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You opened the Azure portal. You closed it five minutes later.

There were a hundred services, three different menus, and a billing page that looked like a trap. You wanted a virtual machine. You got a panic attack.

This book fixes that, in about an hour.

The Azure Pocket Guide: First Contact is the no-fluff starting point for absolute beginners. By the time you close it, you'll have:

✅ A free Azure account, configured so it can't surprise you with charges

✅ A working virtual machine you can actually sign in to

✅ Your own storage account with files in it

✅ A private network with the right firewall rules

✅ Budget alerts so you find out before the bill does

✅ A clean, one-click way to delete everything when you're done

No fluff. No filler. Just the parts that matter.

Inside you'll learn:

How Azure's free tier really works — the $200 credit, the 12-month services, and 65+ always-free services that never expire
How to navigate the portal without getting lost
Step-by-step: creating, connecting to, and properly stopping a virtual machine
The single most expensive beginner mistake (Stop vs Deallocate) — and how to avoid it
Azure Storage, Networking, and Cost Management explained in plain English
Security basics, including the 2026 mandatory MFA requirement
What to learn next, including the AZ-900 certification path

Written for people who want to learn cloud by doing, not by drowning in 800-page reference manuals.

If you've been intimidated by cloud, this is your first contact.

Book 1 of The Azure Pocket Guide series.

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