Deploying Your First Resources in Azure (Udemy.com)
Learn How to Create Resource Groups, Virtual Networks, Storage Accounts, VMs, and More in Microsoft Azure
Created by: Thomas Mitchell
Last updated October 2025
What you will learn
- Deploy Azure Resource Groups
- Deploy Azure Virtual Machines
- Deploy Azure Virtual Networks
- Deploy Azure Storage Accounts
- Deploy Network Security Groups
- Deploy Azure File Shares
- Deploy Firewall Rules in Azure
How it compares
Against the other 118 rated Udemy courses in Cloud Computing on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 44% of them
- Reviews4,322#17 of 119 by number of reviews
- Length0.9 hoursshorter than 97% of them
- Last updatedOctober 2025more recently than 70% of them
Course Description
Over 12,000 students have already enrolled in this entry-level Microsoft Azure course that introduces the student to basic resource deployment in Microsoft Azure. Students who take this course will learn what Azure is and what it offers. Students will also learn how to perform basic tasks in the Azure portal, including things like:
Deploying Resource Groups
Deploying and Configuring Virtual Networks
Deploying Network Security Groups
Configuring Network Security Rules
Deploying Virtual Machines
Deploying and Configuring Storage Accounts
Creating Azure File Shares
Deploying Your First Resources in Microsoft Azure is the perfect course for the IT professional who has had minimal exposure to Microsoft Azure and is interested in learning how to deploy some of the more popular resources. Basic deployment tasks such as virtual machine deployment, virtual network deployment, and more are taught so the student can grasp the fundamentals of deployment and navigation.
The bonus section of this intro-level course on PowerShell walks the student through the process of installing the AZ PowerShell module, and how to use it to connect to Azure. It also teaches you how to use PowerShell to deploy a resource group and a virtual machine.
If you are new to Microsoft Azure and want to know how to perform basic deployments of common Azure resources, enroll today!
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
4,322 Reviews
Thomas Mitchell
Tom Mitchell is a 25+ year veteran of the IT Industry. After spending the last two decades as a Senior Engineer and Solutions Architect for several organizations, including national, international, and global enterprises, Tom now focuses on teaching and providing freelance IT consulting and solution design services for organizations around the world.
Tom's specialties include Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Active Directory, Office 365, and Messaging (Exchange & Exchange Online).
Tom is the founder of labITpro, is the author of The Azure PowerShell Quick Start Guide, and he has trained over 200,000 students in over 200 countries.
Click the LinkedIn button to connect with him. Better yet, enroll in one of his courses today!
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Reviews
By Anonymized User on 10/11/2021
Impressive presentation! I am enjoying this class! The instructor explains the subjects very clearly and easy to understand! Thank you very much!
By Paul Stevens on 11/21/2020
I was enjoying the course and was learning from it, but the VM create PowerShell command resource documents were missing. Also, the networking resource documents did not match was being shown.
By I.tool on 11/21/2020
Quick, to-the-point course on how to get started in Azure
By Dedric Biscoe on 11/14/2020
Very detailed course. Thanks
By Vishal Kalwapalli on 11/1/2020
Good short and crisp.
By Guillaume Boiss Ouellette on 10/25/2020
A good introduction to Microsoft Azure.
By Moshe Babu Tanneeru on 9/12/2020
Good one to start Azure
By Suvin Sukumaran on 9/10/2020
this course really gave good insights for starting with Azure
By Michael Dumlao on 9/9/2020
Good guide to deploy basic vanilla resources in MS AZURE. I learned well.
By Steve Clime on 9/6/2020
Very good overview of creating a first resource group and vm.
By Nikhil B M on 9/6/2020
It's a good course, but nowhere in the course, the instructor didn't mention how to stop VM and all.
By Anonymized User on 9/5/2020
lots of what - no rhyme or reason to the order of discussion
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