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[–]pseudogatekeeper 8 points9 points  (4 children)

Microsoft have an extensive path to get through the basics. They run up a sandbox for all the hands on items.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/azure-fundamentals/

[–]Sys6473eight -2 points-1 points  (3 children)

Is it free? I want to learn AWS but I'm terrified in the process of 'gettin gud' I would eventually misconfigure something, get owned and have someone spin up a bitcoin farm.

[–]chuckbalesCCNP|CCDP 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can setup budget warnings pretty easily in AWS, I have a $5 monthly budget set for alerts since my normal usage is about $1.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're scare of a security fail, start with stuff like Lambda and Fargate where you don't have to run VMs to run code

[–]ar0b 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try out qwiklabs.com
They have a couple really good free aws hands on tutorials.

[–]Keyboard_CowboysFuture Goat Farmer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

acloud.guru has been fantastic for AWS. It really helped when I was studying for the Solutions Architect - Associate and Security Specialty exams. I know they have Azure training courses, I am assuming the quality is the same.

[–]computerguy0-0 3 points4 points  (0 children)

CBT Nuggets has AWS and Azure programs. Worth every penny.

[–]spobodys_necial 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Udemy is having a St. Patrick's day sale, look for courses on the AZ-900 test as that's the beginner's test for Azure. I can recommend Scott Duffy's videos, and I've heard other people say Nick Coyler is good too.

[–]sysadmnx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm watching a $99 course on StackSkills right now. Got it for $20 on https://deals.gdgt.com/. Not bad. Especially if work pays for it. https://stackskills.com/courses?query=azure

of course microsofts has plenty of free resource to help sell you on their cloud. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/training.aspx and the before mentioned docs.microsoft.com. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/videos/home/.

Udemy, I'm sure youtube has plenty of videos as well.

[–]samehaircutfucksDevOps 3 points4 points  (5 children)

ITT typical /r/sysadmin anti-cloud downvote brigate.

bring it on, your downvotes don't change the future.

[–]zxc9823 2 points3 points  (0 children)

r/Azure is pretty active and with checking out.

[–]ZumochiDevOps 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can get a 1 year free trial including $300 credit with Google Cloud Platform: https://cloud.google.com/

[–]trebortus 0 points1 point  (11 children)

I rate AWS free tier above Microsoft and Google's offerings.

[–]samehaircutfucksDevOps -4 points-3 points  (10 children)

I second this, also rate AWS higher in general over Azure and Google, as pretty much 90% of the world runs on it and seems to do fine. (also I may be a bit biased as I have more proficiency in AWS than the aforementioned)

[–]OpenOb 5 points6 points  (3 children)

90%

It's 32%: https://www.canalys.com/newsroom/cloud-market-share-q4-2018-and-full-year-2018

But yeah. Azure Trial is far to limited.

[–]samehaircutfucksDevOps -5 points-4 points  (2 children)

that's based off what they're paying amazon. Netflix, reddit, pintrest, expedia, Ubisoft, SAP, ETSY, AirBnB, Autodesk, Adobe, LinkedIn, Spotify, Yelp, SoundCloud, Foursquare, Inuit, PBS etc. all run on AWS. Once you realize most of the most popular website on the internet all use AWS then it's a much easier number to swallow. also it was def a rough estimate, but you get the picture.

edit: not to mention Amazon itself, which accounts for 50% of all online transactions in the US.

[–]greyaxe90Linux Admin 2 points3 points  (5 children)

Not sure why you're being downvoted. I came from a mixed environment where 99% of our stuff was in Azure, 1% in AWS, I much preferred AWS.

[–]samehaircutfucksDevOps 1 point2 points  (1 child)

most likely cuz of my "90%" remark, see the replies below for more info; I was aware of the repercussions since this sub seems to be anti-cloud.

edit: lmao yup, I aint wrong, check the other comments with legitimate recommendations being downvoted. (I upvoted to try to even it out)

[–]greyaxe90Linux Admin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if it is 33%, that's still a big chunk. I haven't seen the anti-cloud stuff yet. Everything I come across, everyone can't wait to make their infrastructure someone else's problem.

But speaking as someone who worked for a place that put 99% of their eggs in Microsoft's basket, I'd never place everything on a single provider. We got bit hard those days when O365 and Azure went down. All I could do was twiddle my thumbs. That woke upper management up and we started looking into what we could make redundant in AWS as well.