Microsoft Azure & Azure DevOps

Azure's resource organization model -- subscriptions, resource groups, and resources -- and how its core services map to AWS equivalents you may already know.

Azure VMs for full control, App Service as a faster PaaS path for deploying apps like Spring Boot, and how Container Instances compares to AKS for container workloads.

Blob Storage access tiers, Azure SQL Database for managed relational workloads, and Cosmos DB's multi-model, globally distributed design.

Azure DevOps as a platform spanning Boards, Repos, and Pipelines, and a worked Azure Pipelines YAML for building and deploying a Java application.

Microsoft Entra ID basics, role-based access control, and the tagging and cost management practices that keep a growing Azure footprint governed.