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Deploying Azure Infrastructure on Windows Server Core

In this lab, you will use remote access (RDP) to log in to a Windows Server Core VM and install Azure command-line tools in order to deploy basic infrastructure (i.e., a storage account).

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Level
Intermediate
Last updated
Sep 23, 2025
Duration
1h 0m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Remote (RDP) in to Windows Virtual Machine

    This objective is completed when you have successfully used Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to access the virtual machine.

    • Use the Remote Desktop client (available from Microsoft for Windows clients natively and Mac clients here).
  2. Challenge

    Install Deployment Tools (Azure PowerShell Recommended)

    This objective is completed when you have successfully installed either Azure PowerShell or Azure CLI.

  3. Challenge

    Connect to Azure

    This objective is completed when you have successfully authenticated and connected to the Azure tenant you logged in to in the first objective.

  4. Challenge

    Deploy Basic Infrastructure Using CLI

    This objective is completed when you have successfully deployed the basic infrastructure to Azure and verified deployment (in the command line or portal).

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