Azure Security Best Practices (Udemy.com)
Make your Azure environment as secure as possible using up-to-date best practices and services
Created by: Memi Lavi
Last updated August 2026
What you will learn
- Extensive, practical knowledge about Software Security, from the basics to the advanced
- Specific challenges with cloud security
- Identity security in the cloud
- Network security in the cloud
- Storing secrets in the cloud
- Securing various cloud services
- Utilizing Azure Policy for setting security baseline
- Applying this knowledge on a case study
How it compares
Against the other 1,182 rated Udemy courses in IT & Software on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 86% of them
- Reviews573#547 of 1,183 by number of reviews
- Length7 hourslonger than 58% of them
- Last updatedAugust 2026more recently than 86% of them
Course Description
Make your Azure environment as secure as possible.
Working in the cloud poses unique security challenges. The fact that the cloud is accessible through the internet, and that some services are open to the network by default, makes it an attractive target to attackers.
And that means that you have to make sure your cloud environment is secure. Unsecure environment is an easy target for hackers, which can steal your data, crush your servers, and destroy your reputation.
And this is exactly what this course is all about.
In this course we'll learn everything there's to learn about security in Azure. We'll begin from the very basics, the foundations of software security, and go all the way to the most advanced security topics in Azure.
We'll learn about the security services in Azure and see how, and when, to use them.
We'll also learn how to set a security baseline in Azure and make sure all the resources follow it.
Here are some of the topics we'll discuss in this course:
- Basic security principles
- Security challenges in the cloud
- Identity security with Azure AD
- Network security (NSG, Private Endpoints and more)
- KeyVault
- Securing Virtual Machines
- Securing App Services
- Securing Databases
- Firewalls
And lots more.
But that's not all. I wanted to make this course as practical as possible, and therefore we're going to have a lot of hands-on work in Azure.
We're going to deploy virtual machines and configure them for security, we're going to create KeyVault and store our secrets securely in it, We're going to connect our database to an app service using Private Endpoint, and lots more.
And to make this course even better - it has the following two additional elements:
1. Case study, where we're going to begin with a basic, unsecure cloud architecture, and go through all the elements in it and make them secure. You'll be surprised to see the difference between our starting point and the final architecture.
2. Azure Security Handbook, summarizing what we learn in this course. This downloadable handbook is a great go-to-guide for security in Azure, and it will greatly help you when designing your next cloud architecture (the same way it helps me...)
There is no other course like this! This is the most comprehensive, practical and easy-to-follow course about Azure security. And by the end of this course - you'll be a real Azure Security Expert!
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What do my students have to say about my Azure courses
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"This is the best Azure course I have encountered on Udemy or anywhere. And I say this after buying 8 different Udemy Azure before" - Arbaaz
"One of the best Azure classes in the world" - Kkvi1357
"One of the best courses I've done at Udemy - top among maybe 50-100" - Russ
"Memi is a true architect willing to get his hands dirty!" - Kevon
"Excellent" - Ashwani
"Highly recommended" - Shashank
"I am loving it <3 the best part is the project based learning !" - Juhi
"The best course I have taken on Udemy" - Eslam
And lots more...
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Who is this course for?
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Any person who works with Azure will benefit from this course.
Whether you are a cloud architect, developer or administrator - this course is for you.
And in fact - anyone who's interested in cloud and security can take this course and benefit from it.
If you're not sure if this course is for you - drop me a note!
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What are the prerequisites for this course?
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Some knowledge of Azure and familiarity with the Azure portal is required for this course.
Note: This is not a beginner course in Azure, and I assume you already know how to work with Azure, create resources in it and work with them.
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About Me
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I've been working with Azure for more than 11 years, spanning dozens of customers from various fields - Fortune 100 enterprises, start-ups, govt. entities, defense, telco, banking, and lots more.
In addition, I am a certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert and a certified Azure Security Engineer.
I've been in the software industry for more than 20 years, and a Software Architect for more than 17 years, working with a variety of clients.
I'm an avid speaker and trainer, having trained thousands of students in various courses.
I love what I do, and my greatest passion (well, besides my family...) is designing modern, practical, and reliable systems for my clients, using the best possible architecture patterns and services.
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
573 Reviews
Memi Lavi
Senior Software & Cloud Architect with more than 20 years of experience in the Software Industry.
In 2018 I founded my own software and cloud architecture boutique company, which grew 100s% every year, until it was sold a few years later to one of the largest IT companies in the country for millions of dollars.
Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
Worked with all kinds of clients - govt. entities, start-ups, banks, telcos and more - designing the architecture of their systems and working closely with the development teams.
Frequent speaker in many tech conferences & meetups, and a real software enthusiast.
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Reviews
By Ishita Shah on 2/19/2026
Wonderful course. Concepts simple and to the point, excellent, Would have loved some more technical examples of configs / correlations with industry sectors
By Eugen Daroczy on 6/9/2025
This is a great course! Very well explained and the demos are useful. The information received sticks in memory.
By Ashish Dwivedi on 3/11/2025
The experience was Good and I got to learn a lot about azure security best practices
By Klaus-Peter Zind on 9/5/2024
Der Kurs ist sehr ausführlich und gut strukturiert. Anders als bei vielen anderen Kursen werden auch Kopien der Powerpoint Slides (als PDF) zur Verfügung gestellt. Das ist ideal, wenn man später etwas nachschauen möchte.
By Hemish Sagar on 8/18/2024
All good , request Architecture Diagram to be presented while explaining the Resources in the lectures
By Todor Stoykov on 7/1/2024
This is course on extremely important topic, security, and the information that one can provide should be with a lot more details and in depth details for the best practices. I would not event recommend this course to anyone, not even a beginner... I like the lector and I have purchase another course for him which is better than this one.
By Nitin L on 5/31/2024
No Nonsense Course. Quick & Concise Explanation. Really enjoyed & gained much knowledge.
By T Jeywin Lizy Rani on 12/22/2023
A stellar 5-star rating – truly awesome! Instills confidence as if we've had a real-time experience.
By Vladimir Pekar on 11/25/2023
This course brings a nice overview of different Azure technologies and ways how to keep them secure, with loads of practical examples and information. Memi is a talented teacher and manages to explain things in a simple and understandable way. I would definitely appreciate a deeper dive into the subject, however, this is as much as you can get (and expect) from a 7 hours long course. I can recommend this course to everyone who's interested in Azure and security. Thanks Memi.
By Manuel Rocha on 6/9/2023
Very useful to acquire good knowledge of important aspects of Azure security. Using concrete examples, of frequently used resources, we learn how to greatly improve a system's security. It's definitely a course worth taking to significantly increase one's sensitivity and capabilities in securing an Azure system.
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