New to Azure
- What is Azure?
- AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals
Recommended course if you’re getting started with Azure - Azure Certifications Poster
A poster detailing various Microsoft certs organised into role based, specialty and fundamentals - Free 30-Day Azure Trial
Build in the cloud with an Azure free account - Free Microsoft Certifications for students
Students, kick-start your tech career with Microsoft Certification! - Learn Microsoft Azure in 2022 by Thomas Maurer (YouTube)
- Azure Crazy
Discover how existing users of Azure started their journeys (non-Microsoft site)
Learning resources
- Microsoft Learn
Microsoft Learn is a free, online training platform that provides interactive learning for Microsoft products and more. - Microsoft Docs
The home for Microsoft documentation and learning for developers and technology professionals. - Free Azure E-books
Deepen your understanding of cloud computing with analyst publications, guides, and infographics for technical professionals and business leaders. - Channel 9/Learn Live
Presenting Microsoft Learn content Live. Every episode Microsoft choose a Learn module and work through it. They pull in guests to give you extra commentary from experts and sometimes even the engineers who built it. Join and ask questions, live! - Microsoft Trainer Community Channel
Microsoft Trainer Community YouTube channel - Azure Friday
Join Scott Hanselman, Donovan Brown, or Lara Rubbelke as they host the engineers who build Azure, demo it, answer questions, and share insights. - Azure Tuesday
Corey Sanders answers your questions about Microsoft Azure – Virtual Machines, Web Sites, Mobile Services, Dev/Test etc. If you have a question, Corey will find the answer! - John Savill’s Technical Training
A curated set of free learning videos from John Savill and other free resources to help you master Azure. (Not a Microsoft channel)
Useful links - Azure global infrastructure experience
A 3D interactive adventure to experience the reach of the sustainable, trusted infrastructure of Microsoft Azure’s cloud platform. - Azure Global Infrastructure
Discover a new world of sustainable, trusted cloud infrastructure with Azure. - Azure Updates
Get the latest updates on Azure products and features to meet your cloud investment needs. Subscribe to notifications to stay informed. - Azure Status
View issues that might be impacting your services - Azure Blog
Stay up to date with the latest Azure news via the Azure Blog - List of Azure Blogs
A list of Azure Blogs owned by the technical community - Azure Community Support (Forums)
Ask your Azure technical questions, find answers, and get Azure support provided by Microsoft engineers, community experts, and validated by customers. New to Q&A? See our get started article below. - Microsoft Azure YouTube channel
Learn about the latest products & solutions, watch training demos, and discover technical insights relevant to you. Invent with purpose with Microsoft Azure. - Microsoft Azure Twitter
The official Twitter account for Microsoft Azure. Follow for the latest news from the Azure team and community.
- Azure Quickstart Templates
Deploy Azure resources through the Azure Resource Manager with community contributed templates to get more done. Deploy, learn, fork and contribute back. - Microsoft Exam questions format
Find out how Microsoft exams are structured - Azure Charts
Live visual exploration environment for Azure Cloud + ecosystem (non-Microsoft site) - Azure Speed Test
Measuring the latency from your web browser to the Blob Storage Service in each of the Microsoft Azure Data Centers. The latency times are indicative only, and do not represent the maximum performance achievable from Microsoft Azure. Use this website purely as a tool to gauge which Azure Data Center could be the best for your location. (Non-Microsoft site) - Azure SLA
Service-level agreements (SLAs) describe Microsoftโs commitments for uptime and connectivity - Azure Calculator
Calculate your estimated hourly or monthly costs for using Azure. - Azure Architecture Center
Guidance for architecting solutions on Azure using established patterns and practices. - Cloud Adoption Framework
Proven guidance and best practices that help you confidently adopt the cloud and achieve business outcomes. - Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework
The Azure Well-Architected Framework is a set of guiding tenets that can be used to improve the quality of a workload. - Practice Tests Official Microsoft Practice Tests are offered by MeasureUp and can help you be prepared on test day.

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