Azure security fundamentals documentation

Learn how to secure your cloud solutions on Azure with our best practices and guidance.

About Azure security

Overview

• Introduction to Azure security
• Security technical capabilities

Concept

• How Microsoft secures the Azure infrastructure

Get started

Overview

• Shared responsibility in the cloud
• Security services and technologies
• Built-in security controls

Mitigate threats

Overview

• Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Concept

• Management and monitoring
• Threat protection
• Recover from identity compromise

Best practices for securing your cloud solutions

Concept

• Network security
• IaaS workloads
• Identity management and access control
• PaaS deployments
• Data security and encryption
• Operational security

Protect your Azure resources

Concept

• Encryption at rest
• Data protection
• Network security
• Virtual machines security
• Identity management security

Training

• Secure your cloud applications

Build your security skills

Training

• Implement network security
• Manage identity and access
• Implement resource management security
• Implement virtual machine host security