Terraform Academy · Enterprise Knowledge Graph

Azure Cloud Platform Knowledge Graph

Connect Azure identity, networking, compute, data, governance, security, monitoring and automation into one enterprise operating model.

Objective: Understand how core Azure services interact so design decisions can be traced across platform, workload and operational boundaries.

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Foundations and prerequisites

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Cloud concepts, subscriptions, resource groups and regions

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Shared responsibility, service models and lifecycle ownership

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Identity, networking and governance fundamentals

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Technology relationships and dependencies

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Entra ID connects users, workloads, RBAC and privileged access

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Virtual networks, DNS, private endpoints and firewalls shape connectivity

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Policy, Defender for Cloud, Monitor and Cost Management provide guardrails

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Architecture, delivery and operations

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Use landing zones to standardise onboarding and platform services

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Automate repeatable infrastructure with Terraform or Bicep

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Operate through SLOs, telemetry, patching, backup and incident response

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Validation and learning evidence

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Map one workload from identity through network, compute and data

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Validate policy, access, routes, monitoring and recovery evidence

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Record dependencies, owners and failure impact for every critical service

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