Now that we know what is running under the hood of Microsoft Azure, we can start building our infrastructure on Azure and connect to it from an on-premises environment. In this chapter, you will learn how to build virtual machines, enable two-way authentication, perform automation, and do a lot more.
This chapter covers the following topics:
Purchasing Microsoft Azure
Creating an account
Understanding various IP configurations in Azure
The current and new Azure Management Portal
Creating storage, network, and virtual machines