and managing Azure resources.
- How it is used
- Uses a browser interface to create, configure, inspect, connect, and remove Azure resources during cloud deployment workflows.
- How deep it goes
- Guides complete registry and Kubernetes creation workflows, but defers repeatable infrastructure creation to Terraform and operational commands to CLI tools.
- Examples
- Demonstrates creating a private container registry and a managed Kubernetes cluster, then finding registry details and deleting resources.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure Azure resources manually, retrieve connection details, and remove unused infrastructure through the portal.
Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core
Azure Portal is Azure's web-based graphical management interface for administering cloud services and resources.
- How it is used
- Administers Azure services and resources through a graphical interface, including creating virtual machines and configuring Application Insights.
- How deep it goes
- Walks through account access and VM configuration panels, while stopping short of comprehensive portal administration.
- Examples
- Uses a Windows Server VM workflow, resource-group naming, Azure Spot pricing, and Application Insights instance setup.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure Azure Portal to create a Windows VM and begin setting up Application Insights.
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Microsoft Azure in Action
The Azure Portal is Microsoft's web-based management interface for creating, managing, monitoring, and organizing Azure resources.
- How it is used
- Provides a visual starting point for creating, managing, organizing, and monitoring Azure resources.
- How deep it goes
- Walks through resource-creation wizards and configuration choices, while leaving portal internals unexplained.
- Examples
- Uses resource-group, virtual-machine, and Key Vault creation wizards as concrete examples.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure it to create resources through portal wizards and review their settings before deployment.
Related concepts
- Azureuses · Azure is Microsoft's public cloud computing platform, providing on-demand infrastructure, application hosting, and managed services.
- Azure resource groupuses · An Azure resource group is a logical management container for organizing related Azure resources and managing them as a unit.
- loguses · A log is a record of events, activity, or diagnostic information produced during the operation of a system or process, often ordered by time.
- Microsoft Defender for Cloudused by · Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a cloud security service that assesses security posture, detects threats, and provides security recommendations for cloud and hybrid workloads.
- Azure CLIalternative to · Azure CLI is Microsoft’s cross-platform command-line interface for creating, configuring, and managing Azure resources and services.
- Kubernetesconfigures · Kubernetes is an open-source platform for orchestrating and automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized workloads across computing clusters.
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