This document provides an overview of resources for getting started with Microsoft Azure cloud computing within 30 minutes. It outlines an agenda for learning Azure including why it's important, identifying career paths, available learning resources, and certification paths. Recommended first steps include exploring official documentation, online courses, hands-on labs, and getting an Azure subscription. Certification preparation timelines are provided for several Azure exams, along with links to practice tests and recorded training content. The goal is to help users efficiently learn Azure and excel in their careers through certification.

1. Microsoft Azure
Getting
Started with
in 30 Mins

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3. Agenda
 Why should you learn Azure Cloud
 Where to begin
 Identifying Azure Career Path
 Learning Resources
 Getting Azure subscription
 Guided Training Resources
 Azure Certifications Path
 Azure Certifications Study Planning
 Get Certified and excel in your career

4. Few things to note
 Azure is a moving target
 Any material is time bound, requested to check the
official documentation for the validity of the content at
any given time.
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nted in this tutorial are personal and do not represent
Microsoft or my Employer.
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5. Why should you learn Azure Cloud
All road
goes to
Cloud
Huge
Demand
Job
Opportunity
High
Returns

6. Goal Setting & Planning
1. Set Goal & Get Started
2. Build Awareness and Understanding
3. Subscribe to Azure
4. Learning by Doing Hands-on Labs
5. Certification Preparation & Get
Certified

7. Where to begin

8. Where to begin…Its too overwhelming?

9. Lets look at your skill set
Developers
IT Infra
SQL or Any
Database
Background

10. Developers Path
Developers
IT Infra
SQL or Any
Database
Background

11. IT Infra Path
Developers
IT Infra
SQL or Any
Database
Background

12. Any Database Path
Any
Developers
/Testers
IT Infra
SQL or Any
Database
Background

13. Now that I know my
path…. How & where
do I start?

14. Step -1

15. Official Documentation

16. Books

17. Examples/ Code Samples

18. Microsoft Virtual Academy

19. Microsoft Channel 9

20. YouTube –Azure Channel

21. Microsoft Official Blog

22. Microsoft Partners Network

23. The MAPA

24. BorntoLearn – Certifications Community

25. MSDN

26. Technet

27. Step -2

28. Get Azure Subscription
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/free/

29. Credit Card???????
• No I don’t have credit, because
• I’m a student?
• I’m a fresher without a credit card, how do I get started with Azure?
• Don’t want to use my Credit Card, because I’m afraid of being charged?
• I work for an enterprise but I don’t know whom should I contact?
• I work in a startup with a financial crunch. How can I still use Azure?
• I’m an independent consultant and I don’t wish to use my credit Card, is
there any option?
• I just lost my job, but I would like to horn my skills to get a better job?

30. If you are!!!
Microsoft
BizSpark
• $150 worth of Azure
Credit per startup per
month for up to five
developers.
IT Pro
Cloud
Essentials
• Expand IT knowledge
and increase your
skills by activating
your IT Pro Cloud
Essentials benefits.
Visual
Studio Dev
Essentials
• Offers Developers
access to tools,
services & resources
for free including +
25$ USD per month
upto 12 months
Microsoft
Imagine for
Students
• Microsoft
Imagine software
benefits are only
available for current
full-time students.

31. Hands-on Labs

32. Training

33. On-Demand & Guided Training Providers
http://bit.ly/2kOHkVL
On-Demand Training Providers
Offline Training Providers
https://openedx.microsoft.com/
MooC

34. Microsoft Official Guidance
1. Official Documentation - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-in/azure
2. Books (E-Book & Paperback) - https://mva.microsoft.com/ebooks
3. Examples/Code Samples (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/resources/
samples/)
4. Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) - https://mva.microsoft.com/
5. Channel9 - https://channel9.msdn.com/
6. YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/windowsazure
7. Official Blogs - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/blog/
8. MSDN - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/
9. Others

35. Step -3

36. Azure Certification Process
Tobecome a MCSA pass
any 2 of the following
exams:

37. Microsoft Azure Certification Process
70-533: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator
Tobecome a MCSA: Linux on
Azure – pass the following
exams

38. Azure Certifications List
70-532 — Developing
Microsoft Azure
Solutions.
•Design and implement
a website
• Create and manage
virtual machines
• Design and
implement cloud
services
• Design and
implement a storage
strategy
• Manage application
and network services
70-533 —
Implementing Microsoft
Azure Infrastructure
Solutions
•Implement a website
• Implement virtual
machines
• Implement cloud
services
• Implement storage
• Implement an Azure
Active Directory
• Implement virtual
networks
70-534 — Architecting
Microsoft Azure
Solution
•Design Azure
infrastructure and
networking
• Secure resources
• Design an application
storage and data
access strategy
• Design an advanced
application
• Design websites
• Design a
management,
monitoring, and
business continuity
strategy
70-473 Designing and
implementing Cloud
Data Platform
Solutions
•Design and implement
database solutions for
Microsoft SQL Server
and SQL Database
•Manage database
management systems
(DBMS) security
•Design for high
availability, disaster
recovery and scalability
•Monitor and manage
database
implementations on
Azure
70-475 Designing and
Implementing Big Data
Analytics Solutions
•Design big data batch
processing and
interactive solutions
•Design big data real-
time processing
solutions
•Design Machine
Learning solutions
•Operationalise end-to-
end cloud analytics
solutions

39. Tobecome a MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure
New Microsoft Azure Certification Process

40. Microsoft Azure Exams and Learning Content
Roadmap MCSD VS MCSA

41. Certifications - Streamlining

42. Intended Audience:
• Focused on developers with experience in developing Scalable Apps and Services offered by
Azure
• Does not require any existing experience with the ASP.NET platform
• Focuses on the architectural considerations and building a highly available solution in the clo
ud
Benefits:
Beginning to advanced insight on different services of Microsoft Azure like Storage, Virtual Mach
ines, Web Apps, Cloud Services, Azure Active Directory, Virtual Networks and how to access Azur
e services API call, build, configure & deploy applications for Azure through a hands-on instructo
r led delivery model.
70-532: Developing Microsoft Azure
Solutions (Developer)

43. Exam 70-532 – Certification Prep Timeline
Note:- 1 day = 2 hours of preptime
Weeks Activity Trackable Links Duration
Week1
Go through MVA courses X Course 1 Course 2 Cour
se 3 Course 4 Course 5
Exam PrepSession
15hours
(6 Days)
Go through MPN courses  Course 1 Course 2 Practice Test
Week2
Go through EP readiness cert prep series
(6 sessions of 2-3 Hourseach)  Recording for Exam 70-532
15hours
(6 days)
Week3 Instructor Led Training X Course 20532: Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions 5 Days
Week 4, 5 &6 Sign up for free trial X
Azure Free Trial worth $200
20days
Azure Free Trial for a Year
Week 7 &8 Take practice test (2 times) X
Microsoft Official Practic
e Test 70-532 Microsoft
Official Practice Test 70-
532
10days
Week9 Take theexam

Schedule Exam 70-532
Total Prep Duration:
47 day
s (appr
ox.)

44. 70-533: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure
Solutions (Infrastructure)
Intended Audience:
For IT professionals who are familiar with implementing and managing on-premises IT de
ployments that include Active Directory Domain Services, Virtualization Technologies an
d applications.
Benefits:
Provides you a beginner to advanced insight into different services of Microsoft Azure like
Storage, Virtual Machines, Websites, Cloud Services, Azure Active Directory, Virtual Netw
orks, Backup & Site Recovery through a hands- on instructor led delivery model. Particip
ants will be able to deploy, configure, monitor, and diagnose cloud services, create and
manage Azure AD tenants and configure application integration with Azure AD.

45. Exam 70-533 – Certification Prep Timeline
Weeks Activity Trackable Links Duration
Week1
Go through MVA courses X Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4 Course 5 Exam Prep Session
15hours
6 Days
Microsoft Cloud & ProudInitiative
X
Click here
Go through MPN courses  Course 1 Course 2 Practice Test
Week2
Go through EP readiness cert prep series (6 sessions of 2-3
Hours each)  Recording for Exam 70-533
15hours
6 Days
Week3 Instructor Led Training X Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions 5 Days
Week 4, 5&
6 Sign up for free trial X
Azure Free Trial worth $200
20days
Azure Free Trial for a Year
Week 7 &8 Take practice test ( 2 times) X
Microsoft Official Practice Te
st 70-533 Microsoft Official
Practice Test 70-533
10days
Week9 Take the exam  Schedule Exam 70-533
Total Prep Duration:
46 day
s (app
rox.)
Note:- 1 day = 2 hours of preptime

46. 70-534: Architecting Microsoft Azure
Solutions (Architect)
Intended Audience:
For Architects, who are interested in validating their Microsoft Azure solution design skills.
Participants will be able to learn the features and capabilities of Azure services and will be a
ble to identify tradeoffs and make decisions for designing public and hybrid cloud solutions.
After completing this certification, participants will be able to identify appropriate infrastruc
ture solutions and platform solution to meet customer requirements.
Benefits:
This course will give you a beginner to advanced insight on different services of Microsoft A
zure like Storage, Virtual Machines, Websites, Cloud Services, Azure Active Directory, Virtua
l Networks, designing advanced application solutions with HDInsight, Machine Learning an
d HPC pack. This course includes, how to design solutions for Azure using a combination of
different Azure services through a hands-on instructor led delivery model.

47. Exam 70-534 – Certification Prep Timeline
Weeks Activity Trackable Links Duration
Week1
Go through MVA courses X Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4 Course 5 Exam PrepSession
15hours
6 Days
Go through MPN courses  Course 1 Course 2 PracticeTest
Week2
Go through EP readiness cert prep series (6 sessions of 2-
3 Hours each)  Recording for Exam 70-534
15hours
6 Days
Week 3, 4&
5
Sign up for free trial
X
Azure Free Trial worth $200
20daysAzure Free Trial for a Year
Week 6 &7 Take practice test ( 2 times) X
Microsoft Official Practice T
est 70-534 Microsoft Offici
al Practice Test 70-534
10days
Week8 Take theexam

Schedule Exam 70-534
Total Prep Duration:
42 day
s (appr
ox.)
Note:- 1 day = 2 hours of preptime

48. 70-473: Designing and Implementing
Cloud Data Platform Solutions
Intended Audience:
Focuses on designing and implementing Cloud Data Platform Solutions on Microsoft Azure
cloud by using SQL Server on-premises, SQL Server on Azure VM, Azure SQL, and Hybrid so
lutions where both on-premises and Azure cloud are used.
Benefit:
As a participant you will learn how to design, implement and optimize data workloads in cl
oud, native and hybrid scenarios with on premise SQL Server, SQL Server on Azure VM and
Azure SQL. You will also learn about implementing high-availability data solutions and disas
ter recovery options for your data platform. We would also discuss features such as data se
curity, monitoring and managing database in cloud.

49. Exam PrepSeries Activity Trackable Links Duration
Week1 MVACourse X
Design and Implement Cloud Data
Platform Solutions 60 Mins
Week2
Go through EP readiness cert prep series (6 sessions
of 2-3 Hourseach)  Recording for Exam 70-473
15hours
(6 Days)
Week 3, 4 &5 Sign up for free trail X
Azure Free Trial worth $200
20daysAzure Free Trial for a Year
Week 6 &7 Take practice test X Microsoft Official Practice Test 70-473 10days
Week8 Take theexam  Exam 70-473
Total Prep Duration: 36 days(approx.)
Note:- 1 day = 2 hours of preptime
70-473: Designing and Implementing
Cloud Data Platform Solutions

50. 70-475: Design and Implement Big Data
Analytics Solutions
Intended Audience:
For data professionals who have experience designing big data analytics solutions on Micro
soft Azure. Candidates should be able to design big data batch processing and interactive s
olutions as well as big data real-time processing solutions. Candidates should also be able t
o design machine-learning solutions and create and manage end-to-end cloud analytics sol
utions.

51. 70-475: Design and Implement Big Data
Analytics Solutions
Exam PrepSeries Activity Trackable Links Duration
Week1 MVACourse X Big Data Analytics 60 Mins
Week2
Go through EP readiness cert prep series (6 sessions
of 2-3 Hourseach)  Recording for Exam 70-475
15hours
(6 Days)
Week 3, 4 &5 Sign up for free trial X
Azure Free Trial worth $200
20daysAzure Free Trial for a Year
Week 6 &7 Take practice test X Microsoft Official Practice Test 70-475 10days
Week8 Take the exam  Exam 70-475
Total Prep Duration: 36 days(approx.)
Note:- 1 day = 2 hours of preptime

52. Enterprise Partners – Certification Prep
Workshop Content
Exam PrepSeries Topics Recording Links
Recording for Exam
70-532 Developing
Microsoft Azure Sol
utions
Cloud Deployment Model & AzureStorage Click Here
Azure CDN, Azure VNet & Azure VMs ClickHere
Creating, deploying, monitoring Azure Websites,Web Jobs ClickHere
Automate Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery, Creating and managing Azure VMs, Azure S
QL Database
ClickHere
Implement an Azure Active Directory & Design, develop and deploy Cloud Services ClickHere
Messaging Solutions, Distributed Caching, Business Continuity & Discussing ExamObjectives ClickHere
Recording for Exam70-533
Implementing Microsoft Azu
re Infrastructure Solutions
Azure VNet & Azure VMs Part1 ClickHere
Azure VNet & Azure VMs Part2 ClickHere
Creating, deploying and managingAzure Web Apps ClickHere
Implement Azure Storage & Azure SQLDatabase ClickHere
Implement an Azure Active Directory & Provisioning resources using PowerShell ClickHere
Implementing Cloud Services, Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery & Discussing ExamObjectives ClickHere
Recording for Exam
70-534 Architecting
Microsoft Azure Solu
tions
Azure VMs & Vnets ClickHere
Cloud Services & AzureStorage ClickHere
Azure Active Directory, Azure SQL & Azure MobileServices ClickHere
Azure Monitoring, Azure CDN & Traffic Manager ClickHere
HDInsight, Machine Learning, Media Services & Azure Automation ClickHere

53. Enterprise Partners – Certification Prep
Workshop Content
Exam PrepSeries Topics Recording Links
Recording for Exam70-473
Designing and Implementing Cloud DataPlat
form Solutions
Understanding Azure Fundamentals and Introduction to Azure Services like Stora
ge,Virtual Machines and Virtual Network ClickHere
Microsoft Cloud Data Platform Options; Implementing SQL server on Azure V
M; Scaling, Managing, High Availability and DR for SQL Server on AzureVM ClickHere
Introduction to Azure SQL. Scaling, Managing, High Availability, DR for AzureSQL ClickHere
Hybrid HA/DR Scenarios with SQL Server, Designing and ImplementingSecurity ClickHere
Monitor and Manage Azure SQL and SQL Server on Azure VM; Design Consideration
s and Best Practices; Case Study ClickHere
Introduction to Azure SQL Data Warehouse; introduction to SSIS intigration with data w
arehouse; Connecting Azure SQL Database & Data Warehouse with PowerBI ClickHere
Recording for Exam70-475
Design and Implement Big DataA
nalytics Solutions
Introduction to Big Data, Azure Storage and AzureSQL ClickHere
Azure Data Lake, Introduction to Lambda Architecture, Batch Processingtools ClickHere
Real-Time Processing tools, Azure Event Hubs, Azure StreamAnalytics ClickHere
Azure HDInsight ClickHere
Azure Machine Learning ClickHere
Azure Data Factory, Power BI, Data Science usecases ClickHere

54. Certification Preparation
Born to Learn
https://borntolearn.mslearn.net/goodstuff/p/microsoftspecialist
Microsoft Azure Courses in Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA)
https://mva.microsoft.com/product-training/microsoft-azure#!lang=1033
Microsoft Partner Network (MPN)
https://partner.microsoft.com/en-in
Microsoft Association for Practicing Architects (MAPA)
https://www.the-mapa.com/

55.  Microsoft Ignite - https://ignite.microsoft.com/
 Azure Conference
 Azure Virtual Conference - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/azurecon/
 Tech Days Online & Offline
 Tech Summit - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/techsummit
 Future Decoded - https://futuredecoded.microsoft.com/
 Global Azure Bootcamp - https://global.azurebootcamp.net/
 Cloud Roadshow
 Build
 DevCon
Microsoft events to follow

56. • Global Events:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/community/events/
• User group Meetups:
https://www.meetup.com/find/events/?allMeetups=false&keywords=azure&
radius=10
• Webinars
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/overview/webinars/
https://www.microsoft.com/india/azurevidyapeeth/
Local Community UG Meetups & Webinars

57. Social Media handles to follow
https://www.facebook.com/microsoftazure/
https://www.facebook.com/MicrosoftLearning/
https://www.facebook.com/MicrosoftIndia/
https://www.facebook.com/MicrosoftDeveloper.India/
https://twitter.com/Azure

58. • Stack Overflow
• TechNet - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/
• MSDN Community Forums
• Azure Feedback
• Google it….
Technical Support