Microsoft Azure

• Microsoft Azure
• Latest News
• New Researcher focused Learning Path
• Getting Started
• Architecture
  • Networking (Virtual Private Circuit)
  • Compute
  • Storage
• Research (Services/Applications)
  • HPC on Azure
  • Machine Learning on Azure
• Microsoft Learning Center

Latest News

• Azure Learning Resources for US Educational Institutions

New Researcher focused Learning Path

• Learn more about two new Azure Researcher Learning Paths

Getting Started

• Getting Started with Azure
  • https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/get-started/
• Overview video
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i507P5Yg8w4
• Overview of Azure Services
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/?product=all
• Navigating the Azure Portal/Console
  • Overview - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-portal/azure-portal-overview
  • Self-Guided Course - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/tour-azure-portal/
• Identity and Access Management
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/role-assignments-portal
• Cost Management and Optimization
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/cost-management-billing-overview
  • Tutorial - Cost Optimization
    • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/predict-costs-and-optimize-spending/
  • Tutorial - Cost Analysis
    • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/analyze-costs-create-budgets-azure-cost-management/
• Azure Fundamentals Self-Guided Course
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/azure-fundamentals/

Architecture

Networking (Virtual Private Circuit)

• Azure Virtual Network
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/virtual-networks-overview

Compute

• Overview

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/product-categories/compute/

• Which compute option is right for my needs? (Flowchart)
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/guide/technology-choices/compute-decision-tree
• Linux VM
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/tutorial-manage-vm
• Windows VM
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/
• Demystifying Apache Spark
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYKQ9j0A5Cg
• Course - Compute and Virtual Machine Options
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/intro-to-azure-compute/

Storage

• Storage Options
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-introduction
• Storage Management Tools (Windows, Mac, Linux versions)
  • https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/features/storage-explorer/
• Virtual Machine/Disk Storage
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/managed-disks-overview
• Object Storage
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blobs-overview
• Archive Storage
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blob-storage-tiers?tabs=azure-portal#archive-access-tier

Research (Services/Applications)

HPC on Azure

• Azure High Performance Computing Overview
  • https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/solutions/high-performance-computing/
• The Importance of HPC Expertise for HPC Cloud Computing
  • https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/the-importance-of-hpc-expertise-for-hpc-cloud-computing/
• Azure HPC Blogs

• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/search/blog/?q=HPC&products=

• Example Azure Workloads for Research
• Azure high-performance computing (HPC) for Machine Learning and AI workloads
  • https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/solutions/high-performance-computing/machine-learning-workloads/
• Azure for Life Sciences and Health Research
  • https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/solutions/high-performance-computing/health-and-life-sciences/
• Run your visualization workloads with high-performance computing (HPC) on Azure
  • https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/solutions/high-performance-computing/visualization-workloads/
• Accelerate rendering with Azure high-performance computing (HPC)
  • https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/solutions/high-performance-computing/rendering/
• Azure Research Computing Management tools
• Overview of Azure CycleCloud
  • https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/features/azure-cyclecloud/
• Overview of Azure Batch
  • https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/batch/
• Azure Research Computing Specialized Compute Solutions
• Azure InfiniBand Connected HPC Virtual Machine options
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes-hpc
• Azure GPU Compute Solutions for Research
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes-gpu
• Azure Research Computing Specialized Storage Solutions
• Azure HPC Cache
  • https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/batch/
• Azure NetApp for Research
  • https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/netapp/
• Accelerate supercomputing in the cloud with Cray ClusterStor
  • https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/supercomputing-in-the-cloud-announcing-three-new-cray-in-azure-offers/

Machine Learning on Azure

• Azure Machine Learning Overview
  • https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/machine-learning/
• Tour video
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EitPpQ8IZY
• Azure Machine Learning Capabilities
  • https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/machine-learning/#capabilities
• How to use Azure Machine Learning
• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/machine-learning/#documentation
• Azure Machine Learning Blogs and Announcements
  • https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/machine-learning/#updates-announcements

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Microsoft Learning Center

Browse modules and learning paths at the Microsoft Learning Center. More links are included below.

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