Azure CloudOps: Automating Infrastructure & Cost Control
Keep adding new skills with 10,000+ programs for $239 (usually $399). Save now.
Azure CloudOps: Automating Infrastructure & Cost Control
Included with
Ask Coursera
Recommended experience
Recommended experience
What you'll learn
Provision, tag, and manage resources in Azure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) techniques (ARM/Bicep).
Automate CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps for consistent and repeatable infrastructure deployments.
Monitor and optimize costs using Azure Cost Management, budgets, and alerts.
Implement Azure best practices for governance, including policy enforcement and resource tagging strategies.
Skills you'll gain
Details to know
See how employees at top companies are mastering in-demand skills
There is 1 module in this course
As Azure environments grow more complex, the need for automated and cost-conscious operations becomes essential. This course is your launchpad to mastering the tools and techniques that make modern CloudOps scalable, efficient, and financially sound.
In this course, you’ll discover how to leverage key Azure services and best practices to build robust, scalable architectures. Learn to deploy IaC templates and automate pipelines in Azure DevOps. We’ll explore Azure’s built-in cost management features like budgets, alerts, and Advisor recommendations, ensuring you gain a holistic approach. You’ll confidently deploy and manage Azure environments at scale, knowing how to enforce governance and control your cloud spend. You’ll learn to implement tagging strategies, automate resource creation, and set up reporting dashboards that highlight real-time usage and expenses. Prevent cost overruns, reduce errors, and improve operational efficiency with practical labs and real-world use cases. This course is designed for professionals who manage or support Azure environments and are seeking to enhance their operational efficiency. Junior cloud engineers transitioning into Azure-based infrastructure will gain hands-on skills to automate and optimize deployments. DevOps professionals aiming to streamline their Azure workflows will learn essential CI/CD and cost management techniques. Additionally, IT managers looking to understand and implement effective cost optimization strategies within their organizations will find this course highly valuable. Learners should have a basic understanding of Azure portal navigation and familiarity with command-line tools such as Azure CLI. Experience with version control systems, particularly Git, is also required. While the course is suitable for beginners in CloudOps, these foundational skills will enable participants to fully engage with the hands-on labs and practical exercises included in the curriculum. By the end of this course, learners will be equipped to provision, tag, and manage Azure resources using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) techniques such as ARM and Bicep templates. They will be able to automate CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps to ensure consistent and reliable infrastructure deployments. Participants will gain the skills to monitor and optimize cloud costs through Azure Cost Management, budgets, and alerting features. Finally, they will learn to implement Azure best practices for governance, including policy enforcement and effective resource tagging strategies.
In this course, you’ll explore the tools, techniques, and real-world applications of Azure CloudOps across environments of varying scale and complexity. Through hands-on experience with services like Azure DevOps, ARM/Bicep templates, and Azure Cost Management, you’ll learn to automate deployments, monitor and optimize costs, and enforce governance policies. You’ll also implement best practices for resource provisioning and tagging, developing strategies to ensure efficient, secure, and financially sound cloud operations.
What's included
13 videos4 readings1 assignment4 peer reviews2 discussion prompts
13 videos•Total 77 minutes
- Introduction and Welcome •2 minutes
- Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Basics •8 minutes
- Creating a Simple Bicep Template with ARM •9 minutes
- Resource Tagging for Cost Tracking •8 minutes
- Setting Up Azure DevOps & Repos •8 minutes
- Building a Basic Deployment Pipeline •8 minutes
- Approvals & Notifications •6 minutes
- Continuous Integration in Action •7 minutes
- Overview of Azure Cost Management •5 minutes
- Intro to Governance: Policies & Role Assignments •8 minutes
- Tagging & Budget Alerts •4 minutes
- Practical Cost Optimization Tips •3 minutes
- Congratulations and Continuous Learning Journey•3 minutes
4 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Welcome to the Course: Course Overview•5 minutes
- ARM/Bicep Quick Reference •5 minutes
- Azure CI/CD Pipelines within Data Science •5 minutes
- Cloud and Cost Governance Essentials with Azure Policy •5 minutes
1 assignment•Total 20 minutes
- Azure CloudOps: Automating Infrastructure & Cost Control•20 minutes
4 peer reviews•Total 90 minutes
- Hands-On-Learning: Deploy Your First ARM/Bicep Template with the Azure Portal •10 minutes
- Hands-On-Learning: Creating & Running Your First Azure DevOps Pipeline•10 minutes
- Hands-On-Learning: Set Up a Simple Budget & Alert •10 minutes
- Project: Low-Cost Azure CloudOps Pipeline •60 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 10 minutes
- Tagging Strategies in the Wild •5 minutes
- Finding the Balance Between Guardrails vs. Velocity•5 minutes
Instructors
Why people choose Coursera for their career
Frequently asked questions
In this course, Azure CloudOps means managing Azure infrastructure through repeatable automation instead of one-off setup and manual changes. The emphasis is on provisioning resources as code, automating deployments, and keeping cost and governance checks part of normal operations.
You would use it when an Azure environment needs to be deployed and managed consistently, especially as the number of resources starts to grow. It is also useful when you need clearer control over spending, tagging, and policy enforcement instead of reviewing those only after deployment.
Azure CloudOps sits between deciding what infrastructure is needed and operating that infrastructure reliably over time. In this course, it connects code-based provisioning, deployment automation, and ongoing cost and governance checks into one repeatable workflow.
More questions
Financial aid available,
