Cloud
Microsoft Azure — fundamentals
Subscriptions, RBAC, networking, compute, storage, IaC (Bicep/Terraform) and security.
- 0112 minSubscriptions, tenants and Entra ID (RBAC, roles)intro
How the Azure hierarchy is laid out — tenant, management groups, subscriptions, resource groups — and how RBAC and Entra ID work.
- 0213 minNetworking in Azure (VNet, NSG, Private Link, Bastion)core
Azure networking basics: virtual networks, subnets, NSG rules, private access to PaaS services and secure administrative access.
- 0312 minCompute (VM, Container Apps, AKS) — when to use whatcore
The three models for running code in Azure and practical criteria for choosing between a virtual machine, Container Apps and AKS.
- 0412 minStorage and databases (Blob, Files, Azure SQL, PostgreSQL)core
An overview of Azure data services: storage accounts (Blob/Files), Azure SQL and PostgreSQL Flexible Server — together with their security controls.
- 0513 minInfrastructure as Code: Bicep and Terraform (azurerm)core
The two main IaC tools for Azure — native Bicep and cross-platform Terraform with the azurerm provider — and when to choose which.
- 0612 minSecurity and Microsoft Defender for Cloudadvanced
How Defender for Cloud works: Secure Score, recommendations, CWPP plans, and how ZEUS uses its data instead of duplicating it.
- 0714 minHow ZEUS reads Azure (read-only Service Principal, ARM, Resource Graph, Defender, Entra Graph)advanced
The full anatomy of the ZEUS connector to Azure: read-only identity, the ARM/Resource Graph/Defender/Graph data sources and exactly what we read.
Check your knowledge — quiz
5 questions · pass mark 80%. Score saved locally.
1.What method does the Azure connector in ZEUS use to authenticate?
2.Which IaC tool is native to Azure?
3.What does RBAC control in Azure?
4.What is an NSG in Azure networking?
5.Which Azure services does ZEUS read?