This chapter should help you to understand the basic concepts of Azure administration regarding subscriptions and resources. We covered the most important topics such as getting a subscription and implementing the very first policies and learned about cost monitoring and usage analysis. While they seem to be simple, a good understanding of these is crucial for getting better with Azure cloud solutions. Things such as policies or blueprints are also one of the most common tasks of Azure administrators and operators—they are required to keep things consistent and compliant with your company rule set. You should now be able to control your spending limits, ensure various security rules are enforced, and analyze cloud services cost.
The next chapters will cover more detailed topics such as virtual machines, networking, or storage so you can learn different concepts related to managing cloud services.