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Confirm subscription, region, naming and resource-group standards
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Terraform Academy · Interactive Lab Platform
Azure Virtual Machine Lab
Deploy and validate a secure Azure virtual machine with controlled network access and operational monitoring.
Objective: Build a repeatable VM deployment while documenting security, connectivity, monitoring and cleanup evidence.
Practical guidance
Objectives and preparation
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Define identity, network, image, size and disk requirements
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03
Prepare rollback, cost and access controls
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Guided implementation
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Create the resource group, network path and virtual machine
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02
Apply least-privilege access and secure management settings
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03
Enable monitoring and capture deployment evidence
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Practical guidance
Validation, troubleshooting and cleanup
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Validate connectivity, identity, patching and telemetry
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02
Investigate failed provisioning or access safely
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03
Remove lab resources and confirm cost cleanup
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