Hands-on exercise

To support your learning with some practical skills, we will utilize the concepts and understanding gained from the earlier sections of this chapter and put them into practical application.

We will look at the following exercises:

• Exercise – managing a data disk using the Azure portal
• Exercise – resizing an Azure VM

Getting started

To get started with this section, if you do not already have an Azure subscription, you can create a free Azure account at https://Azure.microsoft.com/free. This free Azure account provides the following:

• 12 months of free services
• $200 credit to explore Azure for 30 days
• 25+ services that are always free

Let’s move on to the exercise for this chapter.

Exercise – managing a data disk using the Azure portal

This exercise will look at managing data disks using the Azure portal.

For this exercise, you will need an Azure VM created to attach and resize data...