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Microsoft Azure: From Zero to Hero - The Complete Guide (Udemy.com)

Become an Azure Expert! Learn to design and build modern cloud apps from a certified Azure Architect

Created by: Memi Lavi

Last updated August 2026

Our take

Based on the ratings of 23,269 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in August 2026. No course pays to be reviewed.

The course teaches Azure by building one thing: readit, a fictional bookstore, deployed piece by piece. Memi Lavi, a certified Azure Solutions Architect, runs the show. It has 287 lectures and about 21 hours of video, and compute, networking and data take up most of that time. It asks for some programming knowledge in any language but no cloud experience. The audience list covers developers, architects and IT admins, though developers will get the most out of it.

Reviewers like the structure and Lavi's plain way of explaining things. Several say complex topics became easy to follow, and one says the step-by-step demos built confidence. The complaints are small. One finds him fast, one says 1080p video is not enough, and one hears volume jump between lectures. Two hit Cloud Shell authorization errors and wanted the course to cover them. One 2-star reviewer says much of the build leans on a VS Code extension instead of Docker or the CLI, and that the extension sometimes breaks.

The rating is 4.7 from 23,269 reviews, with about 157,000 students, and fewer than 2 percent of reviews are one or two stars. The last update was August 2026, and the changelog lists Front Door in the August 2025 round. Two reviewers still call it dated, and one says the videos need a redo. Beside the GCP basics, general cloud and Data Factory courses in its category, this is the broad Azure option. There are no practice tests, so certification prep needs something else. For a developer starting Azure, it is an easy recommendation.

Best forDevelopers with no cloud background who want to learn Azure by building one app from start to finish.
Skip it ifYou want AZ exam practice tests, or you dislike following along with a VS Code extension.

Pros

  • One bookstore app is built across compute, networking, data and identity, so the services connect
  • Reviewers say Lavi explains complex topics simply and in a clear, structured order
  • Last updated August 2026; the changelog lists Front Door (2025) and deployment slots (January 2024)
  • Starts from what the cloud is, so no earlier cloud experience is needed

Cons

  • Reviewers flag uneven volume, 1080p video that is not enough and a fast speaking pace
  • Cloud Shell errors are not covered, and some demos lean on a VS Code extension
  • A few reviewers call it a bit outdated and say Azure has changed since some videos were made
This course was recommended by a mentor, and it is exactly what I expected. Very detailed, good explanations, and easy to follow.
Carolyn Scott, a student

Suits cloud newcomers who already write code in any language, but not people with zero programming background.

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What you will learn

  • What is the cloud and what it's good for
  • Basic terminology of the cloud: Regions, Zones, etc.
  • Fundamentals of Microsoft Azure - Resource Groups, Storage Account, Budgets and more
  • Working with the Azure portal
  • Working with Azure Compute - Virtual Machines, App Services, AKS, Functions and more
  • Design and implementation of networking in Azure - VNets, Subnets, NSG, App Gateway and more
  • Data in Azure - Azure SQL, MySQL, CosmosDB, Storage and more
  • Messaging in Azure using Queues, Event Grid, Service Bus and Event Hubs
  • Managing authentication using Azure AD
  • How to secure your apps in Azure
  • Designing disaster recovery strategy
  • Manage costs in Azure
  • Architecting applications for Azure
  • How to migrate existing applications to Azure

Course content

20 sections · 287 lectures · 21 hours of video 10 quizzes, 33 articles

  1. 1Welcome 6 free previews6 lectures · 10 min
  2. 2Introduction to the Cloud 2 free previews7 lectures · 27 min
  3. 3Introduction to Azure4 lectures · 12 min
  4. 4First Look at Azure10 lectures · 29 min
  5. 5Azure Basic Concepts8 lectures · 28 min
  6. 6Introducing Our App 2 free previews8 lectures · 21 min
  7. 7Azure Compute52 lectures · 1 quiz · 4.6 hours
  8. 8Azure Networking40 lectures · 1 quiz · 3.5 hours
  9. 9Data in Azure38 lectures · 1 quiz · 4 hours
  10. 10Messaging in Azure16 lectures · 1 quiz · 1.2 hours

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • Software Architects
  • Developers
  • IT Admins
  • DevOps experts
  • System Analysts
  • Anyone who wants to learn about Microsoft Azure :-)

What you need before you start

  • Some development knowledge - doesn't matter in which language
  • No prior cloud knowledge or experience is required :-)

How it compares

Against the other 118 rated Udemy courses in Cloud Computing on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 87% of them
  • Reviews23,269#2 of 119 by number of reviews
  • Length21.2 hourslonger than 88% of them
  • Last updatedAugust 2026more recently than 90% of them

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Course Description

Learn Microsoft Azure from a certified, experienced Azure Architect.

*** One of the fastest selling Azure courses on Udemy! *** (See what students of this course are saying about it later on this page)


Change Log

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[August 2025 Update] New Front Door service.

[October 2024 Update] Move to .NET 8.0, update to the new UI of the Function App deployment and more.

[July 2024 Update] Update the Cloud Shell videos to reflect the new Cloud Shell experience.

[January 2024 Update] Major update including deployment slots, better use of Private Endpoints, improved video and audio quality and more.

[June 2023 Update] Use the built-in ACR Docker build capabilities instead of building Docker on local computer. Use the updated Azure Function extension.

[February 2023 Update] Update to the Azure SQL deployment and firewall rules deployment, and to MySQL deployment.

[January 2023 Update] Some minor updates to reflect the new Activity Log export experience.

[April 2022 Update] Major update including the new Networking experience, complete overhaul of AKS and lots more.




Microsoft Azure is one of the most popular public clouds in the industry, and it gets bigger and bigger by the day. Thousands of organizations, from all sizes and shapes, are moving to the cloud, and being able to work with it is one of the most important skills for every developer, architect, or IT admin.

And this course does just that.

If you'll take this course, you'll become a real expert in Microsoft Azure.

We start from the very basics - what is the cloud and what it's good for - and go to the most advanced concepts such as Azure Policy, Cost management, and lots more.

By the end of this course you'll be familiar with the major services in Azure, and also some real hidden gems known only to the few (Azure IMDS, for instance), and you'll be able to work with Azure and design and build modern cloud apps, utilizing the most up-to-date cloud services.

Here is a partial list of what we'll talk about in this course:

- What is the cloud

- Azure vs other clouds

- The Azure portal

- Azure Compute - Virtual Machines, App Services, AKS, Azure Functions and more

- Azure Networking - VNets, Subnets, NSG, Application Gateway and more

- Data in Azure - Azure SQL, CosmosDB, Azure MySQL, Storage Account and more

- Messaging in Azure - Event Grid, Queues, Service Bus, Event Hubs

- Azure Active Directory (also known as Azure AD)

- Logging and Monitoring in Azure

- Securing systems in Azure

- Cost Management

- Disaster Recovery (DR)

And lots and lots more...

Now, to make sure that this course is the best Azure course out there, I've decided to make it a little bit different.

Instead of going through the various features of Azure, talking about each one and perhaps even doing a demo - this course takes a different approach.

We're going to build, together, a full blown modern cloud system on Azure.

Together, we're going to build the readit website, a fictional bookstore that's built in Azure.

We're going to begin with the very basics - take a code and put it on a virtual machine in the cloud.

And then we're going to add more compute elements, add networking, databases, messaging, monitoring, security, and even DR! (Take a look at the video preview - you can see there the architecture diagram of the system at the beginning, and how it looks like when we're done with it. Worth watching...)

And when we're done - you'll be able to say that you've built a complete system in Azure!

This is something you can show future employers and clients, and explain them how the system is designed, and what are the reasons it's built like this.

Now, don't worry about the code. Everything it going to be provided to you.

The system is built using .NET Core and nodeJS, but you don't have to be familiar with these languages, you just better have some development knowledge.

There is no other course like this!

This is the only Azure course that takes you step-by-step towards a complete, full blown system in the cloud. At the end of it - you can definitely call yourself Azure Expert.


But that's not all...

At the end of this course, you'll be able to download the Azure Architecture Summary, a comprehensive, step-by-step guide that summarizes what we've learned in the course, and that will help you design great Azure apps.

This summary is an extremely handy doc to use when designing future Azure apps. I use it and it helps me a lot - and so should you...


This course takes you from the absolute basics of Azure to the most advanced topics, known only to few. Completing this course will give you all the knowledge required for designing modern, robust, secure and reliable cloud systems, and, as a bonus, will put you in a great position when looking for your next job.

No other course covers this topic in such a comprehensive and thorough way. I've put all my 20+ years of experience with hundreds of clients in this course, and I'm sure you will greatly benefit from it.


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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

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Instructor Details

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

4.7

23,269 ratings on Udemy

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By Alain Hernández Ortiz on 8/24/2026

Tal y como explica el profesor, he sido testigo del uso innecesario de recursos por un período de tiempo extremadamente largo que solamente se hace efectivo en el uso de cierres estadísticos durante los 4 trimestres. Se ha invertido un dinero que al final ha sido innecesario por lo que comprendo como la nube resuelve este tema que lo teníamos todos los administradores y arquitectos en los centros de cálculos. Sin dejar de mencionar el gasto de la infraestructura, clima, luces, presencia humana 24/7, sistemas operativos, parches de seguridad, conectividad, etc

By Sathish Kumar GOPALAN on 8/5/2026

This is an excellent Azure course for both beginners and IT professionals. The concepts are explained clearly with practical, real-world examples, making it easy to understand even complex topics. The step-by-step demonstrations and hands-on approach helped me build confidence in working with Azure services. I would highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn Azure from zero to an advanced level.

By Sergio Gabriel Reza Chavarria on 7/21/2026

I really like that the classes are structured and the explanations are simple, this helps me for remember the different descriptions of the components. I really like that had the examples for create a azure architecture with the information of the class

By paul beunk on 6/2/2026

I had an error azure cloud shell no autorization would be nice to cover some errors

By Cole Chisamore on 2/16/2026

This course covered a lot of material on Azure and was easy enough to understand. I loved that this course allowed me to get hands-on experience with Azure, and Memi was incredibly helpful with answering questions when I ran into problems of my own.

By Eugeny on 2/12/2026

After a long search, I finally found exactly what I was looking for. The concepts are explained through practical examples — concise, yet deep and crystal clear, even for complete beginners. My rating for both the course and the author is 100/100.

By Radek Novotny on 1/27/2026

The course is very comprehensive and covers most of what you will need to develop and deploy cloud-based apps in MS Azure. The lessons are well-paced and easy to understand and the interactive parts (when the lecturer is showing how to do something in Azure portal or in IDE) are easy to follow. I feel like this course really gives a very good overview of what Azure is and what services it offers.

By Juan Alcaraz on 1/20/2026

Excellent Azure Course - Highly Recommend! This course truly lives up to its name! It took me from knowing nothing about Azure to feeling confident working with the platform. The instructor explains complex concepts in a clear, easy-to-understand way, and the hands-on labs were incredibly helpful. Perfect for beginners who want to get started with Azure or anyone looking to fill knowledge gaps. Well worth the investment!

By Marosvölgyi Gergely on 12/19/2025

If you want to learn Azure from the basics, THIS is the course you're looking for! I cannot express how grateful I am for this course! A well-organized, step-by-step guide, very detailed to the greatest extent, with clear explanations, without unnecessary rambling. The tutor shows everything, the slides are straight to the point and the materials are regularly updated. Highly recommended for everyone!

By Theo Willemse on 10/27/2025

I liked the practical side of it as you really get to experience the Azure Portal and can see for yourself how to do things. This is a major win for me as far as learning goes. Thank you very much Memi!

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