Recently I underwent a training on Microsoft provided solution to Cloud Computing - I am referring about Microsoft Azure. MS Azure was announced to the world in 2008 and was finally presented on 1st February 2010
I will be covering a lot of aspects in the upcoming posts om Azure. In this post, I am only covering different ways to connect to your subscription on Azure Cloud
Classic Portal [Old Portal]
This portal would not be used much in the future as Microsoft is planning on to decommission this portal completely and move on to much synchronized portal.
This Portal can be accessed using the Link https://manage.windowsazure.com
The below screenshot is a glimpse of the Classic Portal
On the left hand side, we see set of options to select from. This pane is called the Hub Menu and once you click on any option, a new window is displayed which is called the Blades in Azure Terminology. The same stands true in case of the new Portal.
New Azure Portal
This is a New Portal presented by Azure which is more synchronized and is implemented to have better view and provides better usability. This Portal can be accessed by going to : https://portal.azure.com. This portal is easier to navigate and have tiles like view which can be easily customized as various components can be dragged and dropped on the tiles of the dashboard.
This portal also looks like the previous classic portal having the Hub Menu on the left hand side and blades which are displayed overlapping dashboard window. The White boxes are various Azure components like Resources, Resource Groups, VNet, Storage Accounts. In upcoming posts I will cover the major differences between these 2 portals and it is important to understand both the portals until the functionalities in classic portal are included in the newer portal.
Connect using Powershell
Every Cloud or Infrastructure Admin is aware that almost all the Mass Administration \ Automation is being carried out using Powershell scripts. Believe me you would not even connect to above 2 portals if you get comfortable with Powershell scripting as it has few very cool and swift ways to manage stuffs on the Azure Cloud.
Once the Windows SDK for VS 2013 and Microsoft Azure modules is installed on your machine, you are good to go with the scripting. Connect to the Azure Cloud using the Powershell script Login-AzureRMAccount. You will get a window to provide your Single Sign On Credentials like shown below
Once the credentials are verified and accepted, we would be able to proceed with managing the cloud environment from Powershell. You need not be connected to Corporate Network, Citrix and any VDI network. Microsoft Azure can be managed from anywhere via Internet access unless it is restricted by Administrators.
I would be sharing other posts on Azure and related technologies. Please share your view. Thanks
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