Phase 2 β Core Services — Course 4 of 15
Virtual Machines
VMs, scale sets, load balancers, App Service β the core compute services NexaCloud uses to run its fintech platform.
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Sara Mitchell — Cloud DevOps Engineer · NexaCloud
Your Guide
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Sara Mitchell
Cloud DevOps Engineer
NexaCloud
Guiding NexaCloud's Azure journey β real fintech scenarios, real Azure.
Course Lessons
Follow each lesson in order β each one builds on the last.
Phase 2 β Core Services
Azure Virtual Machines & Compute
13Lessons
~5hDuration
1Project
Free TierAccess
Your Guide
SM
Sara Mitchell
Cloud DevOps Engineer
NexaCloud
What you'll learn
- Create and manage Azure Virtual Machines
- VM sizes, pricing, and reserved instances
- Availability sets, zones, and scale sets
- Azure App Service and App Service plans
- Load balancers and Traffic Manager
Lesson 01
What is Azure Virtual Machines?
Theory
Lesson 02
VM Sizes and Pricing
Theory
Lesson 03
Creating and Connecting to a VM
Console
Lesson 04
VM Availability Sets and Zones
Theory
Lesson 05
VM Scale Sets
Console
Lesson 06
Azure Managed Disks
Console
Lesson 07
VM Extensions and Custom Script
Console
Lesson 08
Azure App Service
Console
Lesson 09
App Service Plans
Theory
Lesson 10
Azure Container Instances (ACI)
Console
Lesson 11
Reserved Instances and Spot VMs
Theory
Lesson 12
Azure Load Balancer and Traffic Manager
Console
Lesson 13
Hands-On: NexaCloud VM Deployment
Hands-on
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