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Free project brief · Project 01

Stop watching tutorials. Build the thing.

The architecture, the requirements, and the definition of done for a real Azure build. No click-by-click steps — the figuring-out is the project.

PASS 1Build it by handAzure Portal. Understand what every component is for.
PASS 2Rebuild it in TerraformSame architecture, zero clicks, on a public GitHub repo.
PASS 3Ship it with GitHub ActionsOIDC auth, plan on PR, gated deploy to prod.

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Cover of the Project 01 brief: The Locked-Down Windows VM
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What's inside

The full architecture

A Windows VM with no public IP, RDP through Azure Bastion, outbound via NAT Gateway, private subnets, NSGs, managed disks, diagnostics and backup.

The definition of done

Exactly what "working" means for each pass, so you know when you've finished instead of guessing — including the checks that prove it.

Where people get stuck

The failures you're going to hit, listed up front. Not to save you from them — so you recognise them when they happen.

Architecture diagram: a resource group containing a virtual network with a workload subnet and an Azure Bastion subnet, a NAT Gateway and public IP for outbound internet, managed disks, and diagnostic logs in a storage account.

Reference architecture: Run a Windows VM on Azure. Diagram © Microsoft, from the Azure Architecture Center.

Who's this from

Faisal Abdi — cloud and DevOps engineer, and the instructor behind KloudSkool. Ten years in IT, the last six in cloud, delivering Azure work in real enterprise environments.

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