Azure

What are you trying to accomplish?

Learn from general Azure resources
Understand multi-tenancy
What outcome(s) are you focused on for your solution?

Learn from general Azure resources

Below are some key resources for Azure:

Resource
Azure Architecture Center
Azure Charts
Azure Code Samples
Azure Microsoft Learn
Azure Product Documentation
Azure Support
Azure Tech Community
Azure Well-Architected Framework (WAF)
Channel 9 Azure Friday
Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) for Azure
Cloud Design Patterns
Directory of Azure Services
Microsoft Azure YouTube Channel
Microsoft Certifications

Understand multi-tenancy

Topic	Link
Shared Capacity Solutions	Get started with autoscale in Azure - Azure Monitor
	Subscription decision guide - Cloud Adoption Framework
Dedicated Capacity Solutions	Infrastructure as Code
	Repeatable Infrastructure
	Deploy and manage resources in Azure by using Bicep
	Cross-tenant management experiences - Azure Lighthouse
	Best practices for cluster isolation in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
	Deep dive: Mission-critical multi-tenant apps with Cosmos DB multi-master - BRK4005
	Building multi-tenant applications with Azure Database for PostgreSQL Hyperscale (Citus)
	Multi-tenant SaaS database tenancy patterns
Hybrid Capacity Solutions
	AKS Infrastructure Multitenancy for ISVs
	Azure Cosmos DB and multi-tenant systems
	Learning from MYOB: Design patterns for SaaS applications on Azure SQL Database - BRK3120
	Manage multi-tenancy with Power BI embedded analytics
	Multitenant SaaS on Azure
	Running 1M databases on Azure SQL for a large SaaS provider: Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform.
	Tenancy in Azure Active Directory
	The Wingtip Tickets SaaS application
	Sharding pattern
	Geode Pattern

Build my new solution on Azure

Topic	Link
Validate my architecture	Assessments
Deploy Proof of Concept on Azure	What is an Azure landing zone? - Cloud Adoption Framework

Migrate/Replicate my solution to Azure from another cloud

Topic	Link
Understand the equivalent services on Azure (AWS, GCP)	Azure for AWS professionals - Azure Architecture Center
	Azure for GCP professionals - Azure Architecture Center
Understand how to leverage Kubernetes on Azure	Kubernetes on Azure

Migrate my solution to Azure from on-premises

Topic	Link
Lift and Shift my solution to Azure	Choosing Azure compute platforms for container-based applications
	Java on Azure
Modernize my solution as I migrate to Azure	Modernize Existing .NET Applications With Azure Cloud and Windows Containers
	Modernize Windows Server Apps on Microsoft Azure using Containers with Windows Admin Center and AKS!
Data Migration	Microsoft Database Migration Guide
	Copy data from a SQL Server database to Azure Blob storage by using the Copy Data tool
Publish a traditional Windows desktop application to customers in a hosted environment	Azure Virtual Desktop documentation
Understand Azure Arc for hybrid management	Manage hybrid infrastructure with Azure Arc
	Choose an Azure compute service for your application
	Select an Azure data store for your application
	.NET Application Migration - Reduce spend, increase efficiency, and improve agility

What outcome(s) are you focused on for your solution?

Scale my solution to support more customers

Topic	Link
Scale VM based solution	Azure virtual machine scale sets overview - Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
	Build a scalable application with virtual machine scale sets - Learn
Modernize VM solution to microservices, containers, Kubernetes	Modernize Existing .NET Applications With Azure Cloud and Windows Containers
	Modernize Windows Server Apps on Microsoft Azure using Containers with Windows Admin Center and AKS!
	Choosing Azure compute platforms for container-based applications
Move my solution to a SaaS model	Multitenant SaaS on Azure
	Multi-tenant SaaS patterns - Azure SQL Database
	About service meshes
	Service Mesh Comparison
Scale my databases	Scale single database resources - Azure SQL Database
	What is the Hyperscale service tier? - Azure SQL Database
Scale my solution to additional geos	Choose the Right Azure Region for You
	Azure regions decision guide - Cloud Adoption Framework
	Data Residency in Azure
Partitioning (across subscriptions, etc.)	Partition around limits
	Azure Subscription Limits

Improve my solution’s security & compliance (WAF-Security)

Topic	Sub-Topic	Link
Security Best Practices		Azure Security Center documentation
Compliance/Certification Requirements		Compliance in the trusted cloud
Data Residency/Sovereignty		Choose the Right Azure Region for You
		Azure regions decision guide - Cloud Adoption Framework
		Data Residency in Azure
Govern my Azure Environment(s)	Azure Blueprints	Overview of Azure Blueprints - Azure Blueprints
	Azure Policy	What is Azure Policy?
	Management Groups	Organize your resources with management groups - Azure Governance - Azure governance
	Azure Role-Based Access Control	What is Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC)?
SIEM/SOAR	Azure Sentinel	Cloud-native security operations with Azure Sentinel - Learn
		Azure Sentinel – Cloud-native SIEM Solution
Network (Layer 4) Security	Network Security Groups	Create, change, or delete an Azure network security group
	First/third-party solutions (NVAs, etc.)	About Network Virtual Appliance in an Azure Virtual WAN hub(Preview)
		Deploy highly available NVAs
		Best practices to consider before deploying a network virtual appliance
	Hybrid (VPN, ExpressRoute, etc.)	Azure ExpressRoute Overview: Connect over a private connection
		Application security groups
		Understanding just-in-time (JIT) VM access
		What is VPN Gateway?
Application (Layer 7) Security	Identity as the new security perimeter	Azure identity & access security best practices
	SSL, TLS, certificate management	Add and manage TLS/SSL certificates - Azure App Service
	OWASP attacks, WAF, etc.	Web Application Firewall documentation
		What is Azure Web Application Firewall on Azure Application Gateway? - Azure Web Application Firewall
		Azure Web Application Firewall on Azure Front Door
Shared responsibility		Shared responsibility in the cloud - Microsoft Azure
		Describe the shared responsibility model - Learn

Increase my solution’s reliability and performance (WAF-Performnace Efficiency & Reliability)

Topic	Sub-Topic	Link
VM reliability and performance		Building solutions for high availability using Availability Zones - High Availability
Database reliability and performance		Data Management for Reliability - Azure Architecture Center
Container reliability and performance		Baseline architecture for an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster - Azure Architecture Center
SLA, RTO, RPO metric-driven design, including “number of nines”		Business Metrics - Azure Architecture Center
		Azure SLA Board (azurecharts.com)
		Choose the right Azure services by examining SLAs and service lifecycle
Business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR)		Backup and disaster recovery for Azure applications
		Architecting Azure applications for resiliency and availability
		Business continuity and disaster recovery(BCDR): Azure Paired Regions
		Build high availability into your BCDR strategy
		Baseline architecture for an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster - Azure Architecture Center
Mean Time To Recover (MTTR) v. Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)		Business Metrics - Azure Architecture Center
Decoupling through message brokering		Architect message brokering and serverless applications in Azure - Learn
		Connect your services together - Learn
		Asynchronous messaging options in Azure
		Choose between Azure messaging services - Event Grid, Event Hubs, and Service Bus
	Azure Queue Storage	Introduction to Azure Queue Storage - Azure Storage
	Azure Service Bus	Azure Service Bus messaging overview - Azure Service Bus
	Azure Event Hub	Azure Event Hubs documentation
	Azure Event Grid	Azure Event Grid documentation
	Azure Redis	Azure Cache for Redis Documentation
Designing for availability and reliability		Reliability patterns - Cloud Design Patterns
		Availability sets overview

Streamline my deployments on Azure (WAF-Operational excellence)

Topic	Sub-Topic	Link
Agile Planning		What is Agile? - Azure DevOps
		What is Agile Development? - Azure DevOps
	Azure Boards	Understand what you get with Azure Boards - Azure Boards
	GitHub Project Management	Features · Project management · GitHub
Source Management (Git)		What is Git? - Azure DevOps
	Azure Repos	Azure Repos Documentation
	GitHub	Using Git - GitHub Docs
	TFVC to Git	Migrate from TFVC to Git - Azure DevOps
		Git and TFVC version control - Azure Repos
CI/CD		Design a CI/CD pipeline using Azure DevOps - Azure Example Scenarios
		Release Engineering Continuous integration - Azure Architecture Center
	Azure Pipelines	Azure Pipelines documentation
		Learn how to build and deploy your apps - Azure Pipelines
		AZ-400: Define and implement continuous integration - Learn
		Automate your deployments with Azure DevOps learning path - Learn
	Jenkins, CircleCI, etc. (OSS)	Jenkins on Azure documentation - Jenkins
	Environment management	Progressively expose your releases using deployment rings - Azure DevOps
		Set up staging environments - Azure App Service
	Configuration management	What is Azure App Configuration?
		Managing Configuration and App Settings for Multiple Environments in Your CD Pipeline
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)		Infrastructure as code
		Repeatable Infrastructure
		Deploy and manage resources in Azure by using Bicep
		Automate your deployments with Azure DevOps learning path - Learn
	ARM Templates, Bicep, etc.	ARM template documentation
		Deploy and manage resources in Azure by using ARM templates - Learn
	Terraform	Using Terraform with Azure
		Automate cloud resource management - Learn
Test Automation		Run quality tests in your build pipeline by using Azure Pipelines - Learn
		AZ-400: Define and implement continuous integration - Learn
		Testing your application and Azure environment - Azure Architecture Center
	Load testing (JMeter, etc.)	Load Testing - Azure Architecture Center
		JMeter implementation reference for load testing pipeline solution - Azure Architecture Center
	End-to-end testing	Testing your application and Azure environment - Azure Architecture Center
	Unit testing	Run quality tests in your build pipeline by using Azure Pipelines
	Azure Test Plans	Azure Test Plans documentation
	GitHub Actions	Features • GitHub Actions · GitHub
Package Management	Azure Artifacts	Azure Artifacts documentation
	GitHub Packages	GitHub Packages: Your packages, at home with their code · GitHub
Monitoring and logging		ISV Specific Monitoring and Logging Guidance
	Azure Monitor	Azure Monitor overview - Azure Monitor
	Grafana, Prometheus, etc. (OSS)	Monitor Azure services and applications using Grafana - Azure Monitor
		Documentation - Grafana Labs
		Configure Container insights Prometheus Integration - Azure Monitor
		Overview - Prometheus
	Distributed tracing	What is Distributed Tracing?
	Intelligent alerting	Overview of alerting and notification monitoring in Azure - Azure Monitor
Product Release Strategy	Rolling deployment	Tutorial - Configure rolling deployments for Azure Linux virtual machines - Azure Virtual Machines
	Canary	Set up staging environments - Azure App Service
		Canary deployment strategy for Kubernetes deployments - Azure Pipelines
	Blue-Green	Blue-Green deployments using Azure Traffic Manager
		Azure Slot Deployment with Blue-Green Deployment Model
		Continuous Kubernetes blue-green deployments on Azure using Ngix, AppGateway or Traffic Manager
	Optional/Custom/Delayed Deployments	Progressively expose your releases using deployment rings - Azure DevOps

Optimize my cloud spend on Azure (WAF-Cost Optimization)

Topic	Sub-Topic	Link
Adopt Automatic Event-driven Autoscaling	KEDA, Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA)	Tutorial: Scale applications in Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS)
	Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets	What are virutal machine scale sets?
	Azure App Services Scale Up Automations	Autoscaling and App Service Environment v1
	Azure SQL Server Elastic Pool	Scale elastic pool resources in Azure SQL Database
	Azure SQL Database Serverless	Azure SQL Database serverless
Monitoring and analytics		Azure Monitor documentation - Azure Monitor
		Monitoring and diagnostics guidance - Best practices for cloud applications
		Monitoring for performance efficiency - Azure Architecture Center
	Azure tagging	Resource naming and tagging decision guide
	Azure Resource Group and Subscription	Organize your Azure resources effectively - Cloud Adoption Framework
	Azure Monitor Alerts	Overview of alerts in Microsoft Azure
Data Persistence Optimization	Scale out by data sharding	Scaling out with Azure SQL Database
	Aggregate data reads
	Decrease reads by proactive caching	Cache-Aside pattern - Cloud Design Patterns
Cloud Cost Management		Overview of Azure Cost Management + Billing
		Cost Optimization
	Across clouds	Set up AWS integration with Azure Cost Management
	Chargebacks, etc.	Tag resources, resource groups, and subscriptions for logical organization - Azure Resource Manager
	Budget, alerts, etc.	Monitor usage and spending with cost alerts
		Tutorial - Create and manage Azure budgets
Azure Advisor		Introduction to Azure Advisor - Azure Advisor

Add capabilities to my solution on Azure

Manage identities on Azure

Topic	Sub-Topic	Link
Federated v. App-Owned Identities		Federated Identity pattern - Cloud Design Patterns
		Identity management for multitenant applications - Azure Architecture Center
		What is federation with Azure AD?
Standards(OAuth 2.0, OIDC, etc.)		OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect protocols on the Microsoft identity platform - Microsoft identity platform
		Microsoft identity platform and OpenID Connect protocol - Microsoft identity platform
		How the Microsoft identity platform uses the SAML protocol
		Secure your application by using OpenID Connect and Azure AD - Learn
Reaching enterprise customers through AAD integration		Microsoft 365 identity models and Azure Active Directory - Microsoft 365 Enterprise
	AD FS	AD FS 2016 Overview
		Tutorial: Setting up PHS as backup for AD FS in Azure AD Connect
	Azure Active Directory Pass-through Authentication	Azure AD Connect: Pass-through Authentication
	Azure Active Directory Password Hash Synchronization	What is password hash synchronization with Azure AD?
	Azure AD B2B	What is B2B collaboration in Azure Active Directory?
	Azure AD B2C	What is Azure Active Directory B2C?
“Bring your own identities” and SSO		What is Azure single sign-on (SSO)?
		Azure Active Directory Single Sign-on (SSO)
	On-prem identities	Integrate on-premises AD domains with Azure AD - Azure Reference Architectures
	Azure AD B2B	What is B2B collaboration in Azure Active Directory?
	Azure AD B2C	What is Azure Active Directory B2C?
Identity protection		What is Azure Active Directory Identity Protection?
		Securing Azure environments with Azure Active Directory
Authentication and authorization		Authentication vs. authorization - Microsoft identity platform
Multi-factor authentication (MFA)		Azure AD Multi-Factor Authentication overview
		Secure Azure Active Directory users with Multi-Factor Authentication - Learn

Operational data store for my solution

Azure Databases - Types of Databases on Azure

Topic	Sub-Topic	Link
Relational database		Relational vs. NoSQL data
		Work with relational data in Azure learning path - Learn
Non-Relational database		Relational vs. NoSQL data
		NoSQL Database - What is NoSQL?
		Azure Cosmos DB
		Welcome to Azure Cosmos DB
Data tenancy		Multi-tenant SaaS database tenancy patterns
		Tenancy model for SaaS applications - Azure Example Scenarios
Caching		Azure Cache for Redis
		Work with mutable and partial data in Azure Cache for Redis - Learn
		Caching guidance - Best practices for cloud applications
Consistency		Consistency levels in Azure Cosmos DB

AI/Machine Learning for my solution

Topic	Sub-Topic	Link
Build my ML models on Azure		What is Azure Machine Learning workspace?
	Custom ML Models	Configure and submit training runs
	Templated Model (Many Model)	Many Models Solution Accelerator
	Chained ML Models
	Cognitive Services	Azure Cognitive Services
Understand Azure AI/ML services		Azure AI Platform
Leverage out of box AI/ML services	Cognitive Services	Azure Cognitive Services documentation
	Azure Cognitive Search	Azure Cognitive Search documentation
	Azure Machine Learning	Azure Machine Learning documentation
	Azure Databricks	Azure Databricks documentation
	Azure Bot Services	Azure Bot Service
Create Collaborative Environment for Scientists	Azure Machine Learning Studio	What is Azure Machine Learning Studio?
	Azure Databricks	What is Azure Databricks?
Operationalize my ML Models	Batch Inference	Create and run machine learning pipelines with Azure Machine Learning SDK
	Realtime Inference	Deploy your existing model with Azure Machine Learning
	Edge Inference	Tutorial: Deploy Azure Machine Learning as an IoT Edge module (preview)
	Distributable Packages	Get started with Python packages in Azure Artifacts
ML Ops	Azure ML Pipelines	Create and run machine learning pipelines with Azure Machine Learning SDK
	Azure DevOps	Azure DevOps documentation
	Team Contracts	MLOps: Model management, deployment, and monitoring with Azure Machine Learning

Data insights for my solution

Topic	Sub-Topic	Link
Implementing Warehousing		Data warehousing
	Azure Synapse Analytics	Azure Synapse Analytics
	DataBricks Delta Lake	Delta Lake and Delta Engine guide
	Designing Data Pipelines	What is Azure Data Factory?
Build Data Lake		Data lakes
	DataBricks ETL	Tutorial: Extract, transform, and local data by using Azure Databricks
	Implementing Azure Data Lake	Best practices for using Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
	Integrating Azure Synapse Analytics with Azure Data Lake	Load data from Azure Data Lake Storage into dedicated SQL pools in Azure Synapse Analytics
Reporting and Advanced Analytics		Introduction to Power BI - Learn
		Choosing a data analytics and reporting technology - Azure Architecture Center
	Implementing Advanced Analytics with Power BI	Perform analytics in PowerBI
		Introduction to PowerBI - Learn
	Build Custom Analytics with Power BI Embedded	Tutorial: Embed Power BI content using a sample embed for your customers application
Implementing Big Data Solutions		Big data architecture
Ingesting Real-Time Data		Real time processing

IOT for my solution

Topic	Sub-Topic	Link
Provision & manage devices	Device Provisioning Service	Azure IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service (DPS) Documentation
		Automatically provision IoT devices securely and at scale with the Device Provisioning Service - Learn
	Mutliple IoT Hubs	Tutorial - Provision devices across load balanced hubs using Azure IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service
		How to provision devices for multitenancy in Azure IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service
	Plug and Play	What is IoT Plug and Play?
Lambda architecture		Introduction to implementing lambda architecture for IoT solutions - Learn
	Stream Analytics	Welcome to Azure Stream Analytics
	Azure Data Explorer for Lambda	Ingest data from IoT Hub into Azure Data Explorer
	Azure Functions	Azure IoT Hub trigger for Azure Functions
Device data ingest, storage & management (time series)	Azure Data Explorer	Ingest data from IoT Hub into Azure Data Explorer
	ADLS Gen 2	Introduction to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
	Azure Stream Analytics	Introduction to Azure Stream Analytics
		Implement a Data Streaming Solution with Azure Streaming Analytics - Learn
	IoT Hub	Azure IoT Hub Documentation
Device protocols & connectivity (industrial, low frequency, cell, third party integrator)	LoRaWAN	How an IoT Edge device can be used aas a gateway
	Telecom
	Express Route	What is Azure ExpressRoute?
	IIoT & EFlow
	AMQP, MQTT, HTTPS	Reference - choose a communication protocol
	Other/Translation	How an IoT Edge device can be used as a gateway
Secure my devices	DPS Flow	How to provision devices using symmetric key enrollment groups
	TPM	Create and provision an IoT Edge device with a TPM on Linux
	Sphere	Azure Sphere Documentation
	Defender for IoT	Azure Defender for IoT documentation
Constrained Devices	Microcontroller	Azure IoT Clients
	Small Footprint	Develop for constrained devices using Azure IoT C SDK
Device Insights	Power BI	Power BI documentation
	Digital Twins	Azure Digital Twins Documentation
	Kibana on ADX	Visualize data from Azure Data Explorer in Kibana with the K2Bridge open-source connector