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DevOps:

Add Alias für DevOps here: https://my.visualstudio.com/Subscriptions
Demos/Solutions: https://cdx.transform.microsoft.com/
Your Test-Tenant: https://cdx.transform.microsoft.com/my-tenants
MSDN: https://my.visualstudio.com
Microsoft Azure Portal https://portal.azure.com
Exchange Online https://outlook.office.com or https://outlook.office365.com
M365 Online https://portal.office.com
M365 Device Management Portal https://devicemanagement.microsoft.com
Preview Azure Portal https://preview.portal.azure.com
Security Only Azure Portal https://security.microsoft.com
Compliance Only Azure Portal https://compliance.microsoft.com
Microsoft Teams Portal https://teams.microsoft.com
Azure Actice Directory: https://aad.portal.azure.com

Architecture

Getting started overview: https://github.com/ricmmartins/AzureGovernance
Azure governance docs: https://github.com/microsoft/azuredevopsgenerator/tree/master/azuregovernance/docs
curated guidance from Microsoft Assessments: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/assessments/?mode=pre-assessment
Azure Migration: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/migration/
Azure security best practices and patterns: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/best-practices-and-patterns
Azure Architecture templates: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/browse/
Templates and scripts for deploying Azure Reference Architectures: https://github.com/mspnp/reference-architectures
Cloud Design Patterns: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/patterns/
Azure Architecture Center: https://github.com/mspnp/architecture-center
Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/
Cloud Adoption Framework Tools and Templates: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/reference/tools-templates
Enterprise-Scale Reference Implementation: https://github.com/Azure/Enterprise-Scale
Policy Templates: https://github.com/Azure/Community-Policy
Migration Assistant: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/app-service/migration-assistant/

Implement these tools within Azure

Host own ARM Visualizer: https://github.com/shenglol/arm-visualizer

Optimization Tools:

Continuous Cloud Optimization Power BI Dashboards Project: https://github.com/Azure/ccodashboard
Azure Optimization Engine: https://github.com/helderpinto/AzureOptimizationEngine

Policy Management:

Policy Overview: https://github.com/JulianHayward/Azure-MG-Sub-Governance-Reporting
Scripts for Policies Management https://github.com/marketplace/actions/manage-azure-policy
Management of Azure Diagnostic Policies: https://github.com/JimGBritt/AzurePolicy/tree/master/AzureMonitor/Scripts

Augmenting Azure Advisor Cost Recommendations for Automated Continuous Optimization:

Azure Code Templates

Azure PowerShell cmdlets: https://github.com/Azure/azure-powershell/tree/master
Powershell scripts https://github.com/Azure/azure-powershell
ARM-Template Resources (1): https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates
ARM-Template Resources (2): https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/templates/
Runbooks: https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/azure/automation/manage-runbooks

Learning Azure

Microsoft Learning Material

Microsoft Learning: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/azure/
Azure Online-Training https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/learning/azure-skills-training.aspx
Certification Overview: https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/learn/certifications/browse/
Azure Online Events: https://events.microsoft.com/?timeperiod=all&isSharedInLocalViewMode=false&category=Online&product=Cloud%20Platform&product=Developer%20Tools&product=Microsoft%20Azure&language=English
Microsoft OpenHack: https://openhack.microsoft.com
Getting started with Azure DevOps: https://azuredevopslabs.com/
DevOps Training Days: https://azuredevcollege.com/trainingdays/
Azure CSAs in Microsoft OCP team in Germany: https://github.com/CSA-OCP-GER

Other Learning Material

AzureAcadamy: https://www.youtube.com/c/AzureAcademy/videos
Pluralsight: https://app.pluralsight.com
Certbase https://www.certbase.de/
Fastlane: https://www.fastlane.live/de_en
Skillpipe: https://www.Skillpipe.com
Whizlabs: https://www.whizlabs.com/
Midhub: https://www.mindhub.com/
Udemy Azure Courses: https://www.udemy.com/topic/microsoft-azure/
Cloud Security based training: http://flaws.cloud/ and http://flaws2.cloud/
CS349D: Cloud Computing Technology: https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs349d/

Azure Forums

Azure Knowledge Center: https://azure.microsoft.com/de-de/resources/knowledge-center/
MSDN Forum: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home
Server Fault: https://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/azure
Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/azure

Azure News

Overview of links to regularly check to stay up-to-date on Azure.

Azure Tips And Tricks: https://microsoft.github.io/AzureTipsAndTricks
Azure Case Studies: https://azure.microsoft.com/de-de/case-studies/
Heise Azure News: https://www.heise.de/suche/?q=azure&search_submit.x=0&search_submit.y=0&rm=search
Hacker News Azure: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=azure&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=pastYear&type=all
Azure Update heat map: https://azurecharts.com/
Cloud News: https://www.cloudnews.dev/
Azure AppService Blog: https://azure.github.io/AppService/
Sapico Cloudnews: http://cloudnews.sapico.me/

Blogs and Feeds

Azure Updates News: Link + Feed
Azure Blog by James Randall: Link + Feed
Azure Official Blog: Link + Feed
Azure Blog Michael Collier: Link + Feed
Azure Blog Brent Stineman: Link + Feed
Azure Blog "we do azure": Link + Feed
Last week in Azure: Link + Feed
Azure Friday: Link
Cloud Expert: Link + Feed
Microsoft Open Source: Link + Feed
Microsoft .NET Blog: Link + Feed
Heise on Azure: Link + Feed
Azure Weekly: Link + Feed

YouTube Channels and Lists

Microsoft Ignite: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrhJmfAGQ5K81XQ8_od1iTg
Microsoft Mechanics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ9905MRHxwLZ2jeNQGIWxA
Microsoft Cloud: https://www.youtube.com/user/MSCloudOS
Microsoft Developer: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsMica-v34Irf9KVTh6xx-g
Azure Academy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-MXgaFhsYU8PkqgKBdnusQ
John Savill: https://www.youtube.com/user/NTFAQGuy
DEV205: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD6bUAm2vnOslaepTJBtSHg
Cloud Academy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeRY0LppLWdxWAymRANTb0g
Tim Warner: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCim7PFtynyPuzMHtbNyYOXA
Azure 4 Everyone: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdmEIMC3LBil4o0tjaTbj0w
Tips and Tricks: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLasX02E8BPCNCK8Thcxu-Y-XcBUbhFWC

Other Lists

Awesome Azure: https://github.com/kristofferandreasen/awesome-azure

Glossary

Term	Explanation
Azure IR	The Integration Runtime (IR) is the compute infrastructure used by Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse pipelines to provide data integration capabilities (Data Flow, Data movement, Activity dispach, SSIS package execution) across different network environments
Blobs	Binary large Object: Blobs are files for the cloud
Azure Data Lake Storage
Azure Cosmos DB
Connection String	includes the authorization information required for your application to access data in an Azure Storage account at runtime using Shared Key authorization
OLAP	is a technology that organizes large business databases and supports complex analysis.
OLTP	online transaction processing is a database that a business uses to store all its transactions and records.
SMB	The Server Message Block protocol is a network file sharing protocol that allows applications on a computer to read and write to files and to request services from server programs in a computer network
integer surrogate keys	Example auto increment numbers (no meaning/attachment)
Event Hub	A big data streaming platform and event ingestion service
NSG	Network Security Group is a capability of Azure virtual networks that filters network traffic to and from Azure resources in an Azure virtual network.