Azure User Tools Cheat Sheet

• Manage your Azure resources through; Portal, CLI, Powershell, and Cloudshell

Azure Portal

• Create, manage, and monitor all resources in one console, from simple web applications to complex cloud applications.
• Portal Features:
  • Personalize – create your own dashboards, layouts, workflows, and colors
  • Access Control – fine-grained access control to all your resources
  • Cost Management – keep track of current and projected costs
  • Multi-Platform – available through web and mobile devices
  • Marketplace – an online store that consists of thousands of built-in product offerings such as:
    • Virtual machine images
    • Managed applications
    • Software-as-a-service solutions
    • Consulting and managed services

Azure CLI

• Command Line Interface (CLI)  works on Windows, Mac, and Linux
• You can create and manage Azure resources with a set of commands
• It’s built to get you to work with Azure quickly, with focus on automation.

Azure Powershell

• Fully supported by Azure with modules and cmdlets
  • cmdlet is a lightweight command, which is used in PowerShell.
• PowerShell provides powerful features for automation

• PowerShell also uses Azure Resource Manager to manipulate Azure resources

Azure Cloud Shell

• An interactive, browser-accessible shell for managing Azure resources.
• You can choose between Bash or PowerShell
• Shell access from anywhere using the web or mobile app
• Cloud Shell attaches Azure Files share to persist your data
• It also offers an integrated file editor built on the open-source Monaco Editor

Azure Mobile App

• You can monitor the status and health of your Azure resources
• Monitor your metrics and alerts and take the necessary actions to fix common issues
• You can run commands via Azure CLI or PowerShell to manage your Azure resources

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Validate Your Knowledge

Question 1

Question Type: Multiple-choice

You have a server in your on-premises datacenter that contains a DNS server named TD1 with a primary DNS zone for the tutorialsdojo.com domain.

You have an Azure subscription named TD-Subscription1.

You plan to migrate the tutorialsdojo.com zone to an Azure DNS zone in TD-Subscription1. You must ensure that you minimize administrative effort.

Which two tools can you use?

1. Azure PowerShell
2. Azure CLI
3. Azure Portal
4. Azure CloudShell
5. Azure Resource Manager templates

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Azure User Tools Cheat Sheet References:

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/features/azure-portal/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-shell/overview