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Azure Core Fundamentals = cloud 101 in 5 pillars: compute (VMs, ACI, Functions), storage (Blob, Files, Tables), networking (VNet, NSG, Load Balancer), identity (Azure AD, RBAC, MFA), governance (Policy, Blueprints, Cost Mgmt). Pay-as-you-go, global regions, 99.9% SLAs. Hands-on labs: spin up VM in 2 min, secure it with NSG, auto-scale with VMSS, back up to geo-redundant storage, monitor with Log Analytics. 30-question practice test, 700/1 000 pass. 1-day sprint that turns cloud-curious into Azure-literate.
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