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Azure Networking and Traffic Management

1 Course
1 Lab
2 Hours
Skill IQ

Build confidence with Azure networking by learning how traffic moves through virtual networks. This course focuses on Azure specific networking components such as virtual networks, subnets, route tables, load balancers, and network security groups, and shows how they work together to allow or block connectivity. You will examine real traffic paths, understand why they work, and see how configuration changes directly impact traffic behavior in Microsoft Azure.

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What You'll Learn
  • 1. How Azure networking components work together to determine traffic flow and reachability.
  • 2. How to build and validate a secure, working virtual network in Azure.
  • 3. How routing, load balancing, and network security rules shape traffic behavior in Microsoft Azure.
Prerequisites
  • Learners should be familiar with basic networking concepts such as IP addressing, CIDR, and subnets, and have experience deploying workloads in Microsoft Azure. Comfort navigating the Azure portal and working with virtual machines is assumed.
Related topics
  • Cloud Networking
  • Load Balancing
  • Networking
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