Master Azure Automation Online Course

Master Azure Automation Online Course

Azure PowerShell (PowerShell + Az Module) is a powerful set of cmdlets that lets you manage Azure resources directly from the PowerShell command line. Designed for simplicity and automation, it enables you to perform common tasks in Microsoft Azure quickly and efficiently—such as creating a virtual machine with just a single cmdlet.

This course is tailored for system administrators aiming to advance their skills and streamline daily tasks through automation. You’ll learn how to:

• Deploy virtual machines in the Azure Cloud
• Connect local PowerShell to Azure
• Deploy new Azure resources using PowerShell
• Query and format output with Azure PowerShell
• Administer Azure Storage services
• Enhance and publish application code using PowerShell

The course concludes with a dedicated section on PowerShell fundamentals, ensuring a solid foundation for beginners.

By the end, you’ll be able to confidently administer, automate, and manage Azure resources. Administrators will find it easier to create, test, deploy, and maintain Azure cloud platform services with greater efficiency.

Who should take this Course?

The Master Azure Automation Online Course is ideal for cloud engineers, DevOps professionals, and IT administrators who want to streamline workflows, manage cloud resources, and automate repetitive tasks using Azure Automation. It is also suitable for students, developers, and system engineers looking to gain hands-on experience in building scalable, efficient, and automated solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform.

What you will learn

• Install Azure PowerShell in local machine and connect it to Azure
• Deploy virtual machine using Azure PowerShell
• Use PowerShell to perform system administration tasks
• Create resource groups using Azure PowerShell
• Azure PowerShell query output and format output
• Azure PowerShell to automate stop, start, and resize of virtual machines

Course Outline

Introduction

• A Quick Introduction to Azure PowerShell

Environment Setup for Azure PowerShell

• Prerequisites of Azure PowerShell
• Creating Free Azure Account
• Azure Portal Walkthrough
• Deploy a Virtual Machine in Azure Cloud
• Installing Azure PowerShell
• Connecting Local PowerShell to Azure and What is Azure PowerShell

Deploying New Azure Resources Using PowerShell

• Create a New Resource Group Using PowerShell
• Deploying a Virtual Machine with PowerShell

Azure PowerShell to Query and Format Output

• Query Output from Azure
• Fetching VM Details Using Azure PowerShell Solving Assignment - I
• Fetching VM Details Using Azure PowerShell Solving Assignment - II
• PowerShell to Export Azure Data

Learning Azure PowerShell Ways to Administer Azure Storage

• Azure PowerShell-Storage Interactions - Part 1
• Azure PowerShell-Storage Interactions - Part 2

Microsoft Azure Process Automation

• Introduction to Azure Automations
• Process Automation and Walking Through the Runbooks
• Working with Automation Runbooks – Part 1
• Working with Automation Runbooks – Part 2
• Shared Resources and Different Ways of Triggering a Runbook

My Cloud Bucket – a Node.js-Based Web Storage Application

• My Cloud Bucket: an Interesting Demo
• Environment Setup for Node.js and Azure SDK
• Application Code Development
• Code Enhancement
• Publishing the Application

Appendix

• PowerShell's Execution Policy
• PowerShell Basics | What is an Object
• PowerShell Basics | Working with Objects
• PowerShell Basics | Views and Pipeline