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Azure From Zero To Hero

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Windows compute¶

Windows compute illustrated Azure and Terraform learning scene — Original conceptual phase artwork; individual lessons define the actual deployed services. Open at full size.

CLZ-190 — A Windows VM's public IP, scoped NIC NSG, private NIC, OS disk, and generated password dependencies; no IIS is deployed. — Lesson teaching diagram; read the arrow legend. Open at full size.

CLZ-190

Windows VM Basics

Windows compute

Moderate relative cost

Azure deployment

30 questions

Prerequisites: CLZ-180

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CLZ-200 — Terraform configures a Custom Script Extension; PowerShell installs IIS and writes index.html, then a separate HTTP check verifies status and page content. — Lesson teaching diagram; read the arrow legend. Open at full size.

CLZ-200

Windows VM IIS Bootstrap

Windows compute

Moderate relative cost

Azure deployment

30 questions

Prerequisites: CLZ-190

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CLZ-210 — The administrator browser connects to Azure Bastion over HTTPS 443; Bastion connects to the private Windows VM over TCP 3389 allowed by its NSG. — Lesson teaching diagram; read the arrow legend. Open at full size.

CLZ-210

Azure Bastion RDP

Windows compute

High relative cost

Azure deployment

30 questions

Prerequisites: CLZ-200

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CLZ-220 — Standard Load Balancer routes TCP 80 to two private IIS backends, checks separate TCP probes, and supplies explicit outbound SNAT. — Lesson teaching diagram; read the arrow legend. Open at full size.

CLZ-220

Standard Load Balancer for Windows

Windows compute

High relative cost

Azure deployment

30 questions

Prerequisites: CLZ-210

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CLZ-230 — The public frontend maps TCP 50001 to TCP 3389 on web[0] only; both private IIS VMs remain in the HTTP backend pool. — Lesson teaching diagram; read the arrow legend. Open at full size.

CLZ-230

Load Balancer NAT Rules

Windows compute

Moderate relative cost

Azure deployment

30 questions

Prerequisites: CLZ-220

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CLZ-240 — Two count-indexed chains bind public IP [0] to NIC [0] to VM [0], and public IP [1] to NIC [1] to VM [1]; no IIS extension is deployed. — Lesson teaching diagram; read the arrow legend. Open at full size.

CLZ-240

Count with Windows VMs

Windows compute

High relative cost

Azure deployment

30 questions

Prerequisites: CLZ-230

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CLZ-250 — The web and ops map keys identify matching Windows VM, NIC, and public IP instances without numeric renumbering; no IIS extension is deployed. — Lesson teaching diagram; read the arrow legend. Open at full size.

CLZ-250

For Each with Windows VMs

Windows compute

High relative cost

Azure deployment

30 questions

Prerequisites: CLZ-240

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CLZ-260 — A validated instance_count controls VMSS capacity through the shared IIS module; instance inspection distinguishes capacity changes from Manual model upgrades. — Lesson teaching diagram; read the arrow legend. Open at full size.

CLZ-260

Windows VMSS Manual Scaling

Windows compute

High relative cost

Azure deployment

30 questions

Prerequisites: CLZ-250

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CLZ-270 — Average platform CPU drives +1 above 70 percent and minus 1 below 25 percent, with five-minute windows and cooldowns and default capacity bounds of 2, 2, and 4. — Lesson teaching diagram; read the arrow legend. Open at full size.

CLZ-270

Windows VMSS Autoscaling

Windows compute

High relative cost

Azure deployment

30 questions

Prerequisites: CLZ-260

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