1. What Is Microsoft Azure (Simple Explanation)

1.4 Practice, Tip and Close

By Ravindra Bagale · Last updated: 24 October 2026

Practice.

1. Write three sentences: What is Azure? Compute? Storage?
2. Name one reason Mauli Dairy might prefer cloud over a shop PC.
3. Open (read-only) the Microsoft Azure homepage and find the word “Portal” — do not create resources yet.

Recap. Azure is Microsoft’s cloud. You rent computers, disks and networks. This course starts with portal hygiene, then a Linux VM, Blob storage and basic networking.