Introducing the Azure Portal
The Azure portal (https://packt.link/MPYKB) is the starting page for all Azure developers, functioning as a comprehensive dashboard that offers curated pathways to every Azure service, ensuring developers have immediate access to the entire spectrum of Azure offerings. Figure 1.2 shows the home page of the Azure portal:
Figure 1.2 – The Azure portal home page
You can browse through all the services available in Azure or quickly search for them using the search box. Once you click on a service, the corresponding service web page will appear. These service-specific pages are also known as blades in Azure.
Azure maintains strong consistency in terms of blade design. All the service blades will look very similar. So, if you are familiar with one, you should be able to easily navigate the others. You will be exploring a few of the service blades in this chapter.